tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49697406681934748692024-03-05T23:05:02.936+02:00Are You Charlie?Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.comBlogger438125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-7019430503314500482014-01-04T20:31:00.000+02:002014-01-04T20:31:24.810+02:00New music: Nakhane Toure | I Was Young When I Left Home (Bob Dylan cover)<div>
Doing a Bob Dylan cover is brave. His inimitable croon is soothing and gives life to his lyrics. <i>Rolling Stone </i>explained the essence of Dylan's charm perfectly when they gave him the number seven spot on their list of <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/bob-dylan-20101202#ixzz2pMd5DHV1">100 Greatest Singers:</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Bob Dylan did what very, very few singers ever do. He changed popular singing. And we have been living in a world shaped by Dylan's singing ever since. Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley anymore. Hundreds try to sing like Dylan. When Sam Cooke played Dylan for the young Bobby Womack, Womack said he didn't understand it. Cooke explained that from now on, it's not going to be about how pretty the voice is. It's going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth."</span></span></blockquote>
When I saw Nakhane Toure's <a href="https://twitter.com/nakhanetoure">tweet</a> announcing that he had done a cover of Dylan's "I Was Young When I Left Home", I was a bit nervous about what would be on the other side of the link. Turns out I had no reason to worry. Toure's version, although could do with a bit of polishing, has an ethereal, spine-tingling quality to it which makes me more than a little embarrassed to admit that I had doubted him.<br />
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<b>Listen to "I Was Young When I Left Home": </b><br />
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<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/127576077&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe>Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-75879472261749832412014-01-02T15:08:00.000+02:002014-01-02T15:31:51.387+02:00January's Mixtape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've put together a mixtape to ring in the new year. I'm also trying out a new format by using <a href="http://8tracks.com/">8tracks</a>, which is really a wonderful way to discover new music.<br />
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<b>Track list: </b><br />
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1. The Jungle Giants- I Am What You Want Me To Be<br />
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2. Fuck Buttons- The Red Wing<br />
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3. Van T- Rip Tide<br />
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4. John Wizards- Lusaka By Night<br />
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5. The Aztec Sapphire- Conflicted<br />
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6. The Nomadic Orchestra- Carolbells<br />
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7. La Femme- Jaded Future<br />
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8. Bateleur- I'm Further Away Than I Usually AmMelina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-36873486025953063882013-12-22T19:17:00.000+02:002013-12-22T20:15:19.048+02:00Shadowclub's nod to the past<div class="MsoNormal">
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walks up to Shadowclub. “I just want to say awesome work on the new album.” </span></span></div>
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looks as if he’s mustered up all his courage to walk up to the band and recite
the speech he has prepared. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Jacques, awesome vocals. Really sick lyrics,” he
says to vocalist and guitarist Jacques Moolman. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Isaac, sweet drumming. I
don’t know much about drumming, but it fits really well.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">nd for the grand finale, he turns to bassist Louis
Roux</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “And, um, if you’re not the best bass
player in South Africa, then I don’t know who is. I love your lines. I’m also a
bass player. I love your work.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“That’s so nice,” says Moolman as the declaration of
adoration comes to an end. “That’s what’s happening at the moment. We haven’t
had that in such a long time. It’s a nice morale boost to have these kids
coming and saying, ‘Fucking great album.’” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">S</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">hadowclub is at Pretoria’s Arcade Empire for the
launch of their new album, <i>Goodbye Wild
Child</i>, their second offering since their 2011 debut, <i>Guns and Money</i>. When it came to their follow-up album, the band had
it all mapped out. They were to record with label Just Music’s in-house producer
Matthew Fink at the beginning of the year so that they could have the album out
by mid-2013. But things didn’t go according to plan after another musician
booked and paid for studio time before them and Just Music’s newly</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">signed artists took precedence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You expect to go into studio and you start readying
yourself. In that experience, you live in studio. You mentally and spiritually
prepare yourself and then it never happened,” says Moolman. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a few months, although they admit</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> that</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> the delay was for the better as it allowed the
songs for their forthcoming album to brood for longer.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I think it gave us time to hone
the tracks more and just get them tight and realise more and more what was
going to work and what wasn’t,” says Klawansky. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While the holdup was frustrating, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Klawansky</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> says that the timing
worked out perfectly. “I don’t think we would have made the same album and I
think we love the album that we made, so we wouldn’t have it any other way.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Having more time to polish the tracks for </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Goodbye Wild Child </i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">didn’t make writing
the album any easier for Shadowclub as Roux says the prospect of coming up with
new material was daunting. “But then we got into a good space and the tracks
just came out,” he says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For Moolman, the problem was a bout of writer’s
block that left him in a quandary about what to write lyrically. “I had just
gone through a huge emotional experience that I can pull a lot from. I had to
channel the experience and put it into words the best way that I could,” he
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The often fatal second-album slump didn’t get the
better of Shadowclub though. Instead, questioning themselves and being able to
deliver the album that they did despite this gave them the confidence boost
that they needed. “I think that’s what the pressure was, whether it was going
to come out nicely or whether anything would come out at all. Now what we know
that it can happen we’ll be fine</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">”
