Recording

Mercedes
Rudeboyz featuring TD Snax

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

2015

Label

Goon Club Allstars

On

Gqom and The Waxonia Desk — Out of Durban

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 03

   Ranked No. 3 in Gqom

   The record that carried the sound to London. Sparse to the point of severity, and the first many people outside South Africa heard of any of this.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — Out of Durban

   The record that reached London first, on a British label. Being heard abroad before being accepted at home is the oldest distortion in dance music, and gqom got it early.