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Mutha FM · Underground Electronic Music The Sound Cartel The Sound Cartel is an underground electronic music show on Mutha FM, hosted by South African DJs DJ Clint and Teqno. Bringing together more than 40 years of combined DJ and music industry experience, the show delivers a carefully curated journey through Melodic Techno, Melodic Trance and Tech House. Melodic Techno Melodic Trance Tech House Expect deep basslines, hypnotic melodies, driving […]
DJ Clint is a South African DJ, producer, radio presenter and vinyl veteran with 30 years of experience behind the decks. A respected name within the country’s electronic music scene, Clint has spent three decades moving between underground clubs, major events, radio, production studios and dancefloors across South Africa.
Now part of the Mutha FM family, DJ Clint brings a lifetime of electronic music knowledge, serious vinyl credentials and an unpredictable approach to his sets.
DJ Clint’s career began during an era when club culture was being shaped by DJs, vinyl and word-of-mouth. Over the past three decades, he has watched electronic music evolve through house, trance, techno, garage, hard dance, drum & bass, psytrance and countless other movements — while continuing to stay connected to the culture that started it all.
His early career included influential residencies at E.S.P., Nexus, 96 Degrees and Evolution, including a decade-long residency at E.S.P. and six years at Nexus.
Those years established Clint as a technically skilled DJ with extensive musical knowledge and an instinctive ability to read a dancefloor.
His club and event history includes appearances at El-Devine, Starlight Lounge, Endzone, Café Matrix, Liquid D and Twilo, as well as major events including Slippery & Wet, Splash, E.S.P. Street Parties, Dreamscape Y2K and the Peter Stuyvesant Music Spectacular.
DJ Clint’s career has extended far beyond the nightclub.
As a radio presenter, he hosted Fusion Frequency on Studio Prime Radio, taking electronic music to listeners beyond the dancefloor.
He has also appeared twice on The Bandit’s World of Dance on 5FM, mixing live on one of South Africa’s major radio platforms alongside some of the country’s most recognised electronic music talent.
Today, his connection with radio continues through Mutha FM, where his experience as a DJ, presenter and electronic music obsessive becomes part of Mutha’s worldwide electronic music community.
Trying to put DJ Clint into one genre has never really been easy.
His sets can move through:
Deep House • Funky House • Garage • Speed Garage • Dutch House • Hard House • Trance • Techno • Hardstyle • Drum & Bass • Psytrance • Old School Classics
For Clint, the genre is less important than the journey.
Expect unexpected combinations, classic records, underground sounds and electronic music from different eras — all connected by one thing: keeping people moving.
DJ Clint is a genuine 12-inch vinyl DJ, with a collection built around the physical format that helped define generations of club culture.
For Clint, vinyl isn’t simply nostalgia. It’s part of the craft.
His technical setup includes Technics SL-1200 turntables, and any venue booking that involves his vinyl sets needs to be properly equipped for the format.
Clint’s relationship with electronic music goes beyond DJing.
His production history includes projects connected to the E.S.P. era, including E.S.P. EP 9, TranceMission and E.S.P. Classics.
With more than 50 of his own tracks and recordings, production has remained another important part of his musical journey.
Over 30 years, DJ Clint has shared stages, line-ups and DJ booths with an impressive collection of international and South African electronic music artists.
His career has crossed paths with names including Carl Cox, DJ Tiësto, Cosmic Gate, Marco V, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Lee Cabrera, Tony De Vit, Alex Gold, DJ Scott Project, The Freak, Mac Zimms, Mr C of The Shamen, Tall Paul, Pete Wardman, Jazzy M, Frank of Lock ‘n Load, Luis Paris, DJ Ariel, Dizzy, Surge, Nelson, Martin McCale, Speedy, Spiro, Manuel, Derrik “The Bandit” Richardson, Kevin Lee, Lea and Kate Sutherland, among many others.
There is a reason DEFCON 1 | DJ CLINT has become synonymous with Clint’s approach behind the decks.
You never quite know where the journey is going.
One set might begin with deep and funky house before moving into classic trance. Another might travel through techno, hard house, garage or something completely unexpected.
That’s the DEFCON 1 experience.
Clint connects sounds, genres and generations while maintaining one simple objective: keep the dancefloor moving.
Whether he’s playing to 10,000 people or 10, the energy remains the same.
140%. Every time.
From the early days of E.S.P., Nexus and Evolution to clubs, festivals, radio studios and major events across South Africa, DJ Clint has spent three decades doing what he knows best:
Reading the room. Respecting the music. Making people dance.
Three decades behind the decks.
Still vinyl.
Still electronic music.
Still unpredictable.
Still DEFCON 1.
Tune into Mutha FM — One Frequency. Worldwide Electronic Culture. for electronic music, DJs, radio shows and sounds from South Africa and around the world.
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