Pulse African electronic music, mapped

Each ring pulses to its city's tempo.
Magenta slow, acid fast.

Every city has a tempo.
Hear it, then go there.

Pulse is Sonic Paths' live map and radio of African electronic music: 37 cities, 213 artists and collectives and 40 dated festivals, researched city by city from the organisers, the labels and the trade press. Each city pulses at the tempo of its signature sound, from amapiano at 113 BPM to singeli at 200, and the sets play through the artists' own players while you fly from the continent down to the street.

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37 cities213 artists and collectives76 play here40 dated festivalschecked 20 October 2026

Pulse

The map of African electronic music

Where it pulses

Globe to street. Each city is a ring that pulses to its own tempo; artists sit in a cluster around their city, never at an address. Press play on anything and the set keeps going while you fly.

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37 scenes

Electronic music in Africa, city by city

By heat, highest first. The number is the typical tempo of the city's signature sound; published ranges where a source gives one, editorial estimates otherwise.

Tempo
  1. 113BPM
    amapiano

    Johannesburg

    South Africa · heat 10/10 · 20 artists · 5 play here

    amapiano · Afro house · Afro-tech · private school amapiano

    Collectives Ebumnandini, French For New, TOYTOY and ADDICTSHUN

    Coming up Kunye, 7 Nov · Oskido's Big Day Out, 28 Nov

  2. 140BPM
    festival, all of it

    Jinja

    Uganda · heat 9/10 · 0 artists

    festival: electronic, club, singeli, gqom, techno, reggae, traditional

    Collectives Nyege Nyege Festival

    Coming up African Electronic Music Conference, 17 Nov to 19 Nov · Nyege Nyege Festival 2026, 19 Nov to 22 Nov

    Go there Nyege Nyege Festival · The Jazz Safari · Nyege Nyege Festival on the Nile

  3. 140BPM
    techno / experimental club

    Kampala

    Uganda · heat 9/10 · 20 artists · 16 play here

    experimental club · gqom · singeli · techno

    Collectives Nyege Nyege (Tapes / Hakuna Kulala / Boutiq Studio), Underground Kampala, Midnight Tsunami

    Go there The Jazz Safari · Nyege Nyege Festival · Nyege Nyege Festival on the Nile

  4. 122BPM
    Afro house

    Lagos

    Nigeria · heat 9/10 · 11 artists · 2 play here

    Afro house · Afro-tech · 3-step · mara / cruise beat / freebeat

    Collectives Group Therapy, Element House (Spektrum Ent.), Ilé Ijó

    Coming up Detty December Fest, 18 Dec to 30 Dec · Flytime Fest, 22 Dec to 24 Dec

    Go there New Afrika Shrine · Vodun Days Festival

  5. 124BPM
    house / techno

    Cape Town

    South Africa · heat 8/10 · 10 artists · 3 play here

    house · techno · amapiano · gospel gqom

    Collectives Edition Events, The Loft, Trap House Culture, Hidden Leaf, PHATT Society

    Coming up Kunda Valley, 19 Nov · Habitat: Arcadian Forest, 4 Dec to 6 Dec

    Go there Cape Town City Hall · AfrikaBurn

  6. 120BPM
    Nu Nairobi house

    Nairobi

    Kenya · heat 8/10 · 18 artists · 5 play here

    Afro house · techno · experimental club · gqom

    Collectives Santuri East Africa / SEMA / Kilele, Gondwana KE, The Mist

    Coming up Blankets & Wine Nairobi, 20 Dec

    Go there The Alchemist Bar · Beneath the Baobabs · Lake Turkana Cultural Festival

  7. 126BPM
    coupé-décalé club

    Abidjan

    Côte d'Ivoire · heat 7/10 · 8 artists · 2 play here

    coupe-decale electronic · hip-hop/trap-rooted club · gqom · bouyon

    Collectives Djaouli Ent., La Sunday Abidjan, Blanc Manioc (label)

  8. 128BPM
    mahraganat / club

    Cairo

    Egypt · heat 7/10 · 21 artists · 12 play here

    electro-shaabi / mahraganat-influenced club · bass / dub / jungle / breaks · drum & bass · house & disco