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Like <i>Guns and
Money</i>,<i> </i>Shadowclub recorded <i>Goodbye Wild Child </i>live so that they
could capture the feel of their often sweaty, feverish live performances. What
they did do differently was spend a lot more time on post-production to ensure
that each track </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">i</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">s
perfect. They also worked on an entire song at a time, instead of recording
guitar, bass, drums and vocals separately. “Before, maybe all the vocals
sounded the same because they were done in one day, all the guitar tones
sounded the same,” says Klawansky. “This time, everything has a bit of a
different feel.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This time around, Shadowclub has also experimented
with writing some unexpected melodic ballads. Moolman says </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">he was tired of the raw
punk-rock sound that characterised <i>Guns
and Money</i> and wanted to try something different. The first step in this
direction was with the track “Suddenly”, an inspired Radiohead-esque track that
oscillates between a slow, chilling falsetto and a massive, hard-hitting roar
of riffs. From there, the band moved on</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">to
writing songs like “Magic Wand” and “Mocking Bird”, realising that they had the
ability to paint a different kind of picture without the dirty, fast-paced
assault of sound that they are known for. Out of these ballads, “Dirt and the
Rubble” has proved to be the most popular with fans. Initially written for
Moolman’s solo project when he was out on his father’s farm, it sees him
lamenting the loss of a girl to the nightlife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Roux says he knew that it would be a hit when the
band performed the song at Brickfields in Carfax. “There was this girl in the
front row. She had her boyfriend behind her with his arms around her shoulder
and he was kissing her neck and she was just staring at Jacques throughout the
whole song,” he says to an explosion of laughter that erupts from his bandmates.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Our mate Gareth Wilson went from calling it a
tear-jerker to a panty-thrower,” adds Moolman, who says that while “Dirt and
the Rubble” is incredibly simple, it’s essentially a love song that everyone
seems to be able to relate to. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Moolman’s lyrics have always centred on a character </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">who</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> comes into some kind of conflict
with the world</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">B</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ut compared to <i>Guns and Money</i>, the character </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">who</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> penned the lyrics on <i>Goodbye Wild Child </i>is quite different. “For the first album, it was
booze and drugs and sex and the nightlife. I think I lived in the night. It was
that guy telling all the stories. But these? I mean, I wrote about stuff that
I’ve gone through, and coming into my new life, my new way of seeing things and
believing in things,” he says. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this way, Shadowclub has used their second album
to bid farewell to the more reckless versions of themselves. “We’ve all had
aspects of craziness in our past and we’re all a lot more settled and mature.
It’s a nod to what’s happened and where we are now,” says Klawansky. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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“I was going for the wild child experience and I got it and it almost killed
me. And I was like, ‘Cool, I’m shaking your hand. Goodbye.’”</span></span></div>
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I've put together another list to add to your list of annoying year-end lists. Behold the best South African albums of 2013, in no particular order. This is a high five to the year's most beautifully crafted, well-executed records that showcase the best in local talent and make me very proud to be able to write about South African music. </div>
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<br />Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-30858730771436779262013-12-20T12:14:00.000+02:002013-12-20T12:20:38.139+02:00New video: Arno Carstens | Highway to Hell (AC/DC cover)Arno Carstens has released a cover of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" as the first single off his new solo album, <i>Lightning Prevails</i>. Carstens tones it down for his take on the classic rock 'n' roll track, a clever move that puts the focus on his gravelly voice which has a beautiful depth to it.<br />
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The song has also been covered by the likes of<a href="http://youtu.be/CVpnl9V0ctA"> Marilyn Manson</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/qRhjwunZChs">Green Day</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPYPCXRw3bw">The Darkness</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/yfuWbzSyP0U">Pink </a>and, strangely, <a href="http://youtu.be/kKTpwYuRXgI">Maroon 5</a>. I'm guessing it was before Adam Levine acquired moves like Jagger and his Sexiest Man Alive title.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lj-CXo3GwJ0" width="560"></iframe>Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-7919864459651500052013-12-17T12:56:00.001+02:002013-12-21T00:08:41.684+02:00New video: Gangs of Ballet | Don't Let Me GoGangs of Ballet have released a new music video for their track "Don't Let Me Go". Sure to be a bit of a tearjerker, it tells the story of an elderly couple who go on a joyride.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qFINg3DWhfY" width="560"></iframe>Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-14826711043308156082013-12-16T17:49:00.000+02:002013-12-16T17:49:13.661+02:00Nader Rahmani's caricatures<a href="http://www.behance.net/NaderRahmani">Nader Rahmani</a> is an Iranian 2D illustrator and caricaturist with a very unique style. His drawings of world leaders and celebrities have been published in a number of Iranian newspapers and magazines. Rahmani has done two caricatures of Madiba, so I thought it would be fitting to feature his work after South Africa's most beloved president was buried yesterday.<br />
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One of my favourite things to do is shop for second-hand books. I love the thrill of scouring dusty shelves for rare gems that end up costing a fraction of their original price because they once belonged to someone else. I've put together a little guide of the best places to go second-hand bookshopping in Pretoria. Each shop has been rated out of five based on the variety, price, organisation and condition of books. </div>
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Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-51841921409176431062013-12-10T20:43:00.000+02:002013-12-13T18:40:54.303+02:00New Music: Bye Beneco | Overwhelm EP<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bye-Beneco/288064401304530">Bye Beneco</a> has released their first EP after signing with independent label Just Music. <i>Overwhelm </i>is<i> </i>an enchanting five track bouquet of blues-infused gypsy jazz that was recorded live when the band performed at the last Just Music Sessions. <i>Overwhelm </i>will be available for purchase on iTunes soon but you can enjoy listening to it on Soundcloud in the meantime.<br />
