tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56362154622997661392024-02-20T02:48:09.684+02:00We Did This Records - DIY Punk, Folk, Noise, Post-Rock... etc From ZAWe Did This Records is a D.I.Y non-profit record distro from the South African undergroundUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-34121276912643513702021-12-03T02:52:00.000+02:002021-12-03T02:52:30.637+02:00Waxed Scene Mixtape: A South African Food Relief Fundraiser by We Did This Records<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucu2SftpoJnwdnIYPU5SvOmYNyQQaFaVO9TeBIGicYqSmaXVZKt5AWfrR3b5Pwv_DeSpMeOIwbVw118USkXOLgIdqMCnZiDzxRiG-adilS0dd9qjVqzzb7735F3jJegCC7VeiPlpLvVQ/s2048/Mixtape22+copysmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1447" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucu2SftpoJnwdnIYPU5SvOmYNyQQaFaVO9TeBIGicYqSmaXVZKt5AWfrR3b5Pwv_DeSpMeOIwbVw118USkXOLgIdqMCnZiDzxRiG-adilS0dd9qjVqzzb7735F3jJegCC7VeiPlpLvVQ/w453-h640/Mixtape22+copysmall.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/jhb-food-relief-fundraiser-waxed-scene-mixtape" target="_blank">This mixtape</a></b> was made in support for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/743924195740602" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank"><b>Food Not Bombs Jozi</b></a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lockedoutjhb/" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank"><b>Locked Out!</b></a> who will split the proceeds equally.</p><p>These food relief programs operate in <b>Johannesburg</b> and provide much needed support for people in dire situations, all made worse through the pandemic and recent unrest.</p><p>We deeply thank each artist who contributed material for this project.</p><p>And thank you for donating to this initiative, or sharing it online!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/743924195740602" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Food Not Bombs Jozi</span></b></a> operates in Durban Deep- a region cut off from water and electricity for more than 10 years. We prepare delicious healthy meals for the community every Saturday, and conduct mobile runs to the homeless, and suffering communities. We try to answer the call for aid and solidarity where we can, but we need supplies, brave and committed volunteers, and spare cash for petrol and vehicle maintenance in order to keep this operation going. - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/foodnotbombs.jozi">www.facebook.com/groups/foodnotbombs.jozi</a></p><p><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lockedoutjhb/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Locked Out</span></a></b> began during the Covid19 lockdown to assist the homeless facing both police brutality and starvation. We are committed to providing food to these vulnerable individuals, to tell their stories, and to inspire you to do the same. - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lockedoutjhb/">www.facebook.com/lockedoutjhb/</a></p><p>Cover illustrations by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/angrylittlecrayon/" target="_blank"><b>Sandy Little</b></a><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Featuring:</span></h4><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEl0x5dXV8ltklN07oHPgA" target="_blank">Shameless Band SA</a> / <a href="https://mongrelrecords.com/fuzigish/" target="_blank">FUZIGISH</a> / <a href="https://moonswingcollective.bandcamp.com/album/alive-ep" target="_blank">haunts</a> / <a href="https://herstemsspiral.bandcamp.com/album/hallucination-christmas" target="_blank">Her Stems Spiral</a> / <a href="http://www.thedumpies.com" target="_blank">The Dumpies</a> / <a href="https://www.nownowjustnow.com/julia-robert" target="_blank">Julia Robert</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxK0QYoxe3vz1luBM6Os-wA/featured" target="_blank">Seru</a> / <a href="https://hatedrelated.bandcamp.com/album/grief-unbridled" target="_blank">Hated Related</a> / <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/dayjobvu" target="_blank">Monday Morning Justice</a> / <a href="https://guiltysurvivor.bandcamp.com/album/signal-loss" target="_blank">Guilty Survivor</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLROzq6TwH5cOTBB-J9KGx-ndxzJP9NuYJ" target="_blank">THEE SMØGS</a> / <a href="https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/fakebitpozeurs/stuck" target="_blank">Fake-bit PoZeurs</a> / <a href="https://laserchristlondon.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Laserchrist</a> / <a href="https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/allthesewastednuts/some-parts-repeat--cage-madness" target="_blank">All These Wasted Nuts</a> / <a href="https://omenharm.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Omen Harm</a> / <a href="https://doomscrollband.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Doom Scroll</a> / <a href="https://virtualbird.bandcamp.com/album/hate-the-government-love-you" target="_blank">Virtual Bird</a> / <a href="https://xcontortx.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Contort</a> / <a href="https://make-overs.bandcamp.com/music" target="_blank">Make-Overs</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0fePhxxSCAXdSEk8uBbGXR?si=L103qZA4TGWpKNwthSglVA" target="_blank">Apostles</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Soundzofthesouth/featured" target="_blank">Soundz of the South</a> / <a href="http://further.co.za/" target="_blank">Aragorn23</a> / <a href="https://snowflakehxc.bandcamp.com/music" target="_blank">SNOWFLAKE</a> / <a href="https://returntowormmountain.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Return to Worm Mountain</a> / <a href="https://jonshaban.bandcamp.com/album/21-songs-in-21-days" target="_blank">Jon Shaban</a> / <a href="https://dabeachboyzhc.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Da Beach Boyz</a> / <a href="https://writeoff.bandcamp.com/track/bury-me" target="_blank">Write Off</a> / <a href="https://brickface.bandcamp.com/music" target="_blank">Brickface</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCstanQlDQf8sRl16S5P9N9Q/videos" target="_blank">The Lebowski</a> / <a href="https://uglyboyfriend.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Ugly Boyfriend</a> / <a href="https://gassfella.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Gassfella</a> / <a href="https://vampireslumberparty.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Vampire Slumber Party</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/WolfgangMarrow/videos" target="_blank">Wolfgang Marrow</a> / <a href="https://ard13.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">A Reptile Dysfunction</a> / <a href="https://groundsweeprecords.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Matt Vend and the Tender Ten</a> / <a href="https://2cardigans.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">2 Cardigans & Bowtie</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2sk6ntlq4HVlVpNOpDVIqV?si=Ku8czww4Sw-W-tHinYGwAA" target="_blank">The Loose Ends</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/colour_bone_black/" target="_blank">Colour Bone Black</a> / <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/track/demon-in-the-drink" target="_blank">Crumbs</a> / <a href="https://isadoradustmitejunk.bandcamp.com/track/-" target="_blank">isadora:dustmite</a></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This mixtape features mostly local artists, but with significant support and solidarity from abroad!