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Black Coffee
South Africa’s biggest house export. Grammy winner, Soulistic Music founder, and the reason the world turned to Afro house.
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The story
Who is Black Coffee?
Black Coffee is Nkosinathi Maphumulo, a DJ and producer born in Durban in 1976 and raised in the Eastern Cape.
He founded the label Soulistic Music and built a career from South Africa’s deep and Afro house scenes to residencies and festival headline sets worldwide. His album Subconsciously won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2022.
The sound
Deep, hypnotic Afro house: rolling percussion, minor chords and huge space.
| Born | Nkosinathi Maphumulo, 1976, Durban |
| Label | Soulistic Music |
| Award | Grammy, Best Dance/Electronic Album (2022) |
| Start with | “Superman” |
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