AfroTech comes to life at GIMC
Friday, July 08, 2022 | 10 Views |
Sun-EL Musician doing his thing on the decks
The genre has been playing second fiddle in urban music festivals locally and that has been instigated by the emergence of Amapiano and the Limpopo sounds.
AfroTech is a subgenre of house music and infuses tribal, deep and soulful house sounds. The music genre has been popular locally since the early 2000’s. Last Thursday night, revellers were treated to a 12-hour-long line-up that included some of the leading AfroTech DJs and producers.
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