    Collectives MOSHTRQ, Irsh, JellyZone

    Coming up Cairo Jazz Festival, 5 Nov to 7 Nov

    Go there Cairo Opera House · Cairo Jazz Club · Pyramids of Giza

  9. 124BPM
    gqom

    Durban

    South Africa · heat 7/10 · 17 artists · 9 play here

    gqom · sgubhu · 3-step · gqom 2.0

    Collectives Gqom Oh!, Something for Clermont (DJ Lag / Boiler Room), Amagogogo Sounds, Afrotainment, Dlala Records

  10. 112BPM
    amapiano

    Pretoria / Mamelodi

    South Africa · heat 7/10 · 6 artists · 4 play here

    amapiano · deep house · Afro house

    Collectives Piano Hub, Zikode Records, Blaqboy Music

    Coming up Best of Both Worlds, 16 Dec

  11. 120BPM
    Afro house

    Accra

    Ghana · heat 6/10 · 9 artists · 2 play here

    leftfield bass / grime / D&B · azonto-derived club · Ga-rhythm techno · Afro-house / Afro-EDM

    Collectives The Weird Cult, No Requests (Keyzuz), Musiq Electronique (TMSKD)

  12. 124BPM
    house

    Casablanca

    Morocco · heat 6/10 · 8 artists · 3 play here

    tribal/Gnawa-inflected club · house & tech-house · micro-house · live gaming-hardware electronic

    Collectives Moroko Loko, La Confiserie Sonore, Duboka Records / FRAGMENTS

    Go there Hassan II Mosque Esplanade · Fes Festival of World Sacred Music · Gnaoua and World Music Festival

  13. 200BPM
    singeli

    Dar es Salaam

    Tanzania · heat 6/10 · 12 artists · 6 play here

    singeli · mchiriku · bass · experimental club

    Collectives Singeli Movement, Midimu (Midi Fest), Pamoja Records / Sisso Records

    Go there B4 Beach Club · Sauti za Busara · Sunwaves Zanzibar

  14. 122BPM
    coastal house

    Kilifi / Mombasa coast

    Kenya · heat 6/10 · 1 artist · thin coverage so far

    Afro house · amapiano · gqom · bass

    Collectives Beneath the Baobabs

    Coming up Beneath the Baobabs, 30 Dec to 1 Jan

    Go there Beneath the Baobabs · The Alchemist Bar · Lake Turkana Cultural Festival

  15. 122BPM
    house / techno

    Rabat / Essaouira

    Morocco · heat 6/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

    house/techno (MOGA) · Gnawa and world fusion (Gnaoua festival)

    Collectives Sequence Records (Rabat)

    Go there Gnaoua and World Music Festival · Hassan II Mosque Esplanade · Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

  16. 128BPM
    techno

    Tunis

    Tunisia · heat 6/10 · 9 artists · 6 play here

    dub-techno / Saharan electro-dub · club-experimental (Deena) · minimal / micro-house · dark disco

    Collectives Sailing Stones, Steppers, Transmitting Stones (Rim Harrabi), DARK is the new DISCO (Orlok), World Full of Bass (Shinigami San)

    Go there El Jem International Symphonic Festival

  17. 122BPM
    Afro house

    Abuja

    Nigeria · heat 5/10 · 3 artists

    house · disco · techno · Nigerian house

    Collectives House House House, Ritual, Bush Bar Sessions

    Go there New Afrika Shrine

  18. 108BPM
    Ethiopian electronic

    Addis Ababa

    Ethiopia · heat 5/10 · 6 artists · 3 play here

    Ethiopiyawi Electronic · electronic azmari · house · tech house

    Collectives Ethiopian Records / Godjo Studios / Azmari Synthesis, Fabrika Records, The Lab (Yohannes Hadish)

  19. 128BPM
    Kinshasa DIY electronics

    Kinshasa

    DR Congo · heat 5/10 · 7 artists · 1 play here

    scrap-instrument electro · electro-rumba / punk-soukous · Congotronics · experimental club (Kampala-linked, e.g. Oyisse)

    Collectives Fulu Miziki / Fulu Kolektiv, Kongo Astronauts, Ghetto Kota-Okola

  20. 122BPM
    house / techno

    Marrakech

    Morocco · heat 5/10 · 1 artist · thin coverage so far

    house · deep/minimal techno · Gnawa-electronic crossover

    Collectives Atlas Electronic, Sol Sundays at El Fenn

    Go there Gnaoua and World Music Festival · Hassan II Mosque Esplanade · Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

