DJ Lag’s official music video “Ice Drop” premieres on FACT Magazine
After teasing the visuals for “Ice Drop” for a while now, DJ Lag has finally shared the full length music video for single “Ice Drop” with the world via FACT Magazine. The deep and dark gqom track was married with scenes from Lag’s last weekend in his hometown before heading out on his first international […]
DJ Lag – ‘Ice Drop’ (official video)
From Durban to the world. Over the past year, 21-year-old producer DJ Lag has become the poster boy for Durban’s rapidly growing gqom scene. In late 2016 he teamed up with London label Goon Club Allstars to drop a self-titled EP of four relentless club tracks, a perfect introduction to the bass-heavy sound of gqom. […]
DJ Lag ZA EP launch
To celebrate the release of his self-titled EP locally, DJ Lag went on a South African EP Launch Tour with the support of Concerts SA. Watch the Gqom King as he plays three shows in three cities over three weekends.
Watch DJ Lag’s EP Tour Aftermovie
DJ Lag returned home late 2016 to champion his self-titled EP with an epic 3 shows in 3 cities over 3 weekends. Fans in Joburg, Cape Town and Lag’s home city, Durban, celebrated with the Gqom King who had been on his first international tour when his EP was released in South Africa. Lag had […]
DJ Lag ends groundbreaking year with guerilla-style “Ice Drop” video
DJ Lag is ending a groundbreaking year with the launch of a video for “Ice Drop” – one of four tracks on his acclaimed self-titled EP released in November by UK-based Goonclub Allstars. Propelled by a warm and enticing naturalistic feel, “Ice Drop” documents DJ Lag’s last weekend in Durban before he headed off on […]
Black Major picks top 22 albums for 2016
It’s been quite the year for music. Here are 21 tracks that were on high rotation on the office hifi and coming out our headphones: Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate DJ Lag – DJ Lag Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker Lambchop – Flotus Sibot – V.L.D.T. Skyjack – Skyjack Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool David Bowie – Black Star […]
“DJ LAG IS THE SOUTH AFRICAN GQOM ARTIST MAKING AN IMPACT” – Mixmag
Mixmag’s Impact series is dedicated to profiling raw talent that’s about to turn dance music on its head. Next up: DJ Lag Find the the full article, Q&A and exclusive mix on Mixmag magazine.
Crossing Cape Town’s divide with Black Major Selects at Muse All Weekend Festival
The first Muse All Weekend Festival provided the perfect platform to launch Black Major Selects, our brand new events and programming division. Held at Colorbox Studios in Cape Town’s Paarden Eiland, the festival was created to draw the city’s diverse music and audiences together – and it was a pleasure to work with WaxOn, We […]
Muse Festival: Crossing the Great Divides of Cape Town’s Fractured Underground
Article featured on Bubblegumclub By Ian McNair Cape Town has hope on the horizon. A city well known for its social segregation and physically apparent apartheid-born economic divides has a new underground-ish musical saviour being birthed. A brand new festival, put on by Nomadiq Music, Black Major, We House Sundays and Wax On aims to […]
DJ Lag announces SA EP launch tour
Black major and Concerts SA are excited to announce DJ Lag’s South African EP launch tour. The 21 year old Durban based producer released his debit EP through London based label Goon Club Allstars on the 11th November 2016 to global media enthusiastic coverage. The self-titled EP dropped while DJ Lag was on tour in […]
