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 ...

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...

There’s a paradox at the heart of how we consume and perceive music in the internet era. We can instantly stream or download almost anything. It’s so much easier to tap into any era, artist or genre.

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, ...

Gqom (pronounced Gome) is a blistering variant of South African house which finds its roots in the coastal city of Durban. Like lots of the home-brewed genres of music in South Africa and beyond, a ...

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 ...

The Gqom Oh! label has been shining a light on some of the finest South African club music producers over the last year or so, with the release of a number of compilations and EPs from those pushing ...

The eclectic comp from the Rome-based collective Crudo Volta is a solid primer for those new to gqom, Afrobass, and Ethiopiyawi Electronic. Save this story Save this story When in Rome, the young ...

The sultry city of Durban has produced musical talent that has gained local and international recognition, and in recent years, with the popularity of gqom, the city’s dance music scene has come under ...

DJ Lag, the South African "Gqom prince" born Lwazi Asanda Gwala, got a boost after being sought out by Beyoncé and included on her soundtrack, The Lion King: The Gift. "It's opened doors, for sure,"… ...

If you are a fan of TikTok dance challenges, you've likely experienced the infectious rhythm and captivating choreography of ...

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 ...