None of this would have been possible without our partners TOMS - The Only Music Store. Fatima - The Dragon’s End Apple Music Spotify YouTube Culoe de Song - Rambo Apple Music Spotify YouTube Culoe de Song - Webaba Apple Music Spotify YouTube Matthew Loots - Flashpoint SoundCloud Special shout out to the folks over at de Song Music for the generous use of their music in bringing this pod to life - here’s looking at you, Mlu! Extra reading: Red Bull Music Academy Soulistic Realtone Agency Djoon Dance to Culoe’s beat: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Outro Song: “Judgement Dance” *UNRELEASED TEXX TALKS EXCLUSIVE* Featured tracks: Culoe de Song - Medicine: Apple Music Spotify YouTube DJ Kabila - Somnyama: Apple Music Spotify YouTube Kan Sano - Stars in Your Eyes Apple Music Spotify YouTube Culoe de Song feat. Having gained both local and international acclaim for his pioneering style of Afro-house, Culoe talks to us about his lockdown hustle, and the amazing commonality between Zulu and European cultures while walking us through his own life’s journey.
but the way things are going, it seems I'll be back on the road again and playing in different 'shrines'.Over the last 14 years, Culoe De Song has cemented his distinct brand of rhythmic house, infused with traditional sounds and rich melodies, and has played stages from Barcelona to Bloemfontein, all while maintaining his distinct South African flare. Mixmag has teamed up with Olmeca Tequila to bring you World DJ Sessions: a series of eight events spanning the globe, all to be live streamed, featuring the. I'm not worried about what's going to happen. “I am at the surrendering stage where you're on the ground willing to listen, away from the noise.
This journey was so important to me, to ground me and place me back home to understand what my call is about, and that's what I'll be expressing with the music that's coming ,” he says. “The next project is in the works, I don't have a title for it yet but it's very much linked to my spiritual journey. The DJ says the whole process has had a great influence on his work and his fans can listen to it once his next project is released.
it was inspiration that came within me while I was at the 'shrine' and I felt like I needed to put it in my next album.” The DJ had not been in studio for five months but recently uploaded a snippet of an audio on his Instagram that got his fans excited for his next album, which he says was influenced by his spiritual journey. and also you're giving yourself room to grow and see all possibilities that are within you.” “I don't think it's about being the most famous sangoma and talking about spirituality as the current trend. Just as every individual has a different finger print, I have a unique story as to why I am going through what I am going through. “I do have a spiritual journey that I am taking , but it has more to do with all my gifts. I did not look at music as a form of healing.”Ĭuloe explained that the picture he posted was a way of explaining to his fans what he is going through so that they can understand the journey he is on and respect the “rules and regulations” he had to follow. I did not know that there was anything special in me. and at the time I was just operating from a talent point of view. “I've had people come to me saying that my music healed them from suicide and things like that. “I always make fun of the story and say that that was the point where I was initiated,” he says jokingly. Reflecting on his life growing up, the DJ says that when he was named uCulo Lethu, after he was first brought home, his grandfather placed him on an organ and would play music to him all the time and that's when he feels he first accepted the calling. So everything about the journey I am on and music, comes under one bag of gifts. considering that music is a part of my calling. listening is the most important element about it and understanding what it's about,” he said.Ĭuloe added, “My gift with music is a part of the journey of connecting with my ancestors. “I am giving myself time to learn and absorb everything that I am being taught in this journey before starting to make assumptions and doing things quickly. Speaking to TshisaLIVE, Culoe said the spiritual journey he was on was sacred in many ways and, while he couldn't share most of the process, he was glad he accepted his calling and the teachings that come with it. On Monday, the DJ took to Twitter posting an image of himself wearing tribal clothing and dancing, causing his fans to conclude that he was on a journey to become a sangoma. DJ Culoe De Song has accepted his ancestral calling and has been scarce on the socials because he was undergoing the initiation process, which he's shared with TshisaLIVE in an exclusive interview.