Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...
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 ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its ...
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 ...
Gqom is the simmering sound straight from the streets of South Africa. A cutting-edge movement, now making its way around the globe and over the airwaves thanks to characteristically budget, broken ...
When DJ Lag releases a track, the world listens. The Durban-born producer, widely regarded as the “King of Gqom”, is back with his latest single, “Woza”, featuring Sir Trill and Sykes - a track that ...
A TikTok video of a drummer's take on Gqom entertained South Africans. The TikTok of a united Mzansi audience enjoying Gqom beats moved music lovers.