A little over 10 years ago now, an obscure song from Pretoria, South Africa flipped dancefloors across the Northern Hemisphere on their ears. It was called “Township Funk,” and if you know it, you are ...

“TOWNSHIP FUNK,” by the South African D.J. and producer Mujava, is one of the biggest global dance hits of the past year. Built from martial snare drums that invoke a local music called kwaito, an ...

A few years ago, DJ Mujava's slightly sinister beast of a track "Township Funk" found its way from South African taxi cabs to the internet and then Warp Records, who released the song on 12-inch.

DJ Mujava broke through a couple years ago with the unrelenting Pitori house of "Township Funk", but he has taken a noticeably measured approach in the follow-up, new songs occasionally appearing on ...