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<b>Bye Beneco have also released an EPK for their new EP. Watch it below. </b><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DcYNROrSYXI" width="560"></iframe>Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-42961543813347113642013-12-09T20:25:00.002+02:002013-12-09T20:32:18.419+02:00MK Awards 2014: who should win, who will win & who got snubbed<a href="http://garycool.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MK-Blog-Header1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://garycool.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MK-Blog-Header1.jpg" width="400" /></a>MK may be off air but that doesn't mean the MK Awards are no longer. With the nominations announced today, it looks as if MK is doing things a bit differently this year. Categories like Best Group, Best Solo, Best SFX/Animation, Best Dance, Best Rock and Best Indie have been scrapped, while new categories like Album of the Year, Best Music Video Under R15k, and Best Afrikaans Group have been added. I'm happy about the inclusion of Album of the Year but I'm afraid that without the genre categories, some really great musicians will get looked over.<br />
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Below is a list of the nominees as well as who I think should win, will win and who got snubbed in each category.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Live Act: </span></b><br />
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Bittereinder<br />
Van Coke Kartel<br />
Zebra & Giraffe<br />
Desmond & The Tutus<br />
Jeremy Loops<br />
PH Fat<br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>It's a tough one. Bittereinder pay an enormous amount of detail to their live shows with spellbounding visuals and Peach and Louis always sporting fun masks. On the other hand, Jeremy Loops has developed a following that makes every one of his performances super special as the crowd sings and dances along. If either of them win, I'll be happy.<br />
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<b>Who will win: </b>Van Coke Kartel. They've taken the award home twice before and they have a throng of dedicated fans that will make sure they get enough votes to win.<br />
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<b>Who got snubbed: </b>As last year's Best Newcomer, Gangs of Ballet have developed a phenomenal live show. Brad Klynsmith is also an incredibly charismatic front man.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Album of the Year: </span></b><br />
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Gangs of Ballet- Yes/No/Grey<br />
Shortstraw- Good Morning, Sunshine<br />
The Plastics- Pyramid<br />
Bittereinder- Die Dinkdansmasjien<br />
Taxi Violence- Soul Shake<br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>Bittereinder. Die Dinkdansmasjien is magical.<br />
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<b>Who will win: </b>With their popular appeal, I think Shortstraw will take this one.<br />
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<b>Who got snubbed: </b>Nakhane Toure. His debut album, Brave Confusion, is one of my favourite of the year.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Newcomer:</span></b><br />
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Al Bairre<br />
Matthew Mole<br />
Michael Lowman<br />
Die Skynmaagde<br />
Bye Beneco<br />
Monark<br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>Matthew Mole.<br />
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<b>Who will win: </b>Matthew Mole. It's a no-brainer. Although I wouldn't mind if Al Bairre takes it too. [Side note: keep an eye out for Bye Beneco in 2014. I predict great things from them.]<br />
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<b>Who got snubbed: </b>Nakhane Toure. I'm a fan. Can you tell?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Festival:</span></b><br />
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Up The Creek<br />
Ramfest<br />
Oppikoppi<br />
Rocking The Daisies<br />
Synergy<br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>It's tricky to say because I didn't go to all these festivals. I'm guessing Oppikoppi, though.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Music Video:</span></b><br />
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Van Coke Kartel ft. Jack Parow- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQ-Ms9f2qs">Chaos</a><br />
Bicycle Thief- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5g-n45bGCw">Goodbye Ian Curtis</a><br />
Haezer ft Tumi- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Sf891yNZE">Troublemaker</a><br />
The Plastics- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1UDn87q8c0">Best Pretenders</a><br />
PH Fat- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leYU1jVwJxw">House of Clashes</a><br />
Wrestlerish- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ud5XqbYuKA">Battleground</a><br />
Shortstraw- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLvCxuzjuDE">Waterworks</a><br />
Bittereinder- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiJQolbCMFA&list=RDol75W-pZ8ZM">Kwaad Naas</a><br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>I love the animation used in The Plastics's Best Pretenders but for me, Haezer and Tumi's Troublemaker is the most memorable.<br />
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<b>Who will win: </b>Everything Van Coke Kartel touches turns to gold. Add Jack Parow to the mix and I'd be surprised if anybody else stands a chance.<br />
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<b>Who got snubbed: </b>I think MK has it covered.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Best music video under R15 000:</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>Al Bairre- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUo9q0be2Ko">We Move On</a><br />
Bye Beneco- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkppChp5pU">On The Line</a><br />
Moving House- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFUH1uu1g7g">Tongue in Cheek</a><br />
The Plastics- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agql9BufAJ0">Occasional Lies</a><br />
Desmond & The Tutus- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZVV7896UOs">The Future</a><br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>Bye Beneco. On The Line is a splendidly trippy video.<br />
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<b>Who will win: </b>Al Bairre. Have you seen how many YouTube hits We Move On has gotten?<br />
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<b>Who got snubbed: </b>Nakhane Toure's video for Fog. It's like a piece of performance art.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Best Afrikaans Group:</span></b><br />
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Van Coke Kartel<br />
Jack Parow<br />
Die Skynmaagde<br />
Spoegwolf<br />
Dans Dans Lisa<br />
Die Heuwels Fantasties<br />
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<b>Who should win: </b>I'm a bit confused by this category. It's not as if Afrikaans bands aren't allowed to be nominated in the other categories, so I'm not quite sure why they need one of their own. Van Coke Kartel are the most deserving, I rate.<br />
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<b>Who will win: </b>Jack Parow. His fans are formidable.<br />
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<b>Who got snubbed: </b>Bittereinder<br />
