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DJ MUJAVA News - TOWNSHIP FUNK'S MASSIVE SUPPORT - LE 18.02.2009

The last 2 weeks have been absolutely crazy for DJ MUJAVA, his tune TOWNSHIP FUNK might well become one of the tunes of the year !

The youtube video has had the internet and blogs buzzing for weeks now and DJs from all over the planet have been hailing Township Funk as ONE OF THE CLUB HITS OF THE YEAR.

Props and club support already from Erol Alkan, Trevor Jackson, Radioclit, Sinden and Hot Chip (UK), Laurent Garnier and Joakim (FR), Modeselektor and Shir Khan (DE), 2ManyDJs (BE), Crookers and Bloody Beetroots (IT), Martyn (NL) and more...

That's for the hype but now DJ MUJAVA is making a leap into the mainstream with NATIONAL RADIO SUPPORT in the UK as well as GLOWING REVIEWS and FEATURES ...

DJs ZANE LOWE, PETE TONG, ROB DA BANK and GILLES PETERSON have all been playing Township Funk in the recent weeks.

ZANE LOWE said it was a hit on his first play, and played the track a few times since !

Further radio support comes XFM, where JOHN KENNEDY played the track every night as his X-posure 'Big One' , KISS FM' Patrick Forge and Sinden and many more.

DJ MUJAVA Concert - 08.05.2009 à 21h00 - Cité de la Musique de Paris / Paris

221, avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019, Paris
Le label Warp fête ses vingt ans ! C'est Paris et la Cité de la musique qui ont le privilège d'inaugurer les vendredi 8 et samedi 9 mai la série d'événements exceptionnels qui célébrera cet anniversaire et se poursuivra à New York, Berlin et Londres avant de s'achever à Tokyo en novembre.\n\nFondé en 1989 à Sheffield (dans le Yorkshire) par Steve Beckett et Rob Mitchell, Warp a véritablement fait l'histoire des musiques électroniques : nombre d'artistes, parmi les plus importants, ont été découverts par ce label indépendant dont le nom est l'acronyme de We Are Reasonable People. Un catalogue musical riche et novateur mis en valeur par la démarche graphique et audiovisuelle unique de Warp, sis à Londres depuis la fin des années 1990.\n\nUne vingtaine d'artistes du label investira l'ensemble des espaces de la Cité de la musique pendant les nuits des 8 et 9 mai, au cours desquelles s'enchaîneront concerts et DJ sets, mais aussi installations, projections de films et des clips du label. La participation exceptionnelle d'Aphex Twin & Hecker s'accompagnera de celles de Pivot, !!!, Andrew Weatherall, Flying Lotus, DJ Mujava et bien d'autres !\n\nLe programme complet sera disponible début avril.\n\nLes billets sont dès aujourd'hui disponibles à la vente, sur le site de la Cité de la musique et dans les points de vente habituels.
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This blazing South African dancefloor heaters from Kwaito head DJ Mujava outta the Attridgeville township in Pretoria has already been picked up by Warp and is sending shockwaves through the online community. Mujava's signature tune 'Township funk' has built up something of a cult status on internet forums and blogs since the end of last year, with his wonderfully low budget video featuring some of the sickest dance moves purely inspired by the irresistable rhythm and riff combo of 'Township funk'.

With the greatest of respect the track itself couldn't be any simpler, or any better, a brash 120bpm Kwaito house pattern is aligned with a bumpin synth bass riff providing the rhythmic drive, but it's the flashing scythe of a riff that will instantly grab the attention of anyone with a functioning set of ears, sitting somewhere between the darker melancholy of Drexciya, classic Forgemasters and Diplo at his best, this could easily have come from the early days of warp and Sheffield bleep, but it's not, it's South Africa in 2007 and we absolutely love it!

The flipside comes with the bonus of a fully buffed and polished version from Ashley Beedle who adds some extra production tweaks and slightly homogenised house styles to remove any of the burrs from Mujava's raw original, but is kinda unneccessary other than for bringing this fantastic track to the attention of a lot of heads who would otherwise never hear it. Can't wait to get this one on down our dance, big up the This Is Music crew and much respect to DJ Mujava, KILLER!!!!

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DJ MUJAVA News - TOWNSHIP FUNK'S MASSIVE SUPPORT - LE 18.02.2009

DJ MUJAVA Concert - 08.05.2009 à 21h00 - Cité de la Musique de Paris / Paris

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DJ MUJAVA Tracklist

Sheer Music / Township Funk

Sheer Music / Jozi

Sheer Music / DJ Plugs

Sheer Music / Township Funk - Kalwa Remix

Sheer Music / Sgubhu sa Pitori

DJ MUJAVA Videos

Township Funk (Clip)