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{{Short description|South African DJ and electronic music producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Elvis Maswanganyi''' (born c. 1985),<ref>Piotr Orlov, NYT, 20 March 2009, reports on Maswanganyi as aged 24.</ref> better known as '''DJ Mujava''', is a South African [[Disc jockey|DJ]] and record producer. He has released music through [[Warp (record label)|Warp Records]], This Is Music and Sheer House.

==Life and work==
Maswanganyi was raised in the [[Pretoria]]n town of [[Atteridgeville]].

DJ Mujava's co-produced  bacardi house track alongside [[DJ Spoko]] "''Township Funk''" was released on [[Warp (record label)|Warp Records]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Harrison |author-link=Mixmag |date=14 March 2018 |title=Dance music pioneer of Bacardi House DJ Spoko has died, RIP |url=https://mixmag.net/read/dance-music-pioneer-of-bacardi-house-dj-spoko-has-died-rip-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314231244/https://mixmag.net/read/dance-music-pioneer-of-bacardi-house-dj-spoko-has-died-rip-news |archive-date=14 March 2018 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=Mixmag}}</ref> It was played by [[Gilles Peterson]] on [[BBC Radio 1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20080918|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting|author=|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> Mujava mixed a half-hour session in 2008 on [[BBC Radio 6]] for an episode of 6 Mix hosted by Iyare.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dmg8y|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - 6 Mix, 20/09/2008|work=BBC|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> He has been featured by [[BBC Asian Network|BBC Asian Network's]] [[DJ Kayper]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/djkayper/tracklisting_archive_20081001.shtml|title=BBC - Asian Network|author=|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> and Sonny Ji,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/bhangramixtape/tracklisting_archive_20081018.shtml]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131085036/http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/bhangramixtape/tracklisting_archive_20081018.shtml|date=January 31, 2009}}</ref> and [[BBC Radio 1Xtra|BBC Radio 1Xtra's]] DJ Edu and MistaJam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007215q|title=BBC Radio 1Xtra - DJ Edu - Destination Africa|work=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/mistajam/20090911.shtml|title=BBC - 1Xtra - Mistajam|author=BBC|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> DJ Mujava is signed to This Is Music in the UK and Warp Records internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=4402&more=1&c=1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330133056/http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=4402&more=1&c=1 |archivedate=2009-03-30 |title=DJ Mujava: Discovered By Cab Drivers, Now Signed To Warp - New Music Radar |date=2008-08-17 |accessdate=2020-03-19}}</ref> Maswanganyi was voted number 34 on [[NME's Cool List]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=5229&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1|title=NME Music Blogs - NME.COM|work=NME.COM|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> and is a featured artist on the ''[[NME]]'' website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/artists/dj-mujava|title=DJ Mujava|work=NME.COM|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref>

The film "Future Sound of Mzansi" produced by [[Spoek Mathambo]] and distributed by ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]],'' features an interview with DJ Mujava in which he says that being arrested for marijuana possession resulted in detention in [[Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital|Weskoppies psychiatric hospital]] and being forcibly injected with drugs that have affected his subsequent music production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npQdY2cnjPQ&t=15m14s |title=Future Sound of Mzansi (Part 3) |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=2015-06-03 |accessdate=2020-03-19}}</ref> In 2010, Mujava collaborated with  Zimbabwean-South African DJ and record producer [[DJ Qness]], for a remix single" [[XXXO]]", originally by the UK based pop singer [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schnipper |first=Matthew |date=26 July 2010 |title=MIA, “XXXO (DJ Mujava and DJ Qness Remix)” MP3 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2010/07/26/mia-xxxo-dj-mujava-and-dj-qness-remix-mp3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203013743/http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/26/mia-xxxo-dj-mujava-and-dj-qness-remix-mp3 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=The Fader}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
*''Sgubhu Sa Pitori'' (Sheer House, 2006)
*''Sgubhu Sa Pitori 3'' (Sheer House, 2008)

===Singles===
*"''Township Funk''" (This Is Music and Warp, 2008)
*"''Township Funk Remixes''" (This Is Music and Warp, 2009)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://myspace.com/mujava Official page] on [[Myspace]]
*{{Discogs artist|1184465-DJ-Mujava}}

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[[Category:South African house musicians]]
[[Category:Warp Records artists]]
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