  21. 130BPM
    techno

    Algiers

    Algeria · heat 4/10 · 3 artists · 1 play here

    techno · experimental electronic · medahate/Gasba-electronic hybrids

    Collectives Algerian Techno Movement (ATM)

  22. 118BPM
    sabar electronics

    Dakar

    Senegal · heat 4/10 · 5 artists · 1 play here

    sabar + electro · experimental electro / 'Neo Dakar' · ritual/industrial electro (n'doep) · club: amapiano/afro-house

    Collectives Ndox Electrique, Wau Wau Collectif, JOKKOO

  23. 160BPM
    electro-Acholi

    Gulu

    Uganda · heat 4/10 · 1 artist · 1 play here · thin coverage so far

    electro-acholi · Afro-electronic fusion

    Collectives AFRO-LAB (Elephante Commons)

    Go there Nyege Nyege Festival · The Jazz Safari · Nyege Nyege Festival on the Nile

  24. 138BPM
    kuduro / batida

    Luanda

    Angola · heat 4/10 · 3 artists · 3 play here

    kuduro · Afro house with kuduro/semba/batucada · batida

    Collectives Seres Producoes

  25. 122BPM
    Afro house

    Kigali

    Rwanda · heat 3/10 · 3 artists · thin coverage so far

    house · amapiano · kinyatrap · electro

    Collectives Unmute, Nep Group / The Rave Party

  26. 118BPM
    festival

    Lilongwe / Nkhotakota (Lake of Stars)

    Malawi · heat 3/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

    amapiano (festival context)

    Go there Lake of Stars Festival

  27. 120BPM
    pandza / Afro house

    Maputo

    Mozambique · heat 3/10 · 3 artists · thin coverage so far

    pandza · bique (amapiano sub-genre)

    Go there MTN Bushfire Festival

  28. 110BPM
    taarab-electronic

    Zanzibar

    Tanzania · heat 3/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

    taarab (non-electronic context)

    Coming up Sauti za Busara, 19 Mar to 21 Mar

    Go there Sauti za Busara · B4 Beach Club · Sunwaves Zanzibar

  29. 128BPM
    club

    Alexandria

    Egypt · heat 2/10 · 1 artist · thin coverage so far

    industrial / experimental electronic

    Go there Cairo Jazz Club · Pyramids of Giza · Cairo Opera House

  30. 118BPM
    Mande electronics

    Bamako

    Mali · heat 2/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

    Go there Festival sur le Niger

  31. 120BPM
    Afro house

    Douala / Yaoundé

    Cameroon · heat 2/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

  32. 120BPM
    Afro house

    Harare

    Zimbabwe · heat 2/10 · 1 artist · thin coverage so far

    Afro house

  33. 160BPM
    Sudanese electronics

    Khartoum / Port Sudan

    Sudan · heat 2/10 · 4 artists · 3 play here · thin coverage so far

    zanig / darba (synth wedding music) · jaglara (Fashaga electronic dance) · ambient 'Deserty New Age' synth · diaspora experimental beats

    Collectives Ostinato Records, COSMOS (Le Guess Who?), Basinkob (Taz Waves' label)

  34. 120BPM
    Afro house

    Lomé

    Togo · heat 2/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

    Go there Vodun Days Festival

  35. 118BPM
    electro-folk

    Ouagadougou

    Burkina Faso · heat 2/10 · 1 artist · thin coverage so far

    electro-Afro hybrids

  36. 120BPM
    house

    Windhoek

    Namibia · heat 2/10 · 1 artist · thin coverage so far

    drum and bass · dubstep

    Go there Sossusvlei Dunes

  37. 118BPM
    salegy-electronic

    Antananarivo

    Madagascar · heat 1/10 · 0 artists · thin coverage so far

The atlas · 213 artists and collectives · 21 countries

African electronic artists

Every artist and collective we have checked, with their own links. Press play on any card and keep browsing; the set carries on in the player. 76 play here, 12 more play in their own Bandcamp player, the rest link out.

Tempo

17 sounds, each with its own page

African electronic music by sound

Where each sound comes from, who carried it, the artists on Pulse and sets to play. The tempos are what the published sources say; where the sources disagree, the sound page says so in plain words.

