The service cites the explosion of African electronic genres including afrobeats, amapiano and Gqom as a major driver behind the increase. By Katie Bain DJ mixes from Africa have tracked massive ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

Makhanj reflects on her journey through 'Mix It Up Vol. 4', sharing how the cross-continental project pushed her creatively ...

Mlethwa Majola, aka M_Square, is into gqom and amapiano music on his latest single. The Booysens maskandi artist, Mlethwa Majola, aka M_Square, has ventured into gqom and amapiano music on his latest ...

While the South African mainstream groove culture is often dominated by house music such as Afrohouse, gqom, amapiano and ...

DJ Lag is on the cover of Mixmag. Read the cover feature here and check out his Cover Mix below "I chose these tracks for the Mixmag Cover Mix as they represent the different genres we have in ...

Gqom duo Distruction Boyz have launched their own record label, Distruction Records. They have already signed three talented artists and producers to the label: BlaQRhythm, Drega and K Dot The group's ...

Hold onto your hyperlinks, Red Bull Music Academy’s H∆SHTAG$is back and exploring how musical subcultures are going global thanks to the information superhighway ...

Cape Town DJ and music producer Mr Thela is ascending in his career after signing a deal with Universal Music Group. Best known for pioneering Cape Town Gqom, the DJ has transitioned from one record ...

Bristol party-starter and producer DJ Polo talks about the people behind the music, love of syncopated percussion and why UK funky will never die If it's going to go hard on a soundsystem, there's a ...