GQOM: Durban → NYC

A minimal, lo-fi version of South African house music, gqom—which means "hit" or "drum" in Zulu—is an emerging dance trend in the coastal city of Durban. The stripped-down, percussive genre has an avid fandom abroad. Red Bull Music Academy brings a number of the genre's primary creators—including DJ Lag, Rudeboyz and DJ Twitty—this side of the Atlantic for the first time.