NEW DATE ADDED FOR CAPE TOWN
BASTILLE SA TOUR To the power of 5FM Seed Experiences, in partnership with 5FM, are proud to announce that a new date has been added to chart-topping UK act, Bastille’s upcoming tour to South Africa. Following the tremendous success and unprecedented response to the tour announcement two weeks ago, fans in Cape Town and Johannesburg were overwhelmed with excitement. The first show at Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town sold out in under a week, leaving a high demand for tickets to the most highly anticipated show of 2014. Mark off your diaries for Friday 10th of January 2014 at Kirstenbosch Gardens when Bastille will bring Cape Town one more energetic storm of indie rock mixed with some pop without the fuzz in the form of their hit tracks ‘Pompeii’, ‘The Things We Lost In The Fire’ and many more. The second Cape Town date will give even more fans a chance to witness the brilliance of the band whose album Bad Blood reached number one on the UK charts in the first week of release. 5FM and Seed Experiences want to make sure that all loyal Bastille fans have the chance to see the powerhouse quartet live for the first time on the African continent. Johannesburg fans must act quickly as tickets are moving at rapid rate for the show scheduled on the 11th of January at Emmarentia Dam. Entertainment powerhouse 5FM is synonymous for bringing the best in music entertainment to their fans and has been at the forefront of supporting Bastille since breaking their single in 2012. It’s also no surprise that award-winning experiential marketing agency, Seed Experiences, would choose a groundbreaking act like Bastille to grow and diversify its portfolio of music events. About the tour venues and dates: Bastille tours SA takes place on Wednesday 8 January 2014 and Friday 10 January 2014 at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden from 19h15. There will be no bars so fans can bring their own picnic baskets but are reminded that Kirstenbosch is bin free – whatever is brought in must be taken out. Fans are also asked to respect the peace and cleanliness of the residential areas when leaving. Saturday 11 January is a day concert at Emmarentia Dam from 12pm. There will be food and drink on sale, and people can also bring their own picnic baskets. Children are welcome at both events. Tickets are on sale for only R365 at Webtickets. Cape Town – 8 January 2014 SOLD OUT Cape Town – 10 January 2014: http://www.webticket.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=406080278 Johannesburg – 11 January 2014: http://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=406080207 Get yours now. Follow Seed Experiences’ Facebook, Youtube and Twitter pages closely for announcements of the stellar local support line-up and other information, and...
TAKE A MINUTE With rock band Smokie on their world tour!
Rock band Smokie is headed to South Africa, read after the jump to find out which venues they’ll be playing at. They’ll be back in South Africa for the third time and internationally successful British band Smokie will be in Johannesburg on Friday, 4th & Saturday 5th October for a concert at the Carnival City Big Top Arena. To call Smokie rock n roll survivors would be true but would belie the fact that they remain Europe’s top live performing band 30 years after they first formed. The original members Terry Uttley, Alan Silson and Chris Norman were at school together in Bradford, East Yorkshire and the original band also included Martin Bullard and Steve Pinnell. Smokie’s mega hits include If You Think You Know How to Love Me, Don’t Play Your Rock n Roll to Me,For a Few Dollars, Needles and Pins, Living Next Door to Alice and Oh Carol, to name but a few. Smokie today is fronted by Mike Craft on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, and consists of founder members Uttley on bass and vocals, drummer Pinnell, Bullard on keyboards and lead guitarist and vocalist Mick McConnell who joined the band in 1996. Smokie’s Take A Minute World Tour includes a number of new songs from their latest album Take a Minute, as well as all their smash hits. DATE Friday 4th October 2013 Saturday 5th October 2013 VENUE Carnival City – Big Top Arena TIME 20h00 TICKETS From R295 -R595 each BOOKING Computicket The shows start at 8pm and tickets are available from Computicket from R295 to...
Parlotones preview new album on sports channel.
Fans of South African rockers The Parlotones will get an exclusive preview of their new album when they tune in to DStv’s SuperSport 8 channel on Monday evening. Selected tracks from the band’s fifth studio album, Stand Like Giants, will form the soundtrack to the half-hour Old Mutual joBerg2c highlights package. This is the second time that The Parlotones have collaborated with the nine-day mountain bike race, after their single “Brave and Wild” was used as the official theme song last year. According to race organiser Craig Wapnick, the band’s previous album Journey Through the Shadows had really resonated with participants on the 910km journey from Johannesburg to Scottburgh. “The theme song, for example, perfectly captured the riders’ experience on some spectacular sections of single track in the middle of nowhere. “This year, we have chosen the track ‘Powerful’ from their new album.” Wapnick said working with a well-known local act like The Parlotones highlighted the feel-good factor and South African soul of the event. “The focus of the show is the many ‘sections of happiness’ or single track trails across our great country. We’ve put together some great music and inspiring footage that just makes you want to ride.” CEO of Sovereign Entertainment and band manager Raphael Domalik said the innovative campaign was well timed ahead of the album’s release on September 28. “The Parlotones’ music is always uplifting and cinematic, which makes it easy to place the music to the visuals.” Domalik said the new album, which was generally about standing united and overcoming obstacles together, promised to be one of the Los Angeles-based band’s definitive works. “Stand Like Giants is going to live up to its name and remind people why they fell in love with The Parlotones in the first place.” The first single, “Sleepwalker”, featuring SA hip-hop artist Khuli Chana, is already receiving extensive airplay. The Old Mutual joBerg2c show, which is produced by PT Productions and narrated by Gerald de Kock, premiers on DStv’s SuperSport 8 at 9pm with repeats throughout the week. Wapnick said the highlights package would also be available on YouTube shortly. The fifth Old Mutual joBerg2c rolls out on April 25 next year. For more information, visit www.joberg2c.co.za, Facebook or @joberg2c_journo on...
