This Is Shimza Playlist on Spotify

Johannesburg’s sound goes global in This Is Shimza, Spotify’s essential-tracks playlist for South African DJ and producer Shimza.

The list features “Fire Fire” with AR/CO and Kasango, “2 Step” with Kabza De Small and Dj Vitoto, and his remixes of James Hype and Shakira. Elderbrook, CAMELPHAT, Jnr SA and Argento Dust appear too. Also worth a spin: “Don’t Wake Me Up – Shimza Remix” by James Hype, Shimza and “ALGO TÚ – Shimza Remix” by Shakira, Beéle, Shimza. Recurring names include DJ Maphorisa and Cuebur.

Expect percussive, melodic and often afro-flavoured house, good for sundowners, open-air festivals and peak-time floors. Fifty tracks run for 4 hours 12 minutes. Shuffle it for surprises or play it in order to hear how the sound develops from one record to the next.

Afro pulse, global dancefloors.