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AKA — “Kontrol” f/ Da L.E.S.
House Party 2k13! AKA gives us a peek into how he spends an unsupervised weekend in "Kontrol." Spoiler alert: this includes girls, smoke and a lot of LEATHER.
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Artist of the Week: SKIP&DIE
South Africa’s Cata.Pirata and Amsterdam’s Jori Collignon lead the socially-minded SKIP&DIE collective. Collingnon’s tropical, ghettotech, dub, and hip-hop-infused beats...
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Die Heuwels Fantasties — “Rofstoeigreep”
Afrikaner group Die Heuwels Fantasties is giving us a strong ‘Men at Work’ feeling in the video for “Rofstoeigreep.” Keys for fun in the sun: questing after hidden...
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SKIP&DIE: Riot Music For The World
Name: SKIP&DIE
Where They’re From: The world
When They Started: 2010
Genre: Leftfield pop
For Fans Of: M.I.A., Hiatus Kaiyote
Sounds Like: "A...
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The Bass-ification of Angolan Zouk
In the past few months, "zouk bass" has been batted around as a new, hot subgenre of global bass. But momentarily side-stepping the dizzying conversations of how global...
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Gazelle — “R.U.N” f/ Jogyo & Devi Mambouka
Recent MTV Iggy Artist of the Week, Gazelle incorporates his South African heritage with indie references “R.U.N”, which features Jogyo's Dru Barnes and Devi Mambouka....
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Artist of the Week: Gazelle
Congratulations, to our artist of the week, Gazelle! The New York-based alt-pop band headed by South Africa's Xander Ferreira bound over most of the competition in our...
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Gazelle Sets the Pace with “R.U.N.”
Name: Gazelle
Where He's From: South Africa
When He Got Started: 2012
For Fans Of: Freshlyground, Santigold
Sounds Like: Mellow funk-infused South African...
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Van Coke Kartel — “Dankie Ek Is Veilig Hier”
Touring in a rock band is inherently glamorous. It's even more glamorous when you are from a country like South Africa. Van Coke Kartel give us a fun visual tour diary...
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Passport Approved: 10 of Our Favorite Multinational Bands
Back in the day when snail mail was a thing (remember that?) The U.S. Postal service ran a service where you could apply to get a pen pal from another country. While the...
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Artist of the Week: OOFJ
Hats off to the Danish and South African duo OOFJ on their victory for Artist of the Week! After a tight race with New York's Colossal Mantis, OOFJ's fans managed to...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
Welcome to the weekend! It's that time again to choose who will be our “Artist of the Week.”
Here's a round-up of the best global bands we came across this week. But...
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Step into the Shadowy Sonic World of OOFJ
Name: OOFJ (Katherine Mills Rymer and Jenno Bjørnkjær)
Where They’re From: Demark and South Africa
When They Started: 2010
For Fans of: Portishead, Nico, David...
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St. Lucia — “September”
St. Lucia, a Brooklyn-based disco pop band, clashes his decades and seasons in “September,” the title track from his late 2012 EP. Fall is over, but the electrotrance...
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Summer Vibes with St. Lucia: The Man, Not The Island
Jean-Philip Grobler hails from Johannesburg, South Africa. He is classically trained. He's clean-cut. You're probably thinking: pretentious techno, Brian...
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South Africa’s Lira Forges Her American Dream
Lira is already a megastar in South Africa. Now, the queen of Afro-soul, R&B and positive-thinking is making her way to the States, armed with her first American release...
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An Introduction to the Congo’s Didjak Munya
Words and Interview by Priscilla Djirackor
For Africans, music from the Democratic Republic of Congo has always been a reference, the crème de la crème of music. In a...
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Jack Parow — “Merry X-mas”
Even the big-brimmed, South African zef MC Jack Parow is getting into the Christmas spirit. In “Merry Xmas,” we find him in the same places as always – in front of a...
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In Studio with Civil Twilight
South Africa's very own Civil Twilight lands in Studio Iggy for a brief respite from their fall 2012 tour. Let their atmospheric vibes serenade you into a quiet escape...
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Top 10 Reasons Why We Are So, So Ready for 2013
2012, let's not even get into it. You are over and we are really fine with that. Barack Obama got re-elected and, hopefully, we'll never have to think about Mitt...