THE DEFINITION OF GROOVE
by PUMA
12H19, Wednesday 10 July, 2013
Drum and bass
noun [mass noun]
A type of dance music characterised by bare instrumentation consisting largely of electronic drums and bass, originating in Britain during the early 1990s.
Lecturer: DJ Benson
Lesson: Emotive energy 101
If DnB had a favourite child it would be Ben Mazibuko, aka DJ Benson aka Liquid King. He's been in the scene for over 15 years acting as the anti-antiperspirant in many warehouse parties deep in Jozi town. Portraying a soulful, sometimes liquid, side of drum and bass rarely heard, Ben knows how to lead a crowd to complete joy.
If you ever experienced a Thursday night at Trance Sky in Melville back in the day then you need no convincing. The Liquid King is now part of the increasingly popular Science Frikshun Crew, and if you've been to any of those parties... well you have no excuse to miss this.
House music
noun [mass noun]
A style of electronic dance music typically having sparse, repetitive vocals and a fast beat.
Lecturer: Crazy White Boy
Lesson: Digging deep for musical gold 808
These boys need no introduction, but we'll give you one anyway. Hailing from the land of the flat mountain, Ryan Murgatroyd and Kosta Karatamoglou have made a name for themselves on the global scene. With over 15 years of music production experience, the duo perform a live act of original vocal deep house - soulful.
They met at the legendary Soul Candi Institute of Music, where Ryan was a director and Kosta's lecturer. Soul Candi has become a deep-household name for many South African electronic music lovers, with their sound being unique and consistently good for years. The boys regularly make a pilgrimage to Ibiza where new sounds and inspiration lead the duo to genre-bending heights.
Disco music
noun [mass noun]
Pop music intended mainly for dancing to at discos, typically soul-influenced and melodic with a regular bass beat and popular particularly in the late 1970s.
Lecturer: Matt Suttner
Lesson: Boogie nights 313
Jolly ol' Matt Suttner, the PUMA Social Club Jozi resident DJ who has closed more nights than the SAPS, except he does it with eclectic selection of smooth beats. Matt has been on the scene for 14 years evolving his sound with the way of the world. House music was his first love moving to deep house and now hosting a weekly disco night at Great Dane aptly named Stereo Science.
He's blown dance floors away in one the world's music hubs, London, returning back to home to a weekly Ministry of Sound residency on 5fm which morphed, with Mlu, into the Phat Sessions. Matt and Mlu then went on to form the famous BlackSheep duo which headlined countless parties around the country.
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