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1.    La Petite Intro
2.    Why Do U Cum here introducing Princess
3.    Beautiful Sounds ft. Zonke and Lulu
4.    Keep The Fire Burning ft. Lulu
5.    I’ll Be There ft. Thabiso
6.    Dum Dum
7.    Let’s Go (Allez!)
8.    In & Outa My Life ft. Thabiso
9.    Get Busy
10.  Mbeleke

11. Rawkus
12.Jumpin’ and Screamin’
13.U’ll Never Find A Love Like Mine

 


Artist History / Biography

DJ Ski

Who is this man?


As put by LolasWorldRecords, DjSki a.k.a David Molosi, Afro Blue, David Skizo, Skizo, is a legendary producer/Dj in the modern African music fraternity. He is respected for his skill at naturally melding Afro styles with House music for funky results. His stab at house music always stands up brilliantly as well as maintaining authenticity.

High school was where Skizo started deejaying at parties, creating his own style. After high school he went to college at Howard University, USA, where he came in contact with new sounds, people and atmosphere that influenced him in new and different ways. This is where he also came in contact with house music.

It was during the late eighties when Ski stepped off a plane at Sir Seretse Khama Airport (Botswana) in possession of precious cargo that would change Southern Africa forever, Skizo was carrying a bag full of vinyl that was going to uplift masses and feed the need. Back then, most folks were listening to all sorts of South African bubblegum music, UK pop or on the fringes B-boys were listening to hip hop in its’ earliest forms.

Everybody realized something new has arrived, every time the needle touched the wax, the party would ignite with DJ Ski at the wheels of steel. It is fair to credit Ski with being one of the early visionaries to bring house music to Southern Africa. All the young cats need to know this because this man has never been credited with having revolutionized the Southern African music scene by bringing house music into the mix. That music was the root of basically popular dance music.

DjSki has played toe to toe with the current house   giants, Oskido,Christos,Fresh,DaVinci, from as early as 1993 and don’t get it twisted, he still rocks!

To further illustrate the level of experience in this field, the incumbent is one of the leading and most sought after music producers in Southern Africa with an extensive list of productions and collaborations with artists such as Mdu, Thebe, Bongo Maffin, TKzee, Sbu, BOP,Trompies,DjFistaz, Alaska, to name a few. Over the years, Ski has been commissioned to do production work for SONY Music, Columbia, Universal, EMI and Kalawa Jazmee Records. Dj Ski remixed the legendary Keith Thompson’s Africa in yo veins under the pseudonym Afro Blue and has some of his releases on compilations in the German and US markets.

The Dj bug has never died and in 2007, DjSki collaborates with Dj Fresh for an epic release of a real and unapologetic house album. SKI’s house is house in its FRESH original form.



Big Dawg

Who is this man?

To many, Big Dawg is aka Thato Sikwane, aka Dj Fresh. The name Big Dawg was bestowed upon Fresh, by a YFM listener of his a good 9 years ago and it has refused “to go away” since then.

Big Dawg has over 15 house albums under his belt. Big Dawg has shared the DJ booth with a number of internationals, including “Little Louie” Vega, Frankie Knuckles, Armand Van Helden, Jazzy Jeff, Hoxton Whores, Terry Hunter and Dominic Spreadlove, and played in Southport in 2000 and at the legendary Pacha in Ibiza in 2001, 2005 & 2007. Earlier in 2002, Fresh was among a team of South African DJs who performed at the Masters At Work party at the Miami Winter Music Conference.

Big Dawg’s first ever taste of Music production netted him a hit in the track Comm Si Comm sa, which appeared on Mzantsi House, and was also picked up by UK label Slip & Slide for international release.

Although never too eager to delve into production, Big Dawgs few forays into this domain has netted various hits, amongst these: “Stay real”, featuring his wife Thabiso; “Amazing”, also Featuring Thabiso; “Afro Samba” Featuring Gugu Shezi, later picked up by Captain Morgan Spiced Gold as their 2005 festive season theme; and the poetic  “Goddess” featuring Kutlo.



Having threatened to work together for over 5 years now, DJ Ski vs. Big Dawg has been a long time coming.

Almost 2 months prior to release, and already “Why do you come here (The weakness in me) “, a thumping interpretation of the Joan Armatrading hit, was blazing the airwaves from Metro FM, to YFM, to Ukhozi and Durban Youth Radio.
It reached number 1 on the UniVen FM local Top 40 on the last Friday of September.

“Ill be there”, Featuring Thabiso Sikwane, is a groovy track with haunting strings and melody and already receiving licence requests from abroad.
In the words of DJ Sammy Rock from Cyber Jamz Radio in Miami, "Ill be there" is hot deep track.I really like this track. If deep is what you need, then "Thabiso on Ill be there is it " is it!!”
Baltimore producer and Dj Pope on the other hand had this to say “Fresh this track’s HOTTT, you definitely have my full support on this”

“Sister T sounds great on that hot tune, nice one.” Said DJ Cleo, of “Ill be there”

“Keep the Fires Burning” features Lulu (Zonke’s sister, who happens to be blazing the airwaves right now) and is as Disco and Classic as they come.
Dwayne Taylor, head of A&R at Paradax Records in L.A, had this to say about this disco monster “A great resurrection of a disco classic!”
This track already has 3-license request from abroad…

“Beautiful Sounds” features both Zonke AND Lulu, and is guaranteed soulful dance floor filler, what with Bruce “Dope” Sebitlo from Kalawa, co-producing the track.



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Rosebank College / 5FM/ DJ Fresh Bursaries 2008 5FM and The DJ Fresh Foundation in Association with Rosebank College present Bursaries 2008 This year we are giving away 46, 1 year Bursaries to study full time at any of the 5 Rosebank Colleges in the country Courses on offer include: Marketing, Advertising, Tourism Reception, Travel and Tourism, Graphic Design, Construction, Engineering and Drafting, MEDIA and Journalism, Sport Management, Hotel Management, Computer Engineering, IT Programming, Beauty Therapy, Business Computing , Business IT, Accounts and Financial Computing , Business Admin (IBS). For more info call Rosebank College 0860 101 225 or www. rosebankcollege.co.za To qualify, send us your matric results and a one-page essay about why YOU deserve the bursary Fax applications to 088 011 791 6385 * Closing date for applications is Monday 11 Feb at Midday * Winners will be announced on air on Thursday 14 Feb Bursaries awarded subject to meeting full qualification criteria.

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