A monthly podcast representing diverse worldy electronic sounds from Southern Africa and beyond. It #Recommends Artists you might not know making future, soul, hip hop, alternative & electronic tunes from all around the globe. 

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Black Villain, alternatively identifying as “A Universe on Its Own”, is a music producer, DJ, vocalist and label owner. Her story in music is a symbol of Blackness (Black) and the mystery of what cannot be expressed with the naked eye but through the immortality of her sound (Villain). Her calling is to share messages from the universe with the world through her sonic creations, performances and event experiences. She is a nominee for the 2023 Basadi in Music Awards (Nando’s Emerging Artist of The Year) and the 2020 Johannesburg 011 City Awards (Best DJ Category); and has graced some of the biggest DJ platforms in South Africa and globally, listing her amongst the leading Deep and Soulful House music Women Producers and DJs in South Africa.

Bantu.Lab is a creative collective comprised of Architects, Urban Planners and Urban Designers focused on the conceptualisation, visualisation,
imagination and realisation of black spatial imaginaries. 

Our laboratory is focused on black youth culture and its economy. Our work is about making sense of these connections and what they reveal about urban growth and street dynamics. As urban spatial scientists, our work starts by finding the right instruments through which to test these realities. We investigate Fresh Produce, Music, Fashion, Youth Culture and Transport, Sounds, Signs, Smells and Tastes; in how they are layered and composed in ways that seem chaotic but actually work in harmony within black spaces.

At the heart of our agenda is redefining the worth, reimagining the futures and reconciling spatial academic competencies with our lived spatial realities. Our main area of study is decoding the vibrancy, culture, identity and complexities of black spaces.

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