Levi’s Young Guns goes Boxing
When last did you get your musical kicks in a boxing gym??? We’re giving you nearly a month’s notice about the Levi’s Young Guns event in July featuring the awesome Japan and I and The Kicks… Jozi’s getting colder and colder, except for the first floor of a corner in Norwood where, on Thursday the 24th of July, the heat’s going to be turned up until it reaches boiling point. This is not a fire warning, it’s an invitation to check out the next Levi’s® Young Guns show as it blazes into town, complete with two hot young acts that are going to let off some steam by going straight for the jugular. Japan and I are joined by The Kick in a Boxercising Gym for another evening of fierce rock and rolling. It’s another instalment in the infectious wildfire of independent music that’s been engulfing the country since the tour got started in May. Come get burned. In less than three years Japan and I have made an indelible mark on the local scene with an infectiously uncompromising approach to making music. They’ve put the grrr back into grrrl rock and continue to push boundaries with their indescribable, upbeat blend of ska, punk and do-wa-pee-do. Comprising of three high school friends who share a taste for musical deviance, stylish outfits and big performances, they’ve won hearts and blown minds with mesmerising live shows that combine up-tempo antics with exquisite compositions. Inspired by life, Japan and I have already made a global mark, winning an LA Music Award. But they’re most at home, at home. So don’t miss out on this opportunity to dance to a new sensation. The Kick are good. They’re better than television and UFOs, are violence and sex rolled into one and sound like life…and death. This manic foursome are 100 percent Jozi and totally original. Blessed with the rare ability to build crowds up and then tear them down with distorted guitars, screaming feedback and rich, dark writhing rhythms, they leave a trail of exhausted fans and post-party chaos wherever they perform. Theirs is a psychedelic mix of infectious grooves, blues rock fury and experimental jazz, all mashed together, mixed up and thrown back at ya with a fury and venom that will knock the hardest hardballs back. It’s a rough ride rocking with The Kick, but it’s so, so worth it. Date Thursday, 24 July Venue Boxercising Gym Address 1st floor (on top of Spar) Corner Grant and William Streets Norwood Time Doors open round 20:00 Price R20.00 Contact Annelie Hoffman @ 012 327 6601 / 6163 Tickets are available from the Levi’s®...
Get to the Candi Bar in Melville
We love the name, we love the logo and we’re sure last nights opening bash at the Candi Bar was full of sweet soulful somethings. Melville always needs new energy and we’re sure the Candi Bar will satisfy it’s sweet tooth, good luck with the neighbours… You be good kids now. FINALLY! The Candi Bar is ready to operate! The best DJ’s in Jozi, the best House music, the only venue in Melville with a dance floor! That’s right…Tokyo Star is Closed and the Candi Bar has taken over the Venue. Jozi’s Hottest New House Music Venue, The Candi Bar, has announced its official opening dates – Thursday, 26th, Friday, 27th and Saturday, 28th June. The Candi Bar is a collaboration between Harael (Daddy H), SoulCandi Music’s Founder and Director, DJ Euphonik (5fm and Soul Candi), and Shaun Duvet (The Bang Bang Club and Anything Goes) and is situated at the old Tokyo Star in Melville. The Candi Bar has two large bar areas, enough comfortable seating for up to 80 people, and the total venue capacity is up to 300 people. The Candi Bar boasts an outside courtyard, state of the art DJ box and dance floor, and only the most premium products, cocktails and much more. Also look out for The Candi Girls giving out free Tequila Shots on all the nights! The dress code is strictly smart-casual no caps or trainers allowed. The opening weekend will feature some of the hottest Soul Candi and Jozi’s Finest DJ’s including the following: Thursday, 26th June: Euphonik Franky Sphectacula Terrance Monde Lulo Cafe Friday, 27th June: Q.T Mo (yfm) Giggs Superstar Kent Soul T Dez James Saturday, 28th June: China Claude Clock 2lani Blackwhole What more does a house Music Lover need? Doors open at 6pm until 2am, be sure to get there early to avoid queues. Entrance is Free, Yes Free! No Shady Characters Allowed! That’s right! See you there! For more info contact info@thecandibar.co.za or...
