Be at the Cultural Revolution in Jozi city – 26 July
After a number of vague murmurings of “SOMETHING BIG” going down in the city on a cold Tuesday morning next week, we finally have some more meat on this gig and can tell you all about it – If you have nothing to do on Tuesday 26 July at 9:30am get to corner Simmonds and Main and prepare to have a rocking time – the Crazy Monkey boys will be there, lots of musical collaboration going on, bu…ilding abseiling, poetry, party, party, party DONT FORGET YOUR LIPGLOSS LOVIES, all of it is being filmed: Who’s Your Punk NOW????? It looks like this: A 25 metre SA flag draped from a skyscraper on the corner of Symmonds and Main street, downtown Johannesburg. The Time is 09:30 am, Tuesday 26 July. WHERE ARE YOU? You should be there to experience the unfolding of a youth culture project that everyone needs to be part of. At 09:30, the flag will be unfurled. Models dressed in Loxion Kulcha and Ghetto Star gear will abseil down the Y of our national flag to a platform several stories below where ska punk heroes Fuzigish will be playing with afro funk legend Sliq Angel and switching microphones with Julius Makweru of Y FM and his slam poets. While down below on street level Brendan Jack of Crazy Monkey will be giving foot skating lessons. Why? Because the cultural revolution has begun. Because the time is now. Because this kind of collaboration, of cross over, of cross pollination is a small sample of what we have to offer in SA and its time we all stood up and took notice! This is your notice, this is all the invitation you need. Don’t worry about whether you belong or not, just come on down and join in with us. When: Tuesday 26 July 2005 Time: 09:30 am Where: Cnr Symmonds and Main Who: Fuzigish, Sliq Angel, Loxion Kulcha, Ghetto star, Julius Makweru, Crazy Monkey, Motherland Come and hear and be heard as we demand that SA take notice of the cultural revolution that is happening under their noses. Don’t be formal, just be...
OPERA @ MONTPELLIER Restaurant in Parktown North
Sundays will never be the same for Opera lovers… make the most early Winter evenings and secure your table at Montpellier Restaurant in Parktown North where you can listen to great Opera and enjoy your meal or drinks , they’ve just released their program for the next bunch of Sundays in July and August -get phoning! You can’t just rock up. Montpellier endeavours to create a ve…nue where patrons of OPERA, as well as those who in general love quality music, can enjoy excerpts from the opera, operetta and the musical repertoire presented by seasoned as well as upcoming classical performers. Programme from the end of July to end of August 2005 Sunday 31 July Visiting Durban Soprano June Nel and her seasoned tenor partner Luigi Bianco are definitely going to stun the audience not only with their pick of duets, but also the arias selected. Sunday 7 August Bass Baritone Rex Nigrini and Mezzo Ona Ackermann’s selection of arias and duets include “Bei Mýnnern, die Liebe fýhlen” from Die Zauberflýte, “Madamina”, the catalogue aria from Don Giovanni and “Vissi d’arte” from La Tosca to name but a few. Sunday 14 August Upcoming tenor Righard Linde will be performing excerpts from operas like Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart and operettas like Paganini by Lehýr. Sunday 21 August Husband and wife duo Charl and Cecilia Erasmus, baritone and soprano respectively, are products of the Department of Vocal Art, Tshwane University of Technology. They incorporated excerpts from opera, operetta and favourite musicals into their programme. Sunday 28 August The highlight of the month. Tenor Stýfan Louw with an extraordinary recital entitled “Aria!” Advanced bookings are essential. 011 880 1946 or 011 793 2334 Either book for the ý la Carte dinner served at 18:30 or drinks at 19:30 Couvert: R40 Concerts start at 20:00 Address details: Montpellier de Tulbagh Restaurant Corner 7th and 3rd Avenues Parktown North Johannesburg Gauteng Street Guide: p 55 DP 99 PS: The organiser reserves the right to change the advertised programme without prior notice. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience should this occur....
BAABA MAAL the legend is HERE!
