Urban Music Tech Lifestyle
“It takes a lot more than simply talent to get noticed. You have to be able to read your audience, and give them what they never knew they wanted.” Creatively, we live in an interesting time. A wannabe producer can put together a track in five minutes opposed to the team of people and instruments… Read More
“It has become increasingly difficult to cast a stone into a crowd and not hit a DJ.” I first realized I had super powers when I was about 6 years old. I had just finished watching Van Damme in Bloodsport when I noticed I could now defeat any stuffed teddy bear enemy with a simple… Read More
It’s the Wild West out there and it’s run by glow-stick slinging cowboys There was no tap water and the toilets were disgusting.” “No shade.” “The party just ended.” “None of the VIP promises were met; we didn’t see a whisper of cheese or wine.”These are just some of the (milder) comments posted on “The… Read More
We grab 5 minutes with some of our favourite DJ’s and ask them… Well… Just about anything we feel like!!! Monique Pascall is a Techno, Tech House and Chill Out DJ as well as a VJ artist. She is the South African Cleopatra of dirty progressive Techno with the smoothest rolling bass lines. Ask anyone,… Read More
“Online radio is the response to the sea of meaningless broadcast content” Video may have killed the radio star; but never fear, the internet is here to administer CPR. Most commercial radio stations are just noise: generic warbling of pop music, advertisements, and of opinionated, yet poorly informed disc jockeys. The programming is generally bland… Read More
“It is our intention to show the people kokasi; the world outside the township. Too many of our people are trapped. We want to take people away from the hood and allow them to travel when they listen to SPAZA$HOP.” The name Spaza$hop Boyz has been swinging around the JHB hip-hop scene for a while… Read More
Harael Salkow is a founding member of the Soul Candi Music Group and a man who does not dispense more words than need be to get his point across. This we discovered when we hit him up with 5 minutes of quick-fire questions. Known to be an elusive fella his passion for entrepreneurship is equalled… Read More
“…to then find out it’s a made-to-order track, well, you end up feeling cheated, and a little bit silly.” It is midnight, holding the phone up against my ear it crackles with static. The voice on the other end is whispering: an effort to disguise his voice. We’re talking about the music industry’s dirtiest secret… Read More
“South African House music (in its current form) has been referred to by a myriad of terms called Afro House, Deep Tribal, Ancestral, however it’s only now in recent years that it has culminated in a hybrid ensemble of indigenous sounds fused with international trends.” It’s a cliché, of course; but I’m certain that inside… Read More
School’s Out For Summer “No water for me thanks, only tequila.” You’re unstoppable, invincible. Mortal needs do not concern you. Have you ever seen a mosh-pit at a trance party? I have. The party was Orca and there I was on the balcony of The Fez looking down at a dancefloor, meant for 1000 people, heave… Read More
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