From the team behind Defected Records and Glitterbox Ibiza, we bring you SONDELA, a night of Afro-house excellence at Dubai’s #1 nightclub, The Mansion, FIVE Jumeirah Village, every Thursday from 10pm. Expect an array of legendary household names behind the decks every week for a truly one-of-a-kind event, alongside a line up of live entertainment to keep you dancing all night long. Ladies enjoy complimentary drinks at the bar from 10pm to midnight!
On 15th December, guests are invited to witness Lemon & Herb and Badbox live! London based artist Badbox, known for his Black Coffee and Blue Marlin at Summerians residencies, African influenced production styles in Sudam release ‘Underwater’, Sondela release ‘Alive’ and Nervous remix ‘Chris Child – Jolly Roger’. Afro tech flavours ooze out of his productions trickling over fierce percussion and deep beats, providing with enchanting soundscapes and absorbing you into an infinite, euphonious zone. Fusing rich organic percussion with slow-blooming synths, resonant baselines, showcases a rich and expansive afro-lead production perfect for sunset through to sunrise.
‘Lemon & Herb’ is a KZN, South African based Afro House Music power-house producer/deejay collective. ‘Lemon & Herb’ met up in Varsity while studying Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the Durban University of Technology in 2005 where they bonded over their passion for House music. During their demanding varsity schedule they always made time to sit back and listen to the latest tunes and get into the studio.
After much patience and nurturing ‘Lemon & Herb’ felt that they had reached a certain level of maturity in music production and it was time for the masses to hear their interpretation of House music. They released their first EP “Zero Ground” through their own ‘Label Mixed In Motion’ Recordings on Afrodesiamp3 with one of the tracks being remixed by ‘N’Dinga Gaba’. However, their break came when they entered and won a South African Remix Competition organized by the ‘Atjazz Record Company’ together with Nitefeva.com. The remix competition required participant from South Africa to do a remix of ‘Love Someone by Atjazz and Robert Owens’. The remix was released on traxsource and led to more work for ‘Lemon & Herb’.
Since then ‘Lemon & Herb’ has done work for international House labels such as ‘Offering Recordings, Cabana Records, Jack 2 Jazz, Arrecha Records’ and many more. They are currently part of a compilation called Summer Solstice Voyage out of Offering Records which peaked at number one of traxsource.com album charts for more than three weeks. ‘Lemon & Herb’ continued in their growth and success, and signed a deal with Ocha Records. This is a huge leap where many artist are usually signed for singles and remixes they will release an album on Ocha records. ‘Lemon & Herb’ received offers from other major labels but chose to work with Ocha Records after seeing how well the single “Lulo Café ft Nothende – I Wanna Love You” on the digital domain as well . Ocha Records has also successfully released works from ‘Mzee, Ezel, Carlos Mena’ featuring remixes from Afro House juggernauts like ‘ Boddhi Satva, Culoe de Song, Justin Imperial, Tommy Bones, Manoo’ and many others. Lemon & Herb’s deal come in time with the expansion of Ocha into South Africa through an imprint called Ocha Mzansi.
Launched in 2021, Sondela has successfully continued to expose the Afro-house genre to new audiences, immersing crowds in the sonically captivating sounds and powering sold-out dancefloors at London’s Ministry of Sound, Croatia, Ibiza, Malta, and now Dubai’s hottest nightclub The Mansion. Expect the biggest names to take over the decks every week!
Timings: 10:00pm – 3:00am
Website: https://jumeirahvillage.fivehotelsandresorts.com/meet-mingle/the-mansion
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themansiondubai/
Contact: +971 58 900 9837
