| Q&A | Skate-Home: Skateboarding X Interior Design
Skate-Home is an innovative Spanish design company that brings together skateboarding and interior design. They say that family business is risky business, but husband and wife Manuel Llorens and María Tamarit team up to re-create their passions. Llorens brings the knowledge and culture of skateboarding and architecture, while Tamarit fuses the two together in minimalist...
| Interview | Darkening the Mood with Hurts | “Exile”
Britain’s explosive pop duo, Hurts, has released their much anticipated new album, Exile. The record is a follow-up to their debut album, Happiness (2010), which sold over one million copies and entered the top ten in over twelve European countries. Theo Hutchcraft sings his way through hit singles, while Adam Anderson blends instrumentals into chart-topping...
From Somalia to the Red Carpet: Interview with “ASAD” director Bryan Buckley
There are over 2.3 million Somali refugees displaced internally and abroad. In the recently Oscar-nominated short film ASAD, director Bryan Buckley tells the story of those currently living in the war-torn country through the eyes of a young boy deciding a destiny between piracy and the life of an honest fisherman.
ART ANESTHETIC: ANDRE S CLEMENTS SHARES HIS UNDERSTANDING
André S Clements’ work can be described as a realist adaptation and exploration of human aesthetics through technology, which renders him a fine artist as well as craftsman. Known for his recursive medium of layered photographs, he recently launched his first solo exhibition ‘Æsthesia’ at The Res Gallery. The sophisticated debut – most notably including...
Passionate Art: interview with Anwar Davids
Artist Anwar Davids is on a mission: to help free minds and allow humanity to think for themselves. With talent as diverse as his personal and professional background and a fierce passion for expression, Davids is achieving his goal with participation in live art, exhibits and featured art for Supremebeing™ clothing. Growing up on the...
TWICE UPON TWO TIMES INDEED: CID RIM & THE CLONIOUS RETURN TO SA
With their main man Lehrl and a handy hip flask full of whiskey in tow, Clemens Bacher (Cid Rim) and Paul Mohamedi (The Clonious) touched down on South African soil for the second time in two years.
WELCOME TO THE FOBE HOUSE | A SPELLBINDING SILENT TALE | PART I
‘I call architecture frozen music…; the influence that flows upon us from architecture is like that from music,’ are Goethe’s words and a concept that seems to be beautifully understood by French architect Guilhem Eustache. He has designed the majestically modest Fobe House in Marrakech, Morocco for Belgian producer/director Dimitri de Clercq. When we spoke...
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CTEMF 2013 – WIN FULL W/E PASS!
Now in its second year and taking place from the 15th – 17th February at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, the CTEMF is an ongoing, comprehensive collection and celebration of the ever-growing electronic music scene both locally and abroad. We have two full weekend passes to give away – read on to see how...
‘LET’S ROCK THIS PARTY LIKE IT’S 1955′
A lot of us will know Them Tornados. They’ve had many of us swing our body parts about at the one or other Cape Town show. Sadly, their sound — rockabilly — has always appeared to be a rather isolated venture in this city. With more and more bands that loosely fall into the psychobilly/rockabilly...
| Interview | Keeping it Upbeat WITH THE RATROD CATS
K.C. Royal (guitar, vocals), Rickabilly (drums, vocals) and Double Dave (double bass) are The Ratrod Cats. They’ll catapult you back 60 years in a coupl’a strums and, before you know it, your feet tap ADD style. Their EP is in the making, but they play gigs frequently for rhythm addicts. Check their Facebook page for updates. Before...
| 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...
| 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...
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…
