Ohhh my head – SAMC closes with a lotta Doofdoof
The afterparty of the SA Music Conference was a real success…
i can attest to that first hand as I sit here with a throbbing skull and sore feet – I don’t know when the last time was that i got home at 4am singing out loud in the car and still wanting to gaan maar aan…
We got to carfax at around 10:15pm to find that the jol was not that full – I got a little nervous about …
the night taking off and being the success we were hoping for – a little selfish I know… But you can always trust in Joburgers and the next thing, by midnight – one o clock the place was humming with beautiful happy people… Damn! – rhythm abounded!
We got down and dirty to Greg Maloka, Vinnie and Christos, Monde, Ready D and the boyz and the skilled Charles Webster who were all in superb form (there were loads more DJs but those are the ones I remember). By the way Charles – siyaxolisa for your Gogo that passed away on Friday – hope you smile again soon.
Celebs were few and far between – I spotted David Kau looking friendless (go figure) – but then again he never does bother to greet or remember anyones name, some skinny Ya Mampela chicks, I think I had my photo taken with one of the Skwatta Crew, we had a dance with Coco Merckel from Max and Mona and spotted some z-lists hanging around the VIP area – Despite it being a YFM gig we never saw any of the crew – except Greg! We were under the impression that our fave – DJ Fresh – would be in the N-town – alas – he was not to be seen nor heard…
The VIP area was a big farce… the only kiff thing about it was the view down on the grooving bodies below – despite Millers sponsoring the event there wasn’t a free drop of beer to be dripped… strange non? It was very boring and empty most of the night – I always say that the VIP area sucks. Stick to the pleb areas you’ll have much more fun.
I love the passion that South Africans have for great music and dance and you couldn’t but be Happy Sindane with the 4 dancefloors each offering seamless smooth sounds – It was so awesome to be somewhere where all four areas could be your stomping ground rather than one room you cant handle…
Speaking to DJ WIcked (how u bru?) from Swaziland and DJ Prophet from Cape Town, it sounds like the conference was empowering, informative and absolutely worth it… Nice to see some Swazi’s in the house – making it a truly international conference and night… Well done to the organisers for doing their bit to push our DJ and Production scene forward.
One question – where were all the white folk? Dont you go on conference? Or are you still moaning about Barney Simon and the new sounds on 5fm. Get over it and move on.
