This collaborative mixtape between Gqom Oh! and the Rome-based Crudo Volta collective showcases some of the best music that gqom—a raw, brash dance music coming from Durban—has ever produced. Save ...

Head of the Gqom Oh! label, Nan Kolè has been undertaking a massive project over the past few months. Allying with Rome-based radio station Crudo Volta, Kolè has been travelling around South Africa, ...

Durban is celebrated as the vibrant epicentre of Gqom, the city that has given rise to iconic figures such as DJ Tira, Lady Du, Babes Wodumo, and the late Mampintsha. In this pool of talent, Lwazi ...

Music fans are in for a treat as award-nominated producer DJ Lag returns with his latest mixtape, "Southside", which dropped on November 14. Affectionately referred to as "The King of Gqom", DJ Lag's ...

When DJ Lag releases a track, the world listens. The Durban-born producer, widely regarded as the “King of Gqom”, is back with his latest single, “Woza”, featuring Sir Trill and Sykes - a track that ...

DJ Lag is one of a cohort of producers in South Africa's Durban making gqom: a ruthless, minimalist, tensely percussive form of dance music. Over in London, the independent label Goon Club Allstars ...

The pulse of Durban’s streets has hit the global stage once again with the release of “New Wave”, a 16-track album crafted by Dankie Boi, Blacks Jnr and GoldMax. More than just a collection of songs, ...

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 ...

“With Southside, I wanted to celebrate where I’m from while showing where the Gqom sound is going,” says DJ Lag. “It’s for the people who’ve been with me from the start, and for everyone discovering ...

Gqom is a strain of South African dance music that wears its influences like passport stamps. U.K. funk, African polyrhythms, and the dizzying basslines of Chicago house have come together in a sound ...