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DJ Okapi

Afrosynth Records is a Johannesburg-based record label and store. Digging up rare grooves in the city of gold, DJ Okapi brings a forgotten era of South African pop music back to life. Listen to his mix featuring a few tracks by South African disco star Kamazu at 10 am + pm CET. 

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Outsiders: Afrosynth Records w/ DJ Okapi ft. Kamazu @ Kiosk Radio 30.03.2021

Afrosynth is back with DJ Okapi today focusing on the legendary eighties bubblegum singer and label affiliate Ntombi Ndaba.

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Outsiders: Afrosynth w/ DJ Okapi feat. Ntombi Ndaba @ Kiosk Radio 30.07.2021

Instead of following trends, DJ Okapi has made it his mission to preserve and share a forgotten era of South African pop music, specifically the infectious sounds of synth-fuelled ‘80s ‘bubblegum’ disco and the house-driven kwaito grooves of the ‘90s. DJing since the early 2000s, Okapi started Afrosynth as a blog documenting his record collection. From 2016 to 2000 he ran a record store in downtown Johannesburg. Afrosynth now functions primarily as a reissue label, putting out classic South African sounds, as well as new jazz, via Rush Hour in Amsterdam. In the process he has helped bring artists like Ntombi Ndaba and Kamazu back to the international stage. Recently returned to Cape Town, the city of his birth, after more than a decade in Johannesburg, Okapi has shared his unique and soulful sound throughout Europe as well as Asia and Brazil. He has also compiled popular vinyl collections of South African music for Rush Hour, Soundway and Cultures of Soul.

DJ Okapi (Afrosynth Records)

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HUNY XO live at Papi Juice Vol. 96, Papi Pressure. Elsewhere (Brooklyn, NY). Dec 13, 2024.

HUNY XO @ Papi Juice Vol. 96

🍿 Full hour episode now streaming on YouTube:

Ep09: DJ Okapi

DJ Okapi, founder of Afrosynth Records, is widely respected as one of the key figures preserving South Africa’s electronic, bubblegum, and kwaito heritage. More than a DJ, he’s an archivist and connector, unearthing lost South African sounds from the ’80s and ’90s while championing a new wave of local jazz artists — like Mabuta and Ayanda Sikade — through his New Horizons compilation series, pressed on vinyl and distributed worldwide by @rushhourrecords in Amsterdam.

Afrosynth began as a blog in 2009–2010, with deep dives into disco, funk, bubblegum, and early kwaito that helped put these sounds back on the map for collectors, DJs, and reissue labels globally. The label naturally grew from that archival work.

A vital connector and collector, Okapi ran the legendary Afrosynth record shop in downtown Johannesburg before returning to Cape Town, where you’ll now find him DJing at venues like Gorgeous George and The Commons, or digging up vinyl treasures at local record fairs. His sets are living archives — a dance floor journey through priceless holy grails and bargain-bin surprises, all stitched together with groove and deep knowledge

Instagram: https://bit.ly/46XFcCl
Afrosynth Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/4m6g9kP
Afrosynth Soundcloud: @afrosynth 
Afrosynth blog: https://bit.ly/4mdscgv

The Feeling - A project where artists are encouraged to explore their collections and share the sounds that resonate, linger, and most importantly, give them, The Feeling.

The series comprises 16 one-hour episodes rolling out over the next 8 months (2 episodes per month), showcasing some of my favorite artists, DJs, and colleagues from the Cape Town and South African music scenes.

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Find The Feeling series:

Instagram: https://bit.ly/4iD7C7P
TikTok: https://bit.ly/4j6PWRC

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TikTok: https://bit.ly/41TN98N

Equipment and lighting provided by MyOh!My Entertainment: https://bit.ly/4lvhIcT

Filmed at Soundcast Studios, Cape Town, South Africa: https://bit.ly/3DYzqV7

Follow the 🔗 in bio to watch the full episode and others 🥤🍿

The Feeling: Ep 09 - DJ Okapi

This is my favourite mix, I think you should listen to it!!!

Relive Teqmun opening the Filter by Lipton Ice Tea on Sunday, April 20.

Date:
April 20, 2025

Location:
NDSM Docklands, Amsterdam

TEQMUN | FULL OPENING SET | DGTL AMSTERDAM 2025 | 20.4.2025

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DJ SWISHA B2B Nick León @ The Lot Radio 05-14-2025

Fever AM invites Cashu - 04 June 2025

Island boy with internet vibes. A healthy dose of experimental club music with heavy Latin influences and a functional edge. 

