MOONSHINE’S SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 6 MIXTAPE OUT TODAY
BUY / STREAM SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 6 MIXTAPE HERE
WATCH / SHARE ‘ZAÏRE SPACE PROGRAM ACT II’ HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “LA BOHÈME” FEAT. PIERRE KWENDERS & BRANKO HERE
"A journey through the African continent, with the consummate tastemakers joined by a plethora of guests across the mixtape's 20 tracks. Angolan batida, Congolese rumba, Tanzanian singeli and South African amapiano meet R&B and hip-hop in a collision of sounds designed to cover a dance floor in sweat." CBC Music
“Moonshine [...] celebrates African and Afro-diasporic club sounds, from amapiano to jersey club and batida.” - DJ Mag
“From its bold vision and international rhythms, the collective has all bases covered and is one the premier standard bearers of African and Afro-Diasporic club culture.” - BET
“A bonafide instrumental banger made for dancefloor action.” - Billboard Canada
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Following a period of intense creative exploration across East Africa, JUNO Award nominated collective Moonshine releases SMS for Location, Vol. 6—an album that transcends musical and cultural boundaries. The mixtape is available everywhere today via Moonshine/ADA Warner.
SMS For Location, Vol. 6 is the collective’s most ambitious release to date. The 20-track mixtape weaves together the raw pulse of Batida, Rumba, Singeli, Amapiano, Hip-Hop, and R&B, fusing ancestral rhythms with forward-thinking electronic production. The result is a vibrant and borderless soundscape rooted in the collective's diasporic vision of global club culture.
Collaborators include DJ Lag, Pierre Kwenders, UNIIQU3, Branko, Vanyfox, Black Rave Culture, and many more. More than a mixtape, SMS For Location, Vol. 6 is a multidimensional project that captures the essence of Moonshine's artistic ethos—community-driven, exploratory, and radically inclusive. The long-awaited mixtape weaves together a sonic map that spans from South to East Africa, with each track capturing Moonshine's unique way of blending global sounds into a cohesive energy that connects dance floors around the world.
LISTEN / SHARE “LA BOHÈME” FEAT. PIERRE KWENDERS & BRANKO HERE
Moonshine are also releasing Zaïre Space Program Act II, directed by Hervé “ Coltan” Kalongo and co-directed by Nizar Saleh Mohamed, Pierre Kwenders and Felix Brochier. The film follows Moonshine core members Pierre Kwenders and Hervé Kalongo as they travel to Kinshasa with their collective and encounter Jean-Patrice Keka, an independent Congolese aerospace engineer leading a self-funded space program. What unfolds is a poetic and genre-bending reflection on pan-African creativity, utopia, and the role of science and art in shaping new futures. Set at the crossroads of documentary, road movie, and speculative fiction, Zaïre Space Program Act II features members of the Moonshine collective including San Farafina, Akantu and MC RedBul, and immerses viewers in Kinshasa’s buzzing alternative scene. From the very beginning, Moonshine has built a reputation in the electronic music scene through a bold visual identity that authentically reflects the collective’s story and sonic signature.
MORE ABOUT MOONSHINE
Moonshine — the genre-blending collective nominated for a 2024 JUNO Award for Global Music Album of the Year — has built a global community rooted in inclusivity and fearless exploration of dance culture through their secret full-moon parties. Their monthly events, revealed only by SMS, feature boundary-pushing artists from around the world. Alongside these gatherings, their SMS for Location album series and their latest mixtape released via Noir Fever, Aluna’s vanity label on Empire, and double-nominated at ADISQ Gala 2024, showcase collaborations between core members such as Pierre Kwenders (2022 Polaris Prize winner) and a wide range of talents including Aluna, Sango, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Branko, Vanyfox, Bambii, Kris the $pirit, NegoO, and Nate Husser.
LISTEN / SHARE “LA HAINE” FEAT. NEGOO & YEND HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “SLOW IT DOWN” FEAT UNIIQU3 HERE
BUY / STREAM SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 6 MIXTAPE HERE
SMS FOR LOCATION, VOL. 6 TRACKLIST
01 Exode 14:14 feat. NegoO
02 Vamu La feat. NegoO
03 Monkey Effects feat. DJ Lag
04 Aquece Remix feat. NegoO & 3-Digits
05 Aayyyyy feat. Omagoqa
06 Slow It Down feat. UNIIQU3
07 La Bohème feat. Pierre Kwenders & Branko
08 For You feat. Damar Davis
09 La Haine feat. NegoO & Yend
10 Panic At The Disco feat. Adonis Bosso & Vanyfox
11 Moon feat. DJ Satelite, DJ Galio & Kelly Gomez
12 To Ko Lemba Te feat. Love Lokombe
13 Rachel's Wisdom (Ode to Kizimkazi)
14 Ngoro Ngoro 15 feat. Don Kiwango
15 Black Rave Culture Mixage feat. Black Rave Culture
16 F*** Em feat. Kilobauud
17 Yo! feat. Bianca Oblivion, Lamsi & James Benjamin
18 Slow It Down (Part. 2)
feat. Voodoo System
19 Africell Nostalgia
feat. Vanyfox & NegoO
20 Vida Do Yaros
feat. Vanyfox