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Posted on November 19 2009 Read more...

Lapse (re)visits Planet Rock

Lapse (re)visits Planet Rock Lapse is back and this time he has taken the classic track Planet Rock and chopped it into little bits, keeping only a few choice pieces and sticking it all back together again with a few of his own synths and drums thrown in for good measure. Lapse takes the electro (in the truest sense ...
Posted on November 17 2009 Read more...

Album Review: Mix n Blend – Look mom, no hands

Album Review: Mix n Blend – Look mom, no hands Reading the press release that accompanied our copy of “Look mom, no hands” I couldn’t help but think, maybe I’ll just copy and paste the whole thing and upload two tracks from the album for your downloading pleasure. If the press release is anything to go by, the album should be amazing! It is, in ...
Posted on November 14 2009 Read more...

Biscope remix Tonight!

Biscope remix Tonight! So the first remix of Tonight by Popskarr that I've come across is this awesome dubstep remake courtesy of the Rumney Bros. aka Biscope. The first 2:16 of the track lull you into a false sense of calmness that is completely destroyed as soon as that dirty bassline comes in (is that a Virus?). If ...
Posted on November 14 2009 Read more...

CoDeC: Retro Series

CoDeC: Retro Series Capetonian CoDeC has been making music for a while now and he decided to share some of his older stuff with us in what he is calling his "Retro Series EP". So here we are, four tracks from his past that are more in the vein of italo disco than the banging stuff he is ...
Posted on November 12 2009 Read more...

New Artist: Mix n Blend!

New Artist: Mix n Blend! Well look what the internet dragged in! Cape Town's Mix n Blend are the newest addition to our artists section. Check it out here! They make dubsteppy, hip hoppy, jazzy electro crunk soul.  Part of the African Dope stable, they have remixed and featured a number of premier South African acts. Look out for a ...
Posted on November 10 2009 Read more...

Don Diablo – I need to know

Don Diablo – I need to know Our friend Stephen from Muzikology sent us this early this morning... Don Diablo's trademark guitarlicks, staccato basslines and distorted synths are all united in this funky little number called 'I need to know'. It will not be on his forthcoming album, but it does come in two versions, an original version and an extended mix for ...
Posted on November 9 2009 Read more...

Myrid Ambre – Weird Realm

Myrid Ambre – Weird Realm First off, congrats to CF for winning a copy of the Myrid Ambre album by guessing the vocalist on the the track posted here! For the rest of us, here is another track from this minimal mastemind. Winding, well composed and beautiful is all I could come up with when trying to put this track into ...
Posted on November 9 2009 Read more...

Yesterday’s Pupil – Mechanisms of the Universe (video)

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Posted on November 6 2009 Read more...

Bloody Beetroots – Theolonius (King Voodoo)

Bloody Beetroots – Theolonius (King Voodoo) I bet you're wondering why we're featuring an Italian group on a blog that is focused on South African electronic music. Ok so we have featured one or two Dutch acts in the past, but in general we tend to stick to the +27 since there are countless blogs out there dedicated to electronic music ...
Posted on November 5 2009 Read more...

Popskarr is here Tonight (and wants you to remix ‘em!)

Popskarr is here Tonight (and wants you to remix ‘em!) Popskarr are Cape Towns' newest "Electro/Pop/Disco/Experimental/AfroPop/Epic" group consisting of chronic remixer Lapse and Angolan/Congolese/Belgium born singer IAmWaves. They have decided to inject their music with some soul. Their first single from their upcoming album is called Tonight and they were kind enough to offer it as a free download along with a remix by Mr. ...
Posted on November 5 2009 Read more...

Red Bull Studios Cape Town, Electric Roundup: Voicetag

Red Bull Studios Cape Town, Electric Roundup: Voicetag Although there are a considerable amount of Electronica music makers of distinction around South Africa, particularly in Pretoria and Joburg, for a long time Cape Town was considered the hub of it all. Reason being it was the hometown of African Dope Records and the wave of glitchy, beautiful and, in some cases, hip-hop influenced ...
Posted on November 3 2009 Read more...

Don Diablo is never too late!

Don Diablo is never too late! Our favourite Dutch dude Don Diablo is getting ready to release a digital E.P. at the end of November and an album (Life is a Festival) soon thereafter. As a taste of things to come, we have been sent the track 'Never Too Late', a remix by Mason and a fun little bootleg of his ...
Posted on October 30 2009 Read more...

Halloween Special: Paul Gala – Freddy Krueger Slasher Mashup

Halloween Special: Paul Gala – Freddy Krueger Slasher Mashup My old friend Paul Gala got in touch with me the other day and dropped this one off just in time for Halloween! Some of you may remember Paul as one of the members of South African electro band "Black Rabbit". Black Rabbit are (sadly :( ) no more but Paul and Mia (the stunning ...
Posted on October 29 2009 Read more...

Grave Danger: Grave The Disco Mix

Grave Danger: Grave The Disco Mix The kids from Grave Danger sent me this badass mix that they did for Discotheque... Put it on your iPod and tell your boss to piss off for an hour, it will be worth it! [download#170#nohits]- SoundCloud link, 83.7MB Discotheque Mix 004 - Grave Danger by The assembly ...