Hillcrest’s ‘Minister of Sound’
The young DJ/Producer has been in the music scene since he was in high school.
Lusanda Luthuli
THOMAS More Old Boy, Hendrik Joerges (23) is a DJ/Producer who works with all kinds of artists doing commissions and musicians who need their work to be mixed and mastered.
In 2016, he was added to the annual Ministry of Sound album in 2016.
Joerges isn’t just a behind-the-scenes artist, he has been making music under his Hendrik Joerges brand since he was 17 years old.
“I started to see myself having a career in the field rather than seeing it as just a hobby,” said the young and versatile beat-maker.
Joerges, who’s of German descent, has worked with some of the best artists in the music industry, including collaborations with pop duo, Locnville, House djing duo Pascal and Pearce, Mark Stent, Kyle Deutch and is also being mentored and managed by 5fm DJ, Das Kapital,’ Joerges looks up to Das Kapital and recognises him as an influential person in his career and personal life.
“Das Kapital approached me when I was 17 after he saw some of my work on Soundcloud and signed me to his management and record labels,” said Joerges, who was featured in GQ with Das Kapital, who’s real name is Kyle Brinkman.
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“After being signed to his label, I started gaining recognition from artists like Locnville and later on Kyle Deutch as well as getting bookings as a DJ all over the country,” he said.
Joerges is also responsible for composing the jingle for the East Coast Radio Morning Show with vocalist, Cecil “Styles” Mbatha.
“Styles was approached by the producer of the show and as soon as we got the info, I started to work on the track, but we made it a little longer than it should’ve been because normally, a jingle is 30 seconds but this one was just under one minute, so it was almost like a theme song,” he added.
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Joerges made the jingle/theme song in three hours and the producers of the show were impressed with the effort.
“After that process we went to talk to them (East Coast Radio Breakfast show) in the studio and it’s such a well organised show. Being there, in that environment definitely made me consider a future in radio,” said Joerges.
Hendrik’s sound is a hybrid of a lot of different genres and the Flume-inspired producer describes his sound: “It’s a mixture of a melodic take on hip-hop and low-fi, especially with my latest work. There’s a merge of future bass, drum ‘n bass and half time as well as hip hop that’s organic.”
The underrated producer has work lined up with John Casey from Pretoria and USA-based drum ‘n bass pioneer, A112 and Durbanite, Ross Charles.
Even with his impressive roster of his upcoming collaborations that could bring him commercial success, Joerges still wants to bring something unique to the music industry.
“If I can strike a balance between breaking into the commercial scene and still provide something that’s unique to what is out there, that’ll be perfect for me. I don’t want to make music that’s already out there,” he said.
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