DJ Jason47

17/03/2024

This mix went straight to no.1 in SA trance chart on Mixcloud since posting it this morning 🥳

https://www.mixcloud.com/Jason47/jason47-circles/

17/03/2024

Hi friends! I just dropped a new mix on Mixcloud, a bit faster and harder than usual but still uplifting. A teaser for my set at the upcoming Save the Rave pres. PAUL GLAZBY (UK)

https://www.mixcloud.com/Jason47/jason47-circles/

A high energy mix with tough and driving basslines, this mix is a bit faster than I usually play, peaking at around 145bpm, the combination of big synths, fat basslines and uplifting vocals is sure to rock any dance floor. Visit www.savetherave.co.za for upcoming events.

07/03/2024

Happy Birthday to DJ Basil! One of my inspirations before I became a DJ myself was to listen to Basils sets. He was one of the pioneers of hard house in Cape Town playing those Nukleuz blue Hardbeat EP vinyls that changed our lives!

Happy Birthday to the LEGEND human being (and DJ), Basil, we wish you a wonderful day and all the success in the world.

06/03/2024

I have another fun story for you that involves Gatecrasher, prison, and sharing a bed with another couple 😄

Once upon a time on another UK tour, I’d gone over to play some more gigs, one of the weekends was Euphoria in London on the one night, followed by Insomniacz at Gatecrasher in Sheffield the next day.

Adrian Gemini was living in the UK at the time and he had gotten an early start on the night with some drinks and smoking a phatty, so when I was about to start my set at Euphoria, Adrian went to go sleep it off in the car.

The dance floor arena opened up and within 20min the place was packed and going nuts, I had a lot of fun DJing. I packed up my headphones and heavy vinyl box and headed out to look for Adrian. He was nowhere to be found. I phoned, walked around all over, couldn’t find him.

I hung around till the end of the night, finally I got a phone call, he had been arrested for sleeping in the back seat of the car but the key was in the ignition to have the heater on (it was freezing). He had to spend the night in jail 😄

So now I’m in London, I have nowhere to go. As luck would have it, I bump into a someone I know from SA, tell him what happened, he says no problem I can come home with him and his gf till Adrian gets out of jail. We go back to their place, it’s a small spot they have one bed, so we all squeeze on the bed. Im very grateful!

Morning comes, Adrian is released just in time (still with the phatty in his jacket pocket that they didn’t find) for us to jump into a car and drive all the way to Sheffield to do the gig at this event. On the way one of our friends is speeding, gets followed by the cops and luckily just gets a fine.

We get to Gatecrasher, I do the set, we walk around and check out all the arenas, there are huge name DJs on every floor, casually playing their sets.

Unfortunately we didn’t get to stay much longer as everyone that came with was on a bit of a downer after getting fines, being in jail and the long drive 😄 Looking back, what a jol.

21/02/2024

This photo was taken around 2001/2002. The handsome fellow sitting on the left is me. This was when I did a show on UCT radio which I absolutely loved doing. I was the only DJ to have a show on UCT radio who didn’t actually attend UCT. It aired live every Friday night from 8-10pm and we got everyone revved up for the weekend.

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But now for the reason I’m sharing this. Can you guess who the young man is sitting on the right? He may have been about 17 years old at the time.

One of the best hard trance DJ/producers that (in my opinion) changed the sound of hard trance forever.

02/02/2024

I can’t remember what year this was but I would guess very early 2000’s. I went over to the UK to do a few gigs and one of them was for X-Static which was held at The Fridge in Brixton, for our friend Wayne Burgess who we recently reconnected with for our Save The Rave Halloween event a few months ago.

I remember going to play this gig with a whole crew of South Africans that I knew who were living in London at the time. Taking the London tube with a heavy box of vinyls, and getting to experience the “club life” there. I had to play right after the famous Lab 4.

