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Zimbabwe’s #1 Artist on Afro House Talks World Tours and Life At Music Festivals | NITEFREAK

June 21, 2024 Mark Gagnon
Zimbabwe’s #1 Artist on Afro House Talks World Tours and Life At Music Festivals | NITEFREAK
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Zimbabwe’s #1 Artist on Afro House Talks World Tours and Life At Music Festivals | NITEFREAK
Jun 21, 2024
Mark Gagnon

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Nitefreak is one of the biggest afrohouse DJs in the world right now and I am a huge fan of his music, so I had to have him on the show to learn about the culture and the life of a DJ. His songs Gorah and Kamili are stuck in my head and playing every workout. WELCOME. TO. CAMP. 🏕️

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Morgan & Morgan, Bespoke, Bluechew, Marek Health,

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Edited and Produced by @99OvrAll 

** TIME STAMPS ** 

00:00 Intro
00:38 Where Nitefreak grew up
3:43 BLOND:ISH association + Afrohouse + importance of African drums
9:33 How big was House in South Africa/Zimbabwe?
11:15 Zulu clicking + Nitefreak’s background
14:02 Zimbabwean stereotypes + being a homebody
19:54 Linking up with Diplo in Kenya + no-one wanted Gorah initially
27:09 Zulu culture + Mark to scared to click up
31:39 Different dialects + Emmanuel Jal’s dark humour
35:42 Zimbabwe love bread? Burning Man to network
42:56 Zimbabwe’s groups + Nitefreak is pursuing HIS dream, no-one else's
48:32 Does Nitefreak feel under appreciated?
50:15 First time travelling + biggest show + the next dream
57:32 YouTube teaches us all + grandma really believed
1:01:51 The moment his parents realised + “making it”
1:07:20 Feeling like a King in Jordan/Lebanon
1:09:39 Nitefreak doesn’t like festivals
1:11:52 Near misses + can travel anywhere with music
1:17:54 Substances + bombing/no-one turning up
1:22:48 How Nitefreak builds his set
1:24:46 Nitefreak’s dream collabs
1:29:18 Don’t let the internet dictate everything
1:32:35 Are people buying streams?

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Nitefreak is one of the biggest afrohouse DJs in the world right now and I am a huge fan of his music, so I had to have him on the show to learn about the culture and the life of a DJ. His songs Gorah and Kamili are stuck in my head and playing every workout. WELCOME. TO. CAMP. 🏕️

Thank you to our sponsors:

Morgan & Morgan, Bespoke, Bluechew, Marek Health,

Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 15% off of their first monthly shipment! Go to https://bespokepost.com/campgagnon and enter code [CAMPGAGNON] at checkout.

Edited and Produced by @99OvrAll 

** TIME STAMPS ** 

00:00 Intro
00:38 Where Nitefreak grew up
3:43 BLOND:ISH association + Afrohouse + importance of African drums
9:33 How big was House in South Africa/Zimbabwe?
11:15 Zulu clicking + Nitefreak’s background
14:02 Zimbabwean stereotypes + being a homebody
19:54 Linking up with Diplo in Kenya + no-one wanted Gorah initially
27:09 Zulu culture + Mark to scared to click up
31:39 Different dialects + Emmanuel Jal’s dark humour
35:42 Zimbabwe love bread? Burning Man to network
42:56 Zimbabwe’s groups + Nitefreak is pursuing HIS dream, no-one else's
48:32 Does Nitefreak feel under appreciated?
50:15 First time travelling + biggest show + the next dream
57:32 YouTube teaches us all + grandma really believed
1:01:51 The moment his parents realised + “making it”
1:07:20 Feeling like a King in Jordan/Lebanon
1:09:39 Nitefreak doesn’t like festivals
1:11:52 Near misses + can travel anywhere with music
1:17:54 Substances + bombing/no-one turning up
1:22:48 How Nitefreak builds his set
1:24:46 Nitefreak’s dream collabs
1:29:18 Don’t let the internet dictate everything
1:32:35 Are people buying streams?