{"id":94993,"date":"2021-12-16T11:47:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=94993"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:47:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:47:54","slug":"dj-lag-raptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/dj-lag-raptor\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Lag is one step closer to Meeting with the King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Durban-based pioneer has released \u201cRaptor\u201d featuring Canadian-American producer Sinjin Hawke, presenting his gqom 2.0 sound.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>There\u2019s something special about the way Lag uses drums, they\u2019re so tough and epic yet minimal and spacious at the same time, has been a treat working with him<\/em>,\u201d says Sinjin Hawke about <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/dj-lag\/\">DJ Lag<\/a>\u2019s new single. \u201c<em>We made a bunch of songs together over the pandemic and \u2018Raptor\u2019 stood out as the most potent mix of our styles. It was initially composed as an instrumental for a vocalist, but we later found that it sounded great on its own and decided to release it on Lag\u2019s album as a club track<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRaptor\u201d proudly represents gqom\u2019s endless possibilities and manifestations across borders, bringing together Lag\u2019s talent for minimal, percussive and looping sounds, with Hawke\u2019s touch of grandeur and melody. It is accompanied by a powerful video, featuring scenes of the Durban-based producer and others engaging in near-anarchic dances, ensuring an otherworldly atmosphere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track has been announced as a single for <em>Meeting with the King, <\/em>DJ Lag\u2019s upcoming album. The project will trace his journey from its early days, tell the battles he fought to earn his position as a pioneer of South African electronics, and present the sound of gqom 2.0, heavily influenced by Afro-house, Afro-tech and the new amapiano craze.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Meeting with the King<\/em> by DJ Lag, out on February 18, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dj-lag-raptor-artcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dj-lag-raptor-artcover.jpg 624w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dj-lag-raptor-artcover-465x486.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dj-lag-raptor-artcover-375x392.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Durban-based pioneer has released \u201cRaptor\u201d featuring Canadian-American producer Sinjin Hawke, presenting his gqom 2.0 sound.&nbsp; &#8220;There\u2019s something special about the way Lag uses drums, they\u2019re so tough and epic yet minimal and spacious at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":94995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[25766,25767],"location":[7844],"yst_prominent_words":[9412,24083,8996,8934,8924,8407,8618,25641,8402,8452,8449,8848],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94993"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=94993"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=94993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}