It is classified as deep house or soulful house in South Africa, and it has its own distinct sound and vibe, which is reflected in its musical style. Gqom is a South African house music subgenre. Electronic house emerged in the early 2010s, largely influenced by producers DJ Lag, Rude...
Young, aspiring producers in South African townships used affordable personal computers and free music production software to blend globally-influenced sounds such as deep house and jazz with kwaito — a distinctly South African genre. True to the collaborative nature of the genre's origins, an ama...
Music comes in many different types and styles, ranging from traditional rock music to world pop, easy listening, and bluegrass. Many genres have a rich history or geographical significance, a cult following, or music roots far beyond the 20th century. What is a music genre? The Music Genres...
Aware of the popularity of rhumba among African music lovers, Yondo has incorporated the beats in the song. Congolese singer, dancing ace Yondo Sister lands in Nairobi The juror encouraged more musicians, songwriters and producers to keep submitting and spreading the word of Afrima so they can ...
World music was welcomed for its “authenticity,” as a counterpoint to the increasingly synthetic and robotic sounds favoured by Western pop producers during the 1980s. Among the few exceptions to this rule were several local stars from Francophone West Africa and North Africa, some of whom ...
That brings up another development: Original Bollywood remixes. Popular Indian music producers began adding club beats to their own songs to package multiple versions on the original album. It's partly a response to the American DJ movement and partly to supplant it with anIndian equivalent. The...
In contrast to the sometimes artificial rebelliousness of Western pop, this was literally a matter of life or death, and several singers and producers were killed for flouting traditional Islamic mores. Youssou N'Dour During the 1980s several vocalists launched their international careers after ...
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Seen one way, this is a movie about a couple of lifelong friends who’ve talked themselves into delusions of grandeur, and keep throwing their money away on promoters and producers who can’t really do much for them. But spun more positively, Anvil! follows musicians who keep scrounging ...
If there’s been one consistent in popular music across the first 20-plus years of the 21st century, it’s been the prominence of the producer, leading pop’s vanguard as much as any of its biggest recording artists. While super-producers have certainly existed since the days of Phil Spect...