DJ Lag nominated for SA Gqom Awards’ DJ of the Year
The first ever annual South Africa Gqom Awards are here. Supported by Smirnoff, they’re set to take place at the Durban ICC on April 20th with a host of exciting upholders of the genre in attendance. That gives us just under a few weeks to make sure our own DJ Lag takes home DJ of […]
DJ Lag gets in sync with choreographer Mette Towley on ‘Switz’ video
2019 has indeed begun on a high note, with DJ Lag doing his own BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix; a timely reminder of the gqom pioneer’s burgeoning career, which sees the next few months of touring taking him to events around the world including Sonar Istanbul and an all-nighter at Berlin’s legendary club, Berghain. The […]
DJ Lag Announces First Round of #InternationalPantsulaTour Dates for 2019
It’s going to be a great start to the new month for DJ Lag. With a string of new dates for what he’s dubbed the #internationalantsulatour, greater Europe and South Africa are in for some truly unique shows. Check him out when he’s in your area below, with more to come:
Introducing: rePercussions
The 2019 Cape Town International Jazz Festival will see a group of iconic artists produce an intertwining of sounds like never before. rePercussions brings together the free-flowing elements of Jazz and the infectious danceability of Gqom under scattered snares, glowing synthesizers and transposing time signatures. With musicians who are each groundbreaking in their own right, […]
DJ Lag takes Gqom to BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix
BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix has made some of “the world’s biggest DJs on the world’s biggest decks,” household names, and is hosted by prolific DJ, producer and tastemaker Pete Tong. This month BBC Essential Mix rolls out the red carpet for Gqom royalty, DJ Lag, in a momentous turn for his career. He’ll be […]
DJ Lag and Moses Boyd get together in a scintillating new video for “Drumming”
In the coming together of two pioneers of their time, DJ Lag and Moses Boyd collaborate on the music video for Drumming, shot in a tripped out basement-to-street journey across the water earlier this year, with a little help from our friends at G-Star Raw, with their powerful #UniformoftheFree campaign. Premiering today on the Fader, […]
DJ Lag and Epic B get together for “Going Modd”
DJ Lag has been very busy lately, and has just added a collaboration between himself and New York’s ex-Immortal Instruments producer, Epic B, to the heap of adventurous releases. This one is a riddim of note, called “Going Modd” – off the UK label Swing Ting – and is available on Bandcamp and Soundcloud for […]
DJ LAG’s #GqomIsThePresent Part 4 brings 2018 to a close
GQOM IS THE PRESENT PART 4 is upon us, bringing 2018’s second world tour by the young trailblazer to a solid close, with dates spanning North America, Europe and South Africa. PART 1 saw dance floors buzzing from Queens to Montreal, with LAG stopping over as a special guest at Moonshine XL’s Boilerroom Montreal before […]
Resident Advisor: DJ LAG & Sho Madjozi impress at Unsound Festival Krakow
This past weekend, DJ Lag and Sho Madjozi’s first partnership left the Krakow crowd 100% satisfied, says Resident Advisor: “Sho Madjozi was a visible presence all week at Unsound. She participated in a panel hosted by The Wire’s Chris Bohn on Friday afternoon. The previous night, she jumped in for a short cameo alongside the […]
DJ LAG’s Stampit EP gets a score of 9/10 on Mixmag
Mixmag has yet more to say about DJ LAG’s ongoing reign: The Gqom King Delivers “The South African gqom pioneer is back with another devastatingly rhythmic release, linking up with open-eared London label Goon Club Allstars to offer up four tracks of high-octane club-ready fodder. Hi new release, titled Stampit feels like a hybrid project […]
