Interviews
Underwater with Rebecca Handler

Underwater with Rebecca Handler

Rebecca Handler is a young and upcoming artist situated in New York, her main medium is photography but throughout the years she has come to experiment with a variety of mediums such as combining digital manipulated works with illustration. This gives Rebecca her own individual flair as an artist and puts her work in a...
Paul Kwiatkowski: Nothing overcast here.

Paul Kwiatkowski: Nothing overcast here.

one small seed catches up with Paul Kwiatkowski – the South Florida-raised, New York-based photographer who documents his life experiences in an often-haunting, idiosyncratic manner. At the moment, 29-year-old Kwiatkowski is focussing on writing, while he is finishing his first novel and photo essay. AND EVERY DAY WAS OVERCAST is an upcoming novel and photo...
Talking to 'The Godfather of Harajuku'

Talking to ‘The Godfather of Harajuku’

Harajuku style is said to have its origin rooted in the streets near the Harajuku Station in Shibuya, Japan. The youth would be seen sporting a variety of constantly-changing styles including gothic Lolita, visual kei and decora. With Harajuku, there are no rules and, no, it did not begin with Gwen Stefani.
CTEMF: This is not a review

CTEMF: This is not a review

The first of its kind, the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival (CTEMF) took place from Friday 30 March to Sunday 1 April and hosted some of SA’s leading electronic acts. We bring you a 4-minute video of the festival, featuring live footage and interviews as well as a post-festival catch-up with some of the artists...
Interview with dubstep artist, 12th Planet

Interview with dubstep artist, 12th Planet

Our Detroit contributor, Kelly “K-Fresh” Frazier, who recently interviewed electronic artist Matthew Dear had a chat with dubstep artist, 12th Planet. Born as John Dadzie and rooted in hip-hop and drum-n-bass, 12th Planet has now become one of the true ambassadors of the explosive dubstep genre in the United States.
Interview with electronic artist, Matthew Dear

Interview with electronic artist, Matthew Dear

Matthew Dear is an ideal example of progression within electronic music. His early work, like 2003’s Leave Luck To Heaven on the Ghostly International imprint, propelled him into the upper echelon of dancefloor music. As the years passed, Matthew Dear has been able to stretch the possibilities of his music to a new apex, both...
| Elektronik Dialogues | Tommy Gun

| Elektronik Dialogues | Tommy Gun

With the colours of the Bo-Kaap in our periphery, one small seed caught up with local electronic DJ – Tommy Gun – to talk about indie-electro music, the Cape Town music scene, and what inspired his unique rock-influenced electro style. We also had the chance to see the man at work at Trinity night club...
Biscope: Dubstep Brothers Gonna Work It Out

Biscope: Dubstep Brothers Gonna Work It Out

In issue 20 of one small seed, as part of the ‘& the beat goes on’ feature, we took a look at dupstep duo Biscope. Check it out.   Biscope Originals by biscope� Richard Rumney is perhaps better known as electro producer Richard the Third. His younger brother, Robert (aka Twelv), produces breakbeat and psychedelic...
| Elektronik Dialogues | Bruce Willis??

| Elektronik Dialogues | Bruce Willis??

Tyron Kuypers, aka DJ Bruce Willis??, discusses the evolution of the electronic music scene in Cape Town. Since founding the popular Arcade event with Danna Gordon in 2006 to showcase a new electro music genre they were introduced to via the internet and from other musicians returning from overseas travels, Tyron’s style has come full...
| Elektronik Dialogues | Felix Laband

| Elektronik Dialogues | Felix Laband

one small seed in conjunction with Olmeca Editión Black Tequila present a new edition to one small seed magazine: The Elektronic Dialogues; offering our readers an intimate showcase of the diversity in our local and international electronic music scene. In Issue 24 – our latest issue in stores now! – we brings you Blush n...
The Worm has Turned

The Worm has Turned

A man of memes, music, words, life… Markus Wormstorm is a solipsist still smiling. Wormstorm was signed at 19 to the New York based record label Sound-Ink – which triggered a sequence of other events and collaborations that would influence the next ten years of his life. Check out an interview we did with Markus...
Exclusive Interview with James Lavelle of UNKLE

Exclusive Interview with James Lavelle of UNKLE

UNKLE was formed in the mid-nineties by two British school friends, Tim Goldsworthy and James Lavelle. They were joined by DJ Shadow, Money Mark (the Beastie Boys’ keyboardist), the Scratch Perverts and Japanese hip-hop crew Major Force. Goldsworthy left after a year because of artistic differences with Lavelle, and UNKLE has since seen many changes...
DUB STEPPIN’ WITH CAPE TOWN’S BEAT DROPPING BELLE, FUNAFUJI

DUB STEPPIN’ WITH CAPE TOWN’S BEAT DROPPING BELLE, FUNAFUJI

‘Girls. All I really want is Girls.’ So, the Beastie Boys rapped it, but we’re all feeling it. Or her, rather. Meet Safiyya Bryce aka Funafuji… Cape Town’s little lass whose doing big things, things that make us sweat and smile. Dropping it like the boys and throwing in some extra cheeky feminine flare, she...
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