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Omagoqa: "Percussion and bass. Those are the elements that make gqom music"

Omagoqa’s latest EP channels the sound of Durban’s underground across eleven unruly productions. We find out more about how it was made When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
The Fader

Listen To Four Tracks Of Ice Cold Gqom From DJ Lag

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 ...
Mixmag

DJ Lag teams up with Que DJ on new track ‘Where’s Your Father’

DJ Lag and Que DJ have joined forces for the first time on their new single ‘Where’s Your Father?’, which is out today. The gqom artists have infused some high-pitched screams and quick flutters of a ...
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Get your head around South Africa’s gqom scene

South Africa's electronica scene throws up killer new scenes every few years. There was kwaito house – led by DJ Mujava's Township Funk monster – and then the footwork-y highlife sound of Nozinja's ...