Black Coffee @ Salle Wagram in Paris, France for Cercle 

Who is still coming back here 6 years later? You just can't get enough of Black Coffee

Recently started listening to Black Coffee and Afro / African beats. Load up on a USB stick and drive 10 hours to my man cave. Couldn't do without it. Oh, I'm 72 and from New Zealand. thanks for the tunes.

We are still here in 2024. Black Coffee is timeless

As a South African I'm proud of this guy....

Dear World.... Black Coffee is now yours. Kind regards, South Africa

If Black Coffee does not play on my Wedding I’m not going.....

Somebody please keep liking my comments so that I keep coming back to watch this 🔥🔥🔥😭😭

You can really tell how confident and proud he is of his mixes and his work. No one can ever take away that feeling of creating/entering a trance

"single-handedly" the best Black Coffee performance! I'm 65 and South African, I see a son who understands our heartbeats when I listen to this young man.

2 years later and this set is still slick. Who's here?

6 years later, I'm here, I just can't get enough of this mix. ☕ to the world!

If you are in 2090 please note that this man won a grammy as an African man in the 21st century respect Africa wherever you are naturally gifted

Tracklist: 00:00 Pablo Fierro - Kalaa (Original Mix) 00:01 Black Coffee & Hugh Masekela - We Are One 06:07 From P60 & Lisa Shaw - Magic (Enoo Napa Remix) 11:20 Keinermusik (Rampa, Adam Port, &ME) - Muyè (Black Coffee Remix) 18:06 Black Coffee feat. Toshi - Buya (Da Capo Remix) 23:26 Shimza - All Alone (Original Mix) 27:20 Da Capo - Kelaya (Original Mix) 32:48 Danny Tenaglia ft Celeda - Music is the Answer (Dancin' & Prancin') 33:05 Leroy Styles - The Night [Unreleased] 38:10 Black Coffee & Bucie - Superman (Original Mix) 39:13 DeMajor ft Lizwi - Traveller (Kususa & QueTornik Official Remix) 46:03 Da Capo - Umbovukazi (Original Mix) 51:15 Vestaa - The Creation (Original Mix) 56:43 Da Capo & Tshepo - Africa (Original Mix) 1:02:14 Calypso De Sir - From A Distance (Original Mix) 1:06:44 Black Coffee & Hugh Masekela - We Are One (Original Mix)

Black coffees transitions are truly an art that 90% of people will never notice

Cant remember how many times i even watched this😂

This man is a music genius, very few DJs play even close to him and if it wasn’t enough, he does it with a disability. Black coffee is the GOAT in electronic music.

It's so amazing how Black Coffee's music not only sounds deeply tribal but also so futuristic...He truly is an Afrofuturist.

Who else is addicted to this set? ❤️👌

2023 and this set is 🤯🤯🤯🤯

I dreamed of meeting him and he came to Medellín this year (2023) it is the best experience I have had. I love you black coffee❤❤❤❤❤❤❤✨

I am not a fan of many DJs, yet this is an excellent, extremely, extraordinary experience to listen to Black Coffee.. He uses melody and timbres for a beautiful sound.. No standing around looking for attention or wasting time, no smoking or anything to distract him... Awesome...

Unquestionably one of the greatest & most musically gifted DJs in the world.

This mix never gets old. Still enjoying every hit.

South Africa should celebrate you while you still alive coz wow, you raising our flag with your tremendous work

This guy is the reason why am proud to be south African 🇿🇦💜🇿🇦💜🇿🇦

He himself enjoys his work! Look at his face, everything is written on it!

Its 2023 and this set is stil amazing ❤

5 years and still bangin'. Best set ever for me.

