COMPETITION: OLMECA TEQUILA PRESENTS HAEZER
On 18 December HAEZER will not only perform his EP Gold Plated Frequencies for the first time to Cape Town audiences, but he will also be doing his first ever live visual show. ‘GOLD PLATED’ will see HAEZER performing on a stage set up uniquely designed for him with lighting and visual effects teams from...
Interview | Red Huxley’s American Dream
Dylan Jones (Vocals and Guitar), Matthew Pullen (Bass) and Murray Stephenson (Drums) of Red Huxley recently made a much-dreamed-of rock’n’roll fairytale reality. After giving their EP to Dave Catching of the Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age at One Night in Cape Town, they got the opportunity to record their debut...
COMPETITION | The Rock ‘n Rollercoaster Presents Inge Beckman
The Assembly has just introduced a new series of events entitled: ‘Assembly Radio Live — The Rock ‘n Rollercoaster Presents…’ Loosely based on VH1 Storytellers and MTV Unplugged, the series will host some of South Africa’s top music acts and offer fans, music fanatics, media and industry insiders the chance to interact with some of...
Interview | Field Report
After a five year disappearance from the music world, Christopher Porterfield has set music reviewers ablaze with his re-emergence as Field Report. The folk band was founded by Porterfield, with the name being anagram of the singer/songwriter’s last name. Porterfield found his feet on music stages playing alongside former bandmate Justin Vernon — otherwise known...
Between Music and Painting | Brian Eno | 77 Million Paintings
Praised as one of the pioneers of ambient music, Brian Eno is an unshakeable legacy within the music industry. With musician, composer, record producer, and singer tacked to his name, Eno is showing his true skills as a multitalented elite with a kaleidoscopic audiovisual installation. First released as a software and DVD set in 2006...
Cuttooth: subterranean downbeat blues
Coming from Newcastle, UK, the young producer Nick Cooke aka Cuttooth has recently released his second LP and the first on 4lux Recordings. Featuring vocals from Hitomi (King Midas Sound/Ninja Tune), Sarah Linhares (Onra/All City Records) and Bridie Jackson (Glastonbury Emerging Talent 2013 Winner), the self-titled LP was dubbed by 4lux as dubbed ‘An excellent...
Contact to The Caverns of Telos | The Lumerians
Influenced by music that transcends cultural, historical and genre assumptions, such as 1970s German Krautrock bands Can and Neu!, as well as African, South American and Turkish psychedelic rock, The Lumerians manage to create a sound that is neither of past, present nor future but simply of intelligent but not over-thought quality. This may be...
New Release: Sean Armstrong | ‘Took Control’
DJ, MC and producer Sean Armstrong — who has performed alongside artists like The Roots, Pete Rock, Little Brother, EPMD, and Kid Capri as DJ Face — is releasing his new album Marble Cake Diaries on 19 November. Here’s the video to the album’s lead single ‘Took Control’ (track available here) featuring Tajai from Souls...
| interview | Old Money: real life black science fiction
Ahmad Julian aka Scheme and Andre Oswald make up the New York duo OLD MONEY. Together they create music which blends influences of global bass, soul, dancehall, spoken word and hip-hop to stretch the limits of new-age music. They’ve performed and DJ’d alongside the likes of The Cool Kids, Maluca + Paul Devro (Mad Decent),...
Interview | Yuriy Gurzhy | Russian Disco in Berlin
About three years after immigrating to Berlin, Germany, from Russia and the Ukraine respectively, Wladimir Kaminer and Yuriy Gurzhy started the legendary eastern-disco club night ‘Russendisko’ (Russian disco) in 1999 — first at Café Zapata and then at cultbar Kaffee Burger — by putting light on music that was previously eclipsed by the Iron Curtain....
| Competition | Griet & Arcade Empire presents Halloween 2013!
Welcome to Halloween 2013! On Friday 1 November GRIET and Arcade Empire have joined forces to bring you a massive Halloween Block Party Experience. Three themed stages, a killer line-up and plenty surprises… What more can you want! So, if you’re in PTA over Halloween, read on to see how to win a double ticket...
SON LUX’s ‘Easy’ – a dark, futuristic soul track
With his new album Lanterns set for release on October 29th through Joyful Noise Recordings, SON LUX shares a hip hop reworking of recent single ‘Easy’ featuring LA rapper & producer Busdriver.
M.I.A X Versus Versace
M.I.A. has teamed up with Versace in presenting a striking collection for the label’s Versus offshoot. Music is at the core of these influential pieces and the collection draws inspiration from “bootlegging” culture. With urban influences and rich electro ethnic prints, it’s all about the power of print. Bold statement streetwear for living large and...
