Love & Light 2012
Saturday 14 January was the Love & Light festival at Mountain Shadows, Paarl. Overcoming uncertainties and judgements I was off – off to have a blast. An unused field became a single stage, the heart of the event—the music’s epicentre. 10am to 10pm: this party was a one day beat-crazy rendezvous under the sky.
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Issue 24 Preview: Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound
Issue 24 of one small seed asks you to ‘Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound’. Music, motion, words and colour – looking beyond the obvious, our latest issue brings a union of the senses. To follow is an all-inclusive preview of the new issue: a full breakdown of content that resonates with...
| Feature Preview | Neuromagic: The Harmony of Synesthesia
In the new issue of one small seed – Issue 24 “Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound” – we take a closer look at Synesthesia – the neurological condition that lets people see, smell, hear and even taste in colour. We trace its path through the methods and madness of some of...
PJ Harvey’s “Let England Shake”: A space affecting the production of music
PJ Harvey’s 2011 album – Let England Shake – was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset, on a cliff-top overlooking the sea. Why did she decide to record her album in a church, what kind of difference gives it to the music? There is so many space in the world, it’s not that...
The Sounds to tour Europe and the UK.
Swedish indie rock band, The Sounds will be kicking off 2012 by headlining a tour in Europe and the UK at the end of January.
Deadmau5 Tour to South-Africa – Line Ups
Deadmau5 the Canadian progressive, electro and house music producer based in Toronto and known around the world for his over the top live performances, is coming to South Africa. Tickets are on sale from Monday, 3rd October at Computicket. The Deadmau5 Tour to SA has just announced the official supporting line-ups for all three events...
Enter the “Orms & Synergy Live Music Photography Competition”
As summer sets in, so does an awesome new competition aimed at South Africa’s inspired, young photographers who have a passion for live music photography. The Cape Town School of Photography and Synergy are hosting this competition in conjunction with one small seed and there are some amazing prizes to be won; so read on...
Jumping Back Slash: all about the TECHOUWAITO
Jumping Back Slash has just launched his new album titled Nectah 003. We caught up with the face behind the Techouwaito beats for an interview; here’s what JBS had to say…
Interview with UK-based artist MOROKA
SA’s ass-shaking homegrown style of dance music, Kwaito, gets a little dirty with some chunky bass lines in Nectah 2 – the just-released album by UK-based artist Moroka. From parties at the pyramids to becoming the next samurai master, Moroka shares his latest theories with us in an interview.
UK-based artist MOROKA drops new EP “Nectah 2″
SA’s ass-shaking homegrown style of dance music, Kwaito, gets a little dirty with some chunky bass lines in Nectah 2 – the just-released album by UK-based artist Moroka. From parties at the pyramids to becoming the next samurai master, Moroka shares his latest theories with us in an interview.
Jumping Back Slash: all about the TECHOUWAITO
Jumping Back Slash has just launched his new album titled Nectah 003. We caught up with the face behind the Techouwaito beats for an interview; here’s what JBS had to say…
The Daisies of Darling
If you didn’t know that Rocking the Daisies was this past weekend, then you are probably over 70 and have a house filled with cats, kak ‘collectible’ porcelain and questionable odours. Attracting over 10 000 people every year, RTD 2011 was no different and one small seed contributor Cameron Duncan hit it, and hit it...
Coldplay lighting up Green Point
Cape Town’s Green Point stadium has finally landed, in sight that is, and what an incandescent vision of absolution it is to my physically inept body; the payback from a near-3km fan-walk and too many pre-concert doubles. It’s the 5th of October and Coldplay is about to light up the night…
