Groove Magazine Zimbabwe Issue 2 | Page 60

RADIO PERSONALITY Jason Le Roux GM.: Could you please share with us who Jason Le Roux is? Jason: Jason le Roux is a musician, DJ, radio personality & founder of Hidden Culture which is a media / brand, artist and event Management Company founded in 2005. GM.: You are the main presenter of the radio show, the “Hidden Culture”. Please explain to us the concept of this show. Jason: To merge and unite international and local talent of the highest quality on a uniform platform and to bring an international culture into the homes of the ordinary person. GM.: How much listenership does your show have? Jason: I can’t give out exact figures but every Saturday between 9pm and midnight people from all over the country, from Harare to Nyanga, Bulawayo to Beitbridge, across Europe, America, UK, China, Australia, Sudan, Russia, South Africa, India and more are brought together for 3 hours for the love of dance music. He is the host of the late night radio show on ZiFM Stereo, The Hidden Culture, which actually is the brand name of his “electro dance music” movement. He also hosted the first and biggest EDM event, "Neverland Zimbabwe", which saw a large number of dance lovers enjoy a night of colourful entertainment in their own backyard with the continent's and world's biggest dance music acts. 56 GM.: Do you think that Zimbabwe has what it takes to produce electro dance/house music on the international market? Jason: We already are! GM.: Which local artistes do you think have a lot of potential to make it? Jason: A lot of them do but they (Zimbabwean producers) have to realize that in order to get noticed they need to be doing something different & unique, not just creating similar Groove Magazine Zimbabwe