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The awards will take place on 15 February at the State Theatre in Pretoria.The public has from 9 December till 20 January to vote on <a href="http://mk-awards.dstv.com/">MK's website</a> or their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MKtv.co.za">Facebook page</a>.<br />
<br />Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-47079227187804937232013-12-07T14:17:00.000+02:002013-12-07T14:17:56.825+02:00Mana Morimoto's paper embroidery <div>
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<a href="http://manamorimoto.tumblr.com/">Mana Morimoto</a> is a Japanese artist who combines black and white photographs with colourful thread embroideries. In an interview with <a href="http://www.artchipel.com/post/66868793825/art-writers-wednesday-6-tumblr-artist-mana">Artchipel</a>, Morimoto, who is also known as MNMRMT, spoke about her creative process and how she developed her aesthetic:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I like the idea of using both digital and analog tool in my work; it can be a vintage photo, an image that I found on Google or a profile picture that I steal from my friend’s Facebook. I used to embroider on colour images at first but realise that the embroidered threads go better on a black and white image. The colour compositions become more three-dimension and vivid. So I decide to systematically change the colour picture into black and white. I print it out on a thick paper and make a bunch of holes using a needle before stitching. I complete the process by scanning and uploading the final work on my Tumblr."</span></span></blockquote>
Morimoto also says that the stitching and weaving process is therapeutic for her and always makes her feel better about things in her life. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu4MY7BnfQ0C2KwzDnxdTUl4sNzxMnTCwYVbHwkvTEXSXJLcI_Ruy5VocWevJHjtI0RnCbulHdG9a3jV5V9C7e9yCtx5LVj-KFNE3FfPk_dxyoeHz7Aq55e0MCyTgZm84OBqTMzb4Lpp4/s1600/The+Brother+Moves+On+A+New+Myth+album+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu4MY7BnfQ0C2KwzDnxdTUl4sNzxMnTCwYVbHwkvTEXSXJLcI_Ruy5VocWevJHjtI0RnCbulHdG9a3jV5V9C7e9yCtx5LVj-KFNE3FfPk_dxyoeHz7Aq55e0MCyTgZm84OBqTMzb4Lpp4/s200/The+Brother+Moves+On+A+New+Myth+album+cover.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebrothermovesonband">The Brother Moves On</a> have a had a tough time after founder Nkululeko Mthembu passed away last month. Despite this, they released their debut full length album, <i>A New Myth</i>, a compelling concoction of trippy African folk.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone who has seen The Brother Moves On will agree that the real beauty lies in their theatrical live performances which force you to reassess everything you think you know about presenting music to an audience. The band describes it best i</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">n an interview with </span><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/stories/interview-the-brother-moves-on/" style="font-family: inherit;">Okay Africa</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, where they talk about the place they think The Brother Moves On occupies in South African music culture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Our style changes with the individual characters that we play with, with the influx and movement of people coming in and coming out; and we love that.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s a weird thing because that’s what the country’s about. We’ve always played the diversity card, however we haven’t in our culture fully accepted diversity. And that’s the big thing we do, we kind of open that up a lot. The character of this collective is based on individuals who all have their influences. The theatrical side is me standing for the fact that I won’t simply play in a band. I want to do something that engages; I want to do something different. So there is that space to bring what you are, wherever you’re from and we all agree to what each other wants to do."</span></blockquote>
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<b>Listen to <i>A New Myth</i> below<i>. </i>It is also available to download on <a href="http://thebrothermoveson.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-myth#">Bandcamp</a>. </b><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Bittereinder7">Bittereinder</a> released their music video for "Kulkuns", their track featuring Chris Chameleon and easily one of the best on their album, <i>Die Dinkdansmasjien.</i> The video was shot by Louis Minnaar, who, in an interview with <a href="http://undergroundpress.co.za/index.php/component/k2/item/223-bittereinder-kulkuns-video-review">Underground Press</a>, explained how it's different to his previous work.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GfHiBKTBLLw" width="560"></iframe>Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-61124640362908417252013-12-03T22:21:00.000+02:002013-12-03T22:21:06.928+02:00December's mixtape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. </span>Bye Beneco- Overwhelm<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2.</span> Mikhael Paskalev- Jive Babe<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3.</span> Shadowclub- Dirt & The Rubble<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. </span>Ebenopsis ft. The Punch Brothers- If The Sea Was Whiskey<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5.</span> Vana & The Oh So Serious- The Green Acre Blues<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6.</span> Efterklang- Modern Drift<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">7.</span> Nomadic Orchestra- Movie Tune<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">8.</span> Julian Redpath- Blackheart Blues<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">9.</span> Daughter- Home<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">10. </span>Battle Beyond the Stars- Zombie<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Virginia Morell, who travelled to the Danakil Desert on an assignment for <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0510/feature2/">National Geographic</a>, got the opportunity to join a salt-trading caravan that was making its way through the desert. She says she was able to gain some insight into the Afar way of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><span style="font-size: large;">Already, following our week in Hamed Ela, a dust-and-fly-stricken hamlet, I'd formed some opinions. One was that people can and will live anywhere—even in the Danakil, a place of dry sands and even drier gravel beds, rocky lava flows, active volcanoes, burning salt flats, temperatures that often top 120°F, winds that choke you with dust, and suffocating days of no wind at all. Even worse, this place where rain falls sparingly at the best of times was now in the grip of a bad drought, and the half-mummified carcasses of camels and goats lay strewn across the sands.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">" </span></blockquote>
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Italian photographer <a href="http://www.behance.net/anthonypappone">Anthony Pappone</a> specialises in festival, ceremony and tribe photography. He travelled to the Danakil Desert where he took photos of the Afar people. His photos capture the harshness of the region spectacularly. <br />
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<br />Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-41228639199034170862013-11-23T08:00:00.000+02:002013-11-23T23:10:24.849+02:00Whoever controls water, controls life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mark Twain once said: “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for
