A Winter Fashion Week for Jozi
Great news for the Fashion Industry, South Africa is now on a par with the rest of the Fashion world where two seasonal Fashion Weeks a year are the must have items. There’s not too much info at the moment, but what we can tell you is that it’s happening in February and it’s being held in Nelson Mandela Square. We love the logo!! Here’s the PR: AUDI JOBURG FASHION WEEK Dates: … 14th – 17th February 2007 Venue: Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton Designers: Gavin Rajah, Gideon, KlukCGdT, Craig Port, Paul van Zyl Couture ,Hip Hop, Gabi Rosenwerth for Rosenwerth, Sonwabile Ndamase for Vukani Collections, Fred Eboka for Eboka, Spero Villioti, Carducci, Warrick Gautier for Jenni Button and Hilton Weiner, Darkie and Lunar. More designers are to be confirmed shortly. More Information: Anneke or Candice on 021 448 2020 or email Candice here....
Catch ZUBZ tonight at Bassline
We’ll never forget the first time we saw Zubz live at the Songwriters Club in Newtown about two years ago… He had the biggest live band ever and the most awesome backing vocalists that included two of our favourite diva’s, Lois and Pebbles who simply blew us away. Zubz elevates hiphop as we know it to another level, adding layer upon layer to his songs, resulting in a multi-layered tapestry of… colourful uplifting music. Good news is his next album is out – catch him at Bassline tonight! Super MC Zubz launches his hot new album Headphone Music In A Parallel World this Thursday the 30th November at the Bassline in Newtown. R30 gets you in to this event that starts at 7:30. Get your ears ready for the surreal sonic trip super talented MC Zubz will take you on with his new album Headphone Music in a Parallel World. Don’t expect the usual hip hop album; this one sees Zubz being inspired by sci – fi and quantum physics as well as the state of the world “I called it that because it’s an out worldly sort of trip where you leave this reality and get into a parallel reality running concurrently with this one.” It’s been two years since this Zambian born, Zimbabwe raised, Grahamstown IT trained and Johannesburg based 30 year old released his SAMA nominated debut Listeners Digest, though during that time he kept on polishing his talent, “I never stopped recording – the songs on this record are tracks I recorded a year ago, and before that I was recording too.” Whilst recording Zubz (AKA Ndabaningi Mabuye) was inspired by his travels: to Zambia for the unveiling of his fathers tombstone; Cape Town where he performed with his band The Origins who also joined him at shows in Norway and Finland. “It was a period of moving around and experiencing different aspects of music, myself and people and so then I ended up seeing things with a broader lens.” Travelling gave him the space and time to think and see things in a new light. “When you travel you approach these things differently, when you don’t travel that much you forget they exist, you focus on day to day stuff that distracts you from the things that this album brings out&” His outlook was altered to the extent that when he returned he changed his album, “Before I went on those trips, I was 80 percent done with my album. But after those trips, I decided to remove certain tracks, because my mind set had shifted drastically, it had really flipped. Those songs didn’t...
Slimline 88 about to be revealed
Represent knows all about the blood sweat and tears of renovations and how important it is to share your beautiful results (well in your mind anyway) of months of slog and hard work with those that you love. So guys go and check out the new slimline 88 from 11 Nov. If you’ve been round to The 88 Lounge recently and found the doors closed, don’t despair! We’re gearing up for what… promises to be a long hot summer, and in keeping with our pre-summer tradition, The 88 Lounge has been going under the knife for a bit of nip and tuck, in order to stay sleek and sexy for the season ahead. We will have been closed for about 10 days in total during this make-over process. But be sure to make a diary date for Saturday 11 November when we unveil our fresh summer look, complete with new terrace lounge and bar. Johnny Walker red Label is coming to the party with us, and we will be giving away loads of prizes like clothing and iPods& don’t miss out! We’ve also got some incredible events planned in the run-up to the end of year holidays, including Roger Goode, Goldfish, 340 ml and Harris Tweed amongst others. So, look out for our forthcoming events newsletter, and until the 11th November…keep it tidy. The 88 Lounge Re-opening Party presented by Johnny Walker Red Label Saturday 11 November 9pm R50.00 cover Featuring Aris B, The Peoples DJ 88 on Frances Behind the Woolworths in Norwood Tel: 011 72 88 417...
Represent DIARY: MY FIVE SENSES OF JOZI CITY
As you all know the city of Johannesburg is alive and kicking, as developers continue to finish off their buildings and plans, more and more working people are moving into the heart of the city to live in slick accommodation. Represent has sent one of it’s writers, Sisiwami, to give living in the inner city a bash, over the next few weeks and months, she will be documenting her stay in th… e inner city of Johannesburg. Scroll down for updates. See our Flickr pics here. October 2006 Do you know that at night you can hear the sea in Joburg city? It rocks and sways you as if your body were adrift on an ocean, quietly gliding you through midnight and gently into dawn. You can only hear it once the phuza-face stragglers have settled down to a restless sleep in a doorway, once the garbage collection trucks have stopped clunking and the glow of the office blocks fades into the backdrop of a pulsating night. It’s the late-night soothing sound of the united rhythms of city air conditioners and generators, colluding to form a constant hum and drone that washes over your thoughts as you concede to the comfort of Johannesburg blackness. And yet all too soon it is gone. Replaced with the daily discord of a teenage city coming to life, coming into itself, finding its feet for another grueling day. It is with sadness that my sojourn in the city has come to an end but it is through my 5 senses that I shall always be able to zoom back to this time of change and excitement. “I can’t believe you’re leaving us already” laments our favourite security guard, “it won’t be the same without you.” And my life will never be the same since the successful city seduction that wrapped me up in a disjointed world for 6 months leaving me lustful and longing for more. It was an all-embracing sensual seduction, her curves, her lines, her shape, her strength constantly captivating my eye – I found myself looking up, up and away, looking here, there and everywhere where she reigns and moves – her visual superiority holding court over the province, the nation, the continent. Fumbling and humbled, I tried to capture her light, her colour and her changing moods, but no picture nor words can do her presence justice. A cold lift door, a warm spring wood, hot summer glass, smooth cool steel, rugged high walls, soft new carpet, slippery wide screed – her textures call out for your hands to stroke, to feel, to hold onto. Layers of life, layers...
Thanks for coming to our GOOD LIFE party!
Thanks to the SA Weather bureau assuring us of no rain, we were completely rained out at our event. We had it all set up, sexy red couches outside, candles, loads of pavement cosy tables, outside bars and it was looking great. Then the heavens opened. Not once, but 4 times. But that did nothing to stop all the beautiful party people from getting down. Thanks to all the Representers for coming… along and supporting us. And to all the SoulProviders, Cappello’s, Red Bull, Camel, Absolute, Morafe and Asiboni Mbala friends, you guys are so amazing, we love you. We certainly know who our friends are. So SHARPILE! Muchos Appreciados. You are some seriously funky sexy people – we are impressed! Thanks to our superb dj’s Phonogenic, Jameson and Zondi… and as for our hiphop band Morafe, you know you guys are seriously going places. Proud to be associated with you. We got Thunda to kindly come along and take loads of professional looking pics… their pics should be up in the next few days – click here to go to Thunda. Otherwise we took a whole lot of our own which you can see here… excuse the blur, it was a blur at that stage. Make Sure you come to the next one. Represent! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Life GHANDI SQUARE CAPPELLO’S Corner Main street and Loveday St 7pm Friday 20 October 2006 Catch our Dj’s and Morafe live. See u...
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