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http://soundcloud.com/djsosaproduciendo



DJ SOSA RD @ The Lot Radio 07-17-2025

Carolina Schutzer aka Cashu (@carol-schutzer) is one of the key figures of São Paulo’s queer underground electronic music scene, where her work constantly communicates urgent political issues. In an attempt to occupy and decentralize the São Paulo scene, Cashu and Carneosso created the Mamba Negra collective, an independent brand which provides a platform for diversified artists. Their street events that usually take place in abandoned and uninhabited locations, such as student and artist squats, push forward the fight for female representation and sexual and gender freedom. The collective was formed in 2013 as a platform for live and organic music and has since solidified into one of São Paulo’s main electronic music parties and expanded to become a Label, Agency and Radio station.

As an active character in São Paulo’s electronic scene, Cashu frequently performs at block parties, small venues and independent collectives. She has played in over 15 cities and participated in several collectives that work for occupying, decentralizing and hacking the Brazilian night scene. She also brings her energy to big clubs and festivals such as Dekmantel Festival in SP, Red Bull Music Academy Festival SP, or abroad in Panorama Bar/Berghain, De School, Unsound Festival.

PURE Guest.089 Cashu

A deep dig into the world of Latin-made hardgroove. Full-body music for the heads.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/rachel-grace-almeida/episodes/rachel-grace-almeida-2nd-august-2025

Rachel Grace Almeida: Latin Hardgroove Special 020825

This is an all-vinyl DJ set recording from a set I did at Scissor in Oakland, CA at Thee Stork Club

Tracklist:
Raw Silk - Just In Time & Space (Dub)
Cabin Fever - The Bomb is Mine
Eddie S. - The Spell
Eric Johnson - Melodic Gruv
Gabriels - Love & Hate In A Different Time (Kerri Chandler 623 Again Mix)
Cherie Lee - Love Me Or Leave Me (Club Dub)
Joey Musaphia - Untitled (In And Out Of My Life)
D-HA & Mad Mike - Work Me
G. Marcell - Dance With Me
Dj Luck and Chris Bum - Dreams
DJ Duke - Heard
Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Sweet Dub Mix)

Bored Lord - Live from Scissor 08.29.25

DJ Okapi (@afrosynth) DJ set at El cuerpo del Disco, berlínClub (@bclubmadrid), on October 6th 2018.

Dj Okapi at El cuerpo del Disco (berlínClub, Madrid)

First Sounds Of Yeke mix for 2020! Kicking the year off with a DJ and collector I've been a long time fan of, but who I met on a recent trip to South Africa: DJ Okapi 🇿🇦 

'Digging up rare grooves in the city of gold, DJ Okapi brings a forgotten era of South African pop music back to life, turning a new generation on to the synth-fuelled ‘80s disco known as bubblegum and the downtempo kwaito grooves of the ‘90s. Based in Maboneng in downtown Johannesburg, he runs the record store and label Afrosynth Records and has compiled collections of South African music for Rush Hour, Soundway and Cultures of Soul. Since 2016 he has been playing regularly throughout Europe and as far afield as China, Russia and Brazil.'

@afrosynth 

TRACKLIST: 
‘Ma Dea Luv' - JE Movement 
Paulina - Benjamin Ball
Mjukeit - Kamazu 
Witch Doctor - Patricia Majalisa
Ta Duma'(12” version) - Obed Ngobeni & The Kurhula Sisters
Help Me I'm Burning (Jika Jika)’ - Kaya

Enjoy this 30 minute bubblegum filled SA history lesson from a stalwart of Johannesburgs collectors scene! 🗺 💿

Sounds Of Yeke: DJ Okapi

@clubyeke 💿



Radio 📻 
NTS Radio: Bi Weekly Wednesdays - 5-6PM 🇬🇧  

In little time London based artist Tash LC has established herself as an assured DJ, host, label owner and presenter across both radio and club mediums.

Tash finds herself at home on the airwaves with a current residency on esteemed London based radio station NTS, and past residencies on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1Xtra, and a long standing show on Worldwide FM, balancing highly palatable afro-jazz and highlife broadcasts with more up-tempo meetings of Kuduro, Gqom, and esoteric club sounds. 

She also runs global club focussed club nights Boko! Boko! and Club Yeke, with the latter also being a successful indie label set up in 2019, having released underground electronic music from South Africa, Jamaica, Brazil, The US, Portugal and the UK. 

With the backing of some of dance music’s most influential institutions and an effortless ability to command a dance floor, Tash has quickly become one of the UK’s most exciting talents.

Bookings-  kayleigh.lawrence [at] unitedtalent.com ✒️
Music-hello[at]tash-lc[dot]com 🥁

BBC 1XTRA FREESTYLE-  https://youtu.be/ZyDUNm_lR48 🗣️

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Sounds Of Yeke: DJ Okapi

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