Reviews

| Interview | Oju Ona: The Story of an African Art Museum – Part 1

Produced by Dr. Jean-Marie Jullienne and compile and edited by co-authors, David Jullienne and Nozomi Kitazawa, Oju Ona: Collection of the South African Museum of African Art is the first book in the planned South African Museum of African Art series. Billed as the introduction to a much larger museum project, the 140 objects presented...

| Interview | Oju Ona: The Story of an African Art Museum – Part 2

Produced by Dr. Jean-Marie Jullienne and compile and edited by co-authors, David Jullienne and Nozomi Kitazawa, Oju Ona: Collection of the South African Museum of African Art is the first book in the planned South African Museum of African Art series. Billed as the introduction to a much larger museum project, the 140 objects presented...

LOVE INKS: Generation Club

Austin trio, LOVE INKS, are excited to premiere their stunning first single ‘Solar Diary’; a new track from their upcoming second album titled Generation Club, which is out on 23 September via Austin label Monofonus Press.

#bottomrightcorner: The Contributor Edition

Every week we compile a selection of music to sing you into the weekend and list them in a post called #bottomrightcorner. Sometimes new tunes, sometimes themed tunes and sometimes we ask a music aficionado to choose the tunes for us. This week, we hand over the selection process to our unofficial Detroit contributor, Mr...

Dear Reader – Took Them Away (Official music Video)

DEAR READER returns with another powerful new video from her latest album Rivonia, out now through City Slang. Directed by multi-award winning Rob Savage, the new clip illustrates ‘Took Them Away’, one of the most heartbreaking tracks from this startling journey through a childhood spent in apartheid South Africa.

Die Antwoord: How Much is too Much?

Die Antwoord is back with an interesting video sure to turn some heads. Putting a new spin on the good girl meets bad boy saga, the video will shock and awe viewers into silence. Scantily clad dancers and aggressive lyrics make it very clear Cookie Thumper is not talking about your average Girl Scout cookies....

Reflections of Reunion | Part 1 | Electropicales 2013

Now in its fifth year, Reunion’s Electropicales Music and Arts Festival is a catalyst for bringing the sometimes disparate worlds of art and music together. Four days, four different venues, a cultural mix of people and a unique opportunity to explore this tropic beauty.

New Release | Darkbeat 10th Anniversary 3-CD Collection

Darkbeat, Australia’s foremost underground dance music club promoter and tastemaker, who has hosted acts such as Sasha, Stanton Warriors, Sven Vath, Derrick Carter, Claude VonStoke and John 00 Fleming, have reached their 10th anniversary. To celebrate they are launching an incredible 3-CD collection that traverses the entire spectrum of upfront and forward thinking underground dance...

Coco Bryce – Club Tropicana

The official video for Coco Bryce‘s title track of his second album Club Tropicana on Fremdtunes is directed by Thomas de Rijk (aka Halp). On his latest LP, the Dutch producer indulges in the sort of musical alchemy that sounds like a recipe for disaster on paper, yet as the album unfolds the concoction Bryce...

#bottomrightcorner — the Manyoba BOY$!

For this week’s #bottomrightcorner, we handed it over to none other than the Manyoba BOY$! Made up of Lesotho-born Big Space and British expat Jumping Back Slash, Manyoba BOY$ are the most swanking South African underground house and techno producers around; they got white meat and dark meat like a chicken and together they bring...

#FYI: Drawing in 3D and other cool shit…

At one small seed we believe in the power of unique ideas and novel concepts. Ranging from technology, design, art and music, we’ve compiled a collection of crazy, fascinating, funny and bizarre findings that we think would be of interest to you. Here are some of our favourite finds this past week… Stay tuned for...

#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER BY RED BULL STUDIOS Cape Town

Recording at Red Bull Studios is often considered a firm foot in the door of the music world by many South African artists. It’s also the place where many an international artist arrived in South Africa would find a connection to the country’s music scene through talks and discussions hosted by the studio’s team. So,...

From Somalia to the Red Carpet: Interview with “ASAD” director Bryan Buckley

There are over 2.3 million Somali refugees displaced internally and abroad. In the recently Oscar-nominated short film ASAD, director Bryan Buckley tells the story of those currently living in the war-torn country through the eyes of a young boy deciding a destiny between piracy and the life of an honest fisherman.
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