New Music Review – Ryan Dent & DJ Terance
A brand new Represent feature, we’ll be reviewing any and all music that comes our way, particularly home-brewed. We kick off in fine style with one of our favourite music institutions… Soul Candi… Representin’ her love of music with her fingers, our reviewer Dawn Penny turns up the volume… Sharpile!: A night out with the Dentist mixed by Ryan Dent – 8 Beats out of 10 Ryan Dent was among the first to start the electronic house movement in South Africa, he’s an award-winning, internationally acclaimed DJ and producer; in layman’s terms, RYAN DENT IS THE MAN! Yes I said it, not cos I’ve always loved Ryan’s (cos him and me are down like that) music since I can remember back in Cape Town, but because his newest offering is just great. It kinda gives you the feeling of club hopping, when I listened to it, I visualised Ryan and me bouncing from one place to another together, partying it up. He gives us what we expect of him, great beats that’ll have you dancing the night away. “A night out with the Dentist” also brings you some great vocal electronic house tunes, and he does a track reminiscent of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, which got me jamming and mouthing, ‘We don’t need nooo ehh-ducation’. If you’re a house fan and you want to have root canal performed on your buttocks from your seat, go on “A night out with the Dentist”, you won’t be disappointed. DJ Terance – Music Box Vol.2 – 7 Beats out of 10 One could argue that DJ Terance has matured since his last offering. Music Box Vol. 2 has all the elements of a hot house album, but could that be a bad thing? With as many house albums that get released, a DJ can only pray that you pick his copy cos it offers something new. And I will admit that DJ Terance has his own uniqueness, no matter how faint. The album consists of vocal house, which I really enjoy because in the club the only thing better than a sing-along, is a house sing-along. It has some lounge beats for the chilling-at-home-with-friends scenario and some dance beats for the you-can-find-me-in-the-club type of scenario. You will most definitely enjoy his natural way of mixing his music, which is always refreshing (and house fans will agree with me on that one). All in all I would say that it will not only get your young ones jamming to it, the mature crowd will find it impossible to stop their feet tapping and hips moving to it as...
Party People all over the Nation
We are not going to repeat ourselves yet again and tell you that Party People is the place to be if you’re into rooty, soulful,hiphopping, funked up authentic beats mixed with eclectic live music that will rock your socks. Ok, well we just did. Get to Dj Khenzero’s Party People happening in CT and Jozi and bounce the night away! And if you can’t make the party, he’s made his sweet sounds available for you for free on the net…See below for all the updates and make sure to download fast!. Party People – CT 30th May 2008, Cape-Town Now we know all of you Party People out there are asking yourselves who’s the next act lined up for Dj Kenzhero’s notorious parties. After such an incredible line up that has been held in the last few months it almost seems impossible to top, but with a new month comes new talent. The 30th of May 2008 we come back home and appreciate the talent South Africa possesses. Cape-town based muso Blaq Pearl will be entertaining the Zula Bar, based on 194 Long Street, crowd for an easy R40. The extraordinary Blaq Pearl will be performing live with her band of 5 talented individuals this soulful jazzy influenced voice is bound to get you listening in closer. Doors open 9pm for more info check out. www.myspace.com/partypeoplesa Party People JOZI 31 May 2008, Johannesburg Further up in land, Kenzhero the hero keeps it moving with South African talent by placing on stage the ever-growing Mc Bhubesii. With his second album out soon, titled “All Access” he promises to deliver a performance worth seeing. Backed up with a live band, the night of May the 31st guarantees the walls of Roka, situated on 44 Stanley Ave Milpark, to cave in. With the amount of musical talent this S.A rapper posses you’d be a fool to miss out. And of course we can’t forget that Dj Kenzhero will be playing all night long, tickling every taste bud possible. Doors open 8pm and tickets will be going for an acceptable R70. The “All Access” mix tape will be on sale for R30 on the night so make sure you put some cash aside to support. For more info check out www.myspace.com/partypeoplesa or www.myspace.com/bhubesii Dj Kenzhero presenting his rare and unreleased bootleg remixes and instrumentals If you didn’t get last months edition of our Newsletter here it is again for you, and yes you’re welcome. To combine all the original productions Kenzhero has done in the passed is almost an impossible task. Dj Kenzhero has managed to squeeze 16 of his best collaborations and...
kidofdoom @ Fuel this Saturday
If you haven’t caught kidofdoom‘s entrancing light sabre musical treat, make sure you get to Fuel this Saturday night 31 May 2008 for a sublime twist in the Unsound system line up – 9pm, R50 gets you in. No lyrics from kidofdoom – just some of the most hauntingly addictive, unclassifiable non-vocal music around. They come to UNSOUND SYSTEM with an open-minded approach to songwriting that transcends the obvious whilst rocking dancefloors. It’s epic, hypnotic, groove-soaked, driving, dark and uplifting – all at once. And it’s a sound that has turned South Africa’s indie scene on. Big time. We’re so super excited that this truly innovative band is playing, and welcome a shared attitude towards musicality – one that disbands convention in the quest for something truly original. Keeping your dancing shoes busy either side of kidofdoom are resident groove-riders Offbeat and Dexterity, armed with loads of wonky, wistful, weird and wonderful delights, and the klassikist who debuts here with an illuminating mix of 80s-retro-alt-pop-counter-culture-unclassics. Head in the clouds, feet on the ground: dance time! And to top it off Sassquatch is on visual duty, bringing his sharp eye and impeccable taste to the VJ booth. Home = boredom. Fuel Café = untold...
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