Joya Mooi is a 28 year-old songbird whose music flew into our playlists all the way from Amsterdam. The South African-born Dutch-bred singer has managed to sustain an almost 10-year career with a sound that is plush and subdued but still carries a cool, diasporic and global appeal. Her compilation of alternative, new wave funk…
For future reference, if you’d like me to write about your music, include lines like “I wanted it to feel like the end of ‘Apocalypse Now’,” in your press release. That’s one of the ways that Jumping Back Slash describes his ‘Animals’ EP and fuck me, he delivers. ‘Animals’ is a constantly evolving fever dream…
Young Om is a project by Paris-based, South African born producer and instrumentalist Dominick Pettersson. His debut EP ‘Myths‘ was made in southern France, Chicago and Paris and is now available on Wet Dreams Recordings. With a sound that is dreamy and nostalgic, the guitar-driven melodies pay homage to the uniquely South African tones of…
In the late 1980s, in a recorded interview with the Jamaica Observer, Delores ‘Cherry’ Prince, mother of dancehall/reggae artist Tenor Saw speaks of her son, his career and his untimely death in 1988. At the time, Saw was touring and spending months away from his home in Jamaica while on the road. Of her son,…
While Naye Ayla’s “Mercury” might not be about the planet, your emotions will still be affected by listening to and watching the latest music video for the Joburg-based singer/songwriter. The song is named after the element, Mercury, a unique, malleable, liquid metal, that, if you’re not careful, just might drive you mad as a hatter….
DJ Lag is quickly becoming a household name internationally, with the last few years seeing him touring overseas regularly and more recently co-producing the track “My Power” for the Beyoncé-curated Lion King soundtrack. July 19th saw the release of his latest EP ‘Steam Rooms’ produced in collaboration with OKzharp from the British label Hyperdub, which…
Bon Bon Vie, the alter-ego of Siviwe Ngani, is a Johannesburg-based DJ whose debut DJ mix, ‘Honne’,aims to be a true reflection of the sounds he enjoys. Having grown up all around Johannesburg, his childhood was filled with the sounds of MetroFM, with genres such as soul, rnb & kwaito featuring prominently. The end of…
South African born, New York-based, Sulene has already had a career that many musicians would be jealous of. She makes her living as a touring guitarist for acts including Nate Ruess (From fun.), Betty Who, and Candy Hearts, and composing the scores for a number of films and TV shows. Back in 2017, she released…
Willow Smith’s debut album sounds exactly like you’d expect it to. She’s long past her “Whip My Hair” era and has moved into the brooding angst of her late teens. Her artistry has grown along with her. WILLOW, musically, is a far cry from the music Smith put out when she was 12, and it’s…
Espacio Dios doesn’t like to speak about his old music. That’s not because the music isn’t good or because people didn’t like it, he just isn’t the same person anymore. Artists like Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, for different reasons, have been chained to work they made in their 20s, and have to get on…
“Volatile” the closing track from Rose Bonica’s 2018 EP ‘Don’t Let It Get To Your Head’, is her first track from that release to get the music video treatment. Directed by Tamzyn Botha the video is a dark and gritty nod to b-grade horror movies. Written by Rose Bonica after a period of solitude followed…
About a year ago, Buli (born Shibule Ndhambi) stopped releasing music publicly. After moving from Giyani, Limpopo to Pretoria to study, he’d put out a couple of projects that were interesting but that he didn’t feel inspired by. He seemed to be searching for something deeper, and the sounds he was making reflected what he…