BAABA MAAL is coming to South Africa – make sure to catch the “Nightingale’ in action… OppiKoppi Productions is proud to announce that the legendary Baaba Maal will be touring in South Africa during September and October 2005. This Senegal born singer will be appearing at some of South Africa’s benchmark Arts Festival during this period and will have a couple of normal… club performances as well. WHO IS BAABA MAAL? Baaba’s previous two releases Firin’ in Fouta and Nomad Soul earned critical acclaim worldwide, reinforcing his role as a seminal artist in the world music arena. With constant touring he has honed and enriched an already phenomenal stage show. Touring nearly every continent including the West Indies, the overwhelming universal response has been utter awe. Aside from being a remarkable musician, Baaba is socially conscious and represents the United Nations Development Program as a spokesman on the issue of HIV/Aids in Africa. He has been featured on both Red Hot and Rhapsody, a tribute to Gershwin, and the forthcoming release, Red Hot and Riot a tribute to Fela Kuti, both projects put together by the HIV/Aids awareness campaign group, The Red Hot Organization. Music was an integral part of Baaba’s childhood as he grew up on the banks of the river Senegal. Born to the Hal Pulaar people, (known to the English speaking world as Fulani) his mother used songs she composed herself to educate and instill in him the value of intelligent and thoughtful lyrics. Technically speaking, he was not destined to become the master musician he is today by virtue of the fact that he was not born into the caste of artists and communicators known as Griots. Through time, travel and education, his experiences have resulted in profound self awareness allowing him to deliver the message of empowerment, enlightenment, and peace. His early edudcation in St. Louis (the original French colonial capital) lead him to win an art scholarship in Senegal’s modern capital, Dakar. There he joined Asly Fouta, a group of seventy musicians. Thus began his study of local instruments which he was later expanded through an extensive tour of West Africa with longtime friend, Mansour Seck. Going from village to village, they tapped the oldest person in each location to learn about the history of the village, the country and the music. The final leg of his studies were completed at the Conservatoire des Beaux Arts in Paris. Following his return to Senegal, he formed his band Daande Lenol “Voice Of The People.” Complementing his comprehension of traditional music, he was also influenced by black American singers of the 1960’s such as James...
SUGARMAN won’t you hurry!
What’s going on with all these ballies from the 90s pulling in to Jozi to perform? First the Violent Femmes and now RODRIGUEZ… NO THE MAN IS NOT DEAD, he’s very much alive and he’s playing at the Bassline soon! Actually this won’t be the first time we lay eyes on Rodriguez, back in the day while lolling around a Splashy Fen jol, Just Jinger had a rocking performance where they… did their take on the song SUGARMAN. Half-way through the song the dreadlocked lead singer Art got us all in a frenzy as he told us that Rodriguez himself was in the house… Out “Rodriguez” stumbled onto the stage and kinda stood there looking … well… splashied – I remember feeling remotely confused as we’d heard he had died and he didnt do much singing at that point either. But I digress, if you missed that star-strucking opportunity, the man is back in Africa so get to Bassline this Thursday and sing along! RODRIGUEZ LIVE THE BASSLINE (OLD MEGA MUSIC WAREHOUSE) THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2005 BOOKING AT COMPUTICKET BROUGHT TO YOU BY 206 PRODUCTIONS Pic Courtesy of Rodriguez’ website – click here to go...
MIDEM – call for SA music people ! CUT OFF 14 Nov!
If you heard about or knew someone that went to Midem in Cannes in France this year (international music conference/trade show) you will know what a useful platform it is for anyone in the music industry that wants to network globally – there’s a call for music labels and publishers to represent SA at the next one which is around the corner in January ’06 – so make sure you get amongst an…d Represent ZA! Entries close Monday 14 Nov. MIDEM 2006: SA music labels and publishers invitation The 2005 MIDEM event was witness to a South African national unit for the very first time when the Moshito, the Department of Arts and Culture and the French Embassy of South Africa partnership fostered a huge national presence at the world music market. The South African Music Exports [Samex] and the Department of Arts and Culture [DAC] are organising the 2nd National South African Pavilion which will be hosted at MIDEM 2006 from the 21st to the 26th January. South African record labels, music publishers and other key music industry operators are called to interact with one another and explore new business possibilities at MIDEM 2006, where a vast South African presence is expected. An abundantly more spacious pavilion has been dedicated to South Africa and Moshito/Samex/DAC have allocated a budget towards partial funding for a number of South African labels interested in attending MIDEM 2006 in Cannes, France. To qualify for subsidy in full or in part on the Moshito/Samex delegation the participant must: Be a South African citizen. Must have at least 3 albums of material produced in 2005 that are available for export [subject to audit]. Not have attended MIDEM before. Have some BEE credentials. Write a letter of motivation indicating how their company would benefit from attending MIDEM. Be able to partially fund their costs [R11 000] payable to Moshito immediately. Upon completion of a report, which must be compiled and submitted by the participant upon return to SA, the participant will receive a refund to the value of R1 000. One (1) full bursary is available to a record label that is in compliance with the aforementioned criteria, yet is unable to partially fund their own costs. Proof of inability to partially fund your own costs needs to be submitted to the relevant contact person [Antos Stella]. Please respond with all of your information to Antos Stella at 083 400 6285 or ANTOS. The deadline for submissions is Monday the 14th November 2006 at 9am. No late applications will be considered. Click here for the MIDEM website....
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