DJ Mujava

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South African DJ and electronic music producer

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::summary South African DJ and electronic music producer ::

Elvis Maswanganyi (born c. 1985), 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.

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. It was played by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 1. Mujava mixed a half-hour session in 2008 on BBC Radio 6 for an episode of 6 Mix hosted by Iyare. He has been featured by BBC Asian Network's DJ Kayper and Sonny Ji, and BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu and MistaJam. DJ Mujava is signed to This Is Music in the UK and Warp Records internationally. Maswanganyi was voted number 34 on NME's Cool List in 2008, and is a featured artist on the NME website.

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. 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.

Discography

Albums

  • Sgubhu Sa Pitori (Sheer House, 2006)
  • Sgubhu Sa Pitori 3 (Sheer House, 2008)

Singles

  • "Township Funk" (This Is Music and Warp, 2008)
  • "Township Funk Remixes" (This Is Music and Warp, 2009)

References

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".
  3. "BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting". Bbc.co.uk.
  4. "BBC Radio 6 Music - 6 Mix, 20/09/2008". BBC.
  5. "BBC - Asian Network". Bbc.co.uk.
  6. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/bhangramixtape/tracklisting_archive_20081018.shtml] {{webarchive. link. (January 31, 2009)
  7. "BBC Radio 1Xtra - DJ Edu - Destination Africa". Bbc.co.uk.
  8. BBC. "BBC - 1Xtra - Mistajam". Bbc.co.uk.
  9. (2008-08-17). "DJ Mujava: Discovered By Cab Drivers, Now Signed To Warp - New Music Radar".
  10. "NME Music Blogs - NME.COM". NME.COM.
  11. "DJ Mujava". NME.COM.
  12. (2015-06-03). "Future Sound of Mzansi (Part 3)". [[YouTube]].
  13. Schnipper, Matthew. (26 July 2010). "MIA, “XXXO (DJ Mujava and DJ Qness Remix)” MP3".

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