Debut album, Teenage Dreams by Native Soul available Sept 24 on LP/CD/Digital formats
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Teenage Dreams

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Native Soul — Teenage Dreams

The South African superproducer duo (@kabza-de-small & @dj-maphorisa) celebrate amapiano - a genre that’s enjoying a moment in the sun.

1. Kelvin Momo – Gumbaya (Kelvin Momo’s Soulful Piano Remix)
2. Kwiish SA ft Njelic, MalumNator & De Mthuda – LiYoshona (Main Mix)
3. DJ Stokie ft Kabza De Small, Masterpiece YVK & Madumane – Superman
4. Musa Keys ft Sir Trill & Nobantu Vilakazi – Vula Mlomo
5. Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa &TRESOR – Folasade
6. Semi Tee & Mdu aka TRP ft Kopzz Avenue & Mogomotsi Chosen – Rabaki
7. DBN Gogo, Blaqnik & MasterBlaq ft Mpura, Ama Avenger & M.J – Khuza Gogo
8. Felo Le Tee ft Madumane, Mpura, Kabza De Small & Visca – Ngwana Mani
9. Junior De Rocka & Lady Du ft. Mr JazziQ, Mellow & Sleazy – Catalia –
10. Busta 929 & Mpura ft Zuma, Mr JazziQ, Lady Du & Reece Madlisa – Umsebenzi Wethu

The Face | Mix 39 | Scorpion Kings

Written, produced and mixed by Toxicated Keys
Mastered by Bertrand Härdi
Artwork Simon Bernheim
℗ & © 2022 PSSNGR

Following the release of "Zaka Zaka" and “Monate Ke Monate”, please welcome From Thutlwane to the World, Toxicated Keys’ debut album.  

If you haven’t yet heard the sound of South-African “Rough Amapiano”, today’s greatest new dance genre, be ready: this LP is a spectacular nine-track showcase of what makes this new trend of Amapiano so vital and exciting. 

Toxicated Keys are two very young producers (18 and 19) from the township of Mamelodi East, in Pretoria, one of South Africa’s biggest cities. They work on FL Studio and received academic training in a music school. These last years, they’ve been building a new style of Amapiano, mostly focused on freaky drum programming and the fascinating sound of the “clunk bass” preset they use heavily.

The two musicians kept some of the basic principles of classic Amapiano : mid-tempo BPMs, syncopated beats and energetic, party-oriented vocals. But they stripped out the warmth and sweetness of the original version and made room for robotic vibes and an eerie feel of never-ending pressure.

This album is clearly not your average electronic/dance album from 2022 : you won’t hear any ambient, lo-fi, deconstructed or downtempo tracks, nor find spoken-word segments or real instruments playing. There’s no manifest interest in trying to explore unexpected genres and repertoires.You probably won’t find the production luxuriously detailed or rich with nuance and depth : this is 100% straight-up dance music made by two teens, physical and functional. But these nine tracks are radically experimental though, thanks to their sheer freshness and boldness.

This is bold and experimental because the cult of clunk bass, log drums and off-beat percussion is a very serious thing here : all the tracks begin with low-key intros that slowly get the floor ready for the moment where the clunk drops. And when it drops, it’s like hearing a robot dancing, humming and building something at the same time. Something from another world lands on the dancefloor, speaking a new language.

Singers and rappers come along, sometimes with full lyrics, but also just to hype up the place, using voices as percussive instruments over the obsessive rhythm section. This is futuristic music made with a very matter-of-fact attitude, verging on aural abstraction while staying fun and popular. And we bet you won’t hear better dance tunes this year.

Style-wise, the tracks navigate from deep house to pure mental techno and crypto-soulful vibes, from Ibiza-ish big room anthems to echoes of older South-African genres. But all these influences are never standing on their own : they always fuse and blend into the Rough Amapiano groove. This is almost like a musical monster, eating and digesting every external reference to remodel it in its very own machine.

So please, before everyone plays it, do pay attention to the world’s most thrilling music right now, and move your body and soul to the sound of Toxicated Keys.  

Etienne Menu

Toxicated Keys - Monate Ke Monate

#GqomFridays Month Of Legends Mix Vol.259 (Mixed By Griffit Vigo)

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#GqomFridays Month Of Legends Mix Vol.259 (Mixed By Griffit Vigo)

Poverty Is Expensive

Poverty is Expensive

King Sunny Ade - Ase [the revolution remix]

