Nkosinathi Maphumulo, born in 1976 and raised between Durban's Umlazi township and Mthatha, loses the use of his left arm at fourteen when a car strikes him during Nelson Mandela's release celebrations in February 1990. He studies jazz at Technikon Natal, passes through the Red Bull Music Academy in 2003, and releases a self-titled debut in 2005 on his own Soulistic Music label. His Afro-house is patient and melodic: deep, jazz-schooled electronic music built for long nights. Albums from Home Brewed (2009) to Pieces of Me (2015) carry his sound abroad; Subconsciously (2021) wins the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2022. He holds eight South African Music Awards and a 2016 BET Award, and in October 2023 becomes the first South African artist to sell out Madison Square Garden. In summer 2025 he headlines Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College, still touring the world's biggest rooms.
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Nduduzo Makhathini’s The Myth We Choose is not only a jazz album. It is a future-facing ritual about inheritance, imagination and the myths today’s music will leave behind.
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Past
Black Coffee's eighth consecutive year of Saturday-night residency at Hï Ibiza, running every Saturday from 2 May to 3 October 2026. On this date he heads the Theatre with Mita Gami and Salomé Le Chat, while Skepta, OMRI., Brunello and Ossie take the Club Room. Doors 23:30 until close, 18+.
Past
One of the mid-August dates in Black Coffee's Saturday residency at Hï Ibiza. He helms the main Theatre floor; Damian Lazarus returns to the Club Room for a fourth year. Doors 23:30 until close, 18+.
Past
Black Coffee's Saturday residency continues at Hï Ibiza. The 2026 season runs weekly until the closing party on 3 October. Doors 23:30 until close, 18+.
Kasango joins Black Coffee and Mahmut Orhan in the Theatre for the 12 September date of Black Coffee's Saturday residency at Hï Ibiza. Skepta, SG Lewis, Arielle Free and Meeshy take the Club Room. Doors 23:30.
