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Project | English | South Africa

Battery 9 is an industrial music project from Johannesburg, South Africa, renowned for its ominous and abrasive sound, which incorporates elements of ...

Active | French | Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

Viva la Musica, founded by Congolese music legend Papa Wemba in 1977, is a celebrated Congolese musical group known for their influential contribution...

Freshlyground II

Active | English | South Africa

Freshlyground is a South African Afro-fusion group formed in 2002 in Cape Town by musicians from South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. The founding ...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Just Jinjer, also known as Just Jinger, is a South African contemporary rock band formed in 1996, featuring frontman Ard Matthews, drummer Brent Harri...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Cassette is a multi-award-winning South African indie-rock band that became a defining force in the country’s alternative music scene. Formed in Johan...

Active | English | South Africa

The Usual was a South African pop-rock band formed in 1995, featuring lead vocalist James Stewart, drummer Paul Tizzard, bassist Johan "Yo-Yo" Buys, a...

Active | English | South Africa

Jamali is a South African female pop and R&B trio formed through the reality TV show Coca-Cola Popstars in 2003. The group consists of Jacqui Carpede,...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Romanz was a premier South African vocal quartet that redefined the "pop-opera" genre through a series of landmark releases. Formed in 2008, the group...

Active | Swahili , Sheng , English | Kenya

Mbuzi Gang is an all-men Kenyan rap and Gengetone group made of Joefes, iPhoolish, and Fathermoh, under the label Black Market Records. Their journey ...

Active | Swahili | Tanzania, United Republic of

Sewa Side (also known as Sewer Side) is an influential Tanzanian hip-hop collective and urban subculture that emerged from the Temeke district of Dar ...

Active | English | South Africa

LARK, also written as Lark, is a South African glitch electronica band founded in 2003 by Inge Beckmann and Paul Ressel. The other two band members ar...

Active | English | South Africa

Fuzigish is a dynamic South African Ska Punk band founded in 1997 by vocalist and guitarist Jay Bones, along with Malcolm King, William Bishop, and Th...