

TRUE MUSIC AFRICA
Ballantine’s and Boiler Room are coming back together to take the True Music experience to Africa. The land of self-starters, creative hustlers and music makers just waiting to bring their unique sounds and home grown brand of cool to the world.
We’ll be hitting up six cities across the continent with a host of unmissable shows. From hip-shaking beats to sonically engineered-for the-dancefloor bangers, expect to get down to the sounds of Hip Hop, Gqom, House & Techno. Along the way, we’ll also be telling their stories through a series of unfiltered documentaries for some extra hype moments.
ACCRA SHOW
For the next stop on the True Music Africa tour, we’re heading to Accra to discover Ghana’s buzzing hip-hop, trap and rap scenes. Prepare for a serious party armed with a killer line-up with some of the country’s most exciting independent artists and beat makers.
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Get ready to groove to the house that Pretoria built as we return to South African shores on December 5th. Expect nothing but fire from the hottest local legends, spinners, and top selectors as we throw the mother of all parties in the nation’s house music mecca.
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The first of our South African House extravaganza parties saw us touching down in Jozi. We talked shop with the continents emerging musical creative forces in our forum, before broadcasting an incredible line-up of South Africa’s finest local talent for a dance-floor burning show. Let’s go.
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For our third installment of True Music Africa, we’re headed to Nairobi, Kenya to broadcast a movement taking over the sound waves in this thriving metropolis.
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In a country without major label presence, our Douala show will welcome a new wave of distinct, innovative sounds emerging from the nation’s hottest young independent artists. Get the Lowdown here.
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We kicked off the first leg of the True Music Africa tour in Cape Town. The stellar lineup included local hip-hop darlings Dope Saint Jude, DJ Lyle and Youngsta CPT. Bringing in the funk was K-$ plus, gqom maverick Aux Womdantso headlining to bring a party the capital won't be forgetting anytime soon.
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