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…
Author: Leputla Thamahane
Diggers Digest – TSmooth
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…
Billy and The Dude – Taking it back to Khalambazo
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….
Diggers Digest – Neil Gain
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…
Forthcoming Albums For July
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…
July 2019: Italy in Jo’burg, with a touch of Chicago
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…
Our June 2019 Top 5 Jazz/Nu Jazz/Broken Beat Records
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…