Western society is getting a lot of the youth's minds, so what we're trying to do is bring it back. Tonight I was about playing new energy while respecting the legacy.īlack Motion: We want to connect the youth of South Africa to what they're now getting away from. All of that is an expression of underground electronica but also of Africa. I wore a mask in my sets for a while it is an expression of my upbringing and the music of this country. When it comes to South African House, there's a combination of international and local vibes. We grew up with soul music everywhere.Ĭuloe de Song: In my Boiler Room set, I was playing the new energy. As it grows, I hope we keep the meaning in it.īut you're respectful too of traditional African music?īlack Motion: Yeah, there's a lot more soul in our dance music than you might find in Europe. But the essence, the soul, the artistry is still intact, which is the most beautiful thing in the world. It's our 'pop music', if you may call it that. People really live the music culture here and people love to dance, it's part of everyday life.īlack Coffee: You hear this music everywhere it's in the taxis, it's our everyday life.
House is being played on someone's phone, your mum is singing house music at home, the radio is playing the latest house tunes. If you're in a hip hop crew in Durban, you're playing by yourself. In Durban, where I'm from, you're drowning in it. In Europe with house music, it seems that people go to the club and leave it at the club. Okmalumkoolkat: And in Durban too people really live the music culture there. You go into a shop where you buy clothes, it's house music. It seems, from being here, that house is sewn into the fabric of everyday life.ĭJ Shimza: When you're in Joburg, you get into a taxi, it's house music. I've been to Soul Kandi and I'm with Soulistic now so that should tell you everything!
I want to do a party in the hood and relate to those people as well. I play everything because I want to go to a party like Boiler Room and reach the people there. If you're a bit soulful you'll go to Soulistic. If you're Kwaito-ish and very punchy House, commercial, there's a label called Kalawa Jazmee. If you're making really Deep House music you'll go to House Africa. You listen to the sound you're making and you choose which label you want to go to. There's Soul Kandi, there's House Africa. Shimza: It's very easy, there's lots of people taking care of us. What's the infrastructure like in terms of record labels? Is there a network? That's when I started dancing - I haven't stopped since. For Zulu people as a tribe joy and happiness are the most important things, so dancing has always been a part of our lives, whether it's traditional dancing or dancing in the streets. I used to go to my cousin's house his older brother, was part of a dance crew. OK: I grew up in township in Durban so we were partying at night back in 88, 89. The drum patterns are very important to us. Apparently that's our signature to make people dance. How did that affect your music?īM: The background of dancing in the production and DJ section is very vital because as a dancer you know the elements of a song that will make you move. In SA we always think we're so behind but we're actually really progressive.īlack Motion and OK, you started out as dancers. A kid here will know so much about the UK and America but an American or British kid won't know anything about Africa. OKmalumkoolkat: It's a crazy thing about the world. We no longer feel 'important' buying house music from Europe or the US. That's how I see it moving forward.īlack Motion: In the past year, it's grown even more. If I was to work with Sam Smith, no one is going to call me 'World Music' again. This is how people need to see and understand it. I'm really passionate about it, and I will fight to get our music out of that space.
For so long African music of all genres was lumped into 'World Music' a, well, terrible…īl ack Coffee: Terrible! Yes! Say it.
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