Soul Candi Institute of Music
Africa’s Finest Electronic Music Academy
Soul Candi Institute of Music
Africa’s Finest Electronic Music Academy
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Ryan has headed up the SCIM team for almost 2 decades, having personally lectured over 1500 students and trained some of the world’s most prolific electronic artists, while also maintaining his career as a producer, DJ, and live artist. His work under the alias Crazy White Boy sold millions of copies and pioneered a new direction in South African electronic music. Refusing to rest on his laurels, Ryan went on to reinvent himself as an underground icon, releasing music on internationally renowned labels which includes Defected, Get Physical, Stil Vor talent and Purified. He has remixed music for a diverse range of artists such as Lane 8, Super Flu, and Paul Kalkbrenner to name a few, as well as sharing the stage with Black Coffee, Satori, Seth Troxler, Nora en Pure, and Stefan Bodzin.
The newest edition to our SCIM team is a man who needs no introduction – his 2022 super Anthem “Osama”, with Zakes Bantwini, topped the charts not only locally, but globally too, achieving 4 x platinum status in the process. As a touring artist with a global hit record he has been on a journey that few people can comprehend – going from a SCIM student in 2010, to an artist filling up stadiums in foreign countries. Along the way he amassed a huge amount of knowledge, both technical and practical, that he wanted to share with the next generation and so we invited him to come and hand down some of his wisdom. He currently presents the music monetization and CMOS courses at our SCIM virtual campus.
‘My time at Soul Candi Production really influenced me in many ways, says South African Superstar Zinhle’ ‘I have great memories of the course, had many good times with other students, and I’ll always remember the way Ryan taught production was very unique. It felt special to be at the Johannesburg campus at that time – because it was the beginning of the House music era in South Africa, and we were all together – Shimza, myself, Aero Manyelo, and even Kasango.
From an SCIM Music production diploma to running one of the most successful mixing and mastering studios in Africa, Cuebur is a classical example of the moniker, with hard work, anything is possible. He was able to tell early on in his Music production studies that he had a special talent for audio post production, and by the end of his graduation, was already doing mixing and mastering for upcoming South African Producers, and ofcourse a few side hustles with all of his SCIM classmates – -Today he has clients like ZAke Bantwini, Thandi Drael, Argento dust and many more.
Widely considered one of the top 3 DJ Producers in Africa, Ashley Raphala, AKA Shimza, has amassed millions of fans across the continent, sold out venues for his performances all over the world, and spearheaded his own Kunye records company, which runs a thriving eventing and record label business both in South Africa and abroad. Little do many know that his journey began at SCIM in the early 2000s, where he studied DJing and production, met many of his future collaborators, and immersed himself fully in the art and science of music performance and production.
