release on Innervisions that launched him onto the global scene. International acclaim, however, didn’t arrive until the following year when he joined Black Coffee’s Soulistic Music before being invited to attend Red Bull Music Academy, becoming its younger ever participant.įor many, however, it is his 2014 Y.O.U.D. It was alongside the latest of these names that he first dabbled in production: Culoe De Song was a featured collaborator on “ 100 Zulu Warriors,” a cut taken from Black Coffee’s Have Another One LP. This was, he reflects, a big moment in his career to date, “his beginning” in South African music circles.
There have been four mixes thus far- Seekae on behalf of Australia, DJ Nobu on behalf of Asia, Tama Sumo on behalf of Europe, yesterday’s from DJ Stingray-and up next, representing Africa, is Culoe De Song.īorn and raised in 1990 in Eshowe, Kwazulu Natal on South Africa’s East Coast, Culolethu Zulu (a.k.a Culoe De Song) began DJing with Louie Vega, Rocco and compatriot Black Coffee in 2007. The task for them was simple: to compile a mix between 90-120 minutes that best represents their musical roots. And to reflect XLR8R‘s growth into a global media outlet, each of these submissions is coming from a different continent the artists chosen to mark this occasion with us all originate from a different corner of the globe. Picking favorites just wasn’t going to cut it.Īfter some careful consideration we also concluded that we wanted to serve up some new music for the occasion-and that sparked the following plan. Beginning Monday, August 1, and ending on Saturday, August 6, we are sharing a brand new mix each day for your listening pleasure. Even mentioning these names leaves out some of the leading pioneers in the global scene, names like Daniel Bell, Laurent Garnier, Gaslamp Killer and Floorplan, all of whom have submissions that can be checked out if and when you please. Gerd Janson’s 2015 submission springs to mind immediately, as do those of Alex Smoke, Nicolas Jaar, Helena Hauff and, more recently Andrew James Gustav-but there really is something in there for everyone. After all, there has been no shortage of memorable additions to the series.
Initial ideas revolved around compiling a list of our favorites from the past decade and sharing these with our readers once again, but we decided against this for two reasons: it didn’t do justice to the occasion, and picking a favorite among such a diverse bunch is either going to lead to a remarkably long list or exclude too many others. Settling on a fitting way to mark this milestone proved to be no easy task. XLR8R, too, has grown considerably, evolving from a San Francisco-based newsprint ‘zine to a web-only music publication with a more global audience than ever before and offices on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Firstly, the mix series that started all that time ago is now updated weekly by an artist of our choice each submission is now shared via our channels every Tuesday of the year-without fail.
In the 10 years that have passed since then-yes, this week marks an entire decade-a whole lot has changed. It came in the form of an exclusive hour-long mix by Plug Research, featuring cuts from Thomas Fehlmann, Flying Lotus, Ammoncontact and many more. XLR8R’s first ever official podcast was published on August 3, 2006.
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