Posts tagged "music"

Reflections of Reunion | Part 1 | Electropicales 2013

Now in its fifth year, Reunion’s Electropicales Music and Arts Festival is a catalyst for bringing the sometimes disparate worlds of art and music together. Four days, four different venues, a cultural mix of people and a unique opportunity to explore this tropic beauty.

New Release | Darkbeat 10th Anniversary 3-CD Collection

Darkbeat, Australia’s foremost underground dance music club promoter and tastemaker, who has hosted acts such as Sasha, Stanton Warriors, Sven Vath, Derrick Carter, Claude VonStoke and John 00 Fleming, have reached their 10th anniversary. To celebrate they are launching an incredible 3-CD collection that traverses the entire spectrum of upfront and forward thinking underground dance...

Win with WeChat | Rocking the Daises DBL Tickets & LUXURY Accommodation!

Taking place from 3 – 6 October is one of South Africa’s most renowned music festivals: Rocking the Daises! This year they continue to bring the best to SA with the British indie rock sensation Alt-J. Read on to see how you and a friend can win a full w/e package (including luxury accommodation) to...

2013 International Summer Music Festival Round-Up

As the seasons begin to change a new migration is about to take place; thousands of people will begin their annual journey to their music festivals of choice! We don’t want you to miss out on any of the fun, no matter where you are, so we are bringing you a selection of festival options...

#bottomrightcorner — the Manyoba BOY$!

For this week’s #bottomrightcorner, we handed it over to none other than the Manyoba BOY$! Made up of Lesotho-born Big Space and British expat Jumping Back Slash, Manyoba BOY$ are the most swanking South African underground house and techno producers around; they got white meat and dark meat like a chicken and together they bring...

Music uncorked: Sound in a Bottle

Life is becoming music. Tama Art University student Jun Fujiwara, has invented a bottle in which sounds are trapped in and then mixed to make novel music. In the spirit of the ‘i’ revolution where iPods, iPads, iTunes and such make an experience as personal as possible, this sound in a bottle takes the concept...

CBGB at SYNW

The night of January 16th saw the weekly event – See You Next Wednesday at The Assembly – paying tribute to the legendary home of punk – none other than the historic CBGB. Initially intended for country, bluegrass and blues, the New York City night club soon favoured the disorderly. It saw bands like The...

| 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…
A MUSIC LESSON WITH CHRISTIAN TIGER SCHOOL

A MUSIC LESSON WITH CHRISTIAN TIGER SCHOOL

Luc Vermeer and Sebastian Zanasi form the psychedelic/dream hip-hop duo with the random name: Christian Tiger School. Influenced by the LA beat scene, they are bringing the fresh sound to South African shores – with success. The launch of their debut Third Floor earlier this year, their opening set for Little Dragon and performances at...

Inge Beckmann | What’s Your Story?

Severely beautiful, mysterious and dark are some of the words used to describe Inge Beckmann, but behind all of that which makes her so fascinating is the hunger of a very human individual who truly loves everything she does, and she’s done a lot… As Avant garde and versatile as they come, she’s gone beyond...

New Wave Noir Wave | Interview with Petite Noir

Yannick Ilunga aka Petite Noir, the inventor of ‘noir wave’ and member of the Capital of Cool creative crew just brought out his new single Pressure and a trippy music video to accompany the tune. Freshly back from London town, he spoke to us about what inspired him, unique music and bad grammar. How do...

#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,...
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