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“Best Of” Issue | one small seed magazine / issue 29 / digital 04
The best of our 10 years in independent publishing has been curated in this epic edition… Welcome to one small seed magazine / issue 29 / digital 04. Going through the pages of 25 print magazines and our three digital issues to select the content has left us smiling, laughing, lingering and certainly remembering–and we have...
#tbt | Q&A: Gold Coast Trading – Designer Emeka Alams
Emeka Alams is the mind behind the fashion label Gold Coast Trading. Seattle-based yet originally hailing from Nigeria, he decided to dedicate his heart and soul to the mother continent’s fashion-sporting cats. His designs borrow from the pride that Africans had in 1444, the year the slave trade started taking its toll. With a heartfelt...
SPOEK MATHAMBO’S ONE SMALL SEED VIDEO INTERVIEW
Spoek Mathambo has been super busy, as usual! His new band #FANTASMA played at Oppikoppi Festival this past weekend, while his doccie Future Sound of Mzansi has premiered internationally and is now making its way around SA. We interviewed Spoek pre the release of his 2012 album Future Sound of Mzansi… We feature it again...
#sonar2014 | Spain’s Most Prestigious Festival of Advanced Music & New Media Art Comes to Cape Town
Sónar — Spain’s most prestigious International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art — is about to kick off in Barcelona. Taking place from 12-13 June, 2014’s line-up promises to live up to its ‘first class reputation as a leading reference for international festivals.’ Massive Attack, Caribou, Woodkid, Lykke Li, MØ as well as...
| 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),...
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Picture Tree’s Fausto Becatti directs new Spoek Mathambo video
Picture Tree’s Fausto Becatti is the director behind Spoek Mathambo brand new video for Diesel+EDUN’s Studio Africa project. Titled Awufuni – or You Should Have Called (My Heart) – the clip is a colour-saturated, high-energy tribute to modern women that also exposes the vibrancy, creativity, and rich culture of South Africa. I wanted to celebrate...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – THE AFROFUTURISM 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 have dedicated our selection to the pasts and presents of afrofuturism...
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...
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#bottomrightcorner – september week 02
Alright, alright! For this week’s #bottomrightcorner, we are going digital… As many synths, Charlie Brown teacher wubs and echoes as we can stand, we’d like to throw in a little wonk, a little glitch and a little dub just to keep things fresh… With new releases from the likes of our very on Spoek Mathambo,...
On The Boil at the Fugard Theatre
It’s one thing to see one potentially good film in an evening out, but what about seeing six. It’s time to introduce you to On The Boil, the short film festival exposing the latest rumblings from our very own talented filmmakers.
Issue 21 Online
Open publication - Free publishing - More south africa ISSUE 20 FEATURES: PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHAEL MEYERSFELD ARTIST KILMANY-JO LIVERSAGE: ORDA GERMAN TOY DESIGNERS, COARSE: FUTURISITC FRENEMIES ARCHITECTURE: STARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHER: BRIAN MCCARTY’S PLAYFUL THERAPY WELCOME TO THE FUTURE-RETRO TOMORROWLAND: INTERVIEW WITH FUTURIST MIKE WALSH THE TELEVISION WILL BE REVOLUTIONISED, EVEN MORE MUSIC AND THE FUTURE MUSIC:...
DIALOGUES WITH SPOEK MATHAMBO
An interview conducted a while back. Enjoy… Sarah Claire: So Spoek, tell me a bit about yourself. Spoek Mathambo: I’m an Ndebele prince, rapper, dancer, DJ, dreamer, illustrator and graphic artist. I live between Johannesburg and Malmö Sweden. I work as various art/music collectives… Namely: MSHINI WAM, SWEAT X, PLAYDOE and DJ as HIVIV....
Album Review: Spoek Mathambo – Mshini Wam (2010)
Reviewer: Batandwa Alperstein Spoek Mathambo brings a fresh new flavour with his debut album, Mshini Wam. The beats and lyrics share the same characteristics: simple, cryptic and infectious. Tribal drums meet grinding synths to create an atmosphere of grungy downtown Jozi streets. There is a powerful irony in the special blend of sophisticated cheesiness that...
