SHIMZA HAS BECOME A TOTEM FIGURE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA’S VIBRANT MUSIC SCENE AND NOW STANDS AS ONE OF AFRICA'S MOST CELEBRATED MUSICIANS. VOTED ‘BEST MALE DJ’ AT THE 2019 SOUTH AFRICAN DANCE MUSIC AWARDS, WHILST ALSO BRINGING HOME ‘BEST FESTIVAL’ ONE MAN SHOW, THE TEMBISA NATIVE IS STRIVING TO EXTEND HIS INFECTIOUS STYLE OF ‘AFRO-TECH’ TO CROWDS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE ‘EFFECT MASTER’ HAS DELIVERED EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCES AT RESISTANCE CAPE TOWN, BOILER ROOM AND MIXMAG LAB JOHANNESBURG, AS WELL AS CHARMING AUDIENCES ACROSS NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN, AMSTERDAM, LISBON AND BARCELONA WITH HIS CULTURALLY RICH SOUND. HAVING GRACED THE DECKS AT IBIZA’S DESTINO OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, SHIMZA ADDED A PERFORMANCE FOR LUCIANO’S VAGABUNDOS EVENT AT AMNESIA TO HIS EXTENSIVE TOURING SCHEDULE THIS SUMMER. THE DJ MAG SPAIN COVER ARTIST WAS ALSO NAMED A NEW RISING STAR BY IBIZA MUSIC AND PARTY AUTHORITY ESSENTIAL IBIZA, WITH HIS DEEP ROOTED PASSION AND UNDENIABLE ON-STAGE CHARISMA SETTING HIM IN PERFECT STEAD TO CONTINUE CULTIVATING HIS DEDICATED GLOBAL FOLLOWING. THIS YEAR THE CONSPICUOUS ‘AFRO-TECH’ TRAILBLAZER RESUMED HIS BANNER CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMPHATIC RETURN TO LUCIANO’S CADENZA RECORDS FOR HIS SIX-TRACK ‘EMINENCE’ EP. FOLLOWING UP WITH AN EXTENDED PLAY ON KNEE DEEP IN SOUND IN THE FORM OF ‘KINGS & QUEENS’, SHIMZA’S 2019 OFFERINGS ACTED AS YET MORE MASTERFUL YIELDS FROM HIS EXTENSIVE BACK-CATALOGUE AND COMPREHENSIVELY VERIFIED HIS TASTEMAKER STATUS. IN 2013, SHIMZA SIGNED WITH THE HIGHLY REVERED SOULISTIC MUSIC IMPRINT, POSITIONED ALONGSIDE SOME OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS, INCLUDING BLACK COFFEE AND CULOE DE SONG. HIS PHILANTHROPIC ONE MAN SHOW WAS LAUNCHED IN HIS HOMETOWN IN 2009 TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. MATURING INTO A STAPLE EVENT IN THE ANNUAL CALENDAR, THE SHOW NOW DRAWS 25,000 STRONG CROWDS AND HAS SEEN SOLD-OUT EDITIONS IN BOTH PORTUGAL AND FRANCE. FUELLED BY A UNIQUE ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY CUT, LOOP AND FUSE BETWEEN GENRES, SHIMZA WILL CONTINUE TO SHOWCASE HIS TECHNICAL PROWESS, EXPERT SONG SELECTION AND INTRICATE MIXING ABILITIES WHILE REINFORCING THE POWER OF HIS AFRO-TECH SOUNDS ON A TRULY GLOBAL SCALE. |
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