Show your love @ AFROTONIC
There are many ways you can show your love of all people African, shaking your touche to Afro beats is a cheerful option – try it out at AFROTONIC that takes place this Friday at Carfax featuring two of our favourite bands, 340ml and Max Normal as well as the eclectic Zong, all the way from Reunion. Organised by the French Institute as part of their promotion of cultural diversity, urban culture, nd artistic exchanges between South Africa, France and Francophone Africa, you know it’s going to rock… ALLEZ-Y!!! AFROTRONIC #1 Friday 30.05.08 @ CARFAX Featuring Zong – a Réunion (France) Max Normal TV – Cape Town (RSA) 340ml – Maputo (Mozambique) Cooked in the great African Pot with three spoons of hi-voltage electricity, a dozen of the hottest chilies, the juiciest melodic passion fruits and liters of pure sweat: AFROTRONIC is the new vibrating musical feast proposed by the French Institute of South Africa, and for its premiere, we picked up nothing but the freshest ingredients: Hailing from La Réunion, Zong is not just another electro band “with spice”. Indeed, even without electricity, Drean, Costa and Fever remain three accomplished musicians whose “savoir-faire” cannot only be reduced to “Machine-Made Music” and whose three strong personalities locate them far from the anonymous and sometimes dehumanized electro producer profile. If Jane Fonda had had a punk daughter, she would have been something like Drean: sculptural, enigmatically magnetic, dangerously charming, as smooth and burning as a shot of Reunionese Rhum. Playing the Kayamb (a traditional reunionese percussion instrument) with rock’n’roll attitude, Drean is Zong’s singer and muse, and her unique voice can awaken all the senses as well as kick bottom. By her side: Costa, the melody maker, and Fever, the drum machine. From his classical piano background, Costa quickly went into the electronic music. From dub to drum’n’bass (his influences go from Lee Scratch Perry to Roni Size), with ecstatic virtuosity, he pushes the limits of his keyboards and machines to a level only his “comrade” Fever can follow. As soon as he sits behind his drum kit Fever’s cool and almost shy temper turns into a fury. Fascinated by the Punk energy, the unbeatable Drum’n’Bass skips and the accuracy of Jazz drummers, Fever delivers rhythms that make Zong’s sound unique on the global music map: a combo of Dub, Maloya (reunionese traditional sound) Techno and Drum’n’Bass, bridging the gap between “electronic” and “acoustic”, “roots” and “post-modernity”, as on their latest album “Fractures” (to be issued in SA). Max Normal TV is back!!! And he is also about to release a new album entitled “Good Morning South Africa”: What could...
Have you had a rough May? Fight it! Move on!
Today is the 1 June – Fabulous. Put May behind you and MOVE ON! Editorista has rare esoteric moments where she goes a little mushy, lets go a bit of the cynic and sceptic that are close at hand and gets a little deep. While having a chat with a friend about mind power and then researching it a bit, she came across this list of “70 Things to Always Remember”. A couple of lines in the list, though simplistic and cheesy, really hit home for her and she wanted to share them with all the Representers today! So if you or someone close to you is going through a rough patch- be it business, family, matters of the heart or you’re just plain miserable, angry, frustrated or blaming others or the world, read the list or send the link on for some cheese and biscuit therapy. If any of these hit home for you, let us know 🙂 . But whatever you do – MOVE ON!!! The list comes from Danielle Hollister of Ezine articles – click here. Photo by one of the wisest people I know – Ipps K. 70 Things To Always Remember 1. To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. 2. Your presence is a present to the world. 3. You are unique and one of a kind. 4. Your life can be what you want it to be. 5. Take the days just one at a time. 6. Count your blessings, not your troubles. 7. You will make it through whatever comes along. 8. Within you are so many answers. 9. Do not put limits on yourself. 10. Decisions are too important to leave to chance. 11. Reach for your peak, your goal and your prize. 12. Nothing wastes more energy than worrying. 13. The longer one carries a problem the heavier it gets. 14. Do not take things too seriously. 15. Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets. 16. Remember that a little love goes a long way. Remember that a lot … goes forever. 17. Remember that friendship is a wise investment. 18. Life’s treasure are people together. 19. Realize that it is never too late. 20. Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way. 21. Have hearth and hope and happiness. 22. Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you respond to it. 23. Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. 24. Take the time to wish upon a star. 25. Words are windows to the heart. 26. You are richer today if you...
More Representer’s LURVE our city of Jozi
The words just keep on flying in….there’s More and More love for Jozi. Wow – what a response. You made our day, week, our May… We’ve been showered with shimmering, glimmering, dripping words of love today – All in response to our unimportant little call for Representer’s to remind us all just why we LOVE JOBURG. You have renewed our spirit – we really needed some love so thanks. Look forward to some of our inspiring and amazing new citizen journalists on Represent… we can’t wait. Here’s a taste – we just had to share some of the words with you. SHARPILE!. (If anyone else feels like waxing lyrically, email editor@represent.co.za or write in the comments section.): Yrhiness How can I not and I bet you your R20 Gucci shades from Smal street you do too. I’ve been to China and Nigeria and back to the 1970’s to further 2010 by just taking R6 Zola budd taxi through Jozi. I came in the city naive and after a couple of back door clothing discount offers and a few card games I haven’t ’til date received any greater wisdom. Everytime I put my index finger in the air I surrender myself to the great adventure that awaits me intertwined with the culture massive that beholds this story filled city. Why I love Jozi? Do you have forever for me, to tell my love for Jozi to you? Preya I can’t say there is anything physically appealing to me about Joburg, but it’s got a pulse and soul that I just love. It is great to see how different cultures merge into sub cultures in Joburg. In just one day I can cross paths with a real McCoy Rastafarian to a koogirl all togged up in her designer wear to the up and coming business ladies who are hanging out at poetry sessions in Jozi’s Newtown precinct. “Joburgers” give this city a dynamic energy. The fast paced “Joburgers” are constantly on the move, whether they are going to work or the gym, eating out, partying till late, attending shows and the exhibitions and just moving along with the beating rhythm of Joburg. The diverse background of the “Joburgers” gives this vibrant city a culture like no other city. Leanne Jozi, JHB, Joeys, Jo’Burg, Johannesburg, Egoli, The City of Gold. This is why I love Jozi, with its multiplicity of names it also carries a multiplicity of faces. Jozi can be anything you want her to be making it easy for any person to find their niche on her busy streets and bustling sidewalks. It’s the juxtapositions of ‘walkie talkies’ available on...
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