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African Electronic Dance Music
''African Electronic Dance Music'' is an album by South African DJ and music producer Sun-El Musician, released by EL World Music on October 29, 2021. It features appearances by Ami Faku, Msaki, Yamisava, Bholoja, Simmy, and Linos Rosetta. Musically, ''African Electronic Dance Music'' is an Electronic music, Electronic, and Afro house, Afro-house record. Critical reception Year-end lists Singles "Higher", which features South African singer Simmy, was released as the album's lead single on September 17, 2021. Awards ''African Electronic Dance Music'' received three nominations; Album of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, and Best Dance Album at the 28th South African Music Awards. , - , rowspan="3", 2022 , rowspan="3", ''African Electronic Dance Music'' , Album of the Year , , - , Male Artist of the Year , , - , Best Dance Album , Track listing Personnel Credits for ''African Electronic Dance Music'' adapted from Genius. * Sun-El Musician - Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun-El Musician
Sanele Tresure Sithole (born 28 March 1989), known professionally as Sun-El Musician, is a South African disc jockey, music producer, and songwriter. Born and raised in Mooi River (town), Mooi River, he attended the University of KwaZulu-Natal but dropped out to pursue a career in music. His debut studio album ''Africa to the World'' (2018), was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). Sun-El's second album, ''To the World & Beyond'' (2020), was met with further commercial success, certified Platinum by Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). He was a producer for Demor Music before the establishment of his own record label, EL World Music. His most recent album ''African Electronic Dance Music'' was released in October 2021. Life and career Early life and education Sanele Tresure Sithole was born on 28 March 1989 in the town of Mooi River (town), Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and raised along with his four siblings by a domestic wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means (electroacoustic music). Pure electronic instruments depend entirely on circuitry-based sound generation, for instance using devices such as an electronic oscillator, theremin, or synthesizer: no acoustic waves need to be previously generated by mechanical means and then converted into electrical signals. On the other hand, electromechanical instruments have mechanical parts such as strings or hammers that generate the sound waves, together with electric elements including pickup (music technology), magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers that convert the acoustic waves into electrical signals, process them and convert them back into sound waves. Such electromechanical devices in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro House
Afro house (also written as Afro-house or Afrohouse) is a Music subgenre, sub-genre of house music mainly developed in South Africa. The genre emerged in the 1990s. This musical style fuses elements of traditional House music, house with African rhythms and sounds, incorporating instruments such as the saxophone, piano and synthesizers, as well as vocals in various Languages of Africa, African languages. Characteristics and etymology Afro house may have emerged after or at the same time as Kwaito started to appear in South Africa. The music genre is principally a blend of traditional House music, house, kwaito, mbaqanga, deep house, tribal house, and soulful house. It can feature the various Languages of South Africa, South African languages within the music. The Beats per minute, BPM commonly shifts between 80 and 122 and, in some instances, can even reach 160 BPM. The etymology of the name uses the prefix 'afro' (meaning anything relating to Africa and Culture of Africa, Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The World & Beyond
''To the World & Beyond '' is the second studio album by South African DJ Sun-El Musician, released on December 4, 2020 by EL World Music. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). Background On November 24, 2020, Sun-El Musician announced his double album release date. Accolades ''To the World & Beyond'' was nominated for Best Dance Album, Male Artist of the Year and won Best Live Audio Visual Recording at 27th South African Music Awards The 27th Annual South African Music Awards were the 27th edition of the South African Music Awards. The award show was broadcast live on SABC1 on 31 July 2021, and was held virtually due to the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns. The nominees were .... , - , rowspan="3", 2021 , rowspan="3", ''To the World & Beyond'' , Best Live Audio Visual Recording , , - , Male Artist of the Year , , - , Best Dance Album , Artwork The album's artwork features Sun-El Musician upper body, wearing traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ami Faku
Amanda Faku (born 28 May 1993) is a South African singer, performer and songwriter. Born and raised in the township of eZinyoka, Port Elizabeth, she developed musical interest at the age of 6 and participated on church choirs. Faku rose to fame as a contestant on The Voice SA season 2 in 2017, prior to getting recognition in the music industry. After she signed a record deal with The Vth Season, Ami released her debut studio album ''Imali'' (2019), debuted number one in South Africa. It reached Gold by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). ''Mail & Guardian'', ranked Faku number 27 on 200 Young South African, in 2020. Life and career Early childhood At the age of 6, Faku had developed a strong passion for music. She started singing at a house church which her father pastored and is influenced by the church, reggae, and hip hop. She later started recording music in early 2012 where her producer only lived a few blocks away from her house. Career beginnings (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Msaki
Asanda Lusaseni Mvana (born 31 December 1988) known professionally as Msaki, is a South African composer, singer, and songwriter. Born and grew up in East London, during her childhood she was involved in musical activities. Her career in music began in 2008, at the age of 20, when she was a member of alternative rock band while attending college. Her debut Extended Play ''Nal'ithemba'' (2013) and debut solo studio album ''Zaneliza: How The Water Moves'' (2016), which was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album. Early life Asanda Lusaseni Mvana was born in East London, Eastern Cape in 1988. Her father was a DJ and grandmother was a music composer. She attended Cathcart High School and Nelson Mandela University before dropping out after one year. Mvana attended Rhodes University and obtained Master of Fine Arts degree. In 2008, she Joined The Patience alternative rock group based in East London and electro-experimental band Johnny Cradle based in Cape town. Followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simmy
Simphiwe Majobe Nhlangulela, better known by her stage name Simmy, is a South African singer-songwriter. She gained prominence in 2018, after signed a record deal with EL World Music and release her debut studio album '' Tugela Fairy'' (2018), spawned with hit singles "Ngiyesaba", "Ubala", "Umahlalela". The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). Her second studio album '' Tugela Fairy (Made of Stars)'' (2020), which debuted number 3 in one country. Life and career Early life and education Simphiwe Majobe Nhlangulela was born in South Africa, as the youngest of four children. In an interview with Emmanuel Tjiya Sowetan newspaper, Simmy revealed that she was raised by strict parents growing up. She is an alumna of University of KwaZulu-Natal, where she studied Social Sciences. In 2013, while she was attending at University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlangulela met Sandile Sithole who introduced her to Sun-El Musician. After she completed her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28th South African Music Awards
The 28th Annual South African Music Awards was the 28th ceremony of the South African Music Awards. The ceremony was broadcast on SABC 1 hosted by Lawrence Maleka and Nandi Madida on August 28, 2022. Nominees were announced on June 7, 2022. Zakes Bantwini lead the nominations with seven each, ahead of Msaki with 5 nominations. Background The 28th South African Music Awards partnered with TikTok for the first time to promote the ceremony. Three categories; Record of the Year, Music Video of the Year, SAMPRA Artist of the Year, were announced on June 3, 2022. Full list nominees were announced on June 7, 2022. Nominees of the last category sponsored by TikTok was announced on August 14, 2022. The first ceremony was held at City Superbowl, Rustenburg on 27 August was broadcast live on YouTube and TikTok, hosted by Mpho Popps and Robot Boii. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first in bold. Special Awards Below the list are the recipients of achievement awards annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Albums
For lists of 2021 albums, see: * List of 2021 albums (January–June) * List of 2021 albums (July–December) {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