For anyone who’s interested in getting a deeper understanding of what you're listening to… I’ve pulled together a mini-study of the set - demystifying the ‘art of DJing’ and showing that it isn’t just pushing buttons! :) Overview For successful storytelling - whether in music, in film, in fashion design, in art - there are aspects which are designed to bring unity / cohesion to the story - such that it feels like it hangs together. And there are other aspects which are designed to provide movement - this creates interest, makes the music feel alive and keeps the audience engaged. Both are required for effective storytelling. In this set, Black Coffee (Nkosinathi) creates unity through the mood/subgenre of the tracks as well as the tempo. The overall mood is characterised by a low/mid-level energy and the subgenre played is that I would describe as tribal and dark rhythmic patterns - and this sound was maintained largely throughout. In addition, the lower intensity mood was driven by the relatively low tempo (123 BPM) - which remained constant throughout. (I note that BPM was held constant since many DJs use changes in the BPM to drive energy up or down throughout a set) While a 1-hour set isn’t really sufficient time to weave elaborate and detailed movement into the story, to my mind there are almost three distinct ‘chapters’ or sections to the set - the first 4 tracks have relatively lower intensity percussion and minimal in nature - bringing the crowd into the set and making them sway to the beat. The middle section (23:00 - 48:00) is more percussion heavy (the kick drum, the snare, the hats are more full and pronounced) and the tracks are also more bass-heavy. In addition, the mood of the tracks feel darker and less melodic. The final section returned to more melodic sounding tracks, characterised by motifs that were driven by the mid/high frequencies - and therefore feel less intense / more chill. You can certainly see this difference in the crowd’s reaction - the slow swaying in the first 'chapter' @5:22- the more energetic feel in the crowd @28:42. And then return to swaying with a lower intensity energy @57:54 However, the movement to the sound was created not so much through the storytelling but through creative mix & blend techniques. In terms of key observations and emphasising what was done very well: Mix & Blend The majority of movement (and interest in the sound) was created by mix/blend detailing. There are a couple of very nice techniques that Nkosinathi uses (which I’ve seen him use in many of his other sets on RU-vid). Almost akin to adding a little bit of ‘mustard’ to the sound to spice up the tracks! "EQ tweaking" - for those unfamiliar with a DJ mixer, there are 3 EQ dials - lows, mids and highs. This allows a DJ to remove or emphasise those frequencies - which Nkosinathi uses to great effect to create emphasis on rhythmic aspects throughout the set. One example is @20:42. We can see Nkosinathi boosts the mids to emphasise the claps and brings this rhythm to the fore. Likewise @28:12 we can see he boosts the mids to emphasise the short rhythmic stab. And for the third example @53:36 he fluctuates the mids dial to creates movement in the violin - emphasising and de-emphasising - making the sound come alive. These are just 3 (out of many) examples of Nkosinathi using the EQ to shape the sound and create movement. "Cue" - Another interesting rhythmic effect that Nkosinathi introduces is created by hitting the cue button on the CDJ (hitting or hold Cue starts the tracks and stops the track once you take your finger away). By hitting the Cue it plays a very brief excerpt from the track - and therefore can become a de facto rhythm if played as such. The first example of this is @15:49 - the high pitched ‘whoop’ vocal sound - you can see he taps the Cue button in time to the track which is playing on every 4th beat. @16:46 he increases the frequency to tapping every 2 beats… and then at 16:58 he hits the cue on every beat. Not only is this creating additional rhythm and layering to the sound but the increased frequency tapping into the drop of the track playing creates tension ahead of the release. Similarly @32:40 he uses the same technique to bring in the ‘Music is the Answer” acappella - hitting the cue on the ‘Y’ of the “yeah… dancing... and prancing…” vocal to create a brief rhythm before letting the vocal play through. There are other areas to the set which are also noteworthy which Nkosinathi uses to create interest in the sound - the use of FX (in particular echo) and the changing speed of echo to create movement. Furthermore, there are a couple of moments in the set where Nkosinathi pulls the music away entirely for a few seconds before returning the beat again. In conjunction, all these aspects helped to add more interest / movement to the set and make the set feel more ‘alive’. And this worked well when contrasted against the stability and cohesion created by the mood and tempo. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're interested in reading commentary on other Cercle DJ sets; I've included a list of the Cercle video links with my commentary at the top: Martinez Brothers at CÉ LA VI Marina Bay Sands: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-29LwM9Xa6l8.html&lc=Ugw8FjXRTwNr_igsxEh4AaABAg Blond:ish in Sint Maarten: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ad4IAkS-1-w.html&lc=UgyYS7pegfiMkfHUmKx4AaABAg Lee Burridge at Omnia Bali: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h96MGcsi7GQ.html&lc=UgyXBVeIehYJkpXra-R4AaABAg Above & Beyond in Guatape: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MEzU1HvBo6Y.html&lc=UgzwLbb8bwfCee9x72N4AaABAg Hernán Cattáneo at Cercle Festival: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Easqg4SUl2Q.html&lc=Ugz6nHNUJYRxJcvLxhh4AaABAg More to come soon!

listening from Zimbabwe....proud to be a neighbor of such talent

THIS IS BEST PERFORMANCE EVER BY COFFEE

This coffee ☕ is too strong for me guys 😊

Who's addicted to this mix like me 😷🥵

He has a deep knowledge of music in that he can dissect and manipulet musical instruments in a song the way he wishes. He is truely a talented dj and producer.

2024 i still bump to this🥵🥁🎶🔥🔥Black Coffee doesn't disappoint 🙌

a symphony orchestra played by one man. It's Black Coffee That’s beautiful

Came over after watching him on Trevor's show! Omg!! Thank you for your gift to the world❤😎👏🙌🏽🙂 We are all one🙏🏽

I wish he knows the joy he brings to us as south Africans...huge respect and mad love for you sir

We're still here in 2024🔥🔥🔥 This set always lightens up my mood. Thank you Black Coffee 🙏🙏🙏

It's the first time I've heard black coffee because he's coming to play at a festival here in Mexico and I wanted to listen to him and I was simply speechless this man is on another level I'm simply fascinated by his music that touches your soul 💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️ Greetings from Mexico I look forward to it 💯💯💯

His style is so unique, can listen to this 100 times ☕️

If this man would play at my funeral I'd wake up

It 2024 and this mix is still on fire 🔥

Congrats for the GRAMMY! You deserve it ❤️

Black Coffee, thanks for your discipline, creativity, love for Africa and her talent - South Africa is so proud of you!

