#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – JANUARY, WEEK 01
This week’s #bottomrightcorner is dedicated to Soul. Soul as a genre, soul as a lifestyle, soul as a state of being, as a representation of life and everything we are… Soul, soul soul. Please enjoy this lovely selection that celebrates the part of you that is moved by good music… after all, for some of...
‘LET’S ROCK THIS PARTY LIKE IT’S 1955′
A lot of us will know Them Tornados. They’ve had many of us swing our body parts about at the one or other Cape Town show. Sadly, their sound — rockabilly — has always appeared to be a rather isolated venture in this city. With more and more bands that loosely fall into the psychobilly/rockabilly...
| Interview | Keeping it Upbeat WITH THE RATROD CATS
K.C. Royal (guitar, vocals), Rickabilly (drums, vocals) and Double Dave (double bass) are The Ratrod Cats. They’ll catapult you back 60 years in a coupl’a strums and, before you know it, your feet tap ADD style. Their EP is in the making, but they play gigs frequently for rhythm addicts. Check their Facebook page for updates. Before...
| INTERVIEW | TH’ DAMNED CROWS: No Ego, All Billy
Th’ Damned Crows are made up of Liam McDevitt (vocals, double bass), Sven Duncker (guitar), Ronnie Belcher (drums) and Zoltan Tibor Szabo-Taylor (harmonica). Being devilish as well as dexterous by nature, they manage to combine buoyant blues with riotous rock ‘n’ roll. They released their first single ‘Blue Eyed Devil’ on Friday 11th, 2013. Click...
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: JANUARY, WEEK 01
For this year’s first Album of the Week we decided to take you on a journey to exotic terrains. It’s entitled Vietnam by onesmallseed.net member Faye Reagon and beautifully captures the spirit of a far away place. Join onesmallseed.net today and have your own work showcased!
IMAGES OF THE WEEK: JANUARY, WEEK 01
Images of the Week features four astounding visual delights every week from one small seed network. At the end of each week, we add four more images from onesmallseed.net to the relevant month’s gallery collection on onesmallseed.com. All images are the featured works of members of one small seed network, our creative online community. To have...
Masha Reva and SYNDICATE | “Botanical Layers”
Masha Reva and SYNDICATE of Kiev have come together to create a collection called Botanical Layers. There seems to be more to the range than exotic colours and well-tended patterns though: ‘The collection juxtapositions immersion in the rapid pace of contemporary life, gadgets and social networks with a yearning for our natural environment, explored as...
| INTERVIEW | Dirty Paraffin: #Shambeez!
With their roots in eThekwini but now based in Jozi, Dirty Paraffin are an art/performance outfit consisting of Okmalumkoolkat (Smiso Zwane) and Dokta SpiZee (Zamani Xolo). With strong influences coming from kwaito and the Zulu culture, their sound is as genre-crossing as the culture they (and us!) are a part of. Dirty Paraffin are aware...
Album of the Week: December, Week 03
December’s third Album of the Week, entitled The Performer | Part 1, is a stunning black and white shoot by Ilse Moore – a regular contributor to onesmallseed.net – and well known for her surreal underwater photography, which usually features fellow member, Elsa Bleda, as her star subject! This time however, the shoot is of...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – DECEMBER WEEK 02
December is finally upon us. And that means excess. Everywhere. No matter who you are or where you are, ’tis the season to be jolly; to eat too much, drink too much and spend way too much. Christmas carols on repeat, sweaty scrambling among the red and green shiny crap, and overpriced, well, everything. Sounds...
10 MINUTES WITH CIVIL TWILIGHT’S RICHARD WOUTERS
On the 27th of November, when most of us were heading off to Happy Hour, Civil Twilight drummer – Richard Wouters – was still busy waking up. one small seed had the first slot of interviews with Wouters and managed to squeeze a lot out in only ten minutes…
Album of the Week: December, Week 01
For December’s first Album of the Week we reached back into the archives and found a very endearing illustration album that was published in April this year by onesmallseed.net member, Wonder Meyer . Join onesmallseed.net today and have your own work showcased!
INTERVIEW | BEAT DIMENSIONZ presents ERIC LAU
The final installment of the multimedia & audio visual feast – Beat Dimensionz – featured a live beat installation by the British producer & internationally acclaimed DJ, Eric Lau. For someone so revered in the beat-making world of music, let alone hip-hop, Eric Lau is a pillar of humility and kindness. He seems like nothing...