David Krut Print Workshop
Check out the printing workshop details by David Krut. Be sure to make a note of the beautiful collectibles you could purchase. It’s been more than 3 years since Senzo Shabangu started printing with the David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) in Johannesburg. Senzo arrived in this African metropolis from Driefontein in Mpumalanga, hoping to become a pilot. However, the route to flying was harder than he expected. The daily reality of people living in Johannesburg also moved him, and he realised that producing art was a means both to making a comment on the situations surrounding him as well as a possible way to support himself. He studied printmaking at Artist’s Proof Studio before starting to make monotypes with DKW in 2010. He is now a regular collaborator with DKW and has not forgotten his dream of soaring, as he is currently taking flying lessons too. Senzo works primarily in the relief linocut method. He has an expressive style of carving that radiates with energy and vitality. This vibrancy is further enhanced by his use of strong and bold sways of colour, that provide the viewer with rich surfaces, thus balancing his expressive mark making. He uses deep scarlets, velvety golds and royal blues. Much of Senzo’s work speaks of his journey to Johannesburg and becoming a resident of this bustling urban environment. These vibrant linocuts therefore echo the African energy that is so familiar to those who have experienced this lively city. Take Me Away from the City III depicts the Johannesburg skyline constructed on top of a suitcase, which can be read to refer to the artist moving to the city, his new home, or constantly carrying the city with him, his new urban identity. Much of this artist’s work is inspired by social unrest and issues that affect the average South African on a daily basis. Vusumuzi Mandlakayise represents a man carrying his possessions with him in a ‘Jozi bag’ in one hand and the burden of three humans wrapped tightly in a towel on his back. The figures being carried on the back refer directly to his mother, his wife and his son. It symbolises the stress and responsibility that he carries by being the breadwinner in his family, as is the case for many men in South Africa. The struggles and battles of daily life are further investigated in Shabangu’s print, Checkmate. The print is dominated by a large, bold scarlet chess piece hovering in mid-air, waiting to be launched in a new direction, on a giant chess board that echoes a Johannesburg landscape. It evokes ‘a game of life’ in which pieces are...
SUOSO 3 LIVE FINALE: Top 3 is ready to pop, lock and roll!
It’s the moment everyone has been waiting for – the epic live finale of Mzansi’s most-loved street dance reality show, Step Up Or Step Out on Sunday 15 September at 6:05PM. The long and exciting journey that has had more than two million viewers waiting with bated breath each week, is coming to an end. The cream of the crop – Cyber-Links from Durban, De Javu from Port Elizabeth and Snap, Crackle & Pop from Cape Town, have outperformed hundreds of other hopefuls through the auditions phase, sweat week and ultimately the weekly studio dance challenges. Now the top three are ready to strut their talent on the Step Up Or Step Out stage to vie for the most coveted title of Mzansi’s best dance group and the cash prize of R70 000! Says Judge Emile YX about the three winning groups: “Snap, Crack & Pop has been the most consistent out of all the groups in the Top 10. Cyber-Links has always been about precision, which has worked to their advantage. De Javu has a strong hip hop dance style and can be a force to be reckoned with if they are all on point on the night of the finals. I look forward to seeing who delivers at the live finale.” Judge Euphonik believes that the groups went through a very strict judging process. “The fact that Snap, Crackle & Pop, De Javu and Cyber-Links came out on top says a lot about their character. I wish the three groups the best of luck and I’m sure they will have fruitful careers beyond the competition”. Judge Khabonina Qubeka adds: “The top three groups are hot. They are exciting and they are going to use this platform to not only strive to win this competition, but to win in life as well.” On the day of the live finale, viewers will experience the very best of South African street dance culture as the groups will challenge themselves on the dance floor with South African themes. The groups will have to articulate two themes – My Heritage and My City – through their choreography. And the fate of Cyber-Links, De Javu, and Snap, Crackle & Pop lie in the viewers’ hands. Viewers have a chance to vote for the group they think should walk off with the crown by way of voting. Voting lines open directly after episode 12 at 7pm on Sunday, 8 September and close at 12 noon on Sunday, 15 September, the day of the finale. So, who will “wow” the viewers this year and be crowned the next top dance group of Mzansi? Catch the...
Bokani Dyer.
Represent had the opportunity to interview Jazz pianist Bokani Dyer, the 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Jazz and recently the winner of a SAMRO Overseas Scholarship. Read our interview with the maestro after the jump. Hi Bokani, firstly congratulations on your scholarship win from the SAMRO foundation. Please give us a synopsis of your background where you come from and where you studied? Thank you… I was born in Gaborone, Botswana. I grew up between Joburg and Gaborone before taking up studies at the University of Cape Town in 2004 Have you always known you wanted to be a musician, and what motivated you to take it as a career? I’ve known since around the time I was 14 when I was listening to a lot of music and started taking piano lessons. I am motivated by the deep fulfillment that music can provide… Music can be a sanctuary, a playground or a teacher. Winning this prestigious award must come with a lot of excitement, what will ground you to complete this scholarship? I enjoy traveling. And the opportunity to be mentored by teachers and artists who inspire me is enough motivation for me to embark on the journey. Winning must be in your genes, you’re the 2011 recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz. Do you feel validated when you win an award or recognized for being an artist? Its great that I have been chosen as the recipient of these prestigious awards and the panel of judges who decide are qualified and knowledgeable so it is an honor to be recognized by them. Please tell us, what goes into your pre-show preparation? I make sure I’m well prepared playing-wise with repetitive practice. Before the performance I try to clear my mind because the less thought while you play the better. Here at Represent we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Please leave us a quote that has carried you through life’s learnings? Thank you… Follow your bliss! You can follow Bokani Dyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BokaniDyer Thank you...
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