This is easily the best set I've ever heard.

Hard to believe this was 6 years ago 😩😩🤌🏾.. this man will forever be GOATED 🐐

I’m a South African in Canada and every time I miss home I come here. UMr. Maphumulo wenza ama yeses!💃🏽💃🏽

He continues to prove the word "disable" is nonexistent. Single handedly killed it

This mix makes the hair on my neck stand on end .. its proper deep and spiritual xxxx

*If Black Coffee doesn’t play at my funeral, I’m not going*

I've probably overplayed this set way too many times. Honestly, I don't care cause this set is MAD. Thank you, Black Coffee.

Didnt even realize untill now that his left hand is paralyzed! RESPECT!

Since I have listen to black coffee all the depression are gone #please lift my soul.

I knew Black Coffee is good but never expected him to be this good 👌💯can’t stop nodding and smiling and I thought people who do tht wanna seem to understand music better than Others 😂😂but I’m loving this set ❤️✌️🙏🏾

This set is ridiculous... haven’t heard anything this good in years. That ain’t Black Coffee ... its Black Jesus

Congrats to Black Coffee on winning a Grammy!

We still here in 2024🎉

My neighbours love this set so much that they called the police to listen with us!!!

This is what i was looking for , for a long fucking time , this guy is more than a LEGEND i mean the way he mix , the way he move with the music ... is just too much , a true DJ , a god of music , proud to be african , much love from morocco .

Black Coffee is a genius man.......he is best freaking DJ in the world!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Nothing beats , passion and determination, so amazing how a single handed person became the best DJ

Credits to the people actually dancing and enjoying the mix instead of filming the whole time.

My african brother...coolest thing when he left to show how africans move to the beat..proudly south african...

This is my first time listening to Black Coffee. WOW WOW WOW!!! This is exactly the vibe I'm looking for. I think I have a new favorite DJ!!!

It's 2023 but mix still Dope let's give Coffee his flowers

This man is a LEGEND! Like if u agree

This is so extreme he is Genius...he takes us from electronica..dance ..space zip..trance..tribe..house to orchestral..in seconds the beat of his heart and the rhythm in his ear is soul fire..all hail BLACK COFFEE

5 years and still best cercle by far

De Capo is fantastic! That break at 46:25 is unbelievable! So unique. I keep watching that moment. And his face at the end says it all. He is happy with how he did it!

I've been listening to this without drugs and its giving me the same effect ❤

this is not simply a set, it's a story

2023. Still the best set I've ever listened. Can you recommend anything as much wild, beautiful, dynamic and deep as this one?

The Best african Dj so proud to be african,black coffee is amazing.

Black Coffee you have the whole of South Africa grooving and now the whole world! I cannot wait to see you live again !

This guy's skills for where and how to use the effects are just mind-blowing!

2024 and still listening to this set!

Uhmm 2024 we still here 😂

He single handedly killed it 🤙

He’s a king, it’s the taste, the beat, the everything, he’s a genius, I wish I could see him live, these people have no idea how lucky there are, saludes from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Black Coffee is a blessing to the world 🤝. All he plays is 🔥💯.

😢 that's my idol. Respect to Black coffee ☕

Black Coffee should just open a music University... all his sets are sicker than Corona virus.

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?? i listen to him every time but yet he always leaves me astonished... this guy is LEGEND. you are a true asset to the music industry..

Can’t get over this streaming, it’s been 5 years and still going

April 2024, and I'm still jamming on this 🔥🔥🙌

Some of my Psychiatrists prescribed meds were Black Coffee's housemixes...Im now stable!! 🙌🙌🙌

Sunday morning in Greece, raining heavily and I am already vibed, exotic and serene, thanks to this guy! Love you Black Coffee!

It’s 2023 and this set is still life bringing.

After five years i am still listening to this mixtape.

Phuma Emabhozeni, Jonga mntase, Black Coffee does The Things That Make The Pot To Be Done. Proudly South African.

I’ve listened to this 100 if not 1000 times and it’s the GOAT

Hope all these people who saw this set live realize how happy they were!!! There's no doubt Black Coffee knows how to build sets to make us feel like we're in a different world.

If someone says music doesn’t heal - show them this set!

I listen to this amazing set at least once a week, and I just love it. I have noticed that he mix only with his right arm, but I have just read that he has no mobility in the left arm due to an injure when he was a child, on the day that Nelson Mandela became president in SA. He is such a great DJ, and a really inspiring person. I hope I can see him in an alive session at least once in the future.

I was there, the mood changed when he came on, music vibration took over the whole sphere,gods mate

Vibrations are so back from the aftermath of decades, built up with so much energy- stunningly this vibration is bringing us so much all together 🙏

Ain’t no party like a South African Party 🔥

I listen again and again and everytime I am surprised and so happy so happy. What a creator this man. So much emotions are getting alive iinside me. Thank you BC 💕💕🙏

Black Coffee gives the 'formless dimension' of deep house meaning. That 'which cannot be explained' is revealed through his music!