Behind the scenes Vouks and The Curse adidas originals represent shoot

Cape Town-born Vouks is a household name on the local b-boying scene, performing across South Africa and sharing a stage with multiple international artists. With him for the ADIDAS Represent Campaign is “a persistent dancer” known as The Curse… Two of the sexiest men in the game, they move with such ease and humble swag that is paralleled by the backing track in this video. On a cool Cape Town evening, they bust a move on a gorgeous local mountainside.

This is what I do for a living. This is my lifestyle, this is what I am – Vouks

Submitting & Voting

Submissions close on the 7th of October, and From 8-28 October 2012, voting sees the most popular crew winning R6000 worth of adidas Originals gear per crewmember and the opportunity to be showcased on a local platform, tailor-made to the crew’s particular expertise. The 360° #represent brand campaign will come to life through locally and globally produced television, digital and retail elements and locally driven activations, such as the brand’s Live Performances in both Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Here’s how it works. Invite the people in your crew to join, pick a name, then just represent your originality and show us what you do. This can be a video, photo, audio or mantra. If your crew gets the most love and supporters, you will get showcased to the world. It could be you, so represent your crew!

To upload images for the campaign as well, go to www.adidas.co.za/represent/.

"Hysterical" Album cover, © Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

CYHSY first came together in 2004 and quickly earned critical and popular acclaim with the 2005 release of their self-titled (and self-released) debut album. The album included hits such as ‘The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth’, ‘Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)’ and ‘Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood’ catapulted them from playing for small crowds to headlining major gigs and selling more than 125,000 copies – without a label. How did this unassuming Brooklyn band generate all that applause?
 

 

 
It remains one of the internet’s biggest individual success stories in music. They managed to get onto an endless list of popular blogs and received a positive review from Pitchfork Media who featured them in their ‘Best New Music’ list. The band gained further recognition when industry heavyweights, David Bowie and David Byrne were identified as fans of the band.
 
Hysterical Music Video

 

Hysterical is the bands third album and came after a brief hiatus that the band took following two very successful albums and a few years of non-stop touring. With its elegant hooks, simmering atmospherics, and uncommon use of space and intensity, Hysterical widens the band’s idiosyncratic formula, incorporating a remarkably expansive tidal wave of sound, all multi-layered keyboard tracks and big, booming drums. Imbued with sweeping synthesizers, juddering bass, and all manner of percussive dynamics, songs like ’Same Mistake,’ ‘Misunderstood,’ and the elongated piano-pumping epic, ‘Adam’s Plane’ are marked by inventive and boldly articulated arrangements that form a veritable vortex of melody and rhythm.

With Hysterical, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came together and crafted something that feels fresh, invigorating and new, no less so than to the band themselves.

Even after three records, it almost feels like the beginning. (Ounsworth)

© Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Competition

We have ONE dbl ticket to give away for the Jozi gig and ONE dbl ticket to give away for the CT gig! Here’s how you can win:

1. Like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and one small seed Magazine & TV on Facebook.

 

2. Join either the Cape Town event or the Jozi event on Facebook, and then update your status tagging what event you want to attend including a mention of @one small seed Magazine & TV and a link to this post.

 

3. Tweet @cphsyband and @onesmallseedSA and specify your #CITY

image: stereogum.com

Tour dates for South Africa:
Cape Town:
13th April – Wittebome Civic Centre, Rosemead Avenue, Wynberg. 8pm

Johannesburg:
14th April – Town Hall, The Street, Newtown. 8pm.

Tickets
Tickets for the first tour of the series are available from Web Tickets. Be sure to be quick as the earlier you buy tickets the cheaper they are.
Early bird: R275
Pre-sale: R325
Regular: R375

For more information adidas All Originals Live Performances, click HERE!

CYHSY, image: hitcrave.com