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So you think you can dance? Lucid Media put together this short little vid of local B-boys, Preston Kyd and Tarquin Samuels, getting down all over the city. It’s a simple but stunning video with lots of impressive shots of even more impressive dance moves. Check it out below and get jelly. (For [...]
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It can never compare to seeing them live but here’s some recorded tracks for when you want to rock the fuck out in your own time. Uh, so this is awkward. Been listening to this EP on repeat for like two weeks and thought we’d shared it here already but we didn’t. Turns out [...]
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The comprehensive collection of the future mfana’s verses selected by Spoek Mathambo. Until Okmalumkoolkat releases an album, this mix by Spoek Mathambo is your comprehensive fix of the future mfana. It’s a mix to promote Spoek’s documentary, Future Sound of Mzansi, which will be showing that this year’s DIFF, and it features a wide [...]
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Who cares? Honestly, who the fuck cares? They asked 2700 people and some djs (cause djs are “in”) some questions about sex and apparently, according to their minuscule sample size, “the banana boys are having sex 2.3 times a week”. Somehow, that turns into the above headline. That headlines gets spread around on various [...]
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Fresh threads, visuals and beats from the Skabanga crew. Yoh, but the Skabanga crew are on that mad hustle atm. Glamour Killface has basically been doing every kief flyer you see at the moment, they’ve put out a fresh new winter range of clothing (which you can see below) and the whole team [...]
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You haven’t heard of Qgom cause you live in the burbs and listen to ECR. Get acquainted… As we’ve told you repeatedly, Spoek Mathambo has teamed up with young SA filmmaker, Lebogang Rasethaba (Check 10and5′s profile of him over here.) to bring you Future Sound of Mzansi, a documentary on contemporary SA electronic music. [...]
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Here’s a list of movies we wanna watch at the 35th Durban International Film Festival. THE 35TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST STARTS ON THURSDAY AND OMG HAVE YOU SEEN THE PROGRAMME?! No? Rookie. It’s chill, we went through all the films and made a selection of what we’re most keen to see so [...]
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You’re not in the “Friendzone”, they just don’t like you like that, okay? You can follow Sheldon on twitter @SheldonBengtson and you can peep more of his work on his blog.
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He’s baaaaaaaaaack. Yesterday afternoon Felix Laband dropped three new tracks and the SA electronic music scene collectively came in their pants. For those of you who don’t know him (WHAT?!), Felix has been one of the most progressive producers of electronic music for over a decade now and he’s definitely your favourite electronic artist’s [...]
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Fok Julle Naaiers A couple weeks back we dropped Ricky Rick’s latest single, Nafukwa (Fok Julle Naaiers), and now, thanks to Adriaan Louw there’s a video for it. The song will make you feel small for fronting so much and the video adds visual grit and a fierceness from Ricky Rick that compliments the track [...]
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Prepare yourself for more 80s Pastiche Synth Pop straight outta Cape Town. It’s always a good day when there’s new music from Gateway Drugs. Their 80s pastiche synth pop will have you feeling like you’re in a John Hughes flick. Their latest track, Give Me Your Love,is composed and produced by Andrew Esterhuizen [...]
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The 35th Durban International Film Fest is officially underway and we’re drowning in films. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Bob here. We’ve made it through the opening weekend of the 35th edition of DIFF. Phew, it’s been chaotic, someone OD’d, another drowned in the pool at the Elangeni, Roger Young had a threesome… It’s [...]
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Bob Perfect leaves Spoek Mathambo’s doccie on South African electronic music wanting to dance. I still remember the first local electronic song that piqued my interest. I found Sibot’s Super Evil with Waddy Jones on one of those SL compilations which, up until then, were most notable to me for featuring a track by Candice [...]
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Tess’s cynicism knows no bounds. You can follow Sheldon on twitter @SheldonBengtson and you can peep more of his work on his blog.
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Tess and Snowy in… Support
Tess’s cynicism knows no bounds. You can follow Sheldon on twitter @SheldonBengtson and you can peep more of his work on his blog.
DIFF Reviews: Future Sound of Mzansi
Bob Perfect leaves Spoek Mathambo’s doccie on South African electronic music wanting to dance. I still remember the first local electronic song that piqued my interest. I found Sibot’s Super Evil with Waddy Jones on one of those SL compilations which, up until then, were most notable to me for featuring a track by Candice [...]
Durban Palestine Day March
You can debate what’s going on in Palestine on Facebook all day or you can get out in the street and stand in solidarity with those who are being murdered on a daily basis. We at DIY are firmly against Israel’s actions and will be boycotting any product with a 729 bar code, such [...]
DIFF 2014 Opening Weekend
The 35th Durban International Film Fest is officially underway and we’re drowning in films. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Bob here. We’ve made it through the opening weekend of the 35th edition of DIFF. Phew, it’s been chaotic, someone OD’d, another drowned in the pool at the Elangeni, Roger Young had a threesome… It’s [...]
What We’re Watching At DIFF
Here’s a list of movies we wanna watch at the 35th Durban International Film Festival. THE 35TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST STARTS ON THURSDAY AND OMG HAVE YOU SEEN THE PROGRAMME?! No? Rookie. It’s chill, we went through all the films and made a selection of what we’re most keen to see so [...]
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