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There is a distinct emotional geography to Shimza’s latest project.

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After leading his Shimza&Co residency at Pacha Ibiza from 30 April to 18 June 2026, the South African electronic producer released a three-track EP titled Sunset in Pretoria on 19 June through his KUNYE label.

That timing gives the project a particular weight.

Shimza had just been operating in one of the world’s most recognisable club spaces, carrying Afro House and Afro Tech into the Ibiza circuit. Then, immediately after that run, he returned with a project named after Pretoria.

That is not accidental.

It feels like a bridge.

Sunset in Pretoria brings together local and international collaborators across three tracks. The title track features Demayä, whose cinematic approach helps give the EP a wide, atmospheric opening. “Uma Wami” brings in Jnr SA and Thatohatsi, pulling the project back into the emotional soil of South African voice, groove and feeling. The final track, “Entle,” keeps the project rooted in Shimza’s Afro House language.

What makes the EP interesting is that it does not treat international prestige and local identity as opposites.

The Pacha context matters because Ibiza still functions as a symbolic capital of global club culture. To hold space there as a South African Afro House artist is significant. But Sunset in Pretoria reminds us that the global stage does not have to erase home. It can sharpen the meaning of it.

The project is not simply Shimza exporting a sound outward.

It is also him pulling the world back toward Pretoria.

That is the deeper statement.

Afro House’s international rise does not require shedding its local memory. The genre can travel through Ibiza, Europe and global dance floors while still carrying the colour of South African evenings, the mood of local collaborators and the emotional geography of home.

Sunset in Pretoria works because it understands that global movement means very little if it disconnects from origin.

Shimza is not just looking outward.

He is bringing the horizon home.

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  • Released after his Shimza&Co run at Pacha Ibiza, Sunset in Pretoria shows Shimza pulling Afro House’s global movement back toward home, memory and South African emotional geography.
  • Shimza’s Sunset in Pretoria arrives after his Pacha Ibiza run with a clear message: Afro House can travel through the world’s biggest club spaces without losing the emotional geography of home.
  • Shimza’s Sunset in Pretoria EP links his Pacha Ibiza residency with Pretoria, showing how Afro House can travel globally while staying rooted at home.
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Filed by Viranova Music Desk for the Music desk · Pretoria, South Africa / Ibiza, Spain. Published 24 Jun 2026.

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