fighting over.” In Karen Jayes’s debut novel, </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For the Mercy of Water</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, she constructs a world that does exactly
that. Set in the midst of a fierce battle over the world’s most precious natural
resource, water has become a commodity that is controlled by what is only known
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The cities don’t bear the brunt of the water shortages but
far away from the urban areas, in the isolated towns and villages, it is a
different story. All the towns’ inhabitants have fled to the city in search of
water that will quench their thirst. Those who stay behind are “the
grandmothers” who are left in the towns to look after the young girls. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A rare rainfall leads the company to one such town where an
old woman named Mother is found with a classroom of girls she has been looking
after. A brutal confrontation occurs between the company guards and the girls,
which leads a doctor, two aid workers, a journalist and a writer to the town to
find out the truth about what really happened. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On the face of it, it may seem that Jayes has written an
environmental story sermonising about the consequences of humans not looking
after water. It may also seem that Jayes has penned a sci-fi novel that imagines
an alternate reality while imitating our own. The truth is that <i>For the Mercy of Water </i>fits into neither
of these categories. What makes it so chilling is that the use of water as a
political tool is something that is not entirely out of the realm of
possibility because water wars have already occurred. In Botswana, for
instance, the government sought to remove the Khoisan people from the Kalahari Desert
by destroying their bore holes in an effort to cut their water supply. In 2000,
in the Bolivian city of Cochobamba, a series of protests occurred after the
government sold the municipal water supply to private company Semapa. This lead
to uprisings that saw masses<b> </b>of people
protesting against water prices which were set to increase by as much as 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ignacio Saiz, the executive director of the Centre for
Economic and Social Rights told <i>Al
Jazeera </i>that unequal power relations will be the greatest source of social
tensions rising from deprivation:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Mercy of Water </i>is a novel that explores gender-based violence, a topic
that hits a sore spot for South Africans following the brutal rape and murder
of Anene Booysen in February this year. Using striking descriptions that border
on being tenderly poetic, Jayes uses the destruction of the environment to reflect
on the destruction and suppression of the female body. It is Mother who explains
this strong feminist metaphor: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that the human body, it is mostly water. And I am seeing in this blood and
water and the way that he is lying blind, that we are busy down there fighting
a war over our bodies. We are fighting a war over every piece of life in all of
us. It is down to this last thing, and it will consume us. We will consume us.”
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the book by naming each of them and referring to the remaining characters by
their occupation only. In this way, Eve, Noni, Annette, Isalida, all the
victims who will come before them, and all those who will come after them, are
acknowledged meaningfully. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At first I found it difficult to connect with the nameless
characters because I wanted to know more about them. I formed a picture of them
in my mind while I was reading but I couldn’t look to the text for any clues
that could confirm that the picture I was painting in my imagination the
correct. This was a genius stroke on the
part of Jayes who, by making the characters anonymous, forces the reader to
confront any stereotypes they may have about race and class. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the same way that the characters are mysteriously unnamed,
so is the place in which the plot unfolds. Jayes shows us that this projection
of reality could take place anywhere and at any time. </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For the Mercy of Water </i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">is debilitating as it reflects the sickening
way in which violence against women is perpetuated. But it is also exhilarating
as it offers refreshingly strong yet intricate female characters that triumph
despite this. </span></div>
Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-81882923714830265552013-08-23T12:08:00.001+02:002013-08-24T07:28:52.184+02:00Content package #UPdigital <div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Another assignment, this time for the module I am doing in digital journalism. I had to take a poor piece of digital journalism, explain why it has been badly presented, and then put together a plan for how I would have covered the story online. </i></div>
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I chose to take a closer look at how the elections in Zimbabwe were covered this year as it was a significant story for both local and international media, allowing me to compare the two. The 89-year-ol Robert Mugabe was recently elected for a seventh term as Zimbabwe's leader after winning 61% of the votes. His main rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, filed a court petition over allegations of widespread electoral fraud. The Constitutional Court, however, dismissed the case, saying that Mugabe's re-election was free and fair. </div>
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I have selected number of examples of poor digital journalism. The first
is <i>Independent Newspapers' </i>website, IOL. It provides a standard
write-up of an article with the occasional photo gallery or video clip. It
also relies heavily on sourcing articles from the wires, which means that
because the site doesn’t offer anything extra to it’s audience, they will most
likely go find the same news elsewhere. Essentially, it provides the facts, but
little more in terms of value.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOC4-vGCoSIqd3F6NDCgVMOOf0Qvzni1P02cP1GvXF7cC2dZOHVxModM82mkyfRmzpplVvdpsNrLMsfqH1_ZUM617W02_Pfh-8Ybc2E6zTGU7sD-sZUvnufs-Wm0Hfc2k0Ag29hFanGLc/s1600/iol+article.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOC4-vGCoSIqd3F6NDCgVMOOf0Qvzni1P02cP1GvXF7cC2dZOHVxModM82mkyfRmzpplVvdpsNrLMsfqH1_ZUM617W02_Pfh-8Ybc2E6zTGU7sD-sZUvnufs-Wm0Hfc2k0Ag29hFanGLc/s640/iol+article.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Article on IOL's website. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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Radio station <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jacaranda </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has a website (<a href="http://www.jacarandafm.com/">www.jacarandafm.com</a>) which also relies on
the wires for content. It does to some extent publish voice clips of interviews
that have appeared on air, but it’s a rather odd selection, for example “Cats
make the best alarms!” Few of them have any significance when it comes to being
newsworthy. Besides a galleries tab and a selection of music videos, there is
no other form of multimedia on the site. In this way, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jacaranda </i>has not quite found a way to converge radio and online
yet.
