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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jose Cuervo Seize The City returns this Spring with a dynamic lineup in the wake of an ever evolving club scene. Alongside the world’s #1 tequila, Season 2 championed 90s rave culture with new Grime and Gqom beats, featuring Wiley, Skinny Macho and our own Black Major foot-soldiers K-$ and DJ Lag. In the run […]
G-Star RAW embraces the young, bold and free kings and queens of our time by featuring bass royalty, Manthe Ribane and DJ Lag in their latest campaign entitled #UniformoftheFree. The G-Star F/W ‘18 campaign (South Africa’s Spring!) champions a range of confident, inspiring and captivating individuals: from urban cowboys to hip-hop ballerinas, female dirt bikers […]
Following her debut album ‘Take Me Apart,’ Kelela has gathered a slew of talented collaborators to remix the already flawless album, set to drop today via WARP. ‘Take Me A_Part: The Remixes’ will feature artists from across the world, including Kaytranada, GAIKA and our very own DJ Lag. “This project has been evolving in my […]
The king’s place is always front and centre, and this week DJ Lag graces the cover of Spotify’s Gqom Power House Playlist – along with 6 of his original tracks. Catch 5 hours and 42 minutes of the genre’s best dance floor denizens here.
The Wire’s October print edition is out, and has some more-than-positive feedback to share on DJ Lag’s Stampit EP: “The infectious, energy driven sound of gqom has taken DJ Lag all over the world in the past two years – sending crowds into a frenzy with the South African sound. His debut EP for Goon […]
