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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

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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)

Radio Raibano #014
with @midnattssoula

Lithuanian, Vilnius-based Midnattssoula is a label owner, DJ, radio host and party starter. He runs his own project Where Were We? (@where-were-we) for five years now and the show will be hosting its 125th guest next week.
The WWW label released its sixth release last year featuring the artist duo Azole. There's also been a remix package for the release with remixes from Romain Fx, Endrik Schroeder, Ivan Fabra and Black Feeling.
Various Artists compilation "Teleconnections" is planned to be released later this year, so keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for this one!

Radio Raibano with Midnattssoula

Rainbow Disco Club's Kikiorix joins Darker Than Wax behind the decks this month for two hours of cosmic disco, Italo house, and chuggy synth selections.

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Darker Than Wax w/ Kikiorix - July 2023

From breakbeat chuggers to leftfield Italo, Richard Sen ran two hours of recent finds and favourites - live from the arcade.

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Richard Sen - July 2023

Shared the decks with Shady Lady for an intimate all night session at Bar Benelux. Even though we live together she keeps amazing me with her selection. Sexy groovers to disco bangers with some side steps and back and forths. 

Hope you enjoy it as much as we did and please excuse me picking up the needle of the wrong record at some point :-D It was a long day playing 5hrs after 2 days of Dekmantel.

Shoutout to the Benelux crew & system. Wish the city had more spots like this. 4 point Funktion one system, a cozy dancefloor and lovely people, what more do you need?

PS: if you like what you hear, I would greatly appreciate you giving it a like / repost / share on your story / save / ...

Bar Benelux w/ Shady Lady - August '23

Monthly Magic Castles broadcast on Soho Radio with hosts on rotation and special guests. This month we welcome Antony Daly of 586 Records.

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Tracklist

Tony 586

Leif - Taraxacum 1 Rings Around Saturn - Aeolian Vakula - Biocenosis Giles Armstrong– Deep Is For Dopes Urulu - The Nautilus Tim Jackiw - Crimea Lord Of The Isles - Skylark (Linkwood Remix) Neurophase - Duckface PRZ - Shrimp Crystal Maze - Crossroad Blues Drivetrain– The Greatest (Hard Times Mix) Universo - Yebo 

Chris Stoker

Future Beat Alliance - Nver Forever - R&S
Michael Mayer - Heaven - NTA
Octagen - The Journeyman - Soma
Andy Bainbridge - Up Too Much - Not An Animal
Morenas - Hazme Soñar (Cutmaster-G Techno Trip Mix)- DFC
React 2 Rhythm - Rhythm Addiction (Mustang Mix) - Guerilla
Mouvement Perpetuel – Sexuel Mouvement -Obsession
Bliss Inc - Radiant Reality - Magic Wire
The Horn - Villager (Luca Lozano Remix) - Klasse Wrecks

Soho Radio - Magic Castles with Chris Stoker & Tony 586 (586 Records) - 25.09.23

In The Mix - The finest DJs from across the globe - and from every end of the genre spectrum – doing what they do best, sharing the music they love.

Swiss-Turkish, Berlin-based producer and DJ Mehmet Aslan explores the far reaches of the Swiss post-punk, experimental and electronic scenes on his new compilation Senza Decoro: Liebe & Anarchia in Switzerland 1980-1990.  “It was like a wild laboratory for all forms of new and strange sounds,” he says.  In celebration of its release, Mehmet has created an exclusive mix for Juno Daily featuring some of the album’s highlights and a few other choice gems thrown in for good measure.

In The MIx: DJ Mehmet Aslan

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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

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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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The Feeling: Ep 09 - DJ Okapi

Mke Wangu - So High IKMAL Mix

Radio king (pitched down mix)

“Elysium Drive” pulses with cinematic elegance and synth-soaked escapism — a neon-lit journey through twilight highways and digital dreams. Blending smooth Pop/Synth textures with hypnotic beats, the track evokes late-night drives under electric skies, where every turn feels like a portal to somewhere better. Glimmering arpeggios echo like memories in motion, while each drop shimmers with anticipation and longing. Whether you're chasing the skyline or drifting through city lights, ‘Elysium Drive’ is your soundscape for the in-between moments — where reality blurs and freedom begins.”

Elysium Drive

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)

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DJ Okapi (Afrosynth Records)

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