Tue. 28 June 2011
Les Ateliers Claus Brussels
Doors at 23:30

Shangaan Electro

Nozinja, Tshetsha Boys, Tiyiselani & Nkata Mawewe (ZA)

180+ bpm Soweto style new dance music. Sold out!


 

Shangaan Electro

Shangaan Electro is the street level dance phenomenon from South Africa that went global in 2010 on the back of a series of viral youtube clips (2 million hits and counting) and an acclaimed compilation on Honest Jon’s that introduced the movers and shakers in this fast emerging micro-genre. Shangaan Electro replaces Shangaan music’s traditional instrumentation with midi-keyboard sounds, re-pitched vocal samples and jacking four to the floor beats, then amps things up to breakneck speeds of over 180BPM. This is hyper-kinetic digital dance music custom made for weekly dance offs in Soweto, and it’s getting ever faster…