Our May 2022 top 5 Albums is a true representation of what our store distributes but more importantly, a representation of the kind of music that many collect here in Johannesburg. Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey   The album titled, Motherland Journey is the duo’s debut album on Blue Note following their appearance on Blue Note Re:Imagined The album...

Our vibe directory looks for vinyl parties happening each month that we think you should checkout.   For April, we have these parties we feel promise a great deal of fun for you.  Vinny Da Vinci presents Vinny’s Vinyl Thursday Hosted at the Marriot Fire & Ice Menlyn in Pretoria, the Thursday vinyl party is one of the long standing...

Khotso Moleko's journey started with collecting cassettes & CD's from  Platform CD Shop in Lanesia, South of Johannesburg. It is during this time he taught himself how to mix using Deck A to Deck B and admits that there was no syncing but his audience thought he was a wizard. He also goes by the name KhotosBFR when deejaying and...

  Leputla Thamahane selected 5 of his favourite records that were released in January 2021 Gari Romalis – Panic In Detroit EP 1st on my list is Detroit’s native, Gari Romalis with his release on the Bristol based label, Just Jack. This EP brings with it soul and warmth if you are a deep house fanatic and are versed in...

Analogue Side of Storytelling powered by Anikulapho A cool concept founded by HarmonicSoul of JEHLS Kemp, giving vinyl spinners and live bands ample time to express themselves in front of an audience. One of a few gigs that gave spinners 3 hours to tell their story. The whole idea of Analogue Side of Storytelling to preserve the vinyl culture, something...

Deepsoulja and Native Rebels present Avant Garde Bon Voyage Yearly, our beloved Avant Garde Troupe embark on their look and see exercise. As event promoters, this exercise seeks to broaden their understanding and to help improve their offering when they host their parties. This year they are looking and seeing the USA, Chicago to be precise. This year, Deepsoulja and...

Are we not grateful that Johannesburg’s music scene truly has a ton of content to write about?! In this piece we look at a movement, a party or whatever you really want to call it. They call it MiHood. They are Doda, Hammathedude, Castro Jazz and Boisanza. What excites me about writing this is when they visit this website and...

Tshediso Ra was on duty to select for us the top 5 deep house releases for us here at Oh OneOne Vinyl. Even had to tell us why he selected these records. In no particular order of course. Emre Can Swim – ARS 002 If you’re into dubby and atmospheric low bpm house music, then this EP that came out...

T Smooth recalls not having an interest in music at a young age but later developed a love for music due to his mom and aunt’s music collection. High school is when he first heard house music when it was still referred to as International here in South Africa. He is from Kimberley in the Northern Cape and is championing...

We often hear comments like, it was better back in the day. The quality of music was much better than it is today. It was done for the love back in the day, blah blah blah…well, we live now! Now, I always imagine how it was and I do get a bit excited about it. The stories certainly leave me...

Neil Gain is a Cape Town native, producer and dj with a diverse music taste and a vast vinyl collection. Drawing inspiration from different kinds of sounds, his musical taste is highly influenced by jazz. In this interview, we talk music and vinyl records and why he is so fond of them. Is your story regarding your journey with music...

As vinyl distributors, we have to search for music on a daily basis to offer our clients. We have decided to select albums/EP's that our followers and customers should lookout for and do reviews of these albums. Leputla Thamahane is up for this month with a selection of 4 vinyl he is really feeling. Tosca – No Hassle Tosca’s fifth...

Picat Da Italian, is clear in what he wants to contribute to the house scene here in Johannesburg. July is his birth-month and what started as a birthday celebration with friends, has progressively become one of the most sought-after events during the winter month of July here in Joburg. The name of this event, Italian Elegant Xperience, will make sense...

We looked at some of the jazz records we have in stock on were up for sale this month. We selected the following as our top 5 of June. In no particular order of course Ruby Rushton - IronSide on 22A, a gatefold 2xLP with 10 tracks on it. Tenderlonious' prolific explorations of contemporary jazz continue unabated with this new...