Dankie Boi, Blacks Jnr and GoldMax: pioneering the next generation of gqom with ‘New Wave’

Explore how Dankie Boi, Blacks Jnr and GoldMax are redefining gqom music with their latest album 'New Wave', a vibrant ...
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Vic Mensa Gets a Lesson on Gqom Music

Vic Mensa is one of hip-hop's more knowledgeable artists, so it should come as no surprise that the Chicago rapper is always looking to broaden his horizons. On Friday (Dec. 29), Mensa hopped on ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
Pitchfork

Gqom Oh! x Crudo Volta Mixtape

This collaborative mixtape between Gqom Oh! and the Rome-based Crudo Volta collective showcases some of the best music that gqom—a raw, brash dance music coming from Durban—has ever produced. Save ...
The Fader

Listen To Four Tracks Of Ice Cold Gqom From DJ Lag

DJ Lag is one of a cohort of producers in South Africa's Durban making gqom: a ruthless, minimalist, tensely percussive form of dance music. Over in London, the independent label Goon Club Allstars ...