It\u2019s hard to believe him when Vigro Deep tells us his first techno party was in Paris a few days ago. Convinced that the hard hitting drums, dark tension and sleek vocals of his sound were inspired by the genre, we had naively assumed that the 21-year old DJ and producer had grown up listening to British club music or Chicago house alongside South African classics. The reality is quite different, and the only explanation possible is that Vigro Deep is some kind of prodigy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Kamogelo Phetla actually started music with the goal of being a rapper. In 2018, while watching his dad, a founder of the Godfathers of Deep House collective, compose music on Fruity Loops, he decided to give it a try with the genre making waves in his school: amapiano. Four years later, the apprentice has become a pillar in his country and has earned the respect of global electronic music superstars such as Skrillex or DJ Snake. His sound is not the mellow and loungy amapiano you will play to relax on a Sunday; based on ultra-dark chords, tense and nervous melodies, shocking breaks and powerful sub-bass, you wouldn\u2019t be surprised to hear it in a Berlin underground club or at the Dour alternative music festival. His latest album, Far Away From Home<\/em> (2021), released following the \u201cBaby Boy\u201d project series, aptly named, leading him to a European tour through Amsterdam, London and all the cities known for appreciating dance music. Fresh from a gig organized by the Amapiano France collective, we had a chat with the South African wonder-kid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n