Volumes 1-4 available on: soundcloud.com/vibinvibinvibin
6 hours of amapiano

Tracklist:
1) Gaba Cannal - Duze (ft. Zano)
2) JazziDisciples - Fearless
3) Mas Musiq & Aymos - Falling For You
4) Dj Stokie - Aw Yebo (ft. DJ Maphorisa, Kabza De Small, Loxion Deep & Masterpiece)
5) Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa - London Roots [Remix] (ft. Louie Vega)
6) Kabza De Small x DJ Maphorisa - Weîmama (ft. Shasha)
7)Mhaw Keys - The Outcast
8) Loxion Deep - Tropical Dance
9) Mas Musiq & Aymos - Bambelea (ft. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)
10) SGVO - Clarity in Dub
11)Kelvin Momo - Happy (ft. Ben Da Prince)
12)Dj Stokie - The God Almighty (ft. Bitter Soul)
13) Sha Sha - Sing It Back (ft. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)
14)Prince Kaybee - Charlotte (ft. Lady Zamar)
15)Vine Muziq & Senzo SkyBoy - I'm Sorry (ft. Mr. Leballo)
16)JazziDisciples- Sgubu Se Monati (ft. Vigro Deep & Dj Buckz)
17)Kamo Mphela - Mojolo (ft. Senze Afrika)
18)Dj Clizo - Moment of Silence [Broken Beat]
19)Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa - How Do I Let It Got (ft. Corry Da Groove & Howard)
20)JazziDisciles & Mr JazziQ - Kahlel'isgubu (ft. Reece Madlisa & Zuma)
21) Kelvin Momo & C.A. Souls - Abantu Bethu (ft. Mogomotsi Chosen)
22)Kelvin Momo - Broken Promises
23)Deep CK - Asambeni
24)Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa - Boshego (ft. Howard)
25)Mas Musiq - Mthande (ft. Riky Rick, Shasha DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)
26) Strong Roots - Summer Sunshine (ft. Adil Black Motion)
27) Black Motion - Anyway (ft. Xoli & Ali Keys)
28) Kabza De Small - Let It Burn (ft. Myzstro)
29) JazziDisciples & Mr JazziQ - Askies (ft. Josiah De Disciple, FakeLove, Moonchild Sanelly & MDU aka TRP)
30) Prince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion & Ami Faku - Uwrongo 
31) Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa - Ocean View *ft. Cassper Nyovest)
32) Loxion Deep - 3 Pipers
33) Samthing Soweto - Akulaleki (ft. Shasha, Dj Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)
34) DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small - Buya & Agfreesto (ft. Les-Ego)
35) Loxion Deep - Zabalaza
36)SGVO - You Don't Need To Understand (Original Mix)
37)SGVO - What Do The Know About Deep (Original Deeper Mix)
38)Loxion Deep - Zabalaza
39)Moo & Jo - Lora (ft. Lass)

Quarantine Session: Vol.2 - Amapiano 2hr Special Edition ✈️🏝 [Tracklist in Description]

Amapiano Selections

8 Ubers (Tribute to DJ Jaivane)

#GqomFridays Mix Vol.177 (Mixed By Inferno Boyz)

1)Inferno Boyz - 41 Channels 
2)Stingray x Inferno Boyz - SiyDurban
3)Vanger Boyz - Danger ft. (General C'mamane & Inferno Boyz)
4)Funky Freaks-Isukile
5)Inferno Boyz x JeayChroniQ - Equalizer
6)General C'mamane - Crazy 8
7)Campmasters x Toolz umazelaphi - Ascengile
8)Killer Moc SA x Lavera Da Deejay feat. Toolz umazelaphi - Amakhikhizela
9)Inferno Boyz - X&S 
10)Blaqvision x Leman - Khaw'Fakumoya
11)BlaqShandis x Cultivated Soulz - Ogondoliya
12)Bhuda ChaosTee x Inferno Boyz - iGhost
13)Vanger Boyz - Gandaya ft. (Solan Lo)
14)Inferno Boyz - Damage Control
15)Inferno x Solan Lo - ###

#GqomFridays Mix Vol.177 (Mixed By Inferno Boyz)

Techno Mode

Digital album out 12 March. https://linktr.ee/DJBlackLow

In many ways, DJ Black Low’s debut album, Uwami, shows the signs of an artist’s first offering in any musical genre. Showcasing fluency in a broad range of styles and stuffing a number of ideas to the record’s brim is the 20 year-old producer’s attempt to both introduce himself to a wide listenership and stamp a recognizable sound in their minds. In other ways, somewhat out of the young South African producer’s control, Uwami goes against the grain.
The album comes at a time when South African electronic music is being fundamentally disrupted. Amapiano, the electronic music movement which first gained popularity with a small, core group of followers, now dominates the mainstream. Well-known and pervasive, amapiano borrows from a diverse palette of musical styles which are popular in South Africa’s largely Black townships- jazz, kwaito, dibacardi, deep and afro house among them. 
Instead of pandering to the seemingly insatiable local appetite and growing global penchant for amapiano though, on Uwami DJ Black Low seeks out the limits of the sound du jour and tries to stretch them. On his solo productions, he uses the samples and compositional norms that make amapiano hits the bedrock on which to experiment and improvise. With collaborators, DJ Black Low improvises within the boundaries of listener-friendly grooves.
The sound he creates has foundations of what could easily have progressed into captivating amapiano songs on their own. But he uses improvised but structured electronic percussion and distortion sounds to drive the tracks in a particular direction. What remains is something like a deconstructed amapiano.
For a young producer living in the townships of the greater Pitori area of South Africa’s Gauteng province, there were few avenues available for Radebe to pursue a career in music. His trajectory shows the vulnerability of this pursuit. “I had started producing in 2013 and it so happened that I lost my equipment in 2014. I couldn’t afford to buy equipment. In 2017, a friend of mine who had been making music found a job and decided to quit music. He gave me his equipment and I was able to start producing again. That’s when I started getting back to it. I tried to pick up where I had left off, with hip hop and commercial house but I found that amapiano was the popular music. I liked it, so I started producing it.”

DJ Black Low & Hapas Music feat. DJ KS & Patna "Jaiva Low"

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