don motswako's urbantainment - issue #21 - 17/12/99
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In this Issue:
*mamela
*wat gat an?
*eish joe!
*advertise-zing
*hiphop
*kwaito
*deejay talk
*lastly
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MAMELA!
back from the other side of south africa...
few changes in my life...
left my 9 to 5... got fucked(financially) by my flatmate and his woman...
been to kwazulu natal.. got married... back in e'kapa... no rest for the
wicked... damn it's nice to be back on level earth...
so - here we go once more..
urbantainment... ALL UP IN YOUR MUG!
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WAT GAT AN?
indressa naidoo is leaving y -mag...
phat joe and pushi is no more... they broke up.. rather gruesomely..
former slam factory members have made a come-back as deep evolution..
and they're banging..
rage got some radio coverage... maria was on t bose show today.. nice..
metro fm got a website... finally.. (yfm's site is up as well)
the streetbash website is almost done... paka!
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The GAULOISES "Ultimate" Essential Mix
Friday 17th December
Longkloof Studios & Chilli & Lime - Cape Town
Doors open 21:00
Deeper Floor - Deep House and Garage Grooves
Jack Gorton (Cosmic)
Peter Abrahams (Keep it real)
Rob White (Relief)
Ryan Dent (Club Soda)
Toni Smith (DJ Syndicate)
Dino Top Hat (Fundamental)
Fresh n Fierce Floor - Hard, Progressive House and Club Trance
Nick E Louder (Unity)
Basil (Pure)
Dimitri (Rush)
Gavin Fitchie (Unity)
Warren Lissack (Synergy)
Leon (Rise Up)
Darren Africa (DNA)
Electro Beats Floor - All in the mix (4 decks Back2Back)
Rare Groove- Uneasy (Sleaze Syndicate)
Hip Hop -Sinus and B-side (Getto 3000)
Big Beats- Blunted Stuntman And DJ Bob (206 CT)
Electro Funk- Bonanza Klone(Pickle)
Drum'n' Bass- Alon & A33 (Sublime)
Tech House- Jazza & JP (Liquid Beats)
R45(+Booking Fee) from
Ticketweb 0861 400 500/ www.ticketweb.co.za
Space Station (Waterfront, Cavendish and Tygervalley)
Levi's (Waterfront)
Black Fly (Tygervalley)
Constellation (Tygervalley)
(separate entrance for ticketholders - no Queuing)
OR R60 @ Door
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Chilli 'n Lime presents
DEEP HOUSE PARTY
with DJ's
Peter Abrahms
Jamie Logan
18 December 1999 - 10pm
Chilli 'n Lime, Longkloof Studios, Cape Town
R22
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mo funk
motown funk soul 70's disco
friday, 17.12.99 - 11pm
@ 169 on long, cape town
with
trevor mitchell
nick birkby
jazza
omar
barry tobin
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electroluv 03
deep technofunk
friday, 17.12.99
rythm divine - cnr long & leeuwen, cape town
with
justine
tony lee
jp
jack
mike
ivan
odwa
rob white
gareth
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sublime test sessions - test #069
with
dj raynor(urban take-over recordings - uk)
sunday, 19.12.99
piano lounge - cnr loop & wale, cape town
r30 till 11pm
r40 after
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cause 'n effect presents
drum 'n bass bizness
every wednesday & saturday
@ the lounge - 194 long str, cape town
with selectas
trouble
alias
g-steel
danja
animal chin
a33
pace & guests
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deep house
@ tilt - 17 bree street, cape town
every wednesday, friday and saturday - 10pm
with
tony lee
aphonic
phat jack
st. nicholas
leighton
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go productions presents
10
pfab cafe - somerset rd, greenpoint,ct
tuesday, 21.12.99
with
tony smith
jon
tickets r25
r30 @ door
for tickets dial 082 5000 607 or 082 7898 939
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soul therapy
deep house|kwaito|hiphop
every thursdays
the jetlounge - long street, cape town
with
jack
kearnon
odwa
r30
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Benson & Hedges and 5FM present
BENSON & HEDGES SYNERGY: DON'T LOOK BACK
Danny Rampling / Juno Reactor / Fetish / Tomislav
31 December 1999
20:00(Doors open 5:00)
River Club, Liesbeek Parkway, Observatory, Cape Town
R150 - R250
Tickets available from Ticketweb
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The Sleaze Syndicate presents
CHRISTMAS CHEESE
10 DJ 'S / kitsh - mas Screenings
25 December 1999
21h00
Pfab café - Somerset road Green point Cape Town
R25
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HARD&FAUST Metal Merchants present
a series of Tuesday metal evenings @ Roxy's:
Roxy's Rhythm Bar, Melville (R15 at the door)
Tues Dec 21 9pm .. Decay into Light + Gorelock
Tues Dec 28 9pm .. Never Machine Forever + Blastphlegm
Tues Jan 4 9pm .. Agro + Shadowlord
Tues Jan 11 9pm .. Mjollnir + P.I.T.T.
