#FlashBack | Fostering Positivity | Issue09
Travelling around North America, the Caribbean and Europe, Jamel Shabazz has spent his life documenting special moments in history. His goal: to inspire people to make the necessary changes to develop a positive culture. Nick Hanekom met the man to discuss three decades behind the lens.
Actors / Best of the Month / Categories / Culture & Lifestyle / Editor's Pick / Fashion / Films / Hot
adidas Originals Superstar Launch: Inspiring Creative Courage
Global superstars – Rita Ora, David Beckham, Pharrell Williams and Damian Lillard – are at the centre of the adidas Originals Superstar Launch 2015. The provocative movement aims to reclaim the word and meaning of ‘superstar’. In 1969, when adidas first launched the Superstar shoe, the meaning of the word was clear-cut! In today’s world,...
Q&A | Blitz The Ambassador: The Voice of Afrohop
Hip-hop artist Blitz ‘The Ambassador’s’ musical journey led him under the shadow of Lady Liberty to New York a decade ago. He was imbued with the sounds of afrobeat and the highlife music indigenous to his native Ghana, and inspired by the brazen voices of ’90s afrocentric rap. Since then he has garnered respect with...
Dance your way to NYC with Shield’s DO: DANCE Campaign!
Shield is touring South Africa, looking to uncover the best of the best Urban Dancers. Get your friends and join us at one of the DO:DANCE Roadshows. Impress the judges with your expression of the Shield Extreme Dance Move and you could be flown to the world’s biggest demonstration of street dance – The New...
Schemes of Love and Rubbish | Coco Bryce Q&A
Dutch producer/DJ and label-owner, Coco Bryce, is known for his eclectic dubstep, hip-hop and skweee DJ sets and productions, as well as his collaborations with and/or remixes for artists like SLUGABED, Kr∆mpfh∆ft, Pixelord & Kelpe. On Club Tropikana, released via Fremdtunes in March 2013, Bryce indulges in the sort of musical alchemy that sounds like...
Jay Shells: Taking Hip-Hop Back To The Streets
Since the beginning hip-hop artists have taken pride in the places they come from and make mention of their stomping grounds in the rhymes they write. For his latest project Rap Quotes the artist and self-proclaimed ‘nerdy hip-hop fan’ Jay Shells has begun to go around New York City, marking the spots that artists have...
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...
Encounter with Grandmaster Flash
Born Joseph Saddler in 1958, Grandmaster Flash is now almost 60 years old. Gracing South African soil this October, we were able to gain some insight into the science behind the man himself and how this living legend came to find his way into music history, overcoming every negative voice who told him he would...
Categories / Editor's Pick / Elektronik Dialoque - brought to you by Olmeca tequila / Interviews / Music / onesmallseedTV
| Interview | Spaza$hop!
Everything you like and need in one place: The Spaza$hop! Comprised of Charlie Macc and Jonny Joburg these heads are more than willing to wake you up to their fire via the use of shock therapy. This JHB-based duo that mixes electro, kwaito and hip-hop, have a few songs to wake you up plus, an...
#bottomrightcorner: July, Week 03
It’s been a while since we’ve released a #bottomrightcorner, but we’re back with new (and some old) beats. We kick it off with a bit of everything this week; enjoy and send us your own beats/mixes if you would like to be featured in next week’s #bottomrightcorner. Have a good one, until next time. #welikeitlouder....
Art / Behind the Scenes / Categories / Doccies / Editor's Pick / Elektronik Dialoque - brought to you by Olmeca tequila / Interviews / Local Faves / Music / Profiles
| Elektronik Dialogue | Audiophile021: The Interview
Signed to sSHADOWORKSs, Steve Elsworth aka Audiophile021 is an unquantifiable music powerhouse. one small seed spends a bit of time with Steve, from his base at the Red Bull Studios to playing live at The Assembly on the 11 May 2012 and at the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival on the 31 March 2012. Turn...
Red Bull Beat Battle 2012
It’s time for Red Bull Beat Battle 2012, where the best of South African dance crews meet up to battle it off against each other. After a successful 2011 run of the Beat Battle, Red Bull have decided to collaborate again with variety of dance crews from different backgrounds. The finalists are chosen from about...
Architecture / Art / Book Reviews / Categories / Culture & Lifestyle / Current Edition / Design / Editor's Pick / Fashion / Film Reviews / Gallery / Interviews / Music / Music Reviews / News / one small seed / Opinion / Photography / Reviews
Issue 24 Preview: Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound
Issue 24 of one small seed asks you to ‘Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound’. Music, motion, words and colour – looking beyond the obvious, our latest issue brings a union of the senses. To follow is an all-inclusive preview of the new issue: a full breakdown of content that resonates with...
