Bio
Floyd Lavine is willing to let a record wait until its missing piece appears. In a 2026 interview, he recalled shelving an early collaboration with vocalist AWEN for about seven years before Denis Horvat added the electronic detail that brought its disco memory into the present. That patience reflects a wider musical geography. Raised in Cape Town, with formative time in London and a long Berlin base, Lavine draws African rhythmic heritage into house, techno and disco without treating any of them as a fixed category. He helped establish the RISE party at Watergate and later founded Afrikan Tales as an outlet for African electronic perspectives. Releases have reached Innervisions, Watergate and Cocoon, while collaborations remain central to his practice. Ina Dudu with Kiko Navarro, issued through Afroterraneo Music in 2026, returned to old-school tribal-house energy. Across club records and DJ sets, Lavine’s aim is storytelling through groove: something familiar enough to enter, then unexpected enough to shift the room.
South Africa