fabric - south africa | johannesburg

In January next year we are set to make electronic music history in South Africa by hosting one of the world’s most highly regarded clubbing brands - fabric. After a whirlwind year celebrating their 25th anniversary, fabric will make its first away show of 2025 the takeover of South Africa’s two best clubs: Modular in Cape Town and And Club in Johannesburg. An authentic taste of the London superclub has already been guaranteed with the signing of Ben UFO of Hessle Audio, with two more international giants still to be announced. The local line-ups will include some of the busiest movers and shakers in our local scene, upcoming talent and of course resident DJs from both clubs. Stay locked to the club socials and to the Facebook and RA events for updates, ticket tiers and competitions. We will be introducing a payment plan so that tickets can be purchased in installments to help make attending this event easier for those on a budget. Ben UFO As one of the co-founders of Hessle Audio, Ben UFO has been responsible, alongside Pearson Sound and Pangaea, for some of the most varied and groundbreaking releases of recent years. Having become immersed in the still emerging dubstep scenes in London and Leeds in 2005, his musical taste was shaped primarily by the DMZ and Sub Dub nights taking place in those cities. However, as tastes have shifted and scenes have fragmented, Ben UFO's approach to the music and to Hessle Audio itself has developed. As BPMs have dropped and influences have broadened, so too has the vision of Ben UFO's DJing. He remains one of the few DJs in the UK to have made an impact without a production career to fall back on, and as such his reputation is solely the result of his skill as a selector and as a mixer. As a result he remains in a position to fully explore sounds both old and new, across the worlds of house and garage, dubstep and grime, and further into the past. This level of commitment to the dance music of the last two decades has led to a collection of records which reflects the position London has long held as a city responsible for the constant development of forward thinking music.