I-Dance Afrika Label yeRekhodi iWuhlaziya ngokutsha uMculo wokuDanisa waseMzantsi Afrika

Ngendlela enesibindi yokunyusa umgangatho womculo wokudanisa waseMzantsi Afrika, ileyibhile yerekhodi esandul’ ukusungulwa, i-Dance Afrika, yenza amaza amakhulu njengesixhobo somdlalo wamagcisa esizukulwana esilandelayo. Isekwe ngokudibeneyo ngabavulindlela bomculo, uJulian Green noLesedi Moselane, i-Dance Afrika ayisiyileyibhile nje, ngumzabalazo oqondiswe ekufumaneni, ekuphuhliseni nasekukhupheni amandla omculo wokudanisa oneempawu ezikhethekileyo zaseMzantsi Afrika. Ibhengezwe ekuqaleni kukaJulayi 2025, ileyibhile ilungele ukutshintsha imbono yehlabathi ngezixhobo zaseAfrika, ngokukodwa kwiintlobo zomculo ezifana ne-Amapiano, i-Afro-house, kunye nomculo wokudanisa we-elektroniki.

Injongo ephambili ye-Dance Afrika isekelwe ekuxabiseni ngokunzulu ilifa lomculo laseMzantsi Afrika. Ileyibhile ifuna ukuvala umsantsa phakathi kwetalente yasekhaya kunye neentengiso zamazwe ngamazwe ngokunika indlela entsha yokulawula amagcisa omculo kunye nokuvelisa umculo. Ngokungafaniyo neleyibhile zesiko ezidla ngokubeka phambili iingoma ezithengiswayo, i-Dance Afrika igxininisa kuphuhliso lwexesha elide lwamagcisa, inika izixhobo zokubhala iingoma, ukuvelisa, kunye nokubhengeza kwihlabathi jikelele. “Asityikityi amagcisa nje; sakha ilifa,” utsho uJulian Green kudliwano-ndlebe olusandul’ ukwenziwa neTexx and the City. ULesedi Moselane wongeza ngelithi: “Umbono wethu kukuqulunqa iqonga apho izixhobo zaseAfrika zingavakala khona kwihlabathi jikelele ngelixa zigcina iingcambu zazo.”

Uluhlu lokuqala lweleyibhile lubandakanya iinkwenkwezi ezisakhulayo ezifana no-DJ Thulani, othi izixhobo zakhe ze-Amapiano sele zifumene ukwamkelwa kumaqonga afana ne-Spotify, kunye nelizwi uSiphe Mkhize, othi iingoma zakhe ze-Afro-house ezinomoya ziqikelelwa ukuba zilawule imibhiyozo yamazwe ngamazwe. I-Dance Afrika ikwatshala imali kwizitudiyo zale mihla eRhawutini, ezixhotyiswe ngetekhnoloji yale mihla ukuxhasa amagcisa ekuveliseni iimveliso ezikumgangatho ophezulu. Ngaphezu koko, ileyibhile yenze ubudlelwane namaqonga okusasaza ehlabathi jikelele ukuqinisekisa ukuba amagcisa ayo afikelela kubaphulaphuli baseYurophu, eMntla Melika, nangaphezulu.

Enye yezinto ezibalaseleyo ze-Dance Afrika yinkqubo yayo yokucebisa, edibanisa amagcisa amatsha namagqala emboni. Le nkqubo ayiniki nje uqeqesho lobuchwepheshe, kodwa igxininisa ekunqumleni ubunzima boshishino lomculo, ukusuka kwimithetho yamalungelo okushicilela ukuya ekwakheni uphawu. “Ushishino lunokuba yimfihlelo,” utsho uMoselane. “Sifuna ukuba amagcisa ethu aphumelele, angaphili nje.” Oku kuzinikela ekuxhobiseni sele kutsalela ingqalelo kwiileyibhile zamazwe ngamazwe, ngamarhe okuba kunokubakho intsebenziswano namagcisa amakhulu eLondon naseLos Angeles.

Ixesha lokusungulwa kwe-Dance Afrika libalulekile. Umculo waseMzantsi Afrika, ngokukodwa i-Amapiano, ubone ukunyuka okumangalisayo kwihlabathi jikelele, ngamagcisa afana no-Tyla no-Uncle Waffles belawula abaphulaphuli bamazwe ngamazwe. I-Dance Afrika ijolise ekusebenziseni eli thuba ngelixa isombulula imingeni yasekhaya, efana neendlela ezimbalwa zokukhenketha kunye nenkxaso-mali engazinzanga, njengoko kubonisiwe kwinqaku lakutshanje leTime Out. Ngokukhulisa indawo exhasayo, ileyibhile izibeka njengotshintsho lweshishini.

Njengoko i-Dance Afrika ilungiselela umboniso wayo wokuqala omkhulu kuMnyhadala we-Hey Neighbour ka-2025, uluntu lomculo lugcwele ulindelo. Ngokuzinikela kwinyaniso kunye nokusungula izinto ezintsha, i-Dance Afrika ayiwuhlazi nje umculo wokudanisa waseMzantsi Afrika—ibeka isiseko sotshintsho lwehlabathi jikelele.