We recently connected with Dr Feel and have shared our conversation below.

Dr Feel, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

My album tittled Indalo that I recently released, on the 30th of August to be precise. House- Soulful, Afro, Traditional, Dance, Spiritual and beautiful music.
Indalo is the 2nd studio album by DJ and Producer, Dr Feel.

The music maker is known for his deeply African rooted, yet tech influenced sounds. With a catalogue ranging from an album (Made In Africa,2020), several EP’s and over 400 singles to date, it’s no doubt that Dr Feel is still flowing with creative musical ideas and this follow up album bears testament to this.

“INDALO album. INDALO is a Nguni term which translates to creation, its also derived from the Latin, “lndo Eccius which means “Messenger of the Gods and that is the title of Dr Feel’s upcoming 16-track album.
A message from the Gods perhaps but lndalo is a melting pot of House music melodies, drums, vocals, techno beats and beautiful messages all encompassing. It’s an album for the long drives, the long nights, the fun days, the celebratory moments and the spiritual battles. It’s for love, for healing, for Africa, for the love of music.

The album features artists from across African countries including Kenya, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The likes of Nae(SA), Nwabisa,Toshi, Otis,Kiki, Shona SA, Afro Wav, Kreative Nativez,Sazi Cele, Michael King, ldd Aziz, K.O.D, Native Tribe & DA Q-Bic and the Legendary Madala Kunene make amazing contributions on lndalo.

Dr Feel is a music all-rounder who found his niche in this genre, he believes that “MUSIC is such a powerful medium that we can use to heal ourselves and the world around us”. And Indalo might be the thing to give that healing.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’ve been part of the music industry since the late 2000s working with many up and coming artists from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe with a genre career ranging from Kwaito, Hiphop to Isincathamiya. I’ve always been around musical environments from a young age. I remember as a young boy, attending church services every Sunday and there was always a vibe. My church Zion Apostolic, uses African musical instruments such as drums, shakers, horns and trumpets and this motivated me musically. So from there I developed the love for music. Driven by my love of the African Drums and tribal sounds, it inspired me to take a dive into the Electronic scene. Our African continent is dominated by the dance culture. The beat of the African drum is the “heartbeat of the community” and its rhythm is what holds us together

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

Society need to understand that being an artist is a full time job. We need their full support by either buying our music or streaming it rater than getting it on pirated sites.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

Social media is such a big tool to promote ourselves, especially as independent artists. But one thing I did was being consistent. You need to keep showing up even if you get 1 like on a post. Most people give up when they don’t see the reaction from the stuff that they post online. Stay consistent, don’t give up because you don’t see your social media platforms growing over night, it takes time to build a loyal fan base.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drfeel_/
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/DrFeelSA/
• Twitter: https://x.com/drfeel_?mx=2
• Other: https://push.fm/fl/indalo