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1. The Godfathers of Deep House SA - Let’s Play House (Nostalgic Mix)
2. Nicky Deep - Be Salt Wise (Acidrops Mix)
3. SGVO - Amplified Zone
4. Pampja - Manguruwane
5. G-Wash10, Kasango - Lost
6. Bun Xapa - Elephants 
7. Karyendasoul, Zhao - In Control
8. Rampa - Sunday
9. Themba, Philip Tabane - Vha Vhenda (THEMBA’s Herd Mix)
10. Dustinho - Skies (Chronical Deep Claps Back Remix)

DRUMS RADIO: THE DEN EP025 GUEST MIX BY MANU (11-01-2022)

What a banging mix we have today...this one is going to be on replay for me over the next few weeks for sure! Too good! Shout to all the artists featured, as always I had to keep some tunes hush hush, you will get full deets in due time ;)

Thank you!

TRACKLIST:
1. Shimza ft. Aloe Blacc - Darling
2. DJ Kid & Drift Franklyn - Dreaming
3. ID - ID
4. Malukmz on Decks - Skontiri
5. Zulu Mageba - 3rd Degree
6. &lez - The Rhythm of Dancing
7. Jamek Ortega, JUNO (DE) - Deep Down
8. ID - ID
9. ID - ID
10. Prince Kaybee ft. Natasha - ShukShuk

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Deep Sounds #161 | 2024 Afro Tech Mix with Shimza, &lez, Prince Kaybee, Jamek Ortega

Da Capo | LIVE from Sondela at The Steel Yard in London on 26.04.2024.

Full YouTube Video Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-kquKjni8o

Next Sondela Showcases:
 London | 19.07.2025 - https://www.ra.co/events/2135567 
London | 05.09.2025 - https://www.ra.co/events/2204546 

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#WhereAfroMeetsTech

Champagne (Da Capo's Touch)

Da Capo | Sondela LIVE from London 26.04.2024 | Afro-House/Afro-Tech Mix

This week Darque drops a guest mix.

Shredder SA - Mfana Seshego
&friends, Phina Asa - This Is What It Feels Like (Atmos Blaq Remix)
Alex Wann, Nes Mburu - Peperuke (Mix)
Darque x Thandi Draai - Yonke [Rodriguez Jr. Remix]
Moojo, Bun Xapa - Hate It Or Love It
FiNE, Idd Aziz, Enoo Napa - Kidonda (Enoo Napa Remix)
Dino & Terry – Monograms
Manoo - The Dub
Candy Station - Hallelujah Anyway (Jnr SA Remix)
Franky Boissy, Akram - Mama Used To Say (Mpho.Wav Cover)

Global Residency 023 with Shimza (Darque Guest Mix)

This time we have Euggy as part of our Kazukuta Radioshow.

Kazukuta Radioshow - Euggy #53

Thru & Thru Radio. Music With No Limits!
Episode 3 By: Bun Xapa

Track List:
01. The Wild Child - Conflict
02. Danidane & MAAURA - Like Dat (Ape Drums Remix)
03. Bun Xapa - Gimme Luv Bby
04. Bun Xapa, Argento Dust - 2G
05. Yet More - Everybody Love
06. Bun Xapa, Mpho.wav - Gorilla
07. Liva K, Bun Xapa - Athens
08. Marks, Chuma Africa - Tuka (Bun Xapa Remix)
09. Zulu Mageba - ID
10. ID - ID
11. Bun Xapa - Yeke Yeke

Thru + Thru Radio Ep.3 - Bun Xapa

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DEEP SOUNDS #169 | MANU'S EXCLUSIVES | AFRO HOUSE MIX

Greetings comrades! 

This is the live set recorded from my debut at KOKO in Camden, London for Major League DJ'z weekend takeover on the 12th of April 2025. 

This one is super special for me as I got to test out a lot of forthcoming Sondela Recordings releases and a few of my own tracks coming out later in the year.

