![]() ![]() Consequently, he was barely in South Africa, primarily passing through for just a few days to handle visas and the like. In the midst of the EP’s release, Lag was touring relentlessly, racking up shows and new fans in places further and further from home: Poland, South Korea and the United States are just a few of the many passport stamps he accrued that year. The EP was anchored by the title track, an instrumental that builds around a deceptively simple synth pattern that’s impossible not to dance to. Sgubhu, gqom’s radio-friendly cousin, filters out the menacing undertones of the Durban club genre in favour of something more accessible - with bright melodies, less emphasis on gqom’s characteristic broken beat, and often catchy vocals to tie it all together. In July of 2017, he released ‘Trip To New York’, a brief and vivid trio of sgubhu tracks that he had made while on the road. He’d spent several more years testing out the sound in Durban’s teenage house party circuit, and finally disseminated it in nightclubs all over South Africa. The DJ and producer had come a long way from tinkering on FL Studio at home in Clermont. ![]() Gqom, the sound he’d been perfecting for nearly a decade, was finally getting its due recognition from the rest of the world, and he was the face of it. In 2017, during his 21st rotation around the sun, DJ Lag was experiencing a moment that every artist dreams of but few ever reach. ![]()
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