African electronic music sounds with their tempo ranges and the Pulse cities that carry them
SoundTempo, from the sourcesPulse cities and their tempo
3-Step113 to 120 BPMLagos 122 est., Durban 124
Afro houseAbout 115 to 125 BPM, most often 118 to 122Lagos 122 est., Abuja 122 est., Accra 120 est., Lomé 120 est.
AmapianoAbout 110 to 115 BPMJohannesburg 113, Pretoria 112
Gqom126 to 130 BPMDurban 124
KuduroAbout 128 to 140 BPMLuanda 138 est.
KwaitoAbout 95 to 105 BPM (Johannesburg)no Pulse city carries it as its signature
SingeliAbout 200 to 300 BPMDar es Salaam 200
Sudanese electronicsJaglara: 155 to 168 BPMKhartoum 160
Afro techno sourced figureLagos 122 est., Johannesburg 113, Durban 124
Coupé-décaléno sourced figureAbidjan 126 est.
Electro-Acholino sourced figureGulu 160 est.
Ethiopiyawi electronicno sourced figureAddis Ababa 108 est.
Kinshasa DIY electronicsno sourced figureKinshasa 128 est.
Mahraganatno sourced figureCairo 128 est.
Nu Nairobino sourced figureNairobi 120 est.
Pandzano sourced figureMaputo 120 est.
Sgubhuno sourced figureDurban 124

The middle column is what the published sources say, linked on each sound page. The numbers beside the cities are Pulse's own figure for each city: est. marks our editorial estimate, the rest follow a published range. Where a source gives no tempo for a sound, we show none.

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      New Frequencies · the written series · Issue 001 · October 2026

      East Africa

      Three artists from the corridor that runs Kampala to Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, written only from what the sources say, plus the set of the month. Each piece links to its sources.

      Set of the month · Kampala · 140 BPM city

      Masaka Masaka

      One hour on Sønder Berlin

      Kampala-based Ugandan producer and DJ on Nyege Nyege Tapes, blending experimental club music with ambient textures. Listed as a Nyege Nyege Tapes artist on Resident Advisor, named in OkayAfrica's August 2024 piece on the Kampala underground, on the Nyege Nyege 2025 line-up and recently booked for Nyege Nyege Mirror World in Brussels. The set is his one-hour mix for Sønder Berlin: press play, then go and explore the map. It carries on while you move.

      On the mapSet page
      Sources
      City
      Kampala, Uganda · 140 BPM · techno / experimental club
      Sounds
      experimental club · ambient · deconstructed rhythm · polyrhythm · dub
      Host
      Sønder Berlin · 1 hour · SoundCloud
      Status
      Rising · Nyege Nyege 2025 lineup; Mirror World Brussels booking.
      Also on the radio
      Nyege Nyege Takeover x Masaka Masaka - 21 Juillet 2026 · Rinse France · 60 min
      Nyege Nyege w/ Masaka Masaka @ Kiosk Radio 25.09.2026 · Kiosk Radio · 60 min
      Hakuna Kulala W/ Masaka Masaka - 25th April 2024 · NTS · 60 min

      Feature 01 · Kampala · 140 BPM city

      Kampire

      The bass carrier of Kampala

      A DJ and core member of Kampala's Nyege Nyege collective, known for bass-heavy sets. Her compilation Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola came out on Strut in 2024, and she recorded RA Podcast RA.995 in 2025. She played Boiler Room x Ballantine's True Music Johannesburg on 11 May 2024, back to back with Coco Em, and was on the 2025 Nyege Nyege tenth-anniversary bill. Her sounds in the data: bass, club, amapiano, Afro-electronic fusion.

      On the map

      Follow SoundCloud Bandcamp Mixcloud Instagram Resident Advisor

      Sources

      Feature 02 · Dar es Salaam · 200 BPM city

      DJ Travella

      Singeli, exported from Dar es Salaam

      A Tanzania-listed singeli DJ on Nyege Nyege Tapes, according to the label's Resident Advisor page. First RA event in 2022, then bookings across London, Brussels, Paris, New York and Berlin, and billed as a headliner of Nyege Nyege 2025. Singeli is Dar es Salaam's own form: it emerged in the mid-2000s in Tandale and Mtogole from vigodoro parties, and published tempos run from 180 to 300 BPM, which is why Dar sits at the fast end of this map. His home city is assumed from the sources rather than stated.

