Donny Basco
About
No stranger to music festivals and club nights alike, Donny Basco has been building up a reputation of delivering his signature blend of high energy melodic bass across South African stages since 2014.His first breakthrough came after performing on the Electric Jungle Stage (Hosted by CHERCH) at Smoking Dragon NYE Festival in the heart of Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal. This earned him back-to-back performances at the festival for a few years running and since then he has been making a name for himself performing at clubs and festivals across South Africa, even holding down a residency at rooftop café & events venue, Living Room.Under the brand "Donny Basco & Friends'' he runs a collaborative show on Arc Radio called "The Sauce", which showcases a variety of bass music genres from some seasoned veterans to an entirely new wave of up-and-comers. During the height of the second wave of the global Covid-19 pandemic "Donny Basco & Friends'' along with Mustard.tv hosted "Lucidity: A Virtual Rave Experience" livestream, combining the cutting edge technologies of Unreal Engine with real world DJing, a first of its kind for Drum & Bass in South Africa.Priding himself on versatility, Donny Basco’s current style consists of drawing from influences of Drum & Bass, Trap, Future Beats, Hip-Hop and contemporary commercial music, making him a multi-faceted and resourceful DJ that likes to experiment and think on his feet.