Tracklist:
1. ID - 40D x CLEIDO
2. Play With My Heart - Gil Bokobza x Tina Ardor [Sondela Recordings]
3. Imbokodo (ft. Jessica Mbandgeni) - Frigid Armadillo [Aluku Records] 
4. Ndoto (Chaleee Remix) - Aytiwan x Starving Yet Full [Sondela Recordings]
5. Volar La Pluma - DJ Quentin Edit [Sondela Recordings]
6. ID - ID
7. ID - ID 
8. Chemical Messages ft. IORDN & Masilo The Healer - CLEIDO, Dillan Desai
9. Kuar (Miishu & Dr Feel Remix) - Emmanuel Jal [Wired]
10. Durban Funk - Funky Qla [Funko Records]
11. Offline - DJ Vitoto & Moonchild Sanelly [Aluku Records]
12. Ngadla Phansi (ft. Beast Rsa) - DJ Tira, Goldmax & Ezase Afro [Afrotainment]
13. Moth To A Flame (Moish Remix) - The Weeknd

Enjoy!

#LateNightOrganDonor ♻️

KOKO Elecronic: CLEIDO - 12 April 2025 | Afro-House / Gqom / Afrotech Mix

This track has been such a fun journey — experimenting with all kinds of synths, drum machines, and my voice — and I’m thrilled to throw it out there.

I’ve prepared two versions for different settings: an instrumental one and the original mix with vocals. With this track I wanted to build an evolving journey — starting groovy, moving through more soothing and immersive moments, and then hitting with darker, hypnotic drops. It’s my take on the deeper shades of house with a strong kick and bass driving it forward.

Hope you enjoy the ride.
Love,
Jonny

Fall Free

Fall Free (Instrumental)

Echofront is an album that lives in the tension between shadow and radiance, between the ruins of memory and the pulse of the present. The songs unfold as fragments - half-dreamt images of stone, glass, fire, rivers, and neon - stitched into the rhythm of melodic techno. These lyrics trace the outlines of spaces where silence gathers force: cathedrals crumbling under rain, tunnels painted with defiance, rivers carrying ancestral masks, and cities burning into light. Each track is an echo carried forward, a resonance that reveals both fragility and persistence, where every fracture or stain also hints at renewal. The music embraces this ambiguity, weaving deep beats with textures that shimmer, fracture, and reform, as if sound itself were both memory and prophecy.

At the heart of the album is the idea of the echo not as repetition, but as transformation. Echoes blur time, bending it into seams where identity slips, boundaries dissolve, and breath becomes dream. Echofront steps into those seams, letting voices fade and return in altered forms, letting rhythms erode and rebuild, letting light refract into the darkness. The music is neither nostalgic nor utopian, but rather a navigation of thresholds - of endings that carry within them the charge of beginnings, of masks that reveal by concealing, of serpents that coil both danger and desire. In this way, the album moves like a front advancing across shifting terrain: charged with energy, haunted by silence, and always carrying the possibility of becoming something new.

silent rebellion

CYBORG Track 004 (Instrumental)

Energía fría y precisión digital. Un viaje entre máquinas y sombras, donde cada golpe resuena como un latido de acero en el corazón del ciberespacio.

CYBORG #1970 Track 004

Late-night Organ Donor ♻️
Sondela Recordings 
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Bkg: samvandaele@sem-tone.com

CLEIDO is more than a DJ—he’s an artist whose work demands attention. The South African-born Angolan creative has firmly established himself in the electronic music scene, both in London and globally, with standout performances at KOKO & Fabric in London, BRET & Parallel in Amsterdam, and KODA in Nairobi. 

His debut single, Hard to Love with Dillan Desai, is a bold and self-assured record—an undeniable showcase of his raw talent and relentless creative energy. Hard to Love gained support from key industry figures such as Caiiro, Fiona Kraft, Bun Xapa & Manu Naykene. But this is just the beginning—a mere drop in the ocean of what’s to come for this young artist.

Beyond the decks, CLEIDO’s influence is shaping the industry and African electronic music world. As Creative Director and A&R of Sondela Recordings, he has played a key role in refining the label’s global identity since its departure from Defected Records. Meanwhile, his work with Reunion London has helped
transform the city’s Afro-Melodic landscape.

With a sharp ear for innovation and a foresight for what listeners crave before they even realize it, CLEIDO is building more than a career—he’s crafting a movement. Backed by a co-sign on BBC from KILIMANJARO, having performed alongside and organized events for crowds of thousands with artists like, Major League DJz, DJEFF, one thing is clear: CLEIDO is here to stay.