Shangaan electro creator Nozinja signs to Warp Records

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  • The South African artist's frenetic style of dance music will soon be showcased on the revered UK label.
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  • Shangaan electro's Nozinja has signed to Warp Records. Though there's no word of an album yet, Warp have said that Nozinja "will be breaking out fresh tracks." Nozinja will also premiere his new live show during a short run of club and festival dates in April and May. Shangaan electro is a colourful, fast-paced style of dance music, often reaching 180 BPM. It was first internationally showcased on an Honest Jon's compilation (Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa) in 2010. Since then there's been a continued interest in the style, with the genre's charismatic creator, Nozinja, making regular club and festival appearances in Europe. Honest Jon's followed their compilation with a remix album that saw the likes of Shackleton, Theo Parrish, RP Boo, Ricardo Villalobos and Actress reworking shangaan tracks, while 2013 saw Nozinja put out two new cuts on Dan Snaith's Jiaolong label.
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