</span><br /></b></p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2265491715/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=333333/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 472px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/jhb-food-relief-fundraiser-waxed-scene-mixtape">JHB Food Relief Fundraiser | Waxed Scene Mixtape by We Did This Records</a></iframe>We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-12944493962093828592021-08-14T22:56:00.004+02:002021-08-15T02:59:01.193+02:00Some Pandemic Synth-Punk from Johannesburg: Stuck by Fake-bit PoZeurs<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vF7y3qfI9iF_tvp40iXGVyvoHFAVq5JENCJpJsUEgL7Xy50uwO8bYsdO94Q20SJMBS_QMGgirBxhlwrsAO14D78r-w8Hos6xcjZS5sxQQ8I1bSjDhwYeboAEPGnB1on7PLEOqMOfAjg/s1200/stuck.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vF7y3qfI9iF_tvp40iXGVyvoHFAVq5JENCJpJsUEgL7Xy50uwO8bYsdO94Q20SJMBS_QMGgirBxhlwrsAO14D78r-w8Hos6xcjZS5sxQQ8I1bSjDhwYeboAEPGnB1on7PLEOqMOfAjg/w400-h400/stuck.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />In the not so distant future of <b>the year 2021</b>, the <b>Blade Runner landscape</b> fades into fiction while the fear of destruction at the hands of our <b>corporate overlords</b> is solidified into reality by the <b>IPCC Global Warming Report</b>. <b>A pandemic rages into its second year with no sign of stopping</b>. A pandemic that has killed countless people, ripped away livelihoods, devastated arts an culture, fragmented communities, while aiding the rich and powerful in their monopoly game for control.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Insignificant to all of this, <b>somewhere in Johannesburg</b>, stuck in a small room, someone makes a <b>retro synth inspired punk rock album</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://youtu.be/vmVCNUBKG8k" target="_blank">Stuck</a> by Fake-bit PoZeurs</b> releases August 20, 2021<br />A full album preview is below:<br />"Music from the loser corner of the Myspace disco party"</div><div><br /><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2375523064/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=333333/artwork=small/transparent=true/tracklist=true/tracks=867444900,2499927854,2454674387,2480705985,3856189174,2191489802,246892231,324771945/esig=c8cf7406663174c0f5498b0134ca72f4/" style="border: 0; height: 406px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://allthesewastednuts.bandcamp.com/album/stuck">Stuck by Fake-bit PoZeurs</a></iframe><br /><p></p></div>We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com1Johannesburg, South Africa-26.2041028 28.0473051-54.514336636178847 -7.1089449000000009 2.1061310361788443 63.2035551tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-33886432077469186892021-02-08T12:29:00.001+02:002021-02-08T12:29:12.158+02:00Her Stems Spiral - HALLUCINATION CHRISTMAS (LP) & Lights Drip II (EP)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ol0vNTRUR1I5QmvWXyqdginpDSMgxe5QOGgl-bkJ_arhfMu6hjGbg19URGBeQ5FiT2BKQ_s5Xz8UH_jEX4wH5QPmJ-neA_xB6VsZzKhxN-z1CoUWwA3fZOhN8fdhnthX14OUDaYfqjE/s1200/Shannon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ol0vNTRUR1I5QmvWXyqdginpDSMgxe5QOGgl-bkJ_arhfMu6hjGbg19URGBeQ5FiT2BKQ_s5Xz8UH_jEX4wH5QPmJ-neA_xB6VsZzKhxN-z1CoUWwA3fZOhN8fdhnthX14OUDaYfqjE/w400-h266/Shannon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"Her Stems Spiral is an experimental solo project created by Johannesburg/Cape Town-based non-binary musician and composer Shannon Lawlor (they/them) to escape conventional songwriting and structure. Obsessed and hellbent on blending together genres and sounds akin to post-rock, math-rock, shoegaze, ambient, mathcore and abstract </i><span style="text-align: center;"><i>influence</i></span><i>- Her Stems Spiral embraces change and contrast with each output."</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The past few months have been a very productive release period for Shannon. While enduring hard times, change, and lost recordings they have still managed two solo releases, under their moniker Her Stems Spiral, in quick succession. After years of patience we now have the new Hallucination Christmas LP and Lights Drip II EP. Both new releases are very ghostly. The LP is suffused with haunting vocals while the EP envelops the listener in a trio of angular and atmospheric instrumental tracks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://herstemsspiral.bandcamp.com/album/hallucination-christmas" target="_blank">HALLUCINATION CHRISTMAS</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">by Her Stems Spiral (released October 31, 2020)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4158488328/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=333333/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://herstemsspiral.bandcamp.com/album/hallucination-christmas">HALLUCINATION CHRISTMAS by Her Stems Spiral</a></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Appropriately released on the eve of Halloween, 'HALLUCINATION CHRISTMAS' is the debut full length LP by South African experimental post-rock artist Her Stems Spiral. Compiled and recorded over a 3 year period, the album was initially shelved for quite some time due to a devastating harddrive failure containing all tracks, stems and demos, with the addition of various lost tracks never to be recovered. Luckily, after the resurrection of thirteen unfinished demo tracks, 'HALLUCINATION CHRISTMAS' finally gets to see the light of day. Unavoidably heading towards a lo-fi aesthetic; this could arguably be considered some of Her Stems Spiral's most reflective work to date; blending together post-rock, math-rock, electronica, shoegaze, metal, glitch, noise and a plethora of experimental jargon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Due to the unavailability of the original album files, unfortunately there was no room for final mix, monitoring, extensive editing, mastering and most importantly - vocal retakes. This vulnerable and undeniably raw body of work encompasses the turmoil and frustration surrounding the "what could have beens" - alas, it is what it is, and that's alright.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They say that the closing of one door leads to the keys of many, and that will certainly show in future as evolution inevitably takes hold."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://herstemsspiral.bandcamp.com/album/lights-drip-ii-ep" target="_blank">Lights Drip II (EP)</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">by Her Stems Spiral (released January 25, 2021)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=567454946/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=333333/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://herstemsspiral.bandcamp.com/album/lights-drip-ii-ep">Lights Drip II (EP) by Her Stems Spiral</a></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Following off from 2014's first entry into the realm of Her Stems Spiral's gleaming 'Lights Drip' EP series, the second installment is in no way a departure of the intended sound, but is most definitely an ambitious delve into the forays of progression. Flowing with crushing post-rock, wall-of-sound shoegaze sections and of course, jittery math-rock flares - 'Lights Drip II' also manages to breathe new.. well, light (for lack of a better term) into the series as a whole. Now weaving between swirling synth melodies, unnerving metal and noisy nods proceeding 2020's experimental-whirlwind of a debut LP, "HALLUCINATION CHRISTMAS", at this point it's always kinda uncertain where Her Stems Spiral will go next - but we only can assume things can get weirder."