Gqom (pronounced Gome) is a blistering variant of South African house which finds its roots in the coastal city of Durban. Like lots of the home-brewed genres of music in South Africa and beyond, a ...

South Africa (as I covered in a previous profile of House producer Black Coffee) has cemented its place as one of the world’s most innovative producers and exporters of dance music. By now, the ...

While the national conversation around entertainment often centres on the urban hubs of Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban, a ...

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, ...

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 ...

Vic Mensa is one of hip-hop's more knowledgeable artists, so it should come as no surprise that the Chicago rapper is always looking to broaden his horizons. On Friday (Dec. 29), Mensa hopped on ...

“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 ...