Sun-El Musician

Sun-El Musician is Sanele Tresure Sithole, a South African DJ, producer and songwriter born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, on 28 March 1989. He was raised with four siblings by his mother, a domestic worker. He left the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2007 to make music, and spent five years as an in-house producer for Demor Music.

In 2017 he set up his own label, El World Music, and his first single, “Akanamali” with Samthing Soweto, went to number one on Shazam and won three SAMAs. His debut album Africa to the World (2018), with “Sonini” and “Bamthathile”, went platinum. “Into Ingawe” (2019), with Ami Faku, went triple platinum.

To the World & Beyond (2020), with “Ubomi Abumanga” featuring Msaki, also went platinum. African Electronic Dance Music (2021) pushed deeper into electronic and Afro house, and Pan African Music named it the best album of 2021. His album Under The Sun arrived in 2026.