Apple Music has released its latest Isgubhu DJ Mix, featuring an exclusive mix from Nigerian DJ, curator, and cultural connector Aniko, available exclusively on Apple Music from Friday, 3 July 2026.
Isgubhu continues to serve as Apple Music’s home for African dance music culture, spotlighting the producers, DJs, and underground innovators shaping the continent’s club scenes. Each month, Isgubhu highlights the boundary-pushing sounds redefining Afro house, 3-step, gqom, and electronic music across Africa.
Aniko has become a key voice within a new generation of DJs and curators helping to shape the future of African dance music. Known for championing emerging African electronic sounds and fostering creative communities through her “Group Therapy” events series, her work exists at the intersection of music, culture, and community, connecting audiences to sounds that move seamlessly across borders and scenes.
For her Isgubhu DJ Mix, Aniko delivers a journey through the contemporary landscape of African electronic music, using Afro House and Amapiano to anchor a selection of emerging club sounds from across the continent. Designed as both a snapshot of the present moment and a statement of intent, the mix reflects the growing confidence and global reach of African dance music.
“This mix is a map of where African electronic music is right now,” Aniko tells Apple Music. “The Afro House and Amapiano core is the engine of this sound globally, and I wanted that weight to anchor everything. Then I pulled in the Nigerian house movement and the mara movement because we are finally getting our own language.”
Featuring tracks from artists including Thakzin, Vanco, Deep Narratives, Naija House Mafia, Divine Keys, and Fela Kuti, the mix moves effortlessly between deep, percussive grooves and euphoric moments of release, highlighting the rich conversations taking place across African electronic music today.
Describing the mood of the mix, Aniko says, “It’s the baseline of my work with ‘Group Therapy.’ Joy that is earned. It builds rather than arriving all at once, so by the time you get to ‘Freedom Dance’, you’ve worked for the release. It’s communal, a little sweaty, the feeling of a dance floor at the hour when everyone has stopped performing and is just moving.”
Reflecting on the future of African dance music, Aniko believes the conversation has shifted beyond recognition and towards ownership. “The music has gone global on its own terms and on African timelines,” she explains. “The next step in our evolution is infrastructure. Artists are building their own labels, events and distribution instead of waiting to be discovered. The next phase is less about a breakout genre and more about Africans owning the platforms where the music lives.”
“This mix journeys across the continent and back, from Johannesburg all the way to Lagos.” she adds. “It’s African dance music with nothing to prove and everything to say.”
Listeners can stream the Isgubhu DJ Mix by Aniko exclusively on Apple Music, alongside the Isgubhu playlist, which continues to spotlight the best in African dance and electronic music.
Listen to the Isgubhu playlist now on Apple Music.
Isgubhu July 2026 (DJ Mix) mixed by Aniko Tracklisting:
- Deep Narratives, Doxx & Griffith Malo — Woza
- Jey Charles, Heavy-K & Dlala Thukzin feat. vincii 929 — Ungabayeki
- Maline Aura, Drega & &Lez — Mabebuza (&Lez Remix)
- Thakzin, MÖRDA, Osaze & Lyrik Shoxen — Water
- Drumetic Boyz — Black Genesis
- Vanco feat. DEELA — Repeat
- Blacks Jnr, Dankie Boi, GoldMax & Bhuwa G feat. Woza Bakzin, Captain & Mgilane — Asisho Sonke
- Naija House Mafia, Calix, Jamie Black & Sigag Lauren — Bani Kudi
- DJ Kamol 2 — MAD
- Sky White — Twirli Twirli
- Lojay — Tenner (Aniko Remix)
- Thakzin, Atmos Blaq & Mpho. Wav feat. SUFFOCATE SA, Citizen Deep, Divine Keys, Baby S.O.N & Tete — Imali Yephepha
- Aniko — Joyniko (Unreleased)
- Dlala Thukzin, Zeh McGeba & MK Productions — Moja
- Kususa & MANU (UK) — Freedom Dance
- BLOND feat. Fela Kuti — Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Boss (BLOND Remix)
- Divine Keys, Jnr SA & Frigid Armadillo — Afrique
- Damie & Dolapo Martins — Come Back
This month’s Isgubhu cover star, DJ LeSoul, returns with To God’s Ears, a deeply personal album that channels faith, healing, and gratitude through soulful Afro-house, house and 3-Step sounds. The title track, featuring Manu Worldstar, Nhlonipho and Slick Widit, serves as the emotional heart of the project, pairing warm percussion, soaring melodies and powerful vocals with a message of hope, resilience and unwavering belief. Both reflective and uplifting, “To God’s Ears” is a moving reminder that every prayer and dream carries meaning.
Isgubhu also houses a collection of alumni playlists, editorial playlists, exclusive DJ mixes, and additional content from the best dance and electronic acts on the continent.
Check out Isgubhu only on Apple Music: http://apple.co/Isgubhu
