Elvis Maswanganyi (born c. 1985), better known as DJ Mujava, is a South African DJ and record producer. He has released music through

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, This Is Music and Sheer House.

Life and work

Maswanganyi was raised in the

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n town of

Atteridgeville Atteridgeville also recently known as “Pheli” is a township located to the west of Pretoria, South Africa. It is located to the east of Saulsville, to the west of West Park; to the north of Laudium and to the south of Lotus Gardens. The ...

. DJ Mujava's co-produced bacardi house track alongside DJ Spoko "''Township Funk''" was released on

in 2008. It was played by

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. Mujava mixed a half-hour session in 2008 on BBC Radio 6 for an episode of 6 Mix hosted by Iyare. He has been featured by BBC Asian Network's DJ Kayper and Sonny Ji, and BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu and MistaJam. DJ Mujava is signed to This Is Music in the UK and Warp Records internationally. Maswanganyi was voted number 34 on

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in 2008, and is a featured artist on the ''

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'' website. The film "Future Sound of Mzansi" produced by Spoek Mathambo and distributed by ''

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,'' features an interview with DJ Mujava in which he says that being arrested for marijuana possession resulted in detention in Weskoppies psychiatric hospital and being forcibly injected with drugs that have affected his subsequent music production. In 2010, Mujava collaborated with Zimbabwean-South African DJ and record producer DJ Qness, for a remix single" XXXO", originally by the UK based pop singer M.I.A.

Discography

Albums

*''Sgubhu Sa Pitori'' (Sheer House, 2006) *''Sgubhu Sa Pitori 3'' (Sheer House, 2008)

Singles

*"''Township Funk''" (This Is Music and Warp, 2008) *"''Township Funk Remixes''" (This Is Music and Warp, 2009)

References

External links

Official page
on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mujava, Dj Living people South African house musicians Warp (record label) artists South African electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people) 1980s births