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Da Capo Gave Wawere Remixes His Golden Touch

Hitting hard is ‘Gondwana Records’ as they continue to focus on highlighting local compositions as the label launches its 2019 in a dramatic manner. 'Wawere' project by ‘SURAJ’ with ‘Olith Ratego’ gets another remix treatment from the mega talented Africa’s Indigo Child ‘Da Capo’. This time around the project is titled ‘Wawere Remixes Part 2’ and it sees ‘Da Capo’ delivering...

Now And Again EP By Chanell Collen Is A Musically Well Planned And Executed Release

Been a while since we got up and did a review. This time around we have a review and the offering is in a form of a ‘Two Track EP’ by ‘Chanell Collen’ titled ‘Now & Again’. Just a bit of background information about ‘Chanell Collen’, he is from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa which coincidentally has produced the likes...

David Mayer And Floyd Lavine Provide A Thrilling Ride With Sondela Ep

Let’s dive into it and take a look at a ‘massive collaborative effort’ by ‘David Mayer & Floyd Lavine titled Sondela EP’. Having previously released on the ‘Connected Label’ as individuals, ‘David Mayer & Floyd Lavine’ now do so together with their collaborative EP, ‘Sondela’. ‘David Mayer’ born in south Germany and spent most of his early years in Norway...

Mzansi House Vol 7 Is The Ultimate Music Experience

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‘House Afrika’ is at it yet again in 2018. This time around they bring us a ‘monster of an offering’ with their latest compilation album ‘Mzansi House Vol 7’. Already on their seventh edition, ‘Mzansi House Vol 7’ packs ‘a mean punch’ in a form of a tightly packaged ‘four CD Bumper Pack’. There was some ‘hype’ steadily building...

'Traces To Nowhere Ep' One Of The Best So Far This Year

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Rome Based DJ and Producer, ‘Whitesquare’ has been in the music scene since 2012. He has without any doubt proven his ability behind the decks and with beat production likewise. One could say his ability to ‘seamlessly blend jams from across any house music sub-genre’ is due to his impeccable attention to detail which is made possible by his...

The Surge Has The Perfect Dance Floor Formula

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Fresh from being recognised by ‘traxsource’ as the ‘number one Afro House Music producer for 2017’. ‘Enoo Napa’ has had an amazing year, as 2017 was the busiest one of his career to date, where he produced a staggering fifteen remixes and twelve original jams within just eighteen months. That included dance floor bangers such as ‘Uyankenteza (Enoo Napa...

SoulCool's Believe Sets The Tone For 2018

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Coming straight from Thohoyandou, South Africa. We have Mulalo Ndou who is popularly known as ‘Soulcool’ within the House Music Scene. Soulcool’s love for house music started way back in 1999 at a tender age of 12 years. It was with no surprise that in 2002, he picked up ‘deejying’. That was later followed by beat production in 2007. His...

Radio Soulheadz Is A Game Changer

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Radio Soulheadz (RSH), hosted by Mawande Kheswa is a weekly two hour House music & culture radio show broadcasted online with listeners all over the world. The first session of Radio Soulheadz aired on 10 December of 2017. Radio Soulheadz (RSH) aims to have over 40 shows in 2018 airing every week consistently. Since December 2017 the show has had...

SmokeFilled Is A Heat Packing EP

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2018!!! Welcome to it. We kick off our year in style with an EP Review and I must say ‘what an amazing way of starting our musical in 2018’. Last year was a good one for House Music in general and ‘House Heads’ got their fair share of ‘smashing heat songs’. If that alone can be used as a...

Top 10 Must Have House Music Albums For 2017

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The year 2017 has been a hectic and a very tense one for Afro House Music in general. Yet again we have witnessed phenomenal growth and achievements in both Mzansi Hip Hop Music and Gqom Music. We have witnessed Stadiums being filled, Books being launched, Albums going gold and yes through all that we have seen a significant increase...