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WE LOVE SEXY: THROUGH YOUR LENS

This is a call-out for all photographers and anyone who loves aesthetically pleasing images! We Love Sexy is a social activation through the power of photography that draws on photographs to capture the raw essence of what it means to be sexy.

FlashBack | Tretchikoff King of Kilsch | Issue 15

Art, like fashion, is subject to cycles it seems. One of the names that is currently being rejuvenated, refreshed and revitalised to audiences across the world – most of whom would not have been alive in his era – is Vladimir Tretchikoff. Tretchikoff was born in 1913 in Russia and lived a remarkable life, full...
FlashBack | MGMT Fate to Pretend | Issue 14

FlashBack | MGMT Fate to Pretend | Issue 14

In 2008, New Yorkers Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser unhinged the mystical Door to Kukundu. Dressed in matching technicolour dreamcoats, the pair better known as MGMT ushered in a wave of new sound that could be heard everywhere from Cape Town to Japan. “How are you guys going to party now that you’ve got this...

#FlashBack | October Week 04

From the weird to the wonderful, the festive and the dark, from music to art, to fashion, architecture, people and beyond, South African popular culture has flourished in leaps and bounds. Now with an online database of back issues available to read for free at Issuu.com, one small seed has been at the forefront of...

FlashBack | Pieter Hugo Nollywood and the Death of Photography | Issue14

Pieter Hugo is quickly gaining notoriety as Africa’s premier photographer for his reinvention of the representation of Africa to the West. Frequently quoted for declaring the death of photography, Hugo is indicative of a generation whose sensibility is fine-tuned to the delicate role of the photographer, realising that to photograph is by no means to...
FlashBack | Withdrawal & Emergence The Photography Of Cara Gillougley | Issue14

FlashBack | Withdrawal & Emergence The Photography Of Cara Gillougley | Issue14

Having attended my fair share of student photography exhibitions, I can note with some degree of certainty that work on the level of technical and thematic maturity evidenced in Cara Gillougley’s Withdrawal & Emergence is rare. This exquisite collection of nudes suspended in paradoxical states of bondage and freedom is playful and somber in equal...

#FlashBack | September Week02

From the weird to the wonderful, the festive and the dark, from music to art, to fashion, architecture, people and beyond, South African popular culture has flourished in leaps and bounds. Now with an online database of back issues available to read for free at Issuu.com, one small seed has been at the forefront of...

Adidas calling South Africans to #represent!

Launched on September 3rd 2012, adidas has created a campaign – All Originals #Represent – calling on South Africans to represent the brand with originality, creativity and passion through loading videos, images, audio and mantras as a crew (two or more people) to its campaign website. Uploading must be completed by 7 October 2012. (video)...

FlashBack | Asha Zero, Meaning in Pieces | Issue15

Asha Zero is an artistic avatar crafted beyond the confines of gender, age and race so that the artworks can speak for themselves uninhibited. Executed in acrylics, careful brushstrokes imitate the ripped edges of a page while flicks of paint carve the tears. It would be easy to mistake these paintings for carefully constructed collages....

FlashBack | The Digital Dreams of Rudi Silbermann | Issue16

Recently, a startling collection of work was uploaded to one small seed’s community network site. We, in the one small seed office, were stunned by the portfolio’s technical wizardry and its delicate, otherworldly compositions. Jessica Manim investigated the digital dreams and found Rudi Silbermann, a thoroughbred South African talent. Magical and breathtaking, Rudi’s talent is...

#FlashBack | Fostering Positivity | Issue09

Travelling around North America, the Caribbean and Europe, Jamel Shabazz has spent his life documenting special moments in history. His goal: to inspire people to make the necessary changes to develop a positive culture. Nick Hanekom met the man to discuss three decades behind the lens. The ‘Picture Man’, as he’s been known, may not...

#FlashBack | Paranormal Parables | Issue07

At 23 years of age, Louis Minnaar is creating artworks that read as parables of a young man’s spiritual journey. It’s his creation of a paranormal world populated by erring human specimens, arachnid flowers, flocks of wide-eyed birds and a lonely, disjointed horse. Jenna Mervis thought she’d take a closer look… The world according to...

#FlashBack | Daring the Shoot | Issue16

PHOTOGRAPHY: Lillith Leda | www.lillithleda.com STYLIST: Lillith Leda & Kat Trim HAIR & MAKE-UP: Lillith Leda MODEL: Kat Trim Read the rest of issue 16: Open publication – Free publishing – More architecture Click here to view our #FlashBack selection for September.

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The Lumerians - 'Dogon Genesis'

The Lumerians are psych/space/kraut rockers influenced by African, South American as well as Turkish psychedelic treasures of the '70s and share an interest for the occult -- probably reasons for their out-of-this-world qualities. The five Oaklanders manage to create a sound that connects past and future unwoundedly and craft a listening experience that transports to a place certainly not found in this world. Here's 'Dogon Genesis' from their new album with the oh-so-fitting title The High Frontier, we'll see ya up there!






Mount Kimbie - 'Made to Stray'

'Made to Stray' off Mount Kimbie's second album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (released 28 May) is a definite let's-dance-all-night-and-never-go-home-again anthem that'll put many party souls into mischief mode this summer.






Deafkid - 'Vigilante'

Chris Lockington and Flo Sauvaire, who worked with experimental hip hop artist Ghostpoet make up Deafkid, who blend electronica, experimental and pop genres. While their former tracks were soft and accoustic driven, this one belts out some noisy prog party beats.





Queens of the Stone Age - 'Keep Your Eyes Peeled'

Reformed yet again, this time with bassist Michael Shuman (Wires on Fire, Mini Mansions) and multi-instrumentalist Dean Fertita (The Waxwings, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather), Queens of the Stone Age keep up the good work with their recent sixth studio album ...Like Clockwork. Here's 'Keep Your Eyes Peeled', a powerfully riffed psych rock tune that's firmly rooted in the wild and carefree '70s.






GAPS - 'Cascade'

Ed and Rachel are two school friends from Brighton who go by the name of GAPS. Their recently dropped track 'Cascade' is part of an AA 7″ on Sexbeat records to be released on 15 July that starts off leaving the listener in the dark but culminates most beautifully into a full blown beat party.






Rejjie Snow - ‘294’

Rejjie Snow is a Dublin-hailing rapper, whose new track '294' is a rock-riff-sporting hip hop song that opens with a reference to Jimi Hendrix's belief in an 'electric church' and has some killer lyrics such as, 'Catch him on the moon while he's pissing on some horse shit'.