After the SA house music boom between 2010 and 2012, many local producers took to their DAWs to begin creating their own flavour. With the prominence of DJs like Kent and Euphonik, the period became saturated in cheesy, predictable “commercial” house, which dominated clubs and charts across the country. But from the ashes of the once overplayed genre, rose a new generation of producers—honing their own sound against the waves of mediocrity