South African DJ and producer Vanco celebrates the imminent release of his new EP Hope with a PAM Club halfway between progressive house and afro-tech.
Originally from Douglasdale, near Johannesburg, Vanco has established himself as a key figure in African electronic music, mixing afro-tech, deep house, atmospheric trance and club sounds invented by the diaspora. Inspired by the energy released by Ibiza’s nightlife, Vanco also knows how to reconcile afro-house with mainstream music, as on the remixes he was able to deliver for the Black Eyed Peas or Daddy Yankee. It was on the island that never sleeps that he produced “Kitchen”. Returning to his hotel in the early morning after a crazy evening in the company of Jamezi and the Martinez Brothers, Vanco delivered this piece in less than half an hour, as if in a daze. Hypnotic synth and cardiac bass line make this metallic symphony one of his signature pieces. We promise him the same success for his next EP iThemba : a Journey of Hope, of which he has already unveiled the single “Hoya”, in collaboration with the British of Nigerian origin Tunde, and which we find in this mix. He invokes the warrior goddess Oya, associated with wind, tornadoes and transformation, a metaphor for a call for change and an open mind, through the prism of the Yoruba religion.
Tracklist :
Antdot, Paulo Novaes, Nina Oliveira – Journey to the Center of the Self
Chrisoul Inactive & TorQue MuziQ – Burning Spear
VANCO feat. Muneyi, Bun Xapa – Khumbaya
VANCO, Jordan Arts – We Only Have Now (Original Mix)
VANCO feat. Tunde International – Hoya
VANCO – Kitchen (Original Mix)
Sebastien Dutch & Kreative Nativez – Akwasu (Original Mix)
Aytiwan, Idd Aziz – Party (&lez Remix)
VANCO, Eva Simons – Higher (Original Mix)
Soulroots & Mnqobi Yazo – Lahloma (Manoo Remix)
Sparrow & Barbossa, Ramp – Champion
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