Pretoria, South Africa, is uncannily good at producing incredibly talented musicians that are not afraid to take on unfamiliar genres within our country. Singer-songwriter Ola Kobak is no exception in this regard. She is the beautiful voice behind Fulka, a Pretoria based folktronica act. The word Fulka is derived from a Germanic noun meaning “people” [...]

Towards the end of last year Jacob Israel brought out his 3rd album. I enjoyed it immensly and it also recieved positive feedback from many others. However, since it was a limited run it was inevitable that not everyone who wanted a copy got one, but now thanks in part to the awesome power of [...]

For those of you who haven’t been able to get your hands on one of the limited-run, physical copies This Too Will Pass is now available for purchase online at RythmMusicStore.com. Tracks are R7.00 each or R84.00 for the whole album, which is a pretty good deal in my books. Visit his Facebook page to [...]

So Jozi based Alternative/Electro band Cutout Collective gave their track ‘Bloodlines’ to electronic alchemist Jacob Israel. True to form he took the track, mangled it up and spat out something amazing, both glitchy and melodic. Head over to their Facebook page to hear a couple other Cutout Collective tracks. Jacob Israel is set to release [...]

While this video may not be new, I thought I’d post it for those of you have not seen it yet. The video was done by Louis Minnaar and the song comes off the first Jacob Israel album ‘My Paper Nautilus’ which is available as a free download here. You can also download his second [...]

Where: Tings an Times, 1065 Arcadia Street, Pretoria “Golden Shongalolo Attacks Pretoria!!!” grab your panga boss… its gonna be a dirty night… MTKIDU, JACOB ISRAEL and MR KNOWBODY LIVE!!! Facebook even has it here! Tweet This!

Photo by Chris Saunders MTKIDU! One hundred and fifty one of you  have cast your vote in our “Who are your Top 5 electrotrash artists?” poll. The Top Five are as follows: Mtkidu Richard The Third DJ Lapse GaZo Jacob Israel Congratulations to you folks! It was awesome to see that a lot of the [...]

So we headed out to the Go-Go Bar last night to catch Mtkidu, Jacob Israel, Richard the Third whilst watching CHINXXX do some visuals… Go-Go bar is a pretty interesting venue, taking kitch decor to a new level. Richard The Third set the mood with a grooving set while more and more people started to [...]

Where: The Go-Go Bar, Cnr Bree & Henry Nxumalo streets, JHB The second show of Mtkidu’s South African tour… playing alongside them will be Jacob Israel, Richard The Third, VJ CHINXXX! Mad, rad, eXtreme electro! Check out the Facebook event here! [ad#et-page] Tweet This!

Click for a larger version of the flyer! 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) [...]

Where: Cool Runnings Fourways, cnr Witkoppen and Riverbend, JHB Cost: R20 From facebook event: “Join us for the Second Edition of Junkyard Jukebox! Featuring performances by THE TASHA BAXTER Band – JACOB ISRAEL – Reflex DNB Dj’s and more.! After the success of the first Junkyard Jukebox, which saw over 1000 people come and jam [...]

Click for a larger version! 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, [...]

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