      On the map

      Follow Resident Advisor

      Sources

      Feature 03 · Nairobi · 120 BPM city

      Slikback

      Nairobi, hard and industrial

      A Kenyan producer who co-founded Hakuna Kulala, with Tomo released on the label on 1 February 2019, then Attrition on Planet Mu, and his own label Xternal Domain launched in December 2025. Pan African Music reports that Skrillex's team connected with him around Nyege Nyege 2025. His sounds in the data: industrial, footwork, trap, club. His home city is assumed to be Nairobi; the sources do not state it.

      On the map

      Follow SoundCloud Mixcloud Bandcamp Resident Advisor

      Sources

      Coming up

      Dated, from the organisers

      All dated festivals on Pulse →
      1. 22 Oct to 25 OctPangeaTouws River, South Africa · confirmed
      2. 5 Nov to 9 NovFabrika Festival (14th edition)Monastir, Tunisia · confirmed
      3. 5 Nov to 7 NovCairo Jazz FestivalCairo, Egypt · confirmedThe scene
      4. 7 NovKunye (Johannesburg)Johannesburg (Huddle Park), South Africa · confirmedThe scene
      5. 17 Nov to 19 NovAfrican Electronic Music Conference (AEMC), 2nd editionJinja, Uganda · confirmedThe scene
      6. 19 Nov to 22 NovNyege Nyege Festival 2026 (11th, Wakaliwood Edition)Jinja (Kalagala Falls), Uganda · confirmedThe scene
      7. 19 NovKunda ValleyBot River, South Africa · listedThe scene
      8. 27 Nov to 29 NovMeidumRobertson, South Africa · confirmed
      9. 28 NovOskido's Big Day OutJohannesburg (Huddle Park), South Africa · confirmedThe scene
      10. 28 NovPiano People Johannesburg 2026Johannesburg (Old Park Station), South Africa · confirmedThe scene

      Issue 002 is in research: West Africa, Lagos and Accra. New sets are being added to the radio as they are checked.

      From listening to travel

      Go there

      Every city panel on the map links to the Sonic Paths rooms nearby and the dated signals on the radar. These are the African rooms already in the atlas, and the expedition that strings Kampala and the Nile into one trip.

      East and South

      North and West

      Signals and paths

      Method

      How Pulse is made

      Every city, artist, collective and festival here comes from a research pass on 8 October 2026 that fetched and checked each source: Resident Advisor, Boiler Room, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Pan African Music, Bandcamp Daily, OkayAfrica, the organisers' own sites and the labels' Bandcamp pages. Artist links are only shown where the page was fetched and matched. Festivals carry dates only when the organiser or the trade press has published them. Artists sit in a ring around their city, never at an address; nights that run at rotating or private locations are never pinned. The tempo of each city is the typical tempo of its signature sound: published ranges where a source gives one, an editorial estimate otherwise, and each panel says which. Images on artist cards are the artists' own published artwork and press images, credited by source.

      What is Pulse?

      Pulse is the African electronic music section of Sonic Paths: a live map, an atlas of 213 artists and collectives in 37 cities, and a curated non-stop radio built from the artists' own published sets. Every city pulses at the tempo of its signature sound.

      What does the tempo of a city mean?

      Each city is given the typical tempo of its signature sound: amapiano in Johannesburg at 110 to 115 BPM, gqom in Durban at about 120 to 130, singeli in Dar es Salaam at 200 to 300. Published ranges are shown where a source gives one; the rest are editorial estimates and marked as such. Colour follows tempo, from magenta (slow) through coral and amber to acid (fast).

      How does the radio work?

      Pulse Radio plays artist-hosted sets one after another using the artists' own embedded players (SoundCloud, with Mixcloud and YouTube where an artist publishes there), so no licences are needed and every play counts for the artist. Bandcamp has no remote control, so Bandcamp releases play on demand only. Modes: All, City, Sound and Wander. When the radio moves on, the map flies to the next artist's city.

      Where do the facts come from?

      From a research pass on 8 October 2026 that fetched and checked each source: Resident Advisor, Boiler Room, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Pan African Music, Bandcamp Daily and the organisers' own sites. Each artist card links to the sources. Festival dates appear only when the organiser or the trade press has published them.

      Why are some venues not on the map?

