MixMag ‘The Cover Mix’: DJ Lag
“I chose these tracks for the Mixmag Cover Mix as they represent the different genres we have in Southern Africa. The creativity is crazy and I am honoured to be able to make this playlist – it includes everything from Afro house, Gqom and Amapiano!” Tracklist Zakes Bantwini – OsamaDlala Thukzin x Funky Qla – Let’s goDeep […]
MixMag Interview: ‘Life-Changing Encounters: Meetings With The Gqom King, DJ Lag’
“Aggressive, poetic, artistic, different. These are words that come up often when discussing DJ Lag’s contribution to the South African phenomenon known as Gqom. Unmatched in his ascent from rebellious bedroom beatmaker to his success abroad, reflected in the self-assigned moniker “international pantsula”, to being crowned “Gqom King”, it seems DJ Lag’s trajectory has been more expansionist […]
Resident Advisor Podcast: RA.820 DJ Lag
Tracklist Worst Behaviour – xxx Blackshandis – xxx DJ Lag feat. Lady Du – Lucifer Blackshandis feat. General Cmamane – BSGC Dj Lag feat. Mr JazziQ – Khavude Funk tone – lsitswebhu Deep Narratives – Lazy Shandis Mshunqisi feat. Darksilver – Awuze Uzizwele DJ Lag – Into Ongayazi Omagoqa – Njenge Nja DJ Lag feat. […]
Dance Wax Review: ‘Five things that inspired DJ Lag’s new album ‘Meeting With The King’’
“Over the last six years South African superstar DJ Lag has managed to establish himself as a world-class sonic innovator — spearheading one of the most exciting electronic music movements and genres to date in gqom. A Zulu word meaning drum or hit, gqom continues to make serous waves within the scene, as this geographically […]
Dazed Digital Adds DJ Lag’s ‘Meeting With The King’ To Their New Music Friday List
“When we interviewed DJ Lag about a mix he’d put together for us last year, he said he believed there was something “ominous, enigmatic and dangerous that comes through” in his sound. And he’s not wrong. Out today, his long-awaited Meeting With The King album plunges the listener into the best sounds coming from Durban, fusing the style he […]
Native Magazine Review: ‘A 1-Listen Review of DJ Lag’s Debut Album ‘Meeting With The King”
“In 2019, DJ Lag collaborated with Beyoncé on ‘Black Is King.’ A year before, the American superstar had performed to “A Trip To New York,” a song by the South African producer and DJ. For the uninitiated, Lag was considered as having caught his big break. However, that isn’t the case. Way before Bey caught on, DJ Lag was […]
Magnetic Magazine Review: DJ Lag – ‘Meeting With The King’
“Lwazi Asanda Gwala aka DJ Lag is someone who has become a household name in South Africa, but it is time for his big moment in the spotlight globally. Lag is a pioneer of Gqom, a genre born out of a more skeletal version of deep house, designed to get deep into one’s body with polyrhythmic potency […]
OkayAfrica: ‘Top 5 Songs You Need To Hear This Week,’ includes DJ Lag’s “iKhehla”
“South Africa gqom pioneer DJ Lag has released his debut album, Meeting with The King, which comes alongside lead single ‘Ikhehla’ featuring Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha. Take your ears to late nights in Durban with this slow-bubbling gqom banger.” Review by: OkayAfrica Team Link to original review here.
DJ Lag’s long awaited debut album ‘Meeting With The King’ already heralded as an electronic classic
DJ Lag’s first full-length record keeps faithful to the idea of experimentation in the underground on a thrilling set of new songs. Enigmatically titled Meeting with the King, it builds off DJ Lag’s signature darker style but sees the producer drop the BPM from 127 to 124-12 on several tracks. This reveals a slower, sexier […]
Clash Magazine Review: DJ Lag – ‘Meeting With The King’
“Introducing itself with over a minute of minimal grooves and atmospheric sweeps before singer Ndoni takes centre stage, the attention to detail on DJ Lag’s ‘Thongo Lami’ is immediately apparent, each eight-bar plunging listeners deeper into its rhythmic trance. Roughly translated from Zulu as “My Dream”, it’s instantly indicative of what to expect from ‘Meeting with the King’, with […]
