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The following is a list of all entries from the Music category.
Sticky Antlers – Blind Horse Video
Filed in Music, July 11, 2009, 7:20 pmSome lo-fi animated fun from Pretoria’s no-fi noiseniks Sticky Antlers. Blind Horse (animated music video)
Dual Album Launch Videos pt1
Filed in Live,Music,Ramon Galvan, June 26, 2009, 3:11 pmSome videoclips from the recent Newspace Theater performance – firstly from Ramon Galvan’s set – the gorgeous song ‘Salvo’. The highlight of Ramon’s set was the closer ‘No Rest’, which featured an amazing free drumming performance by Ross Campbell and generally much noise. Thanks to Jaco Minnaar for filming – I will upload more videos [...]
Pics from Righard Kapp and Ramon Galvan album launch
Filed in Live,Music,Ramon Galvan,Righard Kapp, June 22, 2009, 12:39 pmWe’ve got some photos from Nic da Silva and his wife Lauren from the Dual Album launch, you can view the full album here.
Delay in distributing two new albums
Filed in Albums, , 11:08 amDue to an error at the pressing plant there is going to be a slight delay in getting the two new albums distributed into shops, keep watching this space for news on that. The launch gig was a wonderful experience, thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of that, particularly The Newspace Theatre [...]
Two brand new albums out June 21st 2009!
Filed in Albums,Jaunted Haunts Pressings,Live,Music,Ramon Galvan,Righard Kapp, June 5, 2009, 1:31 pm_______________________________ It can finally be announced: on June the 21st, this press is issuing two new albums simultaneously. Ramon Galvan’s ‘Outer Tumbolia’ and Righard Kapp’s ‘Strung Like A Compound Eye’ are launched on this night at the Newspace Theatre in Long Street, Cape Town. You might want to check out these sample tracks before moving [...]
‘For Astraea’ in Richard Haslop’s Top 50 albums of 2008
Filed in Albums,Ella Joyce Buckley,Jaunted Haunts Pressings,Music, May 25, 2009, 12:41 pmThe sage-like South African music writer and former host of the ‘Roots to Fruits’ radio show, Richard Haslop, has announced his top 50 albums for 2008, and Ella Joyce Buckley’s ‘For Astraea’ is on it. Also, along with Jim Neversink’s ‘Shakey is Good’, it’s the only South African album on the list. The list will [...]
Limbs Gone Batty: The Buckfever Underground Live Album
Filed in Albums,Jaunted Haunts Pressings,Music, May 20, 2009, 4:40 pmMy apologies for scant and slightly off-topic posting of late. No excuses, barring not having much to say. It’s taken a bit longer than it should have, but i can finally announce that the Buckfever Underground live album ‘Limbs Gone Batty’ is now available. Recorded one fine May night at the much missed Independent Armchair [...]
Amazing Dynamic Flash Movies
Filed in Animation,Tech Stuff,Visual, April 16, 2009, 5:34 pmAt times like these I wish i wasn’t a complete moron as far as programming is concerned: these flash applications from Berlin-based developer Andre-Michele are just incredible – the premise of it is that each pixel in the bitmap becomes a seperate particle in a system that is influenced by how the mouse interacts with [...]
Benguela Reunion gig
Filed in Live,Music,Writing, April 2, 2009, 12:37 pmLast night, being the first of April of 2009, brought another instance of what a friend of mine jokingly dubbed the ‘Springbok Nude Girls syndrome’; ie the recent tendency of South African bands who had already split up, to play reunion gigs. As an aside, i suspect this is happening for the simple reason that [...]
KOOS reissue launch
Filed in Albums,Jaunted Haunts Pressings,KOOS,Music, March 15, 2009, 11:20 pmThis coming Wednesday, the 18th of March, sees the sole album from legendary South African post-punk band KOOS reissued for the first time on CD, or any format since the album’s limited edition cassette release in 1989. “Forget about Johannes Kerkorrel and his buddies, KOOS were the truly innovative band whose music defined and reflected [...]
