Adidas | Stan is Back
In the mid-1960s adidas‘ iconic Stan Smith tennis shoe was developed for French player Robert Haillet, by the start of the 70s Stan Smith‘s name was added to the sneaker and went on to become adorned with the trademark silhouetted image of Smith’s moustachioed face on the tongue of every pair. It was there when...
PHZ-Sicks | The Moment The World Takes Notice
Nominated for DMV Best VA Male Rap Artist in 2011, PHZ-Sicks is now making his mark on the scene with his recent release The Moment (available here). Here he tells us about the tedious two-year production process, family influence and Nelson Mandela. Tell me a bit about your new album The Moment. Did the ideas...
Philippe Halsman | Astonish Me! at Musée de l’Elysée
From 29 January to 11 May, Musée de l’Elysée will exhibit photographer Philippe Halsman‘s collection of extraordinary work, starting with first beginnings in 1930s Paris to his breakthrough phase in New York between 1940 and 1970. Within nine years Halsman became one of the most famous portrait photographers in Paris and once he got to...
WIN: CAPE TOWN ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014
The third edition of the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival kicks off on 4 February 2014 and will run through until 9 February 2014. Headliners are deep house don Dixon (Germany), drum ‘n bass trio Noisia (Netherlands) and hip hop pioneer DJ The Original Jazzy Jay (US). What’s more, before the main festival (7 –...
Gangs of Ballet | ‘Everyone Must Come & Say Hello To Us’
Gangs of Ballet have had a great 2013. They’ve been playing every festival that matters, touring all around and flying the (metaphorical) Durban flag wherever they go. After Rocking The Daisies the boys decided to spend a few extra days in Cape Town, so that’s where we found out which festival is the best and...
DJ Face on hip hop, True School & 9th Wonder
Making an exemplary start in his parents’ basement under the watchful eye of his older brother, Sean Armstrong aka DJ Face is both a fully-fledged member of 9th Wonder‘s True School Corporation as well as the Black Jedi chapter of The Universal Zulu Nation — and thus a hip hop artist gaining steady traction. While...
ISSUE 01: CULT OF SELF MAGAZINE
Cult of Self – in collaboration with Levi’s® – celebrates individuality and authenticity through focusing on specific subcultures. Through featuring content around tattoos, customized bikes (fixies etc.), café racers and skateboarding the aim is to cultivate a visual conversation around the individuals, groups and initiatives that encourage self-awareness. To make it as interactive as possible,...
If Only For A Second | Mimi Foundation
When The Mimi Foundation invited 20 cancer patients for a make-over, they thought they were going to be glamoured up. Yet when they finally got to see their new look, they realised that they had been styled with a riduculous hairstyle and over-the-top make-up. What is more, an undetectable photographer hid behind the one-way mirror...
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...
MERCEDES-BENZ | Shaping Air: The CLA as a Sculpture
The 2013 CLA by Mercedes-Benz — with a record Cd value of 0.23 and a drag area Cd x A of 0.51 m² — is the aerodynamics champion within the Mercedes-Benz model range and among all production vehicles. What is more, the sleekly designed car goes into the record books as the most streamlined production...
The True Holi Colours
With 2013’s We Are One Colour Festival and The Colour Run, South Africa has joined the global dye-tossing trend. Locally as well as globally the Hindu tradition-inspired events have, however, not gone down without controversy. We Are One Colour Festival — initially Holi One Colour Festival — omitted ‘Holi’ from their name, the for-profit organisers...
