Black Coffee

From:South Africa

DJ style:House, Afro-house

Best known for:Being Africa’s premier DJ

Nkosinathi Maphumulo, better known by his stage name Black Coffee, has been a leading pioneer in the Afro-house scene since the sound exploded in the ’00s. The South African DJ and producer has subsequently become a household name after becoming the first African to win the Grammy award for Best Dance/Electronic Album, but prior to his surge into further prominence, he’d long been a name for dance music lovers across the diaspora and beyond.

2024 has seen the continuation of one of Black Coffee’s biggest achievements to date — his residency at revered club Hï Ibiza, that continues to sell out week on week. Joined by guests like ANOTR, Carl Craig, Honey Dijon, Sicaria, TSHA, Themba and William Djoko, the residency has been his biggest and most successful to date. If that wasn’t enough to cement Black Coffee’s rightful place in the Top 100, he’s also scheduled to play and host two events under New York’s Brooklyn Bridge this year, with guests James Blake, DJ Koze and HoneyLuv, and, of course, delivered one of the sounds of the summer alongside &ME and Keinemusik in the form of ‘The Rapture Pt. III’. It’s Black Coffee’s world, and we’re just happy to be dancing in it.

Most Popular

MEDUZA

From:Italy

DJ style:“Melodic house / house.”

Best known for:“‘Piece Of Your Heart’, ‘Lose Control’, ‘Paradise’ and some other songs.”

Luca Gregorio, Mattia Vitale, and Simone Giani form MEDUZA. The trio’s pop-tinged house music tracks have gained them a devoted fan base worldwide, surmounted countless listens across all the streaming platforms, made daytime radio and stormed official chart positions across the globe. With effortlessly catchy vocals by the likes of Becky Hill, Goodboys and Dermot Kennedy, their productions delve into the worlds of pop and dance in equal measure. Their debut single ‘Piece Of Your Heart’ was released in 2019: an instant hit that shot them to fame, they’ve been unstoppable ever since. Their first release of this year was the single ‘Dola re Dola’, featuring Varun Jain and was a tribute to the Bollywood film Devdas. ‘Money (Can’t Save Us)’ featuring NY-born artist Alec Monopoly soon followed, and most recently for MEDUZA’s latest single ‘Another World’ they teamed up with British singer and songwriter HAYLA. In the live sphere, it’s often Vitale that takes the stage behind the decks, with sets designed for the peak time with plenty of snare rolls, euphoric breakdowns, trance basslines and the occasional sound of 303 acid.

Fave tune of 2024?“Âme ‘Asa’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2024?“Notre Dame.”

Could DJs do more to ensure that producers are fairly pa