We made it into the list of Top Ten Finalists in the “The Olmeca Edicion Black Best Music Blog” category! So thank you to everyone that nominated us, you rock! Now for the next round, PLEASE VOTE FOR US! It would be awesome if we could win this category! Remember this year you will have [...]

I love Popskarr. Ever since I saw them live when I was in Cape Town a month or so ago I love them even more. So love this remix they have done of Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive! Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (Popskarr Remix) by POPSKARR And you folks in Durban this weekend, go [...]

The fourth track off the the album “Skeleton Key” is now available. With this self titled track, MtKidu continue with their strong vocal content and bitching glitch pop beats. I bop my head to it all, you know! Grab it below! MTKIDU – Skeleton Key – Skeleton Key needed! Skeleton key #4 = crossbones Skeleton [...]

As a part of the avant-garde future-looking Cape Town Jazz scene, performing in bands such as Closet Snare and Babu, Shane Cooper is that rare and brilliant kind of artist who can match his hip-hop swagger and nerdy electronica with true musicianship. His solo project, Card On Spokes, is in his own words an electronica [...]

HAEZER was awesome enough to upload a teaser of some stuff he has been working on! It’s 5 minutes and 49 seconds of “Oh wow I am excited now!” The tracklisting is as follows: 1. Sean Terra – Mandrake(HAEZER RMX) 2. Ikki – Models(HAEZER RMX) 3. The Mastertrons – Fat man(HAEZER RMX) 4. Electro Ferris [...]

Johnny Neon just dropped off a remix of his track ‘Hearts’ by Who Killed JR that’s hot off the presses and ready for FRIDAY THE 13TH!!! The remix has that electro banger feel / disco feel you get from slap bass and dirty synths. It really has a party vibe to it and I wouldn’t [...]

Them boys from Popskarr dropped off this awesome remix of We Have Band’s Oh! The original has that typical indie-dance-rock sound, which Popskarr replace with deep synths and keys. Overall the treatment is effictive. The remix sounds like what the original should’ve sounded like. Plus it has a dj friendly intro and outro. Bonus! I [...]

Riding on the shock wave success of the Red Bull Studio Live stage at Cape Town’s Rocking the Daisies last year, this year the Red Bull Studio in Cape Town is hosting the Sipho Gumede stage at Oppikoppi’s Sexy. Crooked. Teeth festival from the 6-8 August and will be proudly showing off some of the [...]

So it’s time for the annual South African Blog Awards. We’ve missed the boat on this one in the past, only realising half-way through that that they’ve begun. Well, we noticed this year, so if you dig this blog and wanna spread the love, click the nominate widget on your right. Thanks! Technorati Tags: South [...]

Part of a new breed of African artists, 24 year old Spoek Mathambo (Rapper/DJ and Graphic Designer/Illustrator) is hitting the world hard with his take on Afro-futurism. Spoek sees himself as a part of a new wave of energy in Africa, which is intent on nurturing a sense of progressiveness while maintaining a pride in [...]

Liver just did a new remix of “Drive Like You Stole It” by the Glitch Mob and he wants you to show it some love! It’s for a remix competition they’re holding. All you gotta do is listen to the track via soundcloud and if you dig it, save it to your favourites. Simpsh. The [...]

The third track off of MtKidu’s “Skeleton Key” album is now available! Head on down to the link below and use the third key to access the track! The track is entitled “Scar Do” and is a pretty rocking one. I’m loving the new material from these guys at the moment. Kidu’s vocals just get [...]

Various Assets 2010 Music Created At The Red Bull Music Academy in London It’s one thing to bond with someone who uses the same software. But it’s another to share a studio with a drummer who builds instruments out of tin cans, an analog funk apostle let loose on digital synths for the first time, [...]

On the up and coming are 7ft Soundsystem, a digital-dub music duo with an insatiable passion for Jamaican roots music channeled through the sound-channels of software synths, beats and effects. The end result is liquid electronic reggae, perfect for club-soundsystems and iPod headphones alike. Their debut album which came out toward the end of last [...]