On Wednesday 24 June, the ADM Show welcomes South African producer and DJ Zulu Mageba offering The Beat London listeners a glimpse into the sound he will bring to London just days later.

The timing feels deliberate.On Saturday 27 June, Mageba joins Angolan producer Lilocox at Banjuka, a party founded in Bangkok by a Londoner who made Thailand home and built a reputation for introducing audiences to the many strands of African electronic music. Now, the concept arrives in London for the first time.

Raised between Mpumalanga and the Vaal, Zulu Mageba has spent more than a decade refining a a sound built around drums and tension, designed to keep bodies in motion rather than chase dramatic peaks. His productions avoid the instant gratification that increasingly characterises festival-facing Afro House, preferring grooves that unfold gradually and reward dancers willing to settle into them.

That approach has brought collaborations with Mpumi, Malumz on Decks, Lizwi, Naak and Drumetic Boyz, while support from Bun Xapa helped place his music in front of wider audiences. Performances in Kenya, Eswatini, Georgia, Portugal, Belgium and Nigeria have steadily expanded his reach without pulling him away from the musical traditions that shaped him.

His appearance alongside Lilocox makes Banjuka’s London debut particularly interesting.

While Mageba’s music emerges from South Africa’s Afro House and Afro Tech traditions, Lilocox’s musical language reflects Angola, Lisbon and his Cape Verdean heritage. A central figure in batida, his productions draw on syncopated rhythms and unconventional structures that developed largely outside dance music’s traditional centres of influence. Their meeting in the same room offers a reminder that African electronic music has always been a collection of local stories rather than a single genre.

Before that happens, listeners can hear where Zulu Mageba is right now through a specially recorded guest mix on The ADM Show.

And after the event, the story continues.

As part of its RM1 (Room One) feature, The ADM Show will air a headline set captured at Banjuka. RM1 exists to document dance floors as they sounded, preserving moments that often disappear once the lights come on.

The ADM Show with Ekiti Sound
Wednesday 24 June

Guest Mix
Zulu Mageba

Banjuka London
Saturday 27 June

Featuring
Lilocox
Zulu Mageba
European 305
Daphfinee

Coming Soon
RM1: Live from Banjuka