1990
Umlazi, Durban
February 1990, the streets full of people celebrating Mandela walking free. A taxi hit me in that crowd. My left arm never worked properly again, so I learned to mix with my right hand, and I still do.
Afropolitan house from Durban
Afropolitan house from Durban
Madison Square GardenNew York, 07.10.2023
- 16.10Miami BeachLIV Nightclub
- 17.10BrooklynPacha New York
- 18.10ChicagoNavy Pier
- 21.10AmsterdamZiggo Dome
- 23.10JeddahONYX Arena
- 24.10DubaiUshuaïa Dubai Harbour
- 29.10HoustonDuctwork
- 30.10AustinLocation to be announced
The road, in my words
From a crowd in Umlazi to the middle of the Garden
2003
Cape Town
The Red Bull Music Academy came to Cape Town and picked me. Two weeks with people who took this as seriously as I did, and I went home thinking this could actually be a life.
Soulistic
My own label
Nobody was queueing to sign what I made, so I started Soulistic Music and put the records out myself. Home Brewed, Africa Rising, Pieces Of Me, all of them came out on my own label.
2022
The Grammys
Subconsciously came out in February 2021. In April 2022 it won Best Dance/Electronic Album.
07.10.2023
Madison Square Garden
New York, in the round, my face on the ring screen above the decks. I was the first South African DJ to headline the Garden. Thirty three years after that crowd in Umlazi.
Since 1990
My whole career has been one hand on the mixer. Your turn.
Two records off Subconsciously, both playing at once. Press start, then drag the fader with one finger and blend Msaki into Delilah. That fader is most of my job.
Deck A
Wish You Were Herefeat. Msaki
Deck B
Drivewith David Guetta, feat. Delilah Montagu
Crossfader
Thirty second previews from Apple Music. The full songs are on the album below.
The Grammy record, Ultra Records, February 2021
Twelve songs, a different voice on every one
Tap any song and thirty seconds of it plays right here, with the name of whoever is singing it written across the room. Usher, Pharrell, Msaki, Celeste, Diplo. My sixth album, and the one that won the Grammy.
- Lostwith Angelos, feat. Jinadu
- You Need Mefeat. Maxine Ashley and Sun-El Musician
- SBCNCSLYwith Sabrina Claudio
- I'm Fallin'feat. RY X
- Timefeat. Cassie
- LaLaLawith Usher
- Flavafeat. Tellaman and Una Rams
- 10 Missed Callswith Pharrell Williams and Jozzy
- Ready For Youfeat. Celeste
- Wish You Were Herefeat. Msaki
- Drivewith David Guetta, feat. Delilah Montagu
- Never Gonna Forgetfeat. Diplo
In the crate
New in the crate
Some of these are mine and some are remixes I did for friends. Flip through and press play.
Ode To Ancestorsfeat. Djimon Hounsou, from Rebel Moon
The Rapture Pt. IIIwith &ME, on Keinemusik
Do 4 Lovemy remix for Snoh Aalegra
Horizon Redmy remix for Made By Pete and Zoe Kypri, CR20
Silence and Secretsmy remix for WhoMadeWho
Reflectionsmy remix for THEMBA, Ekhaya
Full sets, start to finish
Five rooms, every minute filmed
Keep scrolling and they stack up like records in a crate. Press play on any of them and it runs right here.
01
Salle Wagram, Paris
Cercle, 1:11:04
An old Paris ballroom, chandeliers and all. Cercle filmed the whole night.
02
Stay True South Africa
Boiler Room, 1:02:18
Boiler Room came to South Africa and I got to play for my own people.
03
Tomorrowland, Boom
Tomorrowland 2018
Belgium, under the lasers. Tomorrowland put the set on their channel.
04
Sunset at DJ Mag HQ Ibiza
DJ Mag, 1:55:17
Ibiza at golden hour, close enough to touch the crowd.
05
Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
NPR Music
Tiny Desk came home with me in lockdown. The quietest set I have ever played.
On the road
Where you can hear it next
- 16OctMiami BeachLIV Nightclub, United StatesTickets
- 17OctBrooklynPacha New York, United StatesTickets
- 18OctChicagoNavy Pier, United StatesTickets
- 21OctAmsterdamZiggo Dome, NetherlandsTickets
- 23OctJeddahONYX Arena, Saudi ArabiaTickets
- 24OctDubaiUshuaïa Dubai Harbour, United Arab EmiratesTickets
- 29OctHoustonDuctwork, United StatesTickets
- 30OctAustinLocation to be announced, United StatesTickets
- 31DecPunta del EsteNew Year, UruguayTickets
- 06JanTulumZamna Tulum, MexicoTickets
Beyond the booth
The things I built so the next kid from Umlazi has it easier
01 / Durban and beyond
Black Coffee Foundation
The foundation looks after people living with disability and people with nothing in South Africa. Education first, then independence, then a way back into everyday life.
The foundation02 / The parties
Music Is King
Music Is King is the collective and the parties: creative people who love this music the way I do, in one room with the records.
Music Is King03 / The stage
Africa Is Not A Jungle
A stage I built to carry South African DJs out into the world. Music made in Africa is world class, and the people who make it should be the ones carrying it.
Africa Is Not A Jungle04 / The company
Flightmode
Flightmode holds the content, the apps and the early bets I have made since 2017. The business side of staying independent.
Flightmode
The last word
Africa is not a jungle.
I say it at every show and I will keep saying it. The music that comes out of Durban and Soweto belongs on the biggest stages in the world, played by us. Come and hear it.
Find me between gigs
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Afropolitan house from Durban, South Africa.
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