The South African contribution to, and enthusiasm for, Deep House, is not widely known outside the country itself. 

Deep House gets played on the radio here during the the day, and is also popular in nightclubs. It was here in the nineties and noughties that European and American DJs travelled from relative obscurity back home to be welcomed as celebrities; and where a love for deep, four-to-the-floor beats could still, possibly, unify those who perceive, and experience, difference in terms of wealth, income, property and skin-colour. 

South Africa is the origin of Afro House - a true Deep House nation.

House music has been reformatted many times in South Africa. Before it became globally popular, it was from here that the Afro House sound came and proliferated. It was from here that the world came to know and love Black Coffee, and the distinct sound he pioneered.

Innovative township producers with a DIY mindset spawned a fledgling scene here in the the hope-filled post-Apartheid 1990s, and the DJs kept the music soft and soothing. Dancers allegedly left the dancefloor if the beats got too heavy (thousands of miles from what was happening back in Europe, in more than just a geographical sense), and taxi-drivers' soundsystems were kingmakers.

My mix, built in reverence to this era, aims to perpetuate a sound I heard years later, loved and sought to collect, compile and share.

After a contribution in the form of a [soon to be edited] speech by Nelson Madela himself, Nkosinathi Maphumulo (Black Coffee) - arguably SA house music's most important representative - starts proceedings with his deeply unifying message in a collaboration with Hugh Masekela. The mix then moves on to the lush, lo-fi sounds of adopted SA favourite, Charles Webster and beyond, gliding into Better Days, another Webster production likely made specially for the country itself, into tracks by some of the country's new generation - producers and singers like Kid Fonque and Zaki Ibrahim. 

It also includes tracks by those producing music with African integrity and authenticity, like Germany's Raw Artistic Soul (Dubby Rich).

History does matter, and this is a mix intended to educate, showcase and inspire. It is through our appreciation for the cultural output of other nations that our respect and reverence for them grows, perceived boundaries fall away, inter-national relations improve. Then, maybe, the real celebrations can begin. 

The is a mix for and from South Africa, the deep house nation, to the world. 

Peace & 2021Love.

Afro House Nation (2021)

As the sun sets on the UK's summer season, @realmisteree search of global sunshine grooves goes on, this week focusing on South Africa's killer deep house scene

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DukeSoul - The Calling (Main Mix)

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Deeper Shades of House show #882

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DSOH #882 Deeper Shades Of House w/ guest mix by DAVID MORPETH

A deep, soulful, and chuggy session - recorded live at Pirate Studios in Norwich.

Had a bit of fun with this one. It leans a little more uptempo in parts, rolling through jazzy grooves, SA house flavours, and warm percussion. Somewhere in there you’ll find what I’d probably call my all-time number one deep house track - Petalpushing by Miguel Migs. Pure class.

Tracklist:

TimAdeep – This Is Goodbye (RA Dub)
Johnny Deep – History Of Funk
Sebas Ramis & Phaze Dee – Do I Wanna
Jullian Gomes, Kuniyuki Takahashi & Sio – Let Me Go (Actual Atjazz Astro Inst.)
Junior Jack – E Samba (TimAdeep Remix)
Miguel Migs – Petalpushing
TimAdeep – Thinking About You (Beachfront Mix)
William Trilogy – People Talking About It
Da Capo, Tshepo King – Afrika (Louie Vega Remix Inst.)
Spennu – Too Much Stress (Soledrifter Chill Remix)
F. GALDi – Involution (Nightly Closures Remix)

Pushing Petals at Pirate Studios - 07.25

Tracklist:

Jullian Gomes – Love Song 28 (feat. Bobby)
Ladi Adiosoul & Houseville – God Bless
June Jazzin – Help Me
June Jazzin – Azumpapa
William Trilogy – People Talking About It
Demarkus Lewis & Eartone – I.M.S. (Eartone Remix)
Atjazz & Jullian Gomes – Philosophy (Instrumental)
Stefan Ringer – Otw

Deep.003 @ Pirate Studios, Norwich - 07.25

Kelly Khumalo - Asine(aFrikaSoul Remix)

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It took four years but it was well worth the wait. The perfect end to the perfect weekend saw Jack take to the river like a duck to water.

Phat Jack - Power Flower Picnic 2018

Miza ft. Noluthando Meje - Feeling (Kojo Akusa deep space mix)

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Joseph Davis - Love Affair (Trackheadz Phatblack vocal mix)

Cape Town roots. Now based in Norwich.
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Deep.003 @ Pirate Studios, Norwich - 07.25

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