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Inside the UK Afro house renaissance

The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity

Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...

DJ Pierre interview ahead of 28th July London gig

The word 'legend' should be used sparingly, but there's no doubt that DJ Pierre's contribution to the world of electronic music places him in...

Defected’s Sondela imprint announces Ibiza’s first Afro house residency at Bora Bora

 Line-ups are still under wraps, but expect key figures from the London Afro house scene like Kitty Amor

Ibiza is getting its first Afro house residency, helmed by Defected's Sondela label at beach club Bora Bora. Label heads Sef Kombo and Louie Dunmore...

Hagan and Aymos link up on new Afro house single, ‘Sise Ntweni’: Listen

"A club-ready track that highlights how South African music has been a significant source of inspiration for me"

Hagan has teamed up with South African vocalist Aymos for a new single, ‘Sise Ntweni’. Check it out below. "'Sise Ntweni’ is a club-ready track...

Ikonika's back with a fresh electro-funk sound.

Far from retro, she's dragged us into a new digital dimension. We talk pop, reshaping history and optimistic futures with one of the world's most forward-thinking producers...

Walker & Royce will be the first artists to appear

Diplo is launching a brand new house music label, Higher Ground. 

Taking its name from his recent deep house-infused EP, 'Higher Ground', the new imprint...

Photo of DESIREE wearing a purple hat and eye-makeup on an emerald background

Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for South Africa’s Palesa Desiree Shilabje, the DJ and producer known to the world as DESIREE, who in just a few short years has proved to be one of the international festival circuit’s most exciting new stars. Here, Bruce Tantum hears her story, and about how her evolution through music has been as organic as they come

“I’m finally home.” Those three words are among the first that the South African DJ and producer Palesa Desiree Shilabje utters when DJ Mag catches...

Ron Trent sat at a table in a high rise building

Ron Trent has a deep understanding of electronic music. Beginning his production career in his teens, the venerated Chicago resident has travelled through techno, deep house and Afro house over the years. His latest album ‘WARM: What Do The Stars Say To You’, produced with a live band, demonstrates the duality of his work: it’s futuristic and somehow ancient, cosmic and aquatic. DJ Mag's Ria Hylton catches up with the Chicago house legend to learn more

In October 2019, Tama Sumo and Lakuti held a Your Love party in east London’s Moth Club, and somewhere in the final hours of the...

The suspense!!

Rumours about a Swedish House Mafia reunion at this weekend’s Ultra Music Festival have reached baffling levels of speculation at this point. With hints and...

Danger Mouse & Black Thought: cheating the system

Although it features guests like A$AP Rocky, Run The Jewels and Raekwon, the best moments on Danger Mouse and The Roots legend Black Thought's new LP are in its filmic rhymes, woozy psychedelic loops, soul snippets and jazz and blues rhythms. Here, Ben Murphy speaks to them about their long-awaited collaboration

Hip-hop is ingrained in the work of American musician and producer Danger Mouse. Though he’s made records with Beck, Karen O, Gorillaz, Michael Kiwanuka, Adele...

JKriv & Peter Matson debut on Heist Recordings with four cuts of funk-infused house. Hear Auntie Flo’s remix of ‘Ewesse Ye’ featuring Samy Love now

New York’s JKriv and Peter Matson have collaborated on a funk-infused new EP for Heist Recordings, ‘Bigtime’. 

The Razor-n-Tape regular joins the Afro-disco/post-punk troupe Underground...

It's no coincidence that since the inception of the Amsterdam Dance Event in 1996, Dutch music has slowly been infiltrating dance at every level, from...

Though Miami is still an essential industry jolly-up, ADE is now where the work gets done amongst cheeky trips to the coffee shops and rounds...

An hour of impeccable Afro-house and tech from South Africa’s Kasango

Kasango’s mix for DJ Mag’s Radio 1 Dance residency is available to stream on demand now. Listen to it here, or via the BBC...

Pioneering house night celebrates with Frankie Knuckles

Los Angeles’ Yaw Appiah delivers deep, vibey Afro house on his new EP, ‘Nangu’. Hear the title track now

Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Yaw Appiah will release a new EP, ‘Nangu’, tomorrow. 

The emerging artist follows his recent ‘Before Transition’ release, which featured...