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherX3hAPcIuHQC8o3A7hCZZZNdIwCrp4nQylUl7QLPFedhvXkZ2XfiOjcdOl5j2YBJW1UBLZ_P-STti17f-GRtdSeWG0pV59uMNIj3M_FK2bH81CaFnKGpXgPdZfNb_MWma4cG80_WFykg/s1600/jacaranda+zim+article.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherX3hAPcIuHQC8o3A7hCZZZNdIwCrp4nQylUl7QLPFedhvXkZ2XfiOjcdOl5j2YBJW1UBLZ_P-STti17f-GRtdSeWG0pV59uMNIj3M_FK2bH81CaFnKGpXgPdZfNb_MWma4cG80_WFykg/s640/jacaranda+zim+article.png" width="564" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Article from Sapa-AFP on Jacaranda's website. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhkR1rHJgvn0p2F6EKwW1yGv9R1YMcSwyhyboWPnFIZcU_Cs_ifDtuSZs_vn0fyheVehAn7KIK5Y39k7kTT0AgZ8tuZ96rR4inU4N6nOzRGK89BbhYlA9eoY5bOMmamwIJKT_EDkv7Pht/s1600/jacaranda+audio.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhkR1rHJgvn0p2F6EKwW1yGv9R1YMcSwyhyboWPnFIZcU_Cs_ifDtuSZs_vn0fyheVehAn7KIK5Y39k7kTT0AgZ8tuZ96rR4inU4N6nOzRGK89BbhYlA9eoY5bOMmamwIJKT_EDkv7Pht/s640/jacaranda+audio.png" width="638" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The audio clips on Jacaranda's website. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY: </span></b></span><br />
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<b>Create a special report tab</b><br />
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The elections in
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be numerous articles about it. At the same time, people who are interested in
the elections will want to follow what happens as it unfolds. In this way, a separate
tab that aggregates all the coverage on Zimbabwe will be useful. It will also
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The first step
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for the rest of the digital content strategy. This is where the above examples
generally stop in terms of how they represent a story online. This series of
articles will include thorough reporting and research. A benefit of online is
that it is not limited by space or time, as it is with print, radio or
television. Links to other articles or media on the subject can also be
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text-heavy as this will scare a large number of users away immediately. A site
can make use of lists, subheadings and multimedia to ensure that the reader
doesn’t get bored and leave the site. It is also useful to give users the
option to share the article they have just read on various social media sites
like Facebook or Twitter. This gives the audience the chance to attract
additional users to the site without the media organisation have to do so.
Users can also comment on an article, which allows them to participate in
debates and discussions about the topic. This allows readers to interact with
the news itself as well as the people who are producing it. This, in turn,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchor article on Times LIVE. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Article on The New York Times' website with an embedded link to another article on the subject.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opinion piece by City Press' Carien du Plessis. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opinion piece on The Telegraph's website. </td></tr>
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anchor articles that appear on the site should be tweeted from the publication’s
Twitter account. A hashtag can also be created for the story. In this instance,
something like <i>#zimelections</i> or <i>#zimelections2013</i> will be appropriate. Anyone
who wants to find all the tweets that link to the story can click on the
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Twitter is a good
way to build a brand that is accessible and in touch with its audience because it
allows a site to interact with its users in real-time. Connecting with the audience on this level
also makes you more aware of what people want and what they don't want in terms
of news content, based on their reactions to the story and how many times the
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digital age. A journalist will tweet what is happening at an event as it
unfolds in real-time. People can follow these tweets and feel as if they are
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City Press' Carien du Plessis live tweeting from Zimbabwe as the elections are taking place. </td></tr>
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page. Readers can comment on the link, or share it with their friends if they
like. A group which discussesthe elections in Zimbabwe can be created so that
people who feel strongly about the topic can engage with one another in
discussion and debate. Facebook also provides the opportunity to upload photo
albums which can provide more of a visual aspect, as well as more context for a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Link to article on Mail & Guardian's Facebook page. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mail & Guardian using Facebook as a crowd-sourcing method. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example of comments from users on Times LIVE's Facebook page. </td></tr>
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audience on yet another platform. Publications can have their own Instagram
which journalists can post from at events. Like Twitter, it provides real-time
updates for users. These photos can later be turned into an article. Instagram
can also be used by citizens to provide the media with information and access
they wouldn’t necessarily have. Publications can then use these Instagrammed
photos to add yet another dimension to the story. Additionally, a publication
can also Instagram screen shots that pose questions that users can answer, or
to promote an event. This creates another way for a publication to communicate
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example of story on the Mail & Guardian's website where Instagrammed photos are used to tell a story. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Zimbabwean citizen's Instagrammed photo after voting in the elections. </td></tr>
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Digital pinboard site Pinterest is another way that
publications can engage with their audience via social media. They can use it
to find out what is popular on Pinterest and then create a board that features
stories published on the topic. It can
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create a board relating to a specific topic and then feature the best ones on
the site. This ensures that the audience gets more involved in the news
