D F W N E (TRAVIS TOKOLOGO RATLOU) IS A RISING

FORCE IN SOUTH AFRICA’S CONTEMPORARY SOUNDSCAPE,

BLENDING AFRO-ALTERNATIVE RNB WITH THREADS OF

JAZZ, SOUL, AND AFRICAN RHYTHM. HIS ARTISTRY

MOVES BEYOND MUSIC, UNFOLDING AS A

MULTIDISCIPLINARY STATEMENT THAT WEAVES SOUND,

STYLE, AND CULTURAL STORYTELLING INTO ONE. ROOTED

IN SONIC EXPERIMENTATION YET GUIDED BY A GLOBAL

VISION, D F W N E CREATES MUSIC AND MOMENTS THAT

RESONATE ACROSS AUDIENCES AND GENERATIONS.

EACH RELEASE AND PERFORMANCE IS MORE THAN

ENTERTAINMENT — IT IS AN AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE

THAT SPEAKS TO HEALING, IDENTITY, AND THE RE-

IMAGINATION OF AFRICAN NARRATIVES. WHETHER ON

STAGE, IN THE STUDIO, OR THROUGH HIS CURATORIAL

WORK WITH SOUNDS IN COTTON, D F W N E CONTINUES

TO POSITION HIMSELF NOT ONLY AS AN ARTIST BUT AS

A CULTURAL ARCHITECT SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AFRO-

ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSION.