| 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…
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...
Images of the Week: December, 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...
Images of the Week: November, Week 04
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...
SANELE CELE & TEMPRACHA | SUNNY CITY STYLE
Sanele Cele is the founder and designer of Durban-based lifestyle and clothing brand Tempracha. Over the past six years, he has been crafting a niche for himself as a maker of progressive urban wear while collaborating with the likes of Dirty Paraffin and Spoek Mathambo. Our contributor, Sihle Mthembu, caught up with him and spoke about style, inspirations...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – NOVEMBER WEEK 03
Hello once again! This week’s #bottomrightcorner spotlights some fresh beats of the future-experimental variety. Featuring some new instrumentals by the likes of Seth Williams and fLako, as well as some mellow tones by XXYYXX and múm, this music is so smooth and, there’s no better way to put it, SO good. Happy Friday! fLako...