Watching them perform live on stage was crazy. When I say crazy I mean, I’d never seen anything like that before. It was like a scene out of the movie Aliens with strobe lights, smoke, and long dreads flying through the air. Lab 4 ended their set easily on 170bpm and I had to follow this massive act. 😆

I still remember my first track was Joy Energizer, because I didn’t have anything to match their bpm, so I went with the heavy bass from Joy Energizer which would still make it seem hard, but people could actually dance to it. This track had just been given to me by Ed Real after a visit to the Nukleuz records HQ so it was fresh and not out in stores yet.

From thereon it was smooth sailing and the night was a blast. What an experience. ⚡️

23/01/2024

I love these family photos. ❤️ this is our second one so far. Many more to come.

22/01/2024

Live recording of my DJ set at Neon Dream 2023

11/01/2024

This Saturday! Save the Rave - 100 People Party

⭐️ 100 Tickets for sale
⭐️ 50 guests
⭐️ An intimate uplifting event

Venue: ColorBox Studios
Tickets: www.savetherave.co.za
Doors: 5pm till 2am
Date: 13.01.2024

DJ Line up:
DJ Jason47 - Adrian Gemini - Jerry Badd - Shamiel - Raymond Ford - Brent Thought - Roy Hendrix - DJ

Save The Rave

09/01/2024

That time people thought i was superstar DJ TOM NOVY!

Tom Novy is a huge international dj/producer. One of the first vinyl's I ever bought was one of his tracks (second vinyl to be exact). Years ago around 2012/2013, Tom Novy was booked to play at an event in Cape Town at an awesome venue called SideShow.

I was booked to open for Tom and of course this was a fanboy moment for me. I had taken a few years off from DJing and came back to play as a resident at Dragon Room and then SideShow, to a new younger crowd who had no idea who Jason47 was.

When I was done, and Tom had to take over, he came to the DJ box and shook my hand, the dance floor was rocking. He looked over at the gear and said "I requested CDJ2000 this is CDJ900, it wont take my SD card (something like that). I wont be able to play"

SO... i had to continue playing for another 2 hours, all the kids in the club assumed I was Tom Novy and twitter was lit with "Tom Novy is killing it at SideShow" After my set we hung out and he was really cool about it, amazing guy, he chilled and had fun with us and a good night was had by all! :D

06/01/2024

Many years ago, early 2000’s, we had the pleasure of hosting Eddie Halliwell in Cape Town. We were all still basically kids and we did a Cape Town / East London tour for our Tidy Trax monthlies.

We drove to EL and played at a venue on the marina and the place rocked it was so much fun. When we arrived we all went for pizza and on the way to our accommodation, Eddie wanted to stop and get more food. For such a skinny guy we couldn’t believe how much he could eat. After his set, Eddie fell asleep behind the sound system (literally)

After a successful first night in EL we drove straight back to CT to open the 96 Degrees warehouse venue. We literally arrived back in Cape Town and had to shower and go straight to the venue. Fun times!

The Cape Town djs on the tour were myself DJ Jason47, Richard Carter, Adrian Beretta, DJ Donzai

05/01/2024

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01/01/2024

Glow with the flow

31/12/2023

Today I am *emotional support bf* for DJ Jamie Jam Jar 😄 at New Year Tranzition event.

31/12/2023

Me and my “elf on the shelf” Adrian Gemini
Save The Rave

20/12/2023

My Revival mix went to the no.1 spot on Global Trance charts on Mixcloud in two days. Not a bad result 🥳

Go have a listen if you haven’t yet:
https://www.mixcloud.com/Jason47/jason47-revival

19/12/2023

This Saturday my slightly better looking half DJ Jamie Jam Jar and I will be at Liquidreams Xmas Special

Tickets: www.savetherave.co.za

Doors open from 4pm till 2am
Still plenty of tickets available online and at the door

Venue is ColorBox Studios in Paarden Eiland, 3 Industry Street.

Hope to see you all there!

18/12/2023

My latest mix to get you SUPER HYPED for Liquidreams Xmas Special

What a year its been! This hasn't just been a revival in our local dance scene, its been a revival of my passion for this music. I hope you enjoy this mix of hard trance, techno trance and uplifting hands in the air trance. www.savetherave.co.za

16/12/2023

Full line up and times for next week Liquidreams Xmas Special