      Artists sit in a ring around their city, never at an address, and nights that run at rotating or private locations are never pinned. Where a scene lives under legal or social pressure, the city panel says so before you go.

      What is New Frequencies?

      New Frequencies is the written series inside Pulse. Issue 001 covers East Africa: Kampire in Kampala, DJ Travella in Dar es Salaam and Slikback in Nairobi, with Masaka Masaka's one-hour mix for Sønder Berlin as the set of the month.

      What is African electronic music?

      Electronic dance and experimental music made in African cities and by their diasporas. On Pulse it covers 37 cities and 213 artists and collectives, and sounds such as 3-step, Afro house, amapiano, gqom, kuduro, kwaito, each with its own page, tempo and sources.

      What are the main genres of African electronic music?

      The sounds with their own Pulse page: 3-Step (113 to 120 BPM); Afro house (about 115 to 125 BPM); Amapiano (about 110 to 115 BPM); Gqom (126 to 130 BPM); Kuduro (about 128 to 140 BPM); Kwaito (about 95 to 105 BPM (Johannesburg)); Singeli (about 200 to 300 BPM); Sudanese electronics (Jaglara: 155 to 168 BPM. Zanig: no fixed tempo (it accelerates and decelerates)); Afro tech; Coupé-décalé; Electro-Acholi; Ethiopiyawi electronic; Kinshasa DIY electronics; Mahraganat; Nu Nairobi; Pandza; Sgubhu. The tempo table on this page gives the sourced range for each, and marks where no source gives one.

      Which African city has the biggest electronic music scene?

      Pulse does not measure size, but it gives each city a heat score from the research. The highest are Johannesburg (10/10: RA lists 12 upcoming Johannesburg events on 8 Oct 2026, a packed Oct-Dec 2026 festival calendar, and the city anchors the dance-music export scene of amapiano and Afro house (amapiano, Afro house)); Jinja (9/10: Annual flagship festival with a confirmed 2026 edition (19-22 Nov), 200-300 artists, and a government tourism partnership; seasonal rather than year-round); Kampala (9/10: Nyege Nyege hub plus a growing weekly venue circuit (Wild Coffee up to four events a weekend), RA lists 8 Ugandan events on 8 Oct 2026, and Uganda dominates the 2025-26 Nyege lineup; held below 10 by legal risk and a small number of regular venues).

      Who is the biggest DJ in Africa?

      Pulse does not rank artists, and no single measure settles it. The artist index lists all 213 artists and collectives we have checked, each with their own links, and 76 have a set that plays in the page.

      What is the biggest electronic music festival in Africa?

      Pulse does not rank festivals by size. Dated festivals marked high for electronic music include Pangea (Touws River, 22 Oct to 25 Oct 2026); Fabrika Festival (Monastir, 5 Nov to 9 Nov 2026); Kunye (Johannesburg, 7 Nov 2026); Nyege Nyege Festival 2026 (Jinja, 19 Nov to 22 Nov 2026); Kunda Valley (Bot River, 19 Nov 2026). The festivals page lists the dated ones we have checked, with sources.

      What's the difference between Afro house, amapiano and gqom?

      Afro house (about 115 to 125 BPM): Afro house is a style of house music developed mainly in South Africa, which joins a four-to-the-floor house pulse to African percussion, melodies and vocals. Amapiano (about 110 to 115 BPM): Amapiano is a slow, deep house-based dance music from the townships of Gauteng in South Africa (Johannesburg and Pretoria), which took shape in the 2010s. Gqom (126 to 130 BPM): Gqom is a dark, stripped-back dance music made by bedroom producers in the townships around Durban, South Africa, from the early 2010s.

      Where can I listen to African electronic music radio?

      Here. Pulse Radio plays 93 artist-hosted sets one after another through the artists' own SoundCloud, Mixcloud and YouTube players, so every play counts for them. Press Tune in at the top of the page, or play any artist and the radio carries on.

      Last checked 20 October 2026 · Send a correction or a tip

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      Pulse, part of Sonic Paths
      Written series
      New Frequencies, Issue 001: East Africa
      Coverage
      37 cities, 21 countries, 213 artists and collectives
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      76 artists, 93 sets on the radio; 12 more on Bandcamp, on demand
      Research date
      8 October 2026; page built 20 October 2026
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