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Example of Times LIVE using Pinterest as part of their coverage of the Zimbabwe elections. </td></tr>
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as it allows for an abundance of opinion. The service also lets people know
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<li><a href="http://storify.com/ajstream/zim">Al Jazeera</a></li>
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package so that that context can be established. The presence of something
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where programming is used to gather and combine information. Software can also
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way of making sense and presenting all this data to an audience as they makes
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<span lang="EN-US">Analytics is the use of a variety of
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analytics can be used to tell you what content users are visiting and sharing,
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that users can access a site without downloading an app from the iTunes store,
allowing publications to avoid giving Apple the subscription fee. It also means
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example, the magazine’s website has a game which can help users understand the
mafia better. They do this by becoming an undercover cop posing as a
drug-trafficker. Although still in its early stages, news games are a novel way
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<i>I'm taking a module in photojournalism this semester. This is one of my assignments, a 5-image photo story about Woodlane Village, an informal settlement in Pretoria East. </i></div>
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Woodlane Village is an informal settlement nestled between the afluent homes of Mooikloof and Woodlands in Pretoria East.<br />
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Nicknamed "Plastic View", it is home to about 3000 residents from Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and neighbouring provinces in South Africa.<br />
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It was initially started when 500 homeless people staying in a nearby field came together to form the village, which is adjacent to the Moreleta Park NG Church and close to the Pretoria East Hospital and shopping centre, Woodlands Boulevard. <br />
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The community has been embroiled in several court cases since its inception six years ago, the latest in which sees homeowners in the surrounding suburbs taking the Tshwane Metro Council to court for not controlling access to the village.<br />
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A 2009 court ruling ordered the council to maintain the fence surrounding the village and to ensure that security guards are placed at both entrances. Homeowners are claiming that the council is not doing this properly. <br />
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While the court battle questioning these residents' right to live in the settlement continues, the people of Woodlane Village go on with their daily lives, trying to find employment by selling fresh fruit and vegetables, running colour spaza shops, barbers and other small makeshift businesses. <br />
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<i>This interview was published in Perdeby on 29 July 2013. </i></div>
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Taxi Violence’s fourth studio album <em>Soul Shake </em>sees
the Cape Town quartet cranking up the noise to produce unadulterated,
raucous rock ‘n’ roll, a feverish ode to what made the band so popular
when they started out almost a decade ago.</div>
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<em>Perdeby </em>sat down with George van der Spuy
(vocals), Rian Zietsman (guitar), Jason Ling (bass guitar) and Louis Nel
(drums) to chat about their rip-roaring fourth release.</div>
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<strong>At the beginning of the year you guys came up with 30 new songs for the second half of <em>Soul Shake. </em>How do you go about choosing which ones make it onto the album in the end?</strong>Rian: We kind of jam it out.<br /> </div>
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George: And do pre-production.<br /> </div>
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Rian:
Ja, pre-production is a very vital part of making an album, I think.
You check which ideas work and which don’t, but then on the other hand,
we have one song which is a combination of a whole bunch of things that
didn’t work together. Now I think it’s my favourite song on the album.<br /> </div>
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George:
It’s weird. You listen back to it during pre-production and you can
hear what other people hear because when you play it, it’s very
different. You’re enjoying the jam and you’re in the vibe but when you
listen back to it, it doesn’t come across in the same way as you feel
it. We found a balance between what we really enjoy and what sounds good
on CD.</div>
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<strong>How did writing an acoustic album before this influence the writing of <em>Soul Shake</em>?</strong>Louis:
I wouldn’t say “influence”, but I would say it definitely helped during
the songwriting process, because in the past we used to write songs in
the rehearsal room with very loud amps and loud drum kits and stuff.
They came out well but for the acoustic album we wrote on acoustic
instruments and the majority of this new album was also written on
acoustic instruments in a basement, so you have to kind of like pay
attention to the quieter side of the song. You can’t hide it behind just
bashing drums and lots of distorted guitar. It’s a very cool way of
writing because if your song translates on an acoustic instrument, it
will definitely translate being played loud and brash but not
necessarily the other way round. In terms of songwriting, our acoustic
album helped us a lot.</div>
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<strong>You guys have opted for songs with a simpler arrangement this time around. What brought this on?</strong>Rian:
Simple is always best. Once you start overthinking something, I find
that it loses the essence of what you’re trying to do in the first
place. Although we did spend a lot of time honing the songs, there were
certain aspects of it that we weren’t that familiar [with] or sure of
when we went into the studio and jammed it out there and took some
guidance from Rusti, who was recording it with us. I suppose that’s
where the simplicity comes from, the fact that it was new to us as well.
