Red Bull Music Academy’s H∆SHTAG$ returns this week for a second series – and one of the music genres that gets the deep-dive treatment this time round is gqom. Watch it below – or scroll down to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its ...

Gqom music was all the rage around six or seven years ago, and some might believe that this movement has died. However, a young artist by the name of Mr Thela would disagree with this vehemently.

The thing about music is that it evolves beyond the location it was established in or its brainchild. Take Hip Hop for instance, it was founded in the mid-70s in Brooklyn, New York, by black youth, ...

Simphiwe Sihawu, famously known as Mr Thela, talks to Drum about his highly anticipated album ‘LANGA’ set to drop on November ...

On the back of South African artists Zakes Bantwini, Nomcebo Zikode, and Wouter Kellerman recently winning a Grammy Award, South African talent continues to export music and art globally. Simphiwe ...

Kwanele Sosibo and Chris Saunders travelled to KwaZulu Natal earlier this year to meet up with some of the pioneers of one of South Africa's most minimal, raw and exhilarating underground dance music ...

Gqom producer and DJ Mr Thela is set to release his highly anticipated album, “Tronics Land Series 3”, on December 6. The album, which features 17 tracks, is available for pre-order on all major ...

Saturday morning in Durban, 2am, and both of Club 101’s dimly lit dancefloors are juddering to hypnotic electronic music that has been forged in the city’s surrounding townships. Upstairs, the ...