Closer is a fresh collaboration between Tokyo Sky, Deconstruction, Kat Trim & Trouble Magazine.
Expect an alternative music experience every Thursday night, filled with the music we love, beautiful visuals and an electrifying venue.
We are playing with traditional formulas and mixing it up. The chemistry is volatile, the result is alchemy.
It’s a new residence for alternative [...]

“The Red Bull Studio Sessions” presented by DJ Low is a DJ mix featuring some of the best music to be made at the Red Bull Music Studio in Cape Town. It is the culmination of two years of trial and error in making the studio what it is today: a [...]

Some of you may have heard that Johnny Foreigner will be touring South Africa this year. While this UK indie rock band may be pretty far removed from electronic music we still though it would be rad to promote it a bit here. Griet are bringing them into the country and they represent a couple [...]

SOUL /// FUNK /// WONK /// DISCO /// HOUSE /// ELECTRO
A whole bunch of us that stay in and around Johannesburg, that also run various music blogs are throwing a party this coming Saturday! It will be at the intimate Kitchener’s Carvery!
The line-up is as follows:

09:00-10:00 – ASH | Soul /// Funk /// and other [...]

In our continued attempt to bring some fun and awesomeness to the 012 (Pretoria) the VIRAL Sessions have been launched. Opening things up will be Red Eye Jedi, a stonerjam band featuring guitars and djembe’s. This will be followed by Jozi’s own ridiculously awesome Destrukto and the Cutout Collective, an electronic/alternative band that combines synths [...]

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so, you’ve probably heard of the massive music festival known as The Urban Electric to be held on the 1st of August. For those of you that haven’t heard about it let me give you a brief rundown of what to expect.
The [...]

So if you are up in Jo’burg this coming Friday I insist that you go down to the Woods… you’ll be in for a big surprise! MtKidu will be launching there new album in August this year and have loads of new tunes to play you, so why not grab a sneak preview of their [...]

Based in London, Trevor Jackson founded the label Output Recordings in 1996, which introduced the world to such genre defying and inventive bands and acts as LCD Soundsystem, the Rapture, Four Tet and his own project Playgroup which helped create the blueprint for present day electro.
Over the ten years that Output was in existence, Trevor [...]

If you are in Cape Town this coming weekend, you are in luck! T.I.T.E.S. is happening at The Assembly on Friday 27 February… Featuring a killer electro line-up its a party not to be missed!
Read more about the event here!
Grab a free track below to get you in the mood!
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Richard The Third is a really busy dude when it comes to making awesome music. He dropped me a mail with the details of a mix he did for a project of his under the name of “Biscope”! So now we have even more proof that Cape Town is definitely taking the lead when it [...]

So HAEZER dropped off a few new tracks in my inbox for you all! I love this guy, I love his music, I just love. Grab the tracks below or head on down to our Downloads section for more goodies!
If you are in Cape Town this Friday… Head on down to The Assembly and catch [...]

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So Mtkidu are hitting the streets this December to tour the country and show you what they’re made of! Joining them on the tour are electrotrash favourites Jacob Israel and Richard The Third!
The tour will consist of four shows:

2nd December @ Tings ‘n Times (Pretoria) – Mtkidu, Jacob [...]

Where: Roxy’s, 1st Avenue, Melville, JHB
Cost: R50 (Profits will be used by Beauty Without Cruelty to further their educational work and donated to various animal-related charities)
Building on the success of their 2007 animal rights benefit event at Horror Cafe, Uncaged has teamed up with Beauty Without Cruelty and the SA Vegan Society to host an [...]

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On September 4th, 2008, a very special event is happening at Tings ‘n Times in Pretoria.
Jacob Israel and Louis Minnaar have been invited to Portugal, where they are finalists in the 2008 Imago international film festival for the music video for “Her Narnian Horse Analogy” from Jacob Israel’s album, “My Paper [...]