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/her.stems.spiral/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HerStemsSpiral" target="_blank">Facebook</a> - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/her-stems-spiral" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> - <a href="https://moonswingnetlabel.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">MoonSwing Netlabel</a> - <a href="https://casualsex.store/pages/seller-profile/her-stems-spiral" target="_blank">casualsex.store</a></div></div></div>We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com2Cape Town, South Africa-33.9248685 18.4240553-62.369078833509256 -16.7321947 -5.4806581664907483 53.5803053tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-47342900887031846242020-08-09T12:21:00.009+02:002020-10-10T19:54:44.464+02:00South African DIY Punk Rock Touring with We Did This Records and The Dumpies in RaZorcake #117 / Covid-19 Lockdown and Folk Punk Tour Meltdowns in South Africa with Brett Newski and Jon Shaban<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody>
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We Did This Records had the amazing opportunity to be included in an article for the new issue of <a href="https://razorcake.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><b><i>RaZorcake</i></b></span></a> magazine. RaZorcake is a total institution in D.I.Y punk. This was all thanks to <a href="https://youtu.be/e48oxA6QAsQ" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">The Dumpies</span></i></b></a>, a punk rock band from Texas. The article as a whole is Kevin Dunn, the author of <a href="https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Global_Punk.html?id=jP6oCwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Global Punk</span></i></b></a>, interviewing The Dumpies (Joel, Mark, and Tim... minus Sacia, because she was busy working in the ER) about their various <i>back water</i> tours, and then Sacia, asking us some questions. Below you can read an excerpt from the article, followed by a podcast chat between Cape Town folk punk musician <a href="https://youtu.be/teacqOPTqqg" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Jon Shaban</span></i></b></a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/XeLbOXWquxI" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Brett Newski</span></i></b></a> from Milwaukee.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kevin:</b> That's hilarious. You mentioned South Africa, which you guys just got back from a couple of weeks ago. How was that different from the rest of the tours?</span><br />
<b>Mark:</b> It was racially the most intense place I've ever been because Apartheid only ended in 1994. You could pretty much feel it everywhere we went. They always say, "It's touchy." Before I went, I was like, "You just don't want to talk about it. That's your cop-out." After I went there and we went to the Apartheid Museum, we talked to so many people at length about it. I was like, "Wow, this is touchy, Holy shit."<br />
<b>Tim:</b> That's why Shaun and Conley were great. They're very cognizant of that. They will point that out, even little things you'd see on the street. They would connect things, showing us where apartheid is still continuing, but it's more of a financial racism now. It was definitely something which seemed much more prominent than in all the other countries.<br />
<b>Joel:</b> I'm still trying to wrap my head around why it felt so drastically different. Tim was talking about income inequality. It's not that dissimilar to what the situation is here, but there is a different flavor. There's something different about the situation there. It was a really intense learning experience being there.<br />
<b>Tim:</b> In America, we got this picture of, "Apartheid's gone. Everything's great. Everybody loves each other. We're past that." You go there and it's still raw, and it's still very much a part of the country.</div><div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kevin:</b> Can you just say who those two people are that you were talking about?</span><br />
<b>Tim:</b> Shaun and Conley from We Did This Records which is a D.I.Y collective throughout the whole country. They put out a lot of politically motivated music, playing in a couple of bands. (<a href="https://linktr.ee/atwn" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">All These Wasted Nuts</span></i></b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0aoo1hZwocYJHZKNdfrByS?si=y_Ion_LQT4OKmQMylv6w_w" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Monday Morning Justice</span></i></b></a>, <a href="https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sloppyfolk/its-live" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Sloppy Folk</span></i></b></a>, and so on.)<br /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Kevin:</b> I've been there many times and it's probably my least favorite country to visit because of that income inequality and the institutionalized racism. It's just so in your face and it's so hard to navigate coming from the outside. How is the D.I.Y punk scene dealing with that in South Africa, based on what you guys saw?</span><br />
<b><br />Joel:</b> They're just as affected as the rest of the country. In fact, it was a big point of contention. On all these bills we're showing up on, we realized ninety percent of the bands were white. We were talking to Shaun and Conley about it and it's a very segregated scene. There's the Soweto scene and then there's the white scene. Once we realized that was happening, we tried to reach out to a bunch of bands and try to get the shows more integrated - with varying degrees of success - but it was noticeable. I can't imagine living and booking shows in a scene like that.<br />
<b>Tim:</b> The openness is what's different in the U.S. In every show there'd be one or two black musicians and people would be, "Oh, there aren't enough black people here," or, "These bands are all white." In the U.S., you don't really say that. We did have a show in Soweto, but we realized that the bill was all white bands. Shaun was saying, "This really isn't that cool. We can't do this."</div><div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kevin:</b> You didn't play the show?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sacia:</b> How did you guys get into punk?</span><br />
<b>Conley:</b> Local ‘zines had a massive impact on exposing us to punk rock, both local and international. Me, growing up in a rural area, even I got a chance and went to my first show when I was fourteen just because of a local zine called <a href="https://themediaonline.co.za/2008/07/a_blunt_end_for_media24_mag-2/" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Blunt</span></i></b></a> that used to put out comps and list gig guides. It changed my life forever! It made everything I loved tangible and attainable.<br />
