Black Coffee

Gardens of Eden / Trip to Lyon Black Coffee

GOGO Music proudly presents this dope EP by Black Coffee with remixes by label head honcho Ralf GUM and Sai & Ribatone. Black Coffee is one of the leading proponents of South Africa’s house scene. He’s a reserved, studiously academic character, who’s inventive, imaginative and a boldly educated re-interpretation of classic South African music is radically at odds with the many flash-in-the-pan hit-chasers that populate the dance music genre. Either as one-part member of the unfashionable urban soul trio Shana, or as one of the few Club DJs in his country who genuinely understands the precise function of a music deejay: he does not simply re-mix songs; he re-interprets their previously unimagined musical possibilities and therefore quietly reclaims the composition as his own. 2003 saw Black Coffee starting to put his first project together and he instantly proofed that if you have real skills when it comes to producing, it won't take much for you to achieve your goals. After all he's managed to penetrate the music industry with only a desktop computer, some music-making software and a lot of passion. Since then his career took off like a rocket not only in home-country. After releases on Realtone, Kronologik and other labels, Black Coffee’s final international break-through came when GOGO Music released his single ”Turn Me On”. The song became number one on traxsource.com for three weeks and was a global club-hit. Black Coffee lately started his label Soulistic Music, where he released his album “Home Brewed” of which both tracks from this EP are taken from. He is currently nominated for 4 South African Music Awards with his album and contributed an amazing remix for our previous single by Rocco & C. Robert Walker, too. “Trip To Lyon” is a fierce deep dub tune that showcases Black Coffee’s inimitable ability to combine a few elements in an intelligent way and to build up the tension to a real peak frenzy - perfect for the dance-floor! For “Gardens of Eden” Bl