When I listen back to some of the stuff, I couldn’t even remember
playing it or doing it and not because I was drunk.<br /> </div>
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Jason: I think
for us, we’ve been around for a while. We’ve learned what works and what
doesn’t work. I think that that’s something that we’ve learned now.<br /> </div>
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George:
We kind of took a lead from our influences like The Stones and The
Beatles and [those bands] are really simple. There’s no real complicated
stuff and if you can write a simple song that translates well, then
you’ve done your job instead of trying to complicate things.<br /> </div>
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Jason: You don’t need to be different for the sake of being different.<br /> </div>
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Rian:
At the end of the day, if you want to make a living out of this, you
can’t be a musician’s band. You kind of have to challenge your audience
in a certain regard but you still need to show them a good time without
going to class when they come to your shows. They’re coming to rock out.</div>
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<strong>Jason, you were a lot more involved in the writing of <em>Soul Shake</em>. What was that like?</strong>Jason: It was cool, but it’s like ...<br /> </div>
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Louis: Don’t be modest.<br /> </div>
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Jason:
Louis and Rian were doing Beast and George took time off for Wembley. I
don’t have a side project so I’m always writing music. I brought a lot
of ideas to the band and the songs wouldn’t be the same without them but
I mean, instead of just jamming them out, we started with the basics of
structures and chords. Louis brought some ideas and Rian as well.<br /> </div>
George: And George.<br />
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Jason:
And George. Sorry George. Just checking if you’re awake. When I joined
the band, a lot of the songs were still from the previous bass player
and a lot of the songs were carried over to the unplugged album, so as a
band, these 11 songs are pretty much us. Except for one, it’s a cover
but it has pretty much our flavour to it.</div>
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<strong>George, you write your lyrics in studio. Am I right?</strong>George:
I don’t write them in studio. I write them during the recording process
because as Rian said earlier, sometimes there’s little things that
change in the studio. “Brainmash” for instance. He [Rian] did something
different on the guitars and it was a totally different chorus and once I
heard that, it inspired me to write a different chorus that’s a lot
more catchy. It helps to write with stuff that sounds a little bit more
proper but you always have a basic melody down and sort of an idea of
what the ideas are going to be like. I just refine it during the
recording process.</div>
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<strong>Is there any significance behind the album title, <em>Soul Shake</em>?</strong>George:
When we set out to do this album, we wanted to do a party-rock album,
get back to our original roots of just rocking out because our unplugged
album was chilled out. That’s where the whole “soul shake” thing comes
from. We want to move you from the inside and the outside. Music for the
waist down. You don’t have to think about it too much but it hits you
[there].</div>
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<strong>There’s a little story behind “Singing Monkey” – something about a smashed-up guitar. Can you tell me a bit more about that?</strong>Rian:
A mate of ours was on some film set and one of the props was some
cheap-ass Fender Strat copy. One of the things they had to do with it
was to smash a guitar while filming, but whoever did it didn’t do it
properly – it was still working. It had one of the tune knobs missing
and that string had to be on a certain pitch so I tuned the rest of it
so that it would fit in with that string and it ended up being an open
tuning so you could strum it easily. I think [Jason] Ling and Louis had
left one night after rehearsal and George and I were still hanging
around. He was jamming this little lick on the thing and I saw what he
was doing and took that and he started singing over it and that’s how it
came about.</div>
Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-39176640352120381432013-07-18T21:46:00.001+02:002013-07-18T21:46:55.129+02:00New track: Arctic Monkeys | 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"2013" is a brand new track off the b-side to Arctic Monkeys', "Do I Wanna Know?<i>" </i>The song won't feature on the band's upcoming album <i>AM</i>, but with a deliciously psychedelic guitar solo, it's definitely worth a listen.<br />
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<i>AM</i>, will be released on 9 September. <br />
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<b>Listen to "2013" below: </b><br />
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<b>Listen to the first single off <i>AM</i>, <i>"Do I Wanna Know?"</i>: </b><br />
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Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-4366167631291094002013-07-18T19:00:00.001+02:002013-07-18T19:00:52.328+02:00Quirky RoyalphabetKesselsKramer London has joined forces with illustrator leeleelee.como to create this quirky, tongue-in-cheek alphabet card just in time for the birth of Will and Kate's kidlet. I love it, especially the <b>P</b> for <b>Pippa's booty</b> and the <b>I </b>for <b>Inbred</b>. It doesn't get better than this. <br />
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<br />Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-84530307564810063022013-07-17T23:32:00.000+02:002013-07-17T23:32:58.086+02:00New track: Kings of Leon | SupersoakerKings of Leon have just released "Supersoaker", the first single off their upcoming album, <i>Mechanical Bull</i> which will be out on 24 September.<br />
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It's the Caleb Followill we haven't heard in a while and might just be enough to return the band to its former glory.<br />
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If you like what you hear, "Supersoaker" is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969740668193474869.post-84117036875987391432013-07-17T20:48:00.000+02:002013-07-17T20:50:59.973+02:00New video: PHFAT | House of Clashes<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_407XwsBdJN9pXRoMamZUeOAfOCgLaTYs4RO1ZVJXrKRgRmBbi8e96LZ8BiA1Ri8oteZ-9NLydMYu5fT7iv3PyP4JrHfRCXjA1jLy7pAxYTrMdTlpnKUwtHFYhtgw7h_jUG6HVVL4R79n/s1600/phfat+new+album.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_407XwsBdJN9pXRoMamZUeOAfOCgLaTYs4RO1ZVJXrKRgRmBbi8e96LZ8BiA1Ri8oteZ-9NLydMYu5fT7iv3PyP4JrHfRCXjA1jLy7pAxYTrMdTlpnKUwtHFYhtgw7h_jUG6HVVL4R79n/s640/phfat+new+album.jpg" width="640" /></a>Electronic rap trio PHFAT will be dropping their new album <i>Happiness Machines</i> in five days. Today they released the first single off the album, "House of Clashes" and in true PHFAT style, they've made the track available to download for free.<br />
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<b>Download "House of Clashes" below: </b><br />
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PHFAT are also embarking on their <i>Happiness Machines</i> album launch tour at the end of this month too. <br />
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<b>26 July </b>Cape Town | The Assembly | With Felix Leband, Seafood, Mr Sakitumi, Hyphen & Button Bashers<br />
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<b>27 July</b> Pretoria | Arcade Empire | With Felix Leband, Fuzigish, <span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">Hawkword, Michael Lesar, King Rat, David and Goliath, Tympa, Destrukto, DJ Mammi Watta</span></span></span><br />
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<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">Hard copies of the album will be on sale for R170 on the night if you are feeling generous. It comes with a 16-page booklet designed by Jason De Villiers. Otherwise, you can download the album for free. Easy as that. </span></span></span>Melina Meletakoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06250699207276886027noreply@blogger.com0