DIFFUSION LAB / CHRIS BUBENZER
“The music industry in Ireland is going through a really exciting time at the moment. When I first arrived it was pretty much band-driven but…
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GRAND SCHEME / KAY FAITH
“I understand that being this Afrikaans kid from a small town, and being female on top of that, people don’t necessarily have you in mind…
UPROAR / PEASANT
“People always like to talk about the good old days and the past to try to get to this utopian view of the world and…
WAX JUNKIE / DISCODETA
I started collecting LPs when my gran handed me a box of my father’s records that she had held onto after his death. Until I…
RED ROBYN / DUST AND IRON SINGLE
We are pleased to give you AFROPUNK Battle of the band’s winner Red Robyn’s debut single titled ‘Dust and Iron’ an honestly dazed recollection of…
PANDEMONIUM / STIFFPAP
“When you listen to our thing, it’s hard-hitting and it’s raw.” – STIFFPAP
INEFFABLE / MX BLOUSE
For people who grew up in the 80s and 90s, Kwaito was the culture so I feel the need to protect that, innovate it and take it to the next level.
JULIA ROBERT
“We want people to enjoy our shows and dance and sweat, but mostly we just want to take everyone by the shoulders, shake them and remind them that it’s ok to feel shitty about the things that sometimes drag them down”
BHOZA / DARKIE FICTION
“ ‘Bhoza’ epitomizes a proudly South African, VUK’UZENZELE, warm and up-lifting song for all ages,” says Darkie Fiction. ”We really strive to make family friendly, feel- good music and what says feel-good better than hard-hitting 808s, juicy horns and uplifting lyrics? We wrote the song when we were broke and tired so we needed to remind ourselves of who we were.” – Darkie Fiction
WAX JUNKIE / ZACH LEES
I found some of my dad’s old records and saw a copy of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ and put it up on Instagram for the world to see how cool I was; little did I know then how quickly records would consume my daily life, from personal listening to DJing, and to my small scale record label called Dirty Disco Records.
FUCK FOREVER / MEDICINE DOLLS
What’s the use between death and glory?
ANDROGENIUS / AL CLAPPER
We want to make music for musicians to enjoy without alienating the rest of the listeners.
UP THE PEOPLE / M.I.A. Live in Cape Town
It’s been about a month since M.I.A. performed at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, Cape Town and I’m still rifling through the notes that…
SES’FIKILE – SIWU MNDENI / WE’RE HERE – WE’RE FAMILY
Ses’fikile – siwu mndeni (We’re here, we’re family)
TV YELLOW / YOUTH GALLERY
Youth Gallery have recently released their debut four track EP titled ‘Tv Yellow.’ It is an amalgamation of sounds which shows that, the group can be diverse and original.
MONEY CALLING feat NADIA NAKAI AND FRANK CASINO
“For the first time authenticity doesn’t feel like a dream; it feels like something we were able to achieve just by the sheer scale of collaboration,” says Lebo, whose Sons of Kemet music video for In The Castle Of My Skin screened at TEDGlobal in 2017.
AFRICAN FIRST / MODUPE OLORUNTOBA
All in all, the night was successful in its celebration of African consciousness: aware, untethered, and self-actualised.
MORENA LERABA
Morena Leraba is a shepherd from the mountains of Lesotho who fuses his homegrown traditional Famo inspired vocals with electronic dance, reggae, hip-hop and everything in between. Meshing cultures and sounds from far and wide to create a truly unique sonic experience through collaborations with producers from across the world.
ALICE PHOEBE LOU / CMMC – GREENMARKET SQUARE
‘Venue is damn important’- a mantra and stern reminder I’ve had for the past few weeks. Alice Phoebe Lou is amongst some of the local…
HYROINE / €UROPE / TRAP TOUR / FUND RAI$ER
It’s not often in Cape Town and the greater Cape area that the music scene expands beyond the usual gig venues. Generally speaking, even when…
UTOPIA / LITTLE GIG
A UTOPIA IS AN IMAGINED COMMUNITY or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia.
THE DIRTBIN INVASION
Around me, young people are rattling violently. Bodies keeping to the beat of the music in a shivering fashion. Loose arms flailing from shrugged shoulders…
COVER STORY ISSUE 19- BEHIND THE SCENES / SAADIQ SOEKER
I’m trying to create content that centres people like me, People of Colour, Queers, and I’m trying to do it with as much authenticity as possible.
MACHETE MADNESS / RETRO DIZZY
The intensity on the stage reached an all-time high. The crowd became one with our souls and a trancelike sensation bled into the room, filling…
SPECTACLE / ANGEL-HO
“I firmly believe that I was put on earth to do this – that I was born to do this.” WORDS: DAN CHARLES PHOTOGRAPHY: OLIVER…
TITANIA / NONKU PHIRI
I’ve double booked myself. I’ve committed to dinner with a friend, but also promised my editor I would be present for the Nonku Phiri cover…
REFUSE – RESIST / BCUC
Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness BCUC’s front man, Jovi Nkosi, walks across the front of the stage inspecting fans bobbing up and down with a pulsating…
GUIDED BY VOICES / JULIANA VENTER
“‘I feel suspended. I don’t belong anywhere. There’s bits of me that belong here, bits that belong there,’ she says halfway through the interview, in…
MEDICINE BOY / I MISS SLEEPING SO MUCH
Director Adriaan Louw spend a day getting lost in Amsterdam with Andre Leo and Lucy Kruger on their last European tour and made a little…
WAX JUNKIE / MIKE MCLEOD – AWARE RECORDS
“I started listening to vinyl because it was the major format when I started buying my own music. I bought tapes and CDs for years,…