Ultra SA 2026 - Artist Line Up

Big news for all ultranauts dropped yesterday with Ultra SA giving us the full artist line-up for this years event taking place on the 25th of April in Johannesburg and the 26th of April in Cape Town. Unlike previous years where we had a phased artist announcement, this year they decided to just drop the entire line-up which in my opinion is better rather than playing the waiting game to see if your fav's are coming. 

The international mainstage headliners did not disappoint with sets from Afrojack playing back-to-back with R3hab, Axwell, DJ Snake whom all have played in the country before but making his debut and being the main headline act is John Summit. We're a big fan of what John has been doing and we can guarantee you he will be bringing that energy to the SA crowds come April. 

Resistance stage is back with Dennis Ferrer and SA's very on Shimza who's been creating "fire" on dance floors across the world headling that. Loads of support artists for the event is made up with some of the best local acts, such as Dean Fuel, Aidin Caye, Liquideep, Timo ODV, DJ Kent, Baby Whitz and many more. Tickets are still availabe at www.ultrasouthafrica.com 

Monday Choon: Cosmic Gate, RYVM & Marlene - Heaven Knows

 

Cosmic Gate needs no introduction to old school trance and EDM fans, their track Exploration of Space to this day remains one of the most iconic tracks of the electronic dance music industry and continues to get played all over the world in various remixes and styles. The German duo consisting of Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems are still ripping up the decks world over and producing some great new music, one of which is our featured track of the week, "Heaven Knows". They team up with UK based RYVM and Marlene for this track and it certainly has a summery afro-house feel to it. It's a great track and sure to be one for the Southern Hemisphere summer. 

Monday Choon: Vanco - Ma Tnsani (feat. Aya) [Tiësto Remix]

 

What is undoubtedly one of the biggest tracks for this years European summer, "Ma Tnsani by South African DJ and producer Vanco who is known for his eclectic style and powerful baselines has been remixed by the Trance legend himself, Tiesto. Now, if you are as shocked as I am to find out this song is by a South African, given how popular its gotten on the internet, mainly thanks to Tik Tok and you know how patriotic us South Africans can get, so it's even more reason to turn up the volume on this banger. 

 

Monday Choon: HUGEL, Diplo - Forever (feat. Malou & Yuna)

 

It seemed like an eternity that Diplo has been teasing this track on his socials with us, the track in question was an Afro-tech-house mix of the 2013 track "Lullabies" by Yuna. The track was featured in the 2013 Ultra Miami 'thank you' video was more of a techno house style track. Diplo teamed up with Latin house DJ Hugel to add some latino spice to the track but with a very deep Afro house influence. Bringing Yuna back on the vocals was the masterstroke as the pace of the song has been sped up more than the original and with the added sounds and elements, it needed a fresh re-take. While only snippets of the track were shared over the past 7 months, it lived up to expectations and will get you moving from the second the song starts till it ends.