Ralf GUM ft Monique Bingham – The Pap
Ralf GUM reveals the second single from his forthcoming ‘In My City’ album, titled ‘The Pap’ which features the outstanding NYC vocalist Monique Bingham, following up from their 2012 South African #1 chart smash, ‘Take Me To My Love’. A slice of dance floor soul with its afrocentric roots fully immersed in the deep, ‘The Pap’ is co-produced by the inimitable Phil Kullmann (Raw Artistic Soul). The song talks of Monique’s first experience in South Africa, where she hung out with locals around the table, all grabbing Pap from the plate with their hands.
“I’ve been having a love affair with South Africa these past few years, I’ve been really flirting with with moving to Jo’Burg. ‘The Pap’ is symbolic of my heart and how South Africa has touched my heart, I put my fingers in my Pap.” – Monique Bingham
Jumping straight in on the No.1 spot on iTunes South Africa on day of release and already one of the most celebrated albums of 2014 in the motherland, House veteran DJ/producer Ralf GUM is getting ready to release his third album, ‘In My City’, unto the rest of the world on GOGO Music. Crafted with his soulful, organic, afrcocentric signature sounds, ‘In My City’ is a tapestry of beautifully weaved songs and features local South African, international, established and upcoming artists, including Hugh Masekela, Omar, Monique Bingham, Dele Sosimi, Portia Monique, Lee Bling, Jocelyn Mathieu and KB
“In My City” is a very personal project for me. I intentionally put the skyline of Johannesburg on the cover as a tribute, South Africa is the most vibrant dance nation I know globally. I am grateful to be a part of it’s heartbeat and feel that I spiritually and musically now live in a place which I really call home. I am #InMyCity.” – Ralf GUM
German producer/ DJ Ralf GUM’s music career dates back to 1990 when he started out as a DJ before establishing himself three years later as a full-on institution within the deep house scene and recognised in destinations throughout the world. Armed with solid calibre and rare longevity, in delivering his latest ‘In My City’, Ralf was able to follow in the traditions of his two previous albums, his debut ‘Uniting Music’ in 2008 and the South African gold-selling masterpiece, ‘Never Leaves You’ in 2012. Ralf also owns the record label GOGO Music which was set up in 2001 and now hailed as one of the world’s most reputable soulful house music labels, pivotal for the international breakthrough of artists like Raw Artistic Soul and South Africa’s proudest house music export Black Coffee. In 2003 Ralf initiated the GOGO Music radio-show, now one of the most popular broadcasts within the house community, aired weekly by more than 50 FM- and internet-stations around the globe.
