Jey Kurmis‘ recent Tech House romp, ‘Es Est’, gets a full remix makeover courtesy of ON IT crew’s ONYVA and Mark Holmes, along with 2 top international Tech House producers, Mihalis Safras and Toni Varga. Mihalis Safras kicks off proceedings with an energetic peak time Tech beast that builds to an explosion of intense power-beats and Toni Varga flips the script with …
Read More »WitDj ‘On The SpotLight’
This week on the ‘Spotight’, we catch up with ‘Witness Bodikwa’ popularly known within the ‘House Music Industry’ as ‘WitDj’. Back in the days when we started ShoMag, ‘WitDj’ was one of the first ‘House Music Producers / Deejays’ who genuinely showed us love. As we recall, back in those …
Read More »Enoo Napa ‘On The SpotLight’
Having been recognised by ‘traxsource’ as the ‘number one Afro House Music producer for 2017’. It comes as no surprise that ‘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 …
Read More »The Official Ultra SA After Party
Ultra South Africa, the biggest electronic dance music festival to hit our shores this February, and will be hosting an epic Ultra Carry On Party after all the Ultra SA madness! Images: Ultra SA The Cape Town Ultra SA Carry On event will be happening at Shimmy Beach Club! Sunday the …
Read More »CTEMF Moves To The First Week Of April
Established in 2012 as a platform for South Africaʼs burgeoning electronic music culture, the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival #CTEMF has gained international recognition for being one of the most relevant and forward-thinking events on Africaʼs music festival calendars. International pioneers and innovators share the stage with the bright lights …
Read More »Da Capo 'On The SpotLight'
If ever there was one individual who is at the ‘peak of his game’ and who at the moment is making all the ‘right buzz’, then ‘Da Capo’ would be that individual. From humble beginnings through the streets of ‘Seshego’ which is a small township near ‘Polokwane, South Africa, ‘Da …
Read More »Sandy Turnbull To Drop A Massive Afrocentric And Latin Infused Jam
Sandy Turnbull puts down his Disco tools and experiments with organic Afrocentric and Latin fusions on his delicious new sun-drenched release Afrocentric and Latin fusions. Perfect for dancers and sunset gazers alike, ‘Ce Spectacle’ (meaning ‘This Show’) is vibrant with emotive sunshine melodies underpinned by earthy, percussive rhythms and teased with a sublime French vocal …
Read More »ON IT Recordings Takes Us On A 'Retrospective Collection' Compilation
UK top Tech House label ON IT Recordings start their year on a reflective note with a tasty new compilation highlighting some of their key releases since their inception in 2017. Giant dancefloor gems come from Jey Kurmis, Hott Like Detroit, Funk D’Void and more, along with ON IT chief ONYVA‘s biggest label release to date ‘Tibetan People’. The compilation also features 4 …
Read More »UPZ 'On The SpotLight'
On this week’s ‘Spot Light’ we have the ‘Pure Surprise’ hit maker ‘UPZ’. It was ten years ago (2007) when ‘UPZ’ dropped his self titled debut album which featured the smashing hit ‘Pure Surprise’ . ‘Pure Surprise’ was a hit throughout 2009 as it blazed ‘Mzansi’s Dancefloors And Music Charts’. That …
Read More »Top 10 Must Have House Music Albums For 2017
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 …
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