The Indelible Rise of Gqom
Words by Zee Ntloko The popularization of dance and electronic music in South Africa is heavily owed to township culture. The rise of house music and the birth of kwaito are by-products of the kasi experience and Gqom is no exception. How a little-known genre cooked up in the backyard dwellings of D.I.Y DJs rapidly […]
SA Celebs Talk NXT LVL Music & Culture At #VDJ17
With the Vodacom NXT LVL music show beginning its shooting process next week with BIG NUZ, the boys took some time to take over Durban’s popular Circus Circus restaurant alongside Veli Mabena, who is Vodacom’s head of Marketing and Brand Communication. The evening saw some of SA’s most influential male and female musicians get together […]
Vodacom unearths NXT LVL talent with new television show
Vodacom, South Africa’s First and Best 4G network is set to unearth South Africa’s next biggest music superstar with its new show, ‘THE NXT LVL’ which will air on Mzanzi Magic mid- September 2017. The show will be presented by East Coast radio jock and television personality Zaba Simbani featuring Mzansi’svery own music icons ; […]