There’s still time to listen to DJ Lag’s Friday Guest Mix on Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Radio 6 Music’s lunchtime show. Aired on Friday March 25th, the 11-song mix brought gqom right into the heart of a show by an electronic music pioneer. Mary Anne Hobbs is known as a true tastemaker and has long […]
Fans of Bongeziwe Mabandla and DJ Lag can now truly immerse themselves in the music of these two South African artists with Apple Music’s Spatial Audio. According to Apple, presenting songs in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos “gives artists the opportunity to create immersive audio experiences for their fans with true multidimensional sound and clarity”. […]
In 2018, DJ Lag staged the first Something for Clermont as a way of sharing his music and growing success with his home crowd. On April 2nd, a special 4th edition of this hugely popular event takes place – this time in a stadium that is fitting for the launch of DJ Lag’s critically-acclaimed debut […]
“Lag’s long-awaited debut album, Meeting With The King, plots a new path for the gqom, infusing it with elements from Afropop and amapiano and dropping the BPM from 127 to 124 on several tracks. That tempo tweak creates a slicker, sexier sound that is brought stunningly to life by celebrated amapiano singer and songwriter Lady Du on Lucifer. The track builds […]
“Last Friday, DJ Lag released his long-awaited debut album Meeting With The King. It was a long time coming given his near-decade of work as one of gqom’s most determined champions (he’s quick to name Okmalumkoolkat the sound’s true champion and earliest proponent). Still, it’s here now and to celebrate he’s been doing a victory lap […]
“On ‘Meeting With The King’, DJ Lag shows the versatility of gqom, and its importance as a unique form of music, rather than simply a sub-genre or passing fad. He also proves it can happily co-exist and cross-pollinate with amapiano and deep house, and hints at myriad new directions the style could head in. It’s […]
