Name is Anele A.k.A Alphametic from CAPE TOWN WEST COAST, My sound is Trap,Rap and mostly Trapsoul, I started doing music in 2008 with my brother and my producer Ajaxito formed a group together and started trying all kinds of genre.. download my Mixtapes and Ep's here or SliquorOnlife

Pioneer Unit is an independent Cape Town-based Hip Hop record label.

As the name suggests, our focus is on developing Hip Hop artists who push boundaries, break moulds, and blaze trails. ‘Unique’ is an adjective that’s thrown about very easily these days. However, it’s an adjective we feel very comfortable with.

There’s a wide variety of influences in our music, everything from Roots, Dub and Dancehall, to Electro, Detroit Techno, Dubstep, Grime and of course, the sounds of Africa.

Africa is the birthplace of rhythm. That rhythm found its way to the Caribbean through the music of the slaves where it eventually became Reggae and Dancehall. From there it travelled to the US where it evolved into Hip Hop. Soon after, it spread out around the world, and back to Africa.

We represent one completed circle in Hip Hop’s journey. Our mission is to keep that journey alive by making innovative African Hip Hop that is at home anywhere in the world.

“Pioneer Unit - home to Ben Sharpa and KONFAB, two of the most inspired and agile lyricists in the world today… spitting raw truth in their dungeon-dutty Cape Town-prophets voices…”

Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1.

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Pure Solid Hi-Power. Live Audio-Visuals.

Pure Solid is Dplanet (audio) and spo0ky (visuals). Together they create an intense audio-visual assault on the senses.

Dplanet describes their music as ‘Robot Army Dub’. It is rooted in the militant cultures of reggae and hip hop, and has influences of a variety of rebellious ‘soundsystem’ music including grime, techno, trap, dub and electro.

spo0ky creates bespoke graphic design and video treatments that interpret and enhance the music, providing a powerful, immersively hypnotic experience.

Originally from England and Belgium respectively, Dplanet and spo0ky have lived in South Africa for many years. South Africa has a rich musical heritage and a troubled political past that continues to effect the lives of the majority of the population to this day. Pure Solid find inspiration in both, which they explore through their audio visual work. 

In 2012, Pure Solid released an album with South African rapper Ben Sharpa called '4th Density Light Show'. The album was released on French label, Jarring Effects. They completed their first European tour in 2012, where they opened for Roots Manuva, Dope DOD, Porter Robinson and Filastine. 

In 2013, Pure Solid collaborated on an album and live show called 'Cape Town Effects'. Also released on Jarring Effects, the project was toured extensively throughout Europe.

In South Africa, Pure Solid have performed at The Cape Town International Jazz Festival, Synergy, Earthdance, Rezonance and Cape Town Electronic Music Festival (CTEMF). Internationally, they have performed at Riddim Collision (FR), Les Nuits Sonores (FR) and IOMMA (Réunion).

Bookings:
puresolidvibes (at) gmail (dot) com

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