Tues Jan 18 9pm .. Demacretia/guest DJ + Misericord
Tues Jan 25 9pm .. Gramlich + Sacrifist + surprise guest
*** Get the best in local and imported metal
merchandise at the show from WAR RECORDS
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...at the jam(43 de villiers str, district 6, ct)
Friday, 17.12.99
Boo!
The trio will be taking The Jam's stage with their nutty antics.
Saturday, 18.12.99
206 presents The T.O.E. Jam
Interzone and The Original Evergreen
with
206 DJ's
Live Hip-Hop, Jazz dance with DJ Bob and A Blunted Stuntman
Sunday, 19.12.99
Nagual and No I.D.
A night of live trance.
Monday, 20.12.99
Backpackers Party: Some of SA's top bands will show our overseas visitors
what SA music is all about. Join us for a night of good old intercontinental
fun as people from all over the globe come together at The Jam. Watch press
for further details.
Tuesday, 21.12.99
Boulder Bash: Black Milk, Nine and Plum will make this an event not to be
missed.
Wednesday, 22.12.99
Open and Firing Squad with a host of 206 DJ's. A night starting with vibrant
acid jazz by the band Open followed by Firing Squad's unique ragga stylee
and
the 206 DJ's.
Thursday, 23.12.99
Blunt supported by Femme Fatale and Triple R: Blunt will bring down the
house
with their well known hard core Hip-Hop cross-over, followed by the Level
the
Vibe DJ's, playing from ragga to jungle hip-hop cross-over.
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...at the fez(cnr burg & hout str, ct)
robbery - deep house
every saturday
with
rob white
barry tobin
r30
thursdaze - funk, 70's disco
every thursday
with
nick birkby
omar hendrix
justine
adam
rob slinger
r10
feztiv - balearic grooves & latino house
every tuesday - 10pm
with
mr. charl
dj nick
omar
subtract
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next friday - xmas eve - 24.12.99
deep house 2000 - the vinyl countdown
club soda - 11-13 buiten str, ct
with
odwa
ryan dent
shane
motswako
craig de sousa
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eish joe...
John needs to go on a business trip for several days, so he decides to set
a trap for Jane. He puts a bowl of milk under the bed. From the bed springs
he suspends a spoon. He has it calibrated so her weight on the bed will not
drop the spoon into the milk. But, if there is any more weight than that,
the spoon will drop into the milk and he will detect it upon his return
home.
He comes home several days later. The first thing he does is reaches under
the
bed and retrieves the bowl. The bowl is full of butter...
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ADVERTIZE-ZING
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black people with pc's, internet and creativity?
go to http://www.rage.co.za and find out...
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HIPHOP
boogie down knights is still the shit... the most happening hiphop event
in e'kapa...
dj sinus is fastly becoming the next deon daniels... this brother is kapping
other hiphop deejays op - he gets mad bookings nowadays..
he has since stopped playing at bistro matinee sessions as well...
cool funk is doing hiphop sets at the jetlounge in long str, ct on wednesday
evenings... you might wanna check that out...
street live connect, the regular hiphop event put together by fifth floor,
is
not going anywhere... last night they had even less patrons than the last
time - and last nite it was free..
the african battlecry mc of the year award was scooped by sky one - once
again.
is there something here that we don't know about?
mizchif funally had his album launch... his shit is out and will be in
stores
soon... he's not coming to cape town anymore though..
future sounds of msawawa, the nativz music compilation that features amu, is
nowhere to be found in kwazulu natal.. musica staff don't even know what the
hell that is..
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KWAITO
Mdu's "chomiyabana" won the song of the year title on t bose's show on
metro fm, outdoing tkzee's fiasco by two votes..
d-style, bmg's next kwaito gems, will be touring thru south africa
this summer... check them out at a major city near you..
the tkzee family have been TRUE TO THE GAME... the created a FIASCO
for cape town promoter mzukisi kuse, who was supposed to have several
after - parties for the group. apparently they never pitched at any of
these events. now kuse wants to go on radio and "expose them"
according to the members of the tkzee family they were never supposed
to be there.. they only came to cape town for in-store promotions..
bongo maffin's mari ye pepha is the shit... I SHIT YOU NOT
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DJ TALK
chiskop's ghetto 2000 is now available on vinyl... grab it!
damn - why is it that deejays, who serve as a promotional vehicle for
record labels, have to pay for local music on vinyl nowadays...
it is a YOU DO FOR ME - I DO FOR YOU situation... so now deejays have
to pay to do the record company a favour... industry rule #4080...
for the first time in cape town... two black deejays at a white club..
check out THE MOTSWAKO and ODWA on xmas eve at CLUB SODA...
has anybody heard the new DEEP EVOLUTION track that features MDU..
you gots to have it joe...(WONDER IF IT'S ON VINYL)
iggy smalls' compilation is out - go and get it..
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LASTLY...
CONFIRMED STATS THIS MORNING HAS IT THAT 299 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
KILLED ON SOUTH AFRICAN ROADS SINCE THE START OF THE SILLY SEASON.. SO..
DRINK... THINK... AND STAY ALIVE...
SPEED KILLS!
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