Wild City #223: DJ Lag

Our latest Wild City mix comes from Durban's quintessential Gqom icon DJ Lag who uses it to commemorate his first tour across India in February as part of Ultra SoulFlyp.

Born in Clermont, Lwazi Asanda Gwala aka DJ Lag is regarded as one of the earliest artists to popularise the thumping visceral sound of Gqom, a genre born out of South African variations of house music, across the peninsula and then to the world. With early works uniquely released over WhatsApp to get youth across the nation to dance to them, Lag counts collaborations with the likes of Beyonce among his career highlights besides being a genre pioneer and a flagbearer of the sounds coming out of South Africa.

His Wild City mix carries the same qualities that define him as a producer: hard-hitting with an impeccable sense of building tension before a gratifying release all through an intricate control of the low-end. With tracks ranging from his own unreleased collaborations and works by his contemporaries, the mix highlights an emergent version of gqom which subtly shares influences with genres like amapiano.

"This mix has a selection of my new tracks, including a bunch of unreleased ones that’ll drop throughout this year. It hits on some of the best gqom producers but also introduces the new style of gqom we are doing in Durban - hope the listeners will enjoy it!" – DJ Lag

Listen to the mix below:

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Tracklisting

Dee Traits - Let’s go
DJ Lag x Vanco x zaba
Deep Narratives - Abonda
General C'mamane - Ishuu
DJ Lag x Professor - Izigi
DJ Lag x Akiid - Grim Reaper
Walume Boyz - Ubhestazi
DJ Lag x Blxkie x Da Leo-Uber
Vanger boyz x Gino-Bazozwa
DJ Lag x Darksilver-uLaka
The Elevators - Insangu
DJ Lag - Into Ongayazi
FunkTone - iLerhwa
DJ Lag - kaSathane
Akiid - Rude Boy
Chusta - Umbulali
DJ Lag - Delhi
DJ Lag - Beast
Dj Lag x Team Orange - Sgibhu Samandoza