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He has performed alongside Seth Troxler, Richie Hawtin, Little Louie Vega, Carl Craig, Ame, DJs At Work, Rocco, Manoo, Ralf Gum, JoJo Flores, and Boddhi Satva.Ĭuloe De Song is growing with popularity as a South African icon being featured in the likes of Rolling Stone, Shook, The New Age (South Africa), GQ, and Raveline ( Germany). Notable festivals performed at include the Smirnoff Night Life Exchange worldwide tour in São Paulo, Brazil, Amsterdam Dance Event and the Winter Music Conference in Miami, SolarFest ( Spain), and also Weather ( France), Oslo World Music Festival ( Norway), Festival Week-end au bord de l’eau ( Switzerland), and local South African festivals Oppikoppi, Rocking the Daisies, and JnB Start a Party. Culoe De Song continues to perform as a DJ at corporate events, clubs, and international music festivals. The Japanese label Mule Musiq and German Label Innervisions released several singles centered on his Afrocentric rhythms and subtle digital textures. He released his second album, Elevation, in 2011, where he collaborated with France’s deep house DJ and producer Rocco as well as local South African acts, such as Goldfish and funk dub four piece 340ml. The album got him award nominations in multiple categories, for the 2010 South African Music Awards, the Namibian Museke Awards, and the 2010 Metro FM awards. This release introduced him to a wider European audience and electronic scene.Ĭuloe De Song then started on his international showings while at the same time releasing his debut album, A Giant Leap, an album that went gold. In 2009, Culoe De Song released the EP The Bright Forest on this German record label Innervisions. While in Spain, Culoe De Song performed at Club Macerana and Fellini in Barcelona and was later invited to perform at Sonar in Spain. This made him one of the youngest participant in the academy's history. Culoe De Song was later signed to Black Coffee's label Soulistic Music and was selected as one of the worldwide participants to attend the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy held in Barcelona, Spain. Following his forays in DJing, Culoe De Song began exploring production where he collaborated with Black Coffee on the track "100 Zulu Warriors", who included the tunes tribal aural assault on his second album Have Another One. Two more albums have followed since then - ‘Elevation’ and ‘Exodus’.He began his music career in early 2007 DJing in South Africa alongside local acts like Black Coffee and international visitors like Louie Vega and Rocco. In 2008, Culoe De Song was selected to be part of the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, Spain and a year later, he released his first album titled ‘A Giant Leap’. Following the success of the album, Black Coffee signed him to his label, Soulistic Music. His music career began in 2007 when he produced a song called “100 Zulu Warriors” on Black Coffee’s second opus, ‘Have Another One’. He started making music when he was 16 years old and by 2006, he had mastered the art of playing using vinyls. Don’t miss it!Ĭuloe De Song was born Culolethu Zulu in Eshowe, Kwa Zulu Natal. Tomorrow, we’re giving you the chance to see him at work, on your television screens.įrom 19:00 to 20:00, house legend Vinny Da Vinci will kick things off with his soulful mix and at 20:00, we roll out the red carpet for Culoe De Song. Lovers of house music are very familiar with the “Culoe” touch, courtesy of songs such as “Webaba”, “The Bright Forest” as well as the remix of the classic “We Are One” for Vega Records. Following in the footsteps of talented local and international deejays who have blessed Mzansi Magic Music with their guest mixes, Culoe De Song helps Mzansi say “goodbye” to Janu-worry at 19:00 this Saturday, 31 January 2015.