<b>Shaun:</b> My cousin Kim was a metal head and when I got my first Walkman at the start of middle school she copied some Nirvana, Green day, and Face To Face albums for me. The chain stores Look and Listen, and CD Warehouse would also stock Epitaph and other biggish label releases. After going to some of my first local shows I learned about <b><a href="http://south-african-punk-downloads.blogspot.com/2020/08/south-african-punk-rock-sampler.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Croak Room Records</span></i></a></b>, that was stationed in Pretoria, which used to do mail orders for some local punk records as well as some bands from Canada. Some kids at my high school were also doing distribution for <b><i><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://www.profaneexistence.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;">Profane Existence magazine</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span></i></b></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sacia:</b> how connected is the South African punk scene to the rest of Africa?</span><br />
<b>Conley:</b> Numerous bands from the southern parts of Africa do frequent South Africa. Some festivals hosted in neighbouring countries like Mozambique and Swaziland have South Africans involved in the organizing as well. Most of the African underground scene is dominated by metal, which we aren’t that involved with so I can’t offer much more, unfortunately.<br />
<b>Shaun:</b> There was a film produced called <a href="https://youtu.be/-_O9XGrnyBs" target="_blank"><b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;">Punk In Africa</span></i></b></a> that focused on some of the apartheid-era punk bands, then took a massive leap to the big names in early 2000s ska punk, and ended with a few minutes about bands in the rest of Africa. I don't know if any of those bands mentioned are still going or if new ones have popped up. I haven't heard of any since.<br />
From my introduction to the local scene, there has been some sort of a connection with American, European, and Australian scenes. We've had numerous bands tour here on there own steam, from hardcore to crust and garage rock. Many bigger bands tour here with support from festivals like OppieKoppi or from groups like <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B67h1nEH5Uv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Punk Safari</span></i></b></a>, who existed in the early 2000s and were all about bringing Fat Wreck Chords bands over. When i was in high school in Cape Town christian hardcore was massive and church groups were helping little local and overseas bands tour churches and high schools. We even had Underoath here. Though it's debatable weather any of that is "punk", it was probably the height of people being involved in the scene, whether that be with gig attendance or people making zines and stuff. A number of local punk bands have done European and Southeast Asia tours.</div><div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sacia:</b> can you explain the split between the Soweto scene and the rest of the country?</span><br />
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<b>Conley:</b> The rest of the scene had a huge jump start on the Soweto punk scene, or at least the one we are familiar with. This established scene enjoy privileges such as fully equipped venues, accessible location, and active booking agents, to name but a few . In our involvement in <a href="https://wedidthisrecords.blogspot.com/2017/12/some-video-from-punk-fk-stay-home-sep.html" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Soweto shows</span></i></b></a>, it's amazing to see how any effort for a show or rehearsal always involves family member, neighbours, and friends regardless of the genre which is unfamiliar to the big city scenes. Racism and fear does play a role and keeping these scenes apart, but we have been actively trying to combat that by playing each other’s venues and houses.</div>
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<b>Shaun:</b> A few years ago some friends of ours helped start up <a href="https://vimeo.com/103900619" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Soweto Rock Revolution</span></i></b></a>, after hearing about and chatting to folks in Soweto who were into punk and metal. This resulted in the first punk gigs at a skate park by Dube Station. The shows were a mix of acts from Soweto, Joburg, and the addition of some touring bands. There was quite a bit of publicity surrounding these shows from the get go, with numerous videos and articles being produced.</div>
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Not long after the first handful of shows did we hear about interest in the Soweto scene from the likes of Afro-Punk, and later Red Bull Music, Vans, and Converse. For a little while we had another collaborative effort in Maboneng, a gentrified arts street in town, called Punk Fridays. Unfortunately the last few Soweto Rock Revolution shows have been a white invasion of Soweto, as the sponsors and corporate interests had made it difficult for the Soweto scene to represent itself there. <br />
As of recently, there's been a bigger fallout between <a href="https://www.instagram.com/skatesocietysoweto" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Soweto Skate Society</span></i></b></a>, who manage the prominent Soweto bands, and Soweto Rock Revolution. Currently, we're finding it difficult to collaborate with the Soweto scene due to not wanting to cross battle lines and due to our shows being DIY unsponsored shows where we split the cash made at the door between the bands, with no guarantee or pre-payments.</div><div><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sacia:</b> Is there a presence of white nationalists within the South African punk scene, like we see elsewhere like Eastern Europe?</span><br />
<b>Conley:</b> Yes there is, but I wouldn’t say it’s proud and in the open. Most people get called out or get ostracized by the scene, so they don’t have much of a presence at shows or in bands, but every now and again a right-wing nationalist punk band would show its ugly face. In the '80s, we had quite a few bands that would wave the flag of the white nationalist party, but I’m proud to say that venues, agents, and bands are all on the same front when it comes to getting rid of this kinda trash.<br />
<b>Shaun:</b> I had the unfortunate experience of playing a show once with a band from Pretoria called Chaos Christ, who i did not know at the time. They turned out to be a Christian chaos punk band who were LARPing as members of the SS. Aside from that, a globally known anarchist author (<a href="https://medium.com/@rossstephens/about-schmidt-how-a-white-nationalist-seduced-anarchists-around-the-world-chapter-1-1a6fa255b528" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Michael Schmidt</span></i></b></a>) from Johannesburg, who had books published by AK Press, and who had frequented shows, was exposed for being an undercover white nationalist and having a Stormfront account in 2015.</div><div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sacia:</b> What are some of the things bands and punks in the U.S. and Europe can do to help out scenes like theirs?</span><br />
<b>Conley:</b> Just come and visit us! Folks are always welcoming and excited to do things with touring acts or fans. Download our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLvx63nmuDXVX_X_H3TEeO-OTGcuKsQmUN&v=YeEqfw6gle0&feature=emb_title" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">mixtapes</span></i></b></a> and open up to what we have going on down here. There's so much talent and unique and interesting expressions of art and music.<br />
