Hed Kandi is destined to become a big player in the Cape Town nightlife scene having launched their Saturday night residency at the awesome super-club, The FEZ in Mechau Street Cape Town on 2 July to an up for it crowd. Each week a top international Hed Kandi DJ is flown to the Mother City from Ibiza or London to perform to the Cape Town faithful. The recently renovated Fez Club has undergone many changes to accommodate this global phenomenon. “Production levels of this magnitude have never been experienced before in SA club history” reveals Tom Pearson Adams, Director of the Fez Club.
Lloyd Cornwall from Hed Kandi says “Following many exceptional years hosting events at El Divino, Ibiza, and at some of the world’s greatest cities, we will now be embarking on a new adventure to take the party to a brand new country with a brand new level of clubbing. Launched on Saturday 2nd July for an exclusive on-going season, the incredible and recently renovated super-club, The Fez will be our new Cape Town residence.This move comes out of our desire to develop our event offering around the world, and the Fez is the ideal venue for Hed Kandi. Not only does it provide us with the opportunity to increase the scale of our illustrious production, but it also enables greater scope for the live element of the night whilst accommodating our ever-growing legion of devotees”
He continues “South Africa has never before seen this level of production in a weekly club residency. Hed Kandi has become synonymous with the ultimate night out and we are very excited to land in Cape Town for this weekly event. This move will take the Hed Kandi experience to a whole new level.”
Tom adds, “The Fez will give Hed Kandi the opportunity to grow creatively and show our loyal (and new) customers a totally new experience in SA club culture, with an even bigger and better party experience. Cape Town is our showcase and we promise to give clubbers something old and something new, and most of all a night to remember”.
Hed Kandi – the brand.
Hed Kandi is one of the world’s most fabulous music and lifestyle brands. They are a record label, a chain of bars, a fashion brand, a radio show and an international clubbing sensation.
Since the brand was born in 1999 on the back of humble dance compilations Hed Kandi has flourished and grown to become the global phenomenon it is today with a catalogue spanning over 100 albums showcasing their feel-good signature sound selling 500,000 copies yearly with 5 million albums to date, a host of top 40 hits and one thousand global events annually to 1.5 million partygoers.
Hed Kandi has been delivering flirty sounds with a sense of humour to grown-up clubbers since their first club residency in London in 2002. Word soon spread about the most lavish and opulently produced events that the UK had seen, resulting in road-blocks and huge demand for their parties nationwide. Before long, Hed Kandi had a network of UK residencies and now operates across the globe, with clubbers from Sydney to Sao Paolo to Ibiza enjoying the Hed Kandi sound every month. The brand now defines the sound and vision of the international party scene. Radio listeners can also experience Hed Kandi on the Kiss Network across the UK every Saturday night and daily on Ministry of Sound Radio.
The brand also opened its first UK bar in Clapham, London in December 2010; numerous UK and international bar launches are planned for 2011 and they have recently launched a super cool range of iPhone accessories and headphones.
Hed Kandi’s instantly recognisable visual world of impossibly beautiful girls in uber-elegant surroundings is brought to life by their illustrator du jour, Jason Brooks. Jason’s illustrations have captured the imagination of many as he continues to communicate the essence of the brand, image after image. Each and every stunning girl, drawn posing for the camera with a cheeky glint in her eye, excuses the sophistication and sex appeal that is synonymous with Hed Kandi.
Over the past decade Hed Kandi has well and truly established itself as one of the world’s most glamorous dance music and lifestyle brand. Whatever they do, it feels like a fabulous and exclusive escape. From the city to the beach, sunset to sunrise, Hed Kandi is first class travel to destination chic… every time, all the time.
Come join the Hed Kandi fun @ the Fez each and every Saturday
Each Saturday night a Hed Kandi DJ will jet into Cape Town from Ibiza or the UK to man the decks at the Fez to serve up some delicious Hed Kandi.
Andy Warburton (9th July), Andy Daniels (16th July), Sam Cannon (23rd July) and Andy Norman (30th July) are your deck masters for the month of July.
For exclusive interviews, Dj mixes, free ticket giveaways stay tuned @ BPMLife.co.za every week ahead of each Saturday night event.
Also check out www.fez.co.za for updated action.
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