DJ Christos>Weekend Special (Remixes)

DJ Christos Weekend Special (Remixes) House Afrika HAR201201 - release date: May/30/2012 Add House Afrika to favorites | | | = unreleased Quality: # Track Price 01 Nastee Nev 0808 Sweetsoul Remix (7:19) Soulful House 02 Martin East Remix (7:00) Soulful House 03 Nativeroots Afro Jazz Remix (7:31) Soulful House 04 Andy Compton's PENG Remix (6:57) Soulful House 05 Keys Snow Remix (8:03) Soulful House $2.99 06 Infinite Boys Deeper Remix (6:48) Soulful House 07 Lilac Jeans Vilakasi Street Remix (7:10) Soulful House 08 SoulBay Remix (6:45) Soulful House 09 House Afrika Remix (4:43) Soulful House Buy all mixes

House Afrika reveals another angle to the South African sound with this sizzling remake of Brenda Fassie’s legendary 1980's township pop anthem “Weekend Special”, by scene don and House Afrika stalwart, DJ Christos. DJ Christos occupies an unmatched vantage point in SA music and has provided a platform for some of SA's hottest emerging producers to get stuck into this piece of South African musical heritage: with remixes by Nastee Nev, Nativeroots (aka Essential I and Mindlo), Soulbay, Keys Snow, Lilac Jeans and Infinite Boys, as well as Peng’s Andy Compton and the Martin East Project. Executive Producers: Tim White, Vinny da Vinci & DJ Strat3gy. Sound Mastering by Martin 'Atjazz' Iveson in the At-Lab. www.facebook.com/houseafrikarecords www.twitter.com/house_afrika www.houseafrika.com e-mail: info@houseafrika.com DJ Reactions: Neo-Soul - again Nastee Nev 0808 Sweetsoul Remix kills it for me Abicahsoul - Cool Tune, Alanis Morrisette meets house. My pick House Afrika mix. Richard Earnshaw - Nativeroots Afro Jazz Remix is very nice. Mr V - Where do I begin? This is an awesome package. I love these mixes: Infinite Boys, Lilac Jeans, Soulbay, House Afrika and Martin East. All mixes for different club settings. FULL SUPPORT. Andy Roberts - I love the House Afrika mix. Full support. Fabio Genito - Very nice! Ayoba! Tyrone Solomon - Dope package. Full support. Christos Kedras - Great package, feeling Infinite Boys remix, deep mellow vibe, and the pads are really great! Nativeroots also nice, loving the jazzy flair. Both in the bag, will get some love from me. Jamie Thinnes - Massive group of remixes from Dj Christos! The man behind the SA movement. Trancemicsoul - Great selection of mixes, Got my support.

Deep Sixty feat. Cooks>Dance in Afrika

Thabiso Mamogwa (Deep Sixty) is an up and coming South African producer to keep an eye on. He's recently released on Justin Imperiale's Cabana Recordings and now hits the spot on Camio with his new jam featuring "Cooks". This song is going to get the SA dancefloors rockin!!! Dom Navarra who is a good friend of the label add's some magic and takes the song on a deep moody tip with beautiful chord progressions and haunting sax. Label head Jonny Montana completes the package adding his organic feel to the song, with lush grand piano and flute. Credits: Produced, Mixed and Arranged by: Thabiso Mamogwa Written by: Thabiso Mamogwa Lyrics Written and Performed by: Ndivhuwo "Cooks" Mokono Drum Programming: Thabiso Mamogwa All Keys by: Thabiso Mamogwa Rcorded @ LMK Studios by: Lamulka Arts Mastered by: Benedict @ PhutureAudio Jonny Montana Remix: Mixed Produced and Arranged by: Jonny Montana Key by: Bennett Holland Mastered by: Benedict @ PhutureAudio Dom Navarra Remix: Mixed Produced Arranged and Mastered by: Dom Navarra Sax by: Tom Lormor All other instruments by: Dom Navarra

Dj Sgz Interview

Welcome - DJ SGZ is a professional House Music DJ, Producer, Remixer & part time Blogger. I once got lost in the world but music saved my life, and that's what makes me proud to scream out Loud that MUSIC IS MY LIFE!

Q. Could you _tell us how you got into djing / producing and about your early career? 

A. It all started back in 2003. There's a guy called MBK, he used to play with 2 tape decks & a mixer with big speakers. His brother was a dancer & I was also a dance so MBK would just throw some dope tunes & we will start dancing. 

As I started going out to parties, I saw a lot of DJs using turn-tables, so I started hanging out with MBK a lot & that's when I met ma ninja Nocturnal DJ. Started buying cassettes & learning the skill, then Nocturnal DJ bought turntables & we started buying Vinyl then we moved to CDJs but haven't moved to serato or tractor, still loving CDJs.

The production part started in 2006, when I got my first demo version of Fruity Loops 3.. nowadays it's called FL Studio! I made a lot of tunes with it.. started submitting demos to record labels & getting no reply & I met a guy called Dennis in 2008. We started our own brand called Stuntmen, we released our 1st Vinyl & it didn't worked out the way we expected. 

So I gave up.. & in 2010 I met Aphreme.. we used to chat, until I sent him one of my tracks & he loved the sound & gave me an opportunity to remix one of his tunes with DJ Pap & it was released on online digital stores such as Traxsource. That's what motivated me to keep doing what I do best, MUSIC! 

Q. What’s your music background? Which artists have influenced you the most? 

A. I was a really good dancer when I grew up, loved dance music & Hip Hop. I used to believe Jazz music is for old people & RnB is for emotional people. My father(R.I.P Dad) was a big music collector but I would collect my own music & try influence him to listen to what I just bought. 

& he would praise me & say it sounds good, but deep down inside I know he was just saying "look at this kid clowning around, you don't know Sh** about good music son" 

I was influenced by Osunlade, even though these days I'm influenced by Glenn, Osunlade was my biggest influence!

Q. If we looked in your cd/mp3 player right now, what kind of music we would see? 

A. You will find Soulful House, Period!

Q. What is your own favorite track, the one you are most proud of? And remix? 

A. My favourite track is a remix I did for Distant People.. for a track titled 'You are My Joy'.. the DJ SGZ Jo'burg Remix! I really love that track.. Dopeness 

Q. If you had the opportunity, with whom would you like to work with? 

A. I would really love to work with Relo & KB.. their both really good singers! & working with them would be really great for my brand.

Q. What records are you currently spinning every time you play?

A. - Glenn - Misty Dreams 
- Loving You (Jonny Montana Remix) 
- Yes (Terry Hunter BANG Sundays Club Mix)
- New Me (Frankie Feliciano Vocal Mix)

those are my four weapons at the moment!

Q. What can we expect to hear from you in the near future?

Expect to hear a lot of good music.. so more dope events. I'll also be introducing more artists in my record label. There's a whole lot more to come as I'm currently remixing some tunes from big names & working with well know vocalist on my original projects.

Expect the brand SGZ to be big in 2014  thnx for the interview!! Peace!