<b>Shaun:</b> I think that for many people overseas, there's some aversion towards the idea of a South African punk scene, outside of the resent popularity online regarding the Soweto scene. <a href="https://youtu.be/EhLQ3fcX-UA" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #444444;">Leftover Crack</span></i></b></a>, for instance, were flooded with comments like, "why are you going to white Africa?" when they came here. It's kind of a tricky thing and i think many white people in bands here, especially punk bands, struggle with being white and South African. The legacy of apartheid is still very visible and a lot is unchanged due to the post-apartheid government's devotion to neoliberal capitalism over and above societal and structural change.</div><div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sacia:</b> You guys have a very DIY ethos that seems to intertwine with every aspect of your life, music, and label. Where did this come from?</span><br />
<b>Conley:</b> South Africa has a very small music scene mostly dominated by country and goslpel music punted by Sony and BMG, so the alternative scene was forced to establish itself by means of DIY. this sprouted into zines, independent labels, and a lot of groundwork . This being intertwined with skateboarding, surfing and so on.<br />
<b>Shaun:</b> While I do think we do DIY out of principle, it's also the reality of the alternative music scene in South Africa.<br />
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Strangely enough, Brett Newski was on tour here at the same time that The Dumpies were. We helped him out with one of his first shows in Johannesburg years ago, but this time, The Dumpies and Brett had a show booked the same day, in Melville, just a street apart, and we missed each other. Jon Shaban and the Shabs, as usual, did some shows with Brett, and while The Dumpies and Brett both finished their tours here, and made it back home, the Shabs finished up with Brett and went to Europe for a tour that got pulled out from under them by COVID-19<br />
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SOUTH AFRICA part one | full lockdown, tour meltdowns in S Africa, life of an artist in Cape Town</div>
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We interviewed Julia Robert about ‘<a href="https://www.nownowjustnow.com/late-stage-dream" target="_blank"><b>Late Stage Dream</b></a>’, their latest EP, released 10 July, during COVID-19 lockdown.<br />
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<i>Julia Robert is a female-fronted, female-drummed, boy-guitared, boy-bassed four piece DIY punky / psychy / grungey / glittery / disco-y band from Cape Town.</i><br />
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<i>Their sound incorporates riot grrrl snark, krautrocky passages, bubblegum pop sensibilities and all the stacked fifths. The bass is heavy, the guitars are jagged, the drums are pounding and the vocals are urgent. They love non-linear song structures, linear song structures, anxiety, earnestness and some unashamedly emotional outpourings.</i><br />
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<i>More band info: <a href="https://www.nownowjustnow.com/julia-robert-epk">https://www.nownowjustnow.com/julia-robert-epk</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is Late Stage Dream a reference to late stage capitalism?</b></span><br />
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<b>Ines: </b>Yes, but also a reference to all late stages. I like to think of it referring to the late-stage dream of us being in a band while maintaining jobs and normal lives and hanging out with other musicians who are all much younger. And yeah, kinda reminding people that late stage is ok, and that you can do unconventional things at all points in your life.<br />
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<b>Joao: </b>Yeah! It’s like still playing cops and robbers when you’re in your mid-30s.<br />
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<b>Tara: </b>So, I often feel like I look at my life in stages and constantly feel like I am in a late stage/end of an era. This makes me reflect on my own life and compare it to others. This makes me depressed and anxious because I am not where I am told to be (in my life). This way of thinking is stupid. For me, late stage dream is a reminder that it's all in your head, in your subconscious, nothing makes sense, therefore you are allowed to do and feel what you want whenever you want! I think the songs on the EP reflect this way of thinking.<br />
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<b>Roderick: </b>I see it as less about capitalism and more about the overall feeling that there is always An Ending. You know? Like for the last two decades we keep being told we're at the end of an era. End of the 90's, the 2000's, end of an era, rock is dead, third wave feminism is over, the fourth industrial revolution is no longer upon us- it is here now, and it's almost over... Every time we get told shit like this it becomes more absurd, and now in the current media-dense environment where ideologies and personal conflicts are rammed down our throats every day, every hour, the whole point of existence seems totally random and uncontrollable. Even though time and eras are becoming less and less relevant we still try think of things in a straight line, that things have a beginning, an early stage, a middle, a late stage and an end; when really everything is more of a cloudy doughnut of confusion.... All our ideologies, beliefs and systems are just dreams concocted in the minds of evil and good people that swirl around us. So calling something late stage is absurd, and that’s ok, so long as you embrace it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">On Late Stage Dreams there is a song with German lyrics that sonically comes out of left field. Would you mind talking a bit about the song? I also understand that Ines worked on the animation for the <a href="https://youtu.be/jlaQ7EELDlY" target="_blank">lyric video</a>.</span></b><br />
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<b>Ines:</b> The song was written by us as a band in hopes of tapping into some sort of 80s music, since we are quite a 90’s driven band, going into a different sonic era is always fun. So that was the basis of the song. The structure was already there when I added lyrics, which were initially in English but eventually felt better suited to the music, in German. I wrote a lot of the lyrics in Austria, which, now that I think about it, almost definitely influenced the language choice.<br />
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The lyrics were written while there were GBV protests and Women's marches all around South Africa in August/September 2019. I felt helpless in Europe because I wasn’t there to be part of something I felt strongly about, so the lyrics were how I tried to connect to that moment.<br />
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The rotoscoped videos was an idea the band had. We wanted to create a translated lyric video for our audiences that didn’t speak German. So we got in touch with a bunch of our bestest womxn friends and fam and got them to submit footage of them doing anything they wanted to do. Myself and the super amazing Caitlin Barraclough animated these 1 - 5 second clips of just over 40 womxn for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlaQ7EELDlY" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">the video</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Does the band have any recurring themes in the song writing?</span></b><br />
