SISCO UMLAMBO Biography
Sisco (Umlambo) also labeled by city media as “Mzansi’s Capitols’ son of house music and co owner of Multi-Racial Records (a prominent South African urban music label), has had a vision of building a platform and sustaining the urban music culture in South Africa since been recognized by Red Bull Music Academy and participating in their academy in Sao Paolo in 2002, which has been followed by also being appointed an Ambassador for Pretoria urban music. He has been involved in the music industry for over 15 years. His production days started with a production trio called Soulful Roots consisting of Bubbles, Sisco and That Guy Larry. From this his production skills grew from strength to strength. He was also listed as one of the top 10 South African DJs in 2002 by SL Magazine, during this time he had been involved with international studio projects (while in Sao Paolo) with producers such as Adrian Sherwood/Nick Coplowe and Zed Bias. Under the production duo called Sis ‘n Jones, with the late Art Jones they secured top honours in the Westend Music search with two of their singles being selected for the international release a first in the industry. They’ve released a multitude of hit singles locally and internationally, including their singles with UK based record labels Asante Records & Defected. 2007 saw Sis’n Jones release their debut album “No Barriers” which set precedence in the Mzansi house music scene , aswell as setting a precedence for remix offers from various prominent international remixers .
He has worked with many local DJs and producers including Christos, Fresh, Mbuso, Black Coffee, Shota,Vinny da Vinci,Oskido to name just a few. He has been rated as one of the hardest working DJs in the country by his peers and colleagues which is also a true testament to the following and pulling power he has at filling venues nationally & cross-borders.
As a growing figure Sisco sees the need to continually build and contribute to a platform for established as well as up and coming talent, be it performers, producers or DJs, which sees him working on various projects such as Capitol House series. | read more
