BIOGRAPHY rhythms and his signature ruby bass line; to ’s Ole “Forever” and Essential-l’s “Flowers” which was played when he was featured on 5FM’s Selective Styles.

His focus on mood has let his tunes take on deep, mind moving feel-good grooves, that can be described as dark with the signature of muffled and crunchy claps, mixtures of techno, soulful and deep/tech house infused with central African vocal humming’s and elements that will get you moving to the rhythm every Cornelius Mashilane, better known in music as time. His music is designed with the intent of Cornelius SA is a self-taught DJ, Producer and longevity, hence his music is still well revered Re-mixer from Soshanguve - a tight knit even long after the release date. township in the South of Pretoria. Born into a His song “Keep Your Mouth Shut” became firm musical family his ears were sharpened early. As favorite for purveyors of hypnotic, deep a child he was intrigued by house music; this led emotive sound with a mixture of soul. It was to a deepened love affair with deejaying, featured on major radio stations such as Metro production as well as honing his skills on the 12 FM on The Urban Beat hosted by Marian inches of steel and CDJs in his tender teen ‘Lartey’ Nyako and Vinny Da Vinci, 5FM’s years. Selective Styles hosted by Kid Fonque and lastly Cornelius SA’s rigid faith in God, immense The Deeper Shades of House hosted by Lars natural talent as well as sharpened skills, Behrenroth. proved to be fruitful when he won the “Bridges Keep Your Mouth Shut” also created major buzz for Music”, CTEMF 2015 Loco Dice Tour DJ on social media and the most featured from Competition. The highly venerated CTEMF, supporting local DJs followed by from Miz-Dee takes place annually in February around various from South Africa, Eider from , DM venues in South Africa and features the likes of Recordings’ Kitty Amor and the largest Loco Dice, Aero Manyelo, Culoe De Song, Four independent electronic online magazine Tet, DJ Shimza, Black Coffee and a multitude of Resident Advisor. other local and international acts. He has also worked on a project with Stay True In 2016, Kenny Dope from New York City signed Sounds and is currently working with Red Bull him under his record label Dopewax. Under Studios in Cape Town for his new solo projects, Dopewax Cornelius released the single which like his all his work, promises to be highly “Heaven” featuring Honey Molasses. This sought after. turned out to be a huge success creating for Cornelius SA an international audience. He’s received support from Jullian Gomes, MAQman from GOGO Music and Tortured Soul. His remix repertoire stretches from New York’s Tortured Soul "U Live 2 Far Away", MWD & Raul Soto

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