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<b>Ines:</b> It appears we do. Often the concepts and themes of being a normal human put into everyday situations with a twist come to the surface, like being a shopkeeper, wanting to have sex with your best friend, going to an awkward dinner party, believing in aliens, not having anxiety while everyone around you does etc.<br />
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<b>Roderick: </b>We do often touch on themes of anxiousness and nervousness, but it's not often framed in a completely negative way. There's furtive energy running through much of our music and the way we write is a bit frenzied so that's probably got a lot to do with it. We do, as much as possible, try to offer people hope and encouragement, but it's usually coming from a place of "well things are pretty messed up, and so are you, but that's ok because we're all just lil spots on a lil speck of matter floating through a vast empty space”.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is there a favourite Julia Robert song and what have you all been listening to recently while the world is turning upside down?</span></b><br />
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<b>Joao:</b> I kinda tend to just be really smitten with whatever is our most recent effort. So, as lame as it might sound, the latest EP. It's like new children!<br />
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Outside of our own music I’ve been listening to a lot of <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gWAZPuNWpELIhKNbnpfwk?si=MMqGbFNvRAyET0aBYl5nag" target="_blank"><b>Synthwave</b></a>. Went through a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5hW4L92KnC6dX9t7tYM4Ve?si=gmhmLZCFQgWILK_NIutrww" target="_blank"><b>Joni Mitchell</b></a> bit. Lots of our fellow musicians' new work like: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2sk6ntlq4HVlVpNOpDVIqV?si=dj_0jPgvQ-yWOj3SSS3Jog" target="_blank"><b>The loose ends</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3jBUjf9lG5s2WzypE3PUyY?si=HKINS9-WSYGJ79zJn0oo2w" target="_blank"><b>Runaway Nuns</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0pvhBIqPPNmZWtl9U8O2L6?si=wqvRi_p9T3WmiXuhExHmLg" target="_blank"><b>Fay Lamour</b></a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0XFfgHElyw0xANJDuQrHyL?si=OSmj5AteSQS7xttwsVwK9w" target="_blank"><b>Ruff Majik</b></a>.<br />
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<b>Tara: </b>I also tend to like our latest stuff most!<br />
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During lockdown I’ve found myself finding a lot of comfort in some pretty deep songwriters stuff like <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kGBy2WHvF0VdZyqiVCkDT?si=_C-4VdOySpGHJk_Y9rrFcA" target="_blank"><b>Father John Misty</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7gqsi6aBSkRMJoL9psKqMr?si=EdRzYaOIRkaOtDDqOqB7sg" target="_blank"><b>Bill Callahan</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gspAQIAH8nJUrMYgXjCJ2?si=6cvZ9_a2QuC_1YCzpYNYXg" target="_blank"><b>Kurt Vile</b></a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UXJsSlnKd7ltsrHebV79Q?si=VF4levmzTk-RKb5drcPjbQ" target="_blank"><b>Nick Cave</b></a> - there’s a lot of <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbWdmZ7hXY4" target="_blank">Bad Seed TeeVee</a> </b>playing in our house.<br />
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Otherwise I find myself listening to alot of 80's new wave playlists as well.<br />
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<b>Roderick: </b>For me it’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7bNCdLY0z9KPJ4uzg8qVMc?si=G_j1azGRQmutGxIcmO0w5g" target="_blank"><b>Fuzzy Feelings</b></a>. I can’t explain why. Don’t tell the other songs!<br />
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I've been listening to a LOT of cheesey ambient housey loungey type stuff recently. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2iETAp89aecvRIk3uUniNq?si=j2VTJsFITsufZ8xj0O3vrQ" target="_blank"><b>I made a playlist</b></a> of it, I’m sure your readers will love it. So my lockdown soundtrack has been that, or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3bVDZOD7EnPkxludwZUidT?si=-rubX1glQoGYtG8oEVLLSQ." target="_blank"><b>Sun Kil Moon's Tiny Cities</b></a>, which is a bunch of Modest Mouse covers by a grumpy folk crooner. It's a mixed bag.<br />
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<b>Ines: </b>Yes, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/19nyrcqmG4FKobYJ8qPiss?si=N79jKeNTTgCE5wnNzq3EZw" target="_blank"><b>Sugar</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3x5cltrCju37IVzmnb8iHl?si=DZ_v_h5VRrynUcZJGMyq1w" target="_blank"><b>POW</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4O4URROE35wZAjqLgyRvaH?si=3M29XnDdQ5Gx8TOa4KLq2g" target="_blank"><b>Sick Day</b></a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1LkbWTBcyY1WvtpOQ7DF71?si=KUdmb7kNSXutlYfRjqPLjA" target="_blank"><b>Starkes Mädchen</b></a>… That’s a lot more than one!<br />
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Recently I’ve been listening to: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TkylUv5ysSbNoawmn3PBj?si=HC9Bb1A9RLic5s1RMgBK6w" target="_blank"><b>Agar Agar</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/54QMjE4toDfiCryzYWCpXX?si=VXN5NtxES_iDEAUATj5tEg" target="_blank"><b>Metronomy</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4R073T3AVJKqAsbzLmLW9u?si=QwQ-NlyoTYuSnO2-c28KDA" target="_blank"><b>John Maus</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6TnRsbEEAkxaOYJLcEWd5m?si=KMP_qU-BShiAeXzFlvBVEQ" target="_blank"><b>ShitKid</b></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/40Yq4vzPs9VNUrIBG5Jr2i?si=_KzqevkCTvKv4kqMLIQ19w" target="_blank"><b>Smashing Pumpkins</b></a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1YzCsTRb22dQkh9lghPIrp?si=7M_pBLL5Rly02qjte7c-8g" target="_blank"><b>Billie Holiday</b></a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How are you all currently holding up under the COVID-19 pandemic and how has it affected you individually and as a band?</span></b><br />
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<b>Roderick: </b>The band has largely been on hold. We were lucky that we had an EP to release during this time. But mostly we're in a state of hibernation. We are going to be playing some shows at the end of August. One show is an international punk festival called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eventhttps://www.facebook.com/events/201225037976835/s/201225037976835/" target="_blank"><b>Bandemic</b></a> run by these crazy Aussie chaps. The other is a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/3273569566043378/" target="_blank"><b>StoorSession</b></a> which will be us looking just about as fancy as we’ve ever looked.<br />
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But I think mostly over the last 100-odd days everyone is just taking some time to reflect on their own missions and struggles. People, at the start of lockdown, kept on going on about how lockdown was the perfect time to spend time on all your creative projects, but that's stupid. Lockdown is time you need to spend staying sane, not putting pressure on yourself to be more productive and creative than ever. Plus, if everyone writes a whole bunch of music in lockdown we're going to have 6,000 songs about lockdown in three months time, and who the fuck wants to listen to that shit? I heard a song the other day praising lockdown as a beautiful time in which everyone can reconnect with their spirituality. That was pretty wildly insensitive when peeps are struggling to eat and family members are dying. I digress. In summary: We’re taking it squeezy and looking after ourselves.<br />
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<b>Ines: </b>Yeah we are super fortunate to be working from home and have all kept our jobs. “The band” was totally more affected by this than us personally, as we had a rather busy April and May planned. We had to cancel loads of shows and a trip to Joburg. We also had to cancel a potential tour to Europe planned for September / October.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">From your perspective, how are things looking for the Cape Town music scene post COVID-19?</span></b><br />
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<b>Tara: </b>I think bands are going to be forced to reflect on themselves, the quality of their music and who their audience is in this new more digital situation we’re all in. Bands will have to work harder on their digital presence and release tactics. If they don’t they’re gonna be in a kak situation where 10 people are listening to their live streams that get put out for free.<br />
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<b>Ines: </b>Perhaps a re-look at the scene was necessary in the first place? It's hard to say. It doesn’t look like live shows will happen this year, but the online live show presence and people's ability to continue recording and releasing music might keep the scene thriving, regardless of live sweaty shows.<br />
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<b>Roderick: </b>I am way less optimistic than that. Venues will be shut down, artists will be broke. It's going to be a hard thing to get back on its feet. It may come round again, but it ain't gonna be pretty in the meantime. And maybe Ines is right on there, perhaps the scene in this country needs a total reimagining. Clinging to live shows as the be-all and end-all of a scene may actually be holding us back in this country more than it’s pulling us forward.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What does punk rock mean to you?</span></b><br />
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<b>Joao: </b>It's ok to be ungly and angry, even if you don't know why.<br />
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<b>Tara: </b>Yeah! It’s like doing, saying and standing up for what you believe in.<br />
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Julia Robert are:<br />
<b>Joao</b> - bass<br />
<b>Ines</b> - vox, keys, guitar<br />
<b>Roderick</b> - guitar<br />
<b>Tara</b> - drums<br />
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When <b>Rockwell</b> – of <b>Fuzigish</b> fame – moved to <b>Cape Town</b>, he never expected he would meet a couple o' booze-loving punks with an inkling of talent. <b>The Pissups</b>, on hiatus while drummer <b>Marc</b> drank warm beer in <b>Vietnam</b>, had some spare creativity.<br />
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They teamed up with the bassist-turned-singer to create something characterised by constant change. In a strange time for the world, the musicians bled their expressionist impulse into good ol' Punk Rock. The sort you could hear ringing out of a late-90's garage over the sound of kickflips. Thus born <b>Colour Bone Black</b>. Inspired by true events.<br />
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Their first single: <b>Different</b>, was written apart, through screens, across <b>African</b> and <b>Asian</b> continents, with rusty strings and old microphones. But the essence of the band is the raw emotion and simple expression of ideas. Stripped down, loud, and real.<br />
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The band is signed to <b>Red Ambulance</b>, and will be working hard through these uncertain times to keep bringing the noise. New single, and album coming soon.<br />
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<b>Spotify, Apple, Itunes etc:</b> <a href="https://colourboneblack.hearnow.com/different">https://colourboneblack.hearnow.com/different</a><br />
<b>Youtube:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lganBzSV7eg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lganBzSV7eg</a><br />
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The <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvx63nmuDXVX_X_H3TEeO-OTGcuKsQmUN" target="_blank">We Did This Records Mixtapes</a></b> are now streamable from YouTube! They are mostly intact outside of a few tracks being flagged by CD Baby. Hopefully these can be some company for people while we are all under COVID-19 lockdown. We would like to say a massive "THANK YOU!" to everyone who helped out with The Dumpies tour, and everyone who came to support! We got through it a week before the world flipped upside down. We would like to caution people against falling for any of the conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19, while at the same time encourage everyone to watch out for cops and military (they are not friends), and share with us and with each other any information on things like rent strikes or any other way of organizing (in isolation) against our landlords, bosses, and evil capitalist overlords. <br /><br />What can people do to help? Let's keep conversations going.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Dumpies</b> are coming to you all the way from Austin, Texas! The band is a 4 piece that blend energetic Ramones style punk rock with splashes of hardcore and garage rock. Here are their tour dates!</span><br />
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<b>Tour</b> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tours/597635037733191/">https://www.facebook.com/tours/597635037733191/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fri 28 Feb -Johannesburg</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/575151413284763/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play Zoolake Bowlsl</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sat 29 Feb -Pretoria</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/860984111026264/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play Grind Bar</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sun 1 Mar -Melville</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1445967742238777/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play Smoking Kills</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mon 2 Mar -Durban</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/555693265013339/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play The Winston Pub</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We 4 Mar -Port Elizabeth</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/461858371171021/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play Pool City</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fri 6 Mar -Cape Town</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1420982631396976/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play Evol</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sat 7 Mar -Cape Town</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2650275021726410/" target="_blank">The Dumpies Play Trenchtown</a><br />
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More info:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/wedidthisrecords/">https://www.facebook.com/wedidthisrecords/</a><br />
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/recordswedidthis/">https://www.instagram.com/recordswedidthis/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.thedumpies.com/">http://www.thedumpies.com/</a><br />
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Our Interview: <br />
<a href="http://wedidthisrecords.blogspot.com/2019/07/we-did-this-records-presents-dumpies.html">http://wedidthisrecords.blogspot.com/2019/07/we-did-this-records-presents-dumpies.html</a><br />
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Our 2019 mixtape featuring The Dumpies:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Please tell us a bit about yourselves and your history with punk rock and veganism / animal rights.</b></span><br />
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<b>Taryn&Pete:</b> Both of us come from the <b>South African hardcore scene</b>, which is where <b>we met and became friends more than 10 years ago</b>. We've both played in a couple bands. <b>T played guitar in <a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/qylwywjuymq/08_Mindset.mp3/file" target="_blank">Among Friends</a> and <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/track/trapped" target="_blank">Brainwreck</a></b>. <b>Pete played drums in <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://youtu.be/74u0iW11SPA" target="_blank">Towers</a></span>, <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/track/the-pearl" target="_blank">Provider</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/REYFOOLgDVs" target="_blank">Peasant</a></b>. We've also organised shows, tabled literature and vegan food etc. <b>We were both initially exposed to veganism / animal rights (liberation) through hardcore</b>, and are both quite active.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So Let's Rage Together is on its 15th episode and going strong. What motivated the starting of this project and has the motivation changed in any way?</span></b><br />
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<b>Taryn&Pete:</b> <b>We've always enjoyed having long, intense debates</b> and critical discussions about literally anything and everything. <b>One day Taryn's husband Brett suggested that we should start a podcast</b> to record and solidify the conversations we were having. <b>That's also where the name comes from; us sitting and raging together about everything</b>. The “Let's” in the name refers to our motivation to encourage other people to engage in critical thinking and discussions, both with us directly and with each other. <b>We wanted to create a sense of community</b> in talking about issues of justice and the concept of total (or collective) liberation, for both human and other animals. <b>The motivation's still the same.</b> We had no idea what we were doing or if anyone would even be interested in what we had in mind, but we were honestly just keen to learn and challenge our own thinking, regardless of whether anyone listened or not. <b>We're stoked to have reached this point and that we're still doing it.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So far how has the reception been and what has been the most popular episode? Also what are your personal favourites?</b></span><br />
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<b>Taryn&Pete: </b>We've received <b>mostly positive feedback</b>, more often from people overseas in places like <b>Europe</b> and the <b>US</b> than <b>South Africa</b>. We have had positive feedback from here too though. <b>We're pretty sure that a lot of people really don't like our opinions though</b> and we just don't hear from them. The most popular episodes have been <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKd2A0599nc" target="_blank">Episode 5: Smash the Patriarchy</a></b>; An Introduction to Feminism, Rape Culture and Toxic Masculinity, <a href="https://youtu.be/qiDKZAnTB04" target="_blank"><b>Episode 8:</b> <b>White Privilege</b></a>, <b><a href="https://youtu.be/8InTGpj94V4" target="_blank">Episode 10: Anarchy!</a></b> An Interview with <b>Aragorn Eloff</b> and <b><a href="https://youtu.be/emO4m3joibs" target="_blank">Episode 11: Are All Animal Rights Activists Worth Supporting?</a></b>. These are probably also our favourite episodes.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What do you think our odds are that we can escape the mess we have made of everything (namely the environment / climate, and our economic and social relations) and in turn grant animals freedom from subjugation.</span></b><br />
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<b>Taryn&Pete: </b>It's hard to answer this question without seeming super negative, but answering honestly, unless there is some kind of radical, drastic change, and we manage to get rid of capitalism, in our opinion, we're pretty doomed. That said, we still feel that it is worth fighting as hard as we can against that anyway. The science also points towards us as a species not being around for much longer, being the cause of environmental collapse and the sixth mass extinction, taking millions of species out with us. <b>We should all be using less water, recycling, not flying, not reproducing, riding bicycles and going vegan, but in our opinion, while capitalism is the dominant system those things will only get us so far.</b> While the Earth, humans and other animals are seen as commodities, labour and resources, we are digging our own graves. <b>Capitalism relies on infinite growth on a finite planet and is simply unsustainable.</b> Even with the best intentions, trying to find solutions within a capitalist framework will ultimately fail. We don't think that we will ever see animal (including human) liberation under capitalism. <b>“The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.” - Audre Lorde.</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is punk a sound or a philosophy for you?</span></b><br />
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<b>Taryn&Pete:</b> Both. There is a separation between the genre and ethics. <b>In our opinion it's pretty frustrating when a “punk” band has no punk ethics or politics.</b> What is the point of just singing about getting drunk or something?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What's new on the music horizon and what are some hopes for Let's Rage Together in the new year?</b></span><br />
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<b>Taryn&Pete:</b> We've actually just <b>started a new Anarchist Vegan Feminist hardcore band called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/domesticviolencehc" target="_blank">Domestic Violence</a></b> with our friend <b>Pat (<a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/corax" target="_blank">Corax</a>, <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/reality-check" target="_blank">Conqueror</a>, etc.)</b>, so watch this space. As far as LRT goes, <b>we just want to keep putting out more episodes, high quality content, and find ways to reach more people who will be interested in what we're doing.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Questions by: <b>Shaun</b></span><br />
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*for more info and snazzy cups go to - <a href="http://www.letsragetogether.co.za/">http://www.letsragetogether.co.za</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We interrupt your programming to inform you that the patriarchy smells like shit, capitalism is a dumpster fire spreading through the Amazