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October 1997. A new music channel went on air on DStv. Channel O was made for young viewers and played local and interna...
05/11/2026

October 1997. A new music channel went on air on DStv. Channel O was made for young viewers and played local and international music videos. 📺

Over the years it has covered kwaito, hip hop and amapiano, giving each sound a screen. It also runs the Channel O Music Video Awards, which honour music videos from across Africa.

It turned 25 in 2022 and is still on DStv channel 320. 🎶

Tell us in the comments: which video did you wait for? 👇🏾

📸 Winehouse

Every party has two kinds of people. Some stand right at the DJ booth, close enough to see every move and shout the song...
04/11/2026

Every party has two kinds of people. Some stand right at the DJ booth, close enough to see every move and shout the song title at the DJ. Others find a spot at the back with a drink and watch the whole room fill up. 🎧

Neither is wrong, and plenty of us swap halfway through the night. We just want to know where you stand.

Tell us in the comments: right at the DJ booth or back of the room? 👇🏾

📸 Winehouse

31/10/2026

Sunday is tomorrow. Here’s your walkthrough of our Everybody Loves Sundays venue. ☀️

Colourbox Studio is ready and we can’t wait to see you there. If the group chat is still on “maybe,” this is your sign!

Cape Town, we’ll see you tomorrow! Doors are open from 1pm at Colourbox Studio, Paarden Eiland.

Tickets are in our bio.

30/10/2026

Tomorrow. Here’s where you’ll be. 🎃

Quick tour of The Terrace Rooftop so you can plan your outfit, your game strategy and your exit (you won’t use it) 💙

We can’t wait to see you at Cape Palooza Halloween Edition 🎃👻

Visit the link in our bio to get your tickets!

1980. Roland released a drum machine called the TR-808 Rhythm Composer, and it didn't sell. 🥁It cost about US$1,200, and...
29/10/2026

1980. Roland released a drum machine called the TR-808 Rhythm Composer, and it didn't sell. 🥁

It cost about US$1,200, and musicians wanted something that sounded like a real drummer. The 808 didn't. Its kick and snare sounded nothing like real drums, so it flopped, and Roland made only about 12,000 before it stopped making them.

That's where the story turns. Second-hand 808s got cheap, and young producers who couldn't afford much else picked them up. In 1982 it was on Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing and Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force's Planet Rock. Today that boom sits under a huge amount of hip hop and dance music. 🔊

The machine that flopped ended up on the floor at every party you've been to. Which song with that 808 boom takes you straight back? Tell us in the comments. 🎶

📸 Everybody Loves Sundays, Cape Town. TR-808 photos: Bryan Pocius and fr4dd, CC BY 2.0

The flyer has a start time. The group chat says "leaving now". And then there's what really happens. 😅Some of us are the...
28/10/2026

The flyer has a start time. The group chat says "leaving now". And then there's what really happens. 😅

Some of us are there for the first song. Some of us walk in for the last two hours and still make it count. No judgement here, we just want to know.

Be honest with us. What time do you actually get to the party? 🕐

📸 Everybody Loves Sundays, Cape Town

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