Kfm Top 40 with Carl Wastie | #KfmTop40 Podcast

On Saturday, 26 June 2021, a week after release and two weeks after its exclusive first time play on the Kfm Top 40, 'I'm With You' by Matthew Mole made its way onto the multiple award-winning chart show hosted by Carl Wastie.

The song entered the Kfm Top 40 at no.25 - making it the highest debut of the week.

Carl Wastie decided to surprise Matthew Mole, who was on his way to grab lunch at his favourite Spur, with the news.

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The UK band behind hits like 'Pompeii', 'Of The Night' and the smash-hit with Marshmello, 'Happier', are back with new music.

Headed by Dan Smith, who has family in Cape Town, the band are a firm favourite in the Mother City - and made really good friends with Carl Wastie during the Cape Town leg of their South African tour in 2017. So, naturally, when their new single, 'Distorted Light Beam' was released on Wednesday, 23 June 2021: Bastille made sure that one of the first interviews they gave was to their mate in South Africa, Carl Wastie, on the multiple award-winning chart show, the Kfm Top 40.

Take a listen to the interview which aired on Saturday, 26 June 2021.

Bastille's 'Distorted Light Beam' is available across all good streaming platforms.

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Globally celebrated South African singer-songwriter and producer Jeremy Loops' latest single, 'Postcards', is out!

Following a series of popular releases in 2020, amassing 15 million streams and more than 5.5 million hits on YouTube, Jeremy Loops’ new single dropped on the 11th along with the music video.

The video was co-directed by Jeremy and Anna Telford and features a series of big dynamic rooms, in an old manor house in Cape Town.

On Saturday, 26 June 2021, Carl Wastie called up Jeremy Loops, who was relaxing on a boat in Langebaan, to discuss the track.

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After grabbing the country’s attention as a finalist on Idols South Africa back in 2007, Krystle T is ready to make her return to the global music scene as she releases her emotional comeback single ‘Fall In Love And Start A War’.

For the UK-based performer, the song is the perfect way to reintroduce herself to the world.

Hailed as a power-ballad with a difference, the single was written by Krystle T alongside Daniel Baron, who also produced the track.

Krystle T recorded the song at Anchor Baby Studios in London which famously birthed massive albums for groups like AC/DC.

On Saturday, 19 June 2021, a day after release, Carl Wastie called up Krystle T on the Kfm Top 40 to find out more about where she’s been and to help reintroduce her to Kfm 94.5.

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A local music production company called Hitchat Entertainment, focused on empowering talent from townships and disadvantaged communities, has officially launched a new T-pop girl band: 4IAM.

Having auditioned and gone through a rigorous selection process, 4IAM consists of Annie, PHX, Doli, Grace, Giselle and Nokwanda.

The six-women powerhouse is re-writing what it means to be a “girl band” in South Africa, with their genre-redefining sound of T-Pop, short for Township Pop. The band name 4IAM is an acronym for the 4th Industrial Age Music.

On Friday, 18 June 2021, they dropped their inaugural single – ‘Legends’ – and Carl Wastie gave all 6 ladies a call the very next day on the multiple-award-winning chart show.

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VAN PLETZEN – the Afrikaans electronic duo know who have been making waves across the Afrikaans music scene for years – have teamed up with The Kiffness and Kwesta for an English track that is giving us life!

Called ‘I’m Not a Ballie, I’m a Baller’, the single was released along with a music video that encapsulates the quirky nature of many of VAN PLETZEN's other music videos and sees Dave Scott of The Kiffness embrace his inner 90s west coast rapper.

A week after its release, on 19 June 2021, the song made it on the Kfm Top 40 with Carl Wastie - and to celebrate, Carl Wastie called up VAN PLETZEN vocalist, Peach van Pletzen to learn more about the group, the track and how the collaboration with The Kiffness and Kwesta came to be.

Want to see the song rise the chart? Stream it via your favourite streaming platform - and be sure to request it on Kfm 94.5 too.

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On Saturday, 19 June 2021, a week after release of his first single of 2021, 'For You', James Deacon got a special call from Carl Wastie and the Kfm Top 40 team.

The call saw James Deacon, who rose to fame last year with multiple singles charting on Kfm 94.5, receive the news that 'For You' would be following in the footsteps of its predecessors and had made it onto the multiple award-winning chart.

The song, which speaks with breaking with a bad habit - inspired by James' own experience of stopping smoking - entered the chart show at no.36 and will no doubt continue to climb with your support: by streaming it via your favourite platform and of course, requesting it on Kfm 94.5.

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On Saturday, 19 June 2021, social media influencer and former Survivor South Africa contestant, Katinka, who has made the move into music, got a phone call she won't forget: Carl Wastie calling to surprise her with news that she had made into the Kfm Top 40 with her new single, 'Die Antwoord is Dans', which released a few weeks prior.

The song entered the award-winning chart show at no.28 and will no doubt continue to climb with your support: by streaming it via your favourite platform and of course, requesting it on Kfm 94.5.

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 SA’s favourite good guy, Matthew Mole is back. Not that he really went anywhere… but he’s been hard at work in the studio working on just what we’ve been waiting for – new songs.

Ahead of the first release of fresh hits, he joined Carl Wastie on Saturday, 12 June 2021 on the Kfm Top 40 for an exclusive first time (ever) player of his latest single, 'I'm With You', which drops on Friday, 18 June 2021.

As usual, Carl and Matthew had a good, fun chat - and Matthew even gave us some insight into his running / fitness goals!

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Following the success of his single, 'Kiss Me Late at Night', which is still climbing the Kfm Top 40 with Carl Wastie (charting at no.12 on 1 May 2021) - Choccy Chox has released another single called 'Something Special'.

On Saturday, 1 May 2021, Carl Wastie rang up Choccy Chox on the Kfm Top 40 to find out a little more about 'Something Special' and to simply find out a little more about the artist formerly known as Matthew O'Connell, formerly known as MOC. Turns out, besides music, Choccy Chox has some very interesting side hustles that include car restoration and brand consulting.

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