DJ Lag’s massive Alpha Zulu global tour keeps rolling with a slate of new dates coming up in July and September. Currently, the international pantsula is taking his sounds and collaborative work to North America with dates in Toronto, Austin and Washington DC. September sees Lag return to the UK for the AMAfest in Hertfordshire, […]
“Bulldozer”, the storming collaboration between DJ Lag and UK MC Novelist has been tapped to soundtrack a new Instagram ad for Khalifa Kush and Dr Dabber. “There’s places people only dream of going.I’ve been there,” says Wiz Khalifa in the ad. Khalifa is the founder of Khalifa Kush which is partnering with vaporizer brand, Dr. […]
“Novelist sounds superb rolling over another of the South African producers urgent Afrobeat tracks.” – The Guardian
“South Africa and the UK link up on DJ Lag‘s new single, “Bulldozer”. Recorded in London back in 2020, the track sees Novelist add his explosive lyrics to the percussion-heavy foundation of DJ Lag’s minimalist electronic production. A rare instance of South Africa’s gqom sound and UK-centric flows occupying the same space, but Lag and Novelist find strike […]
“But this unfussy formula only accentuates the understated potency of “Bulldozer,” a track that could easily be deployed as electrifying club weapon in the right hands.” – Michael Lawson Read the full single review on Resident Advisor here
A blazing new single from South Africa’s DJ Lag and the UK MC Novelist is proving the malleability of gqom and making an audacious case for the South African genre’s ability to muscle into the music mainstream. Titled “Bulldozer” the single was recorded in London and pairs Lag’s monstrous gqom beats with Novelist’s high-speed lyrical […]
Following a successful run of shows in India, DJ Lag’s Alpha Zulu world tour has announced additional dates. The tour will now include a performance at Lokal Kubb in Trondheim , Norway on 21 April, Colour Factory in London, UK on the 22nd April, Les Nuits Botanique in Brussels, Belgium on the 1st of May, […]
DJ Lag has turned in a fantastic remix of Moderat’s “DRUM GLOW” that’s heavy with gqom, melding perfectly with the German trio’s spooky original. The track appears on EVEN MORE D4TA, Moderat’s new remix album that follows the release of 2022’s acclaimed MORE D4TA. Alongside DJ Lag there are new versions of the album’s 10 […]
DJ Lag appears in not one but two recently published books recognising the most influential and important DJs of the moment. The first is DJ Mag’s 100 of the World’s Best DJs – a global celebration of DJ culture. This limited-edition hardback book is packaged in a hardboard collector’s sleeve and printed on heavyweight paper […]
