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.
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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
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