Jonny Joburg Is off to Light up LA
Meet Jonny Joburg: a name that pays tribute to a city that is captivating the world with a fresh creative explosion from some brazen and ambitious individuals. Known in the early ’90s simply as Luthando, Jonny is the force and face behind his label Renaissance Rock Recordings, former member of the band SPAZA$HOP BOYZ and...
Guitar Legend Dan Patlansky On His New Blues Record
Genius guitarist, acclaimed singer/songwriter and globally respected purveyor of the blues — that’s Dan Patlansky. He has opened for the legendary Bruce Springsteen, toured Europe with rapper/blues artist Everlast and now he’s off to tour his native environment with his new release Dear Silence Thieves (see below for tour dates!). Before starting his ‘Southern African...
PHZ-Sicks | The Moment The World Takes Notice
Nominated for DMV Best VA Male Rap Artist in 2011, PHZ-Sicks is now making his mark on the scene with his recent release The Moment (available here). Here he tells us about the tedious two-year production process, family influence and Nelson Mandela. Tell me a bit about your new album The Moment. Did the ideas...
Gangs of Ballet | ‘Everyone Must Come & Say Hello To Us’
Gangs of Ballet have had a great 2013. They’ve been playing every festival that matters, touring all around and flying the (metaphorical) Durban flag wherever they go. After Rocking The Daisies the boys decided to spend a few extra days in Cape Town, so that’s where we found out which festival is the best and...
DJ Face on hip hop, True School & 9th Wonder
Making an exemplary start in his parents’ basement under the watchful eye of his older brother, Sean Armstrong aka DJ Face is both a fully-fledged member of 9th Wonder‘s True School Corporation as well as the Black Jedi chapter of The Universal Zulu Nation — and thus a hip hop artist gaining steady traction. While...
ISSUE 01: CULT OF SELF MAGAZINE
Cult of Self – in collaboration with Levi’s® – celebrates individuality and authenticity through focusing on specific subcultures. Through featuring content around tattoos, customized bikes (fixies etc.), café racers and skateboarding the aim is to cultivate a visual conversation around the individuals, groups and initiatives that encourage self-awareness. To make it as interactive as possible,...
Interview | Red Huxley’s American Dream
Dylan Jones (Vocals and Guitar), Matthew Pullen (Bass) and Murray Stephenson (Drums) of Red Huxley recently made a much-dreamed-of rock’n’roll fairytale reality. After giving their EP to Dave Catching of the Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age at One Night in Cape Town, they got the opportunity to record their debut...
Interview | Field Report
After a five year disappearance from the music world, Christopher Porterfield has set music reviewers ablaze with his re-emergence as Field Report. The folk band was founded by Porterfield, with the name being anagram of the singer/songwriter’s last name. Porterfield found his feet on music stages playing alongside former bandmate Justin Vernon — otherwise known...
| INTERVIEW | David Lewandowski: The Director’s Notes
The recently released video to Flying Lotus’ Tiny Tortures shows actor Elijah Wood dealing with the plight of a missing arm — it combines technical and emotional insight with creativity and has been praised as well as rejected by amputees’ commenting on YouTube. The mastermind behind the project and friend of Steven Ellison (aka Flying Lotus)...
Brett Willliams | Chalking the Colour in Vulnerability | Part II
Capetonian artist Brett Williams has a knack for exploring rawness and vulnerability in the human form through his daring art pieces. In part one of our discussion, he talked to one small seed about his craft and his process of creation. In part two Williams tells us about his discovery of his colour-blindness, his art...
Brett Willliams | Chalking the Colour in Vulnerability | Part I
Colour-blindness and art may seem like an unlikely combination, but Brett Williams is chalking the colour in emotional rawness and vulnerability through art. The Cape Town-based artist is diversely talented with a penchant for acting and an ability to re-create and re-interpret the human form in his striking artworks. His subjects are people of all...
Cuttooth: subterranean downbeat blues
Coming from Newcastle, UK, the young producer Nick Cooke aka Cuttooth has recently released his second LP and the first on 4lux Recordings. Featuring vocals from Hitomi (King Midas Sound/Ninja Tune), Sarah Linhares (Onra/All City Records) and Bridie Jackson (Glastonbury Emerging Talent 2013 Winner), the self-titled LP was dubbed by 4lux as dubbed ‘An excellent...
Interview | Tim Atkins | African Zoo
Hailing from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Tim Atkins is one young photographer worth watching. At 27 years old he has already worked with several internationally known photographers and is a focused artist. After receiving a diploma in fine art photography he began his career as a professional photographer and has since been busy expanding his portfolio...
