Culoe De Song Boiler Room & Ballantine's Stay True South Africa DJ Set

Culoe De Song shared the Stay True South Africa bill with Black Coffee and Black Motion when Boiler Room and Ballantine's took the one-night event to Johannesburg on 5 March 2015. Stay True South Africa was the fifth stop on the Ballantine's Stay True Journey and the first time Boiler Room broadcast live online from South Africa. Culoe De Song ended his Stay True South Africa set with four hooded dancers carrying Zulu shields, performing in a mask. Culoe De Song told i-D that he grew up in Eshowe and takes pride in his Zulu heritage. Culoe De Song told i-D that his aim was to blend European house grooves with the more experimental South African house travelling abroad. Culoe De Song's third album, Exodus, came out in 2013 and won him the male artist award at the Metro FM Music Awards. Boiler Room and Ballantine's followed the Johannesburg show with Stay True South Africa: A Dancing Nation, an eight minute documentary directed by Lebogang Rasethaba of Egg Films.

Sources: yuledark.co.za, musicinafrica.net, i-d.co, en.wikipedia.org

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