Following a period of intense creative exploration across East Africa, Moonshine unveils SMS for Location, Vol. 6—an album that transcends musical and cultural boundaries. The mixtape is set to be released May 2, 2025 via Moonshine/ADA Warner.

SMS For Location, Vol. 6 is the collective’s most ambitious release to date. The 20-track mixtape weaves together the raw pulse of Batida, Rumba, Singeli, Amapiano, Hip-Hop, and R&B, fusing ancestral rhythms with forward-thinking electronic production. The result is a vibrant and borderless soundscape rooted in the collective's diasporic vision of global club culture.

Collaborators include DJ Lag, Pierre Kwenders, UNIIQU3, Branko, Vanyfox, Black Rave Culture, and many more. More than a mixtape, SMS For Location, Vol. 6 is a multidimensional project that captures the essence of Moonshine's artistic ethos—community-driven, exploratory, and radically inclusive. The long-awaited mixtape weaves together a sonic map that spans from South to East Africa, with each track capturing Moonshine's unique way of blending global sounds into a cohesive energy that connects dance floors around the world.

Moonshine are also releasing the first teaser for the upcoming feature film ‘Zaïre Space Program’, a bold cinematic project co-directed by Jorge Camarotti and Nizar Saleh, and produced by Moonshine, Roméo & Fils, and Shuffle Note. Shot between Kinshasa and Montreal, the film blends documentary, coming-of-age narrative, and Afro-futurist manifesto, following Pierre Kwenders, Hervé Kalongo, and their collective as they journey to meet Jean-Patrice Keka, a Congolese aerospace engineer leading his own independent space program. By fusing artistic, musical, and scientific perspectives, ‘Zaïre Space Program’ sketches the outlines of a contemporary African utopia — a vision carried by a new generation of creators, thinkers, and inventors.

Moonshine — the genre-blending collective nominated for a 2024 JUNO Award for Global Music Album of the Year — has built a global community rooted in inclusivity and fearless exploration of dance culture through their secret full-moon parties. Their monthly events, revealed only by SMS, feature boundary-pushing artists from around the world. Alongside these gatherings, their SMS for Location album series and their latest mixtape released via Noir Fever, Aluna’s vanity label on Empire, and double-nominated at ADISQ Gala 2024, showcase collaborations between core members such as Pierre Kwenders (2022 Polaris Prize winner) and a wide range of talents including Aluna, Sango, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Branko, Vanyfox, Bambii, Kris the $pirit, NegoO, and Nate Husser.