DJ Mujava

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Elvis Maswanganyi (born c. 1985), [1] better known as DJ Mujava, is a South African DJ and record producer. He has released music through Warp Records, This Is Music and Sheer House.

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Life and work

Maswanganyi was raised in the Pretorian town of Atteridgeville.

DJ Mujava's co-produced bacardi house track alongside DJ Spoko "Township Funk" was released on Warp Records in 2008. [2] It was played by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 1. [3] Mujava mixed a half-hour session in 2008 on BBC Radio 6 for an episode of 6 Mix hosted by Iyare. [4] He has been featured by BBC Asian Network's DJ Kayper [5] and Sonny Ji, [6] and BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu and MistaJam. [7] [8] DJ Mujava is signed to This Is Music in the UK and Warp Records internationally. [9] Maswanganyi was voted number 34 on NME's Cool List in 2008, [10] and is a featured artist on the NME website. [11]

The film "Future Sound of Mzansi" produced by Spoek Mathambo and distributed by Vice, 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. [12] 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. [13]

Discography

Albums

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ Piotr Orlov, NYT, 20 March 2009, reports on Maswanganyi as aged 24.
  2. ↑ Williams, Harrison (14 March 2018). "Dance music pioneer of Bacardi House DJ Spoko has died, RIP". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - 6 Mix, 20/09/2008". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "BBC - Asian Network". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 1Xtra - DJ Edu - Destination Africa". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ↑ BBC. "BBC - 1Xtra - Mistajam". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "DJ Mujava: Discovered By Cab Drivers, Now Signed To Warp - New Music Radar". 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "NME Music Blogs - NME.COM". NME.COM. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "DJ Mujava". NME.COM. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Future Sound of Mzansi (Part 3)". YouTube. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  13. ↑ Schnipper, Matthew (26 July 2010). "MIA, "XXXO (DJ Mujava and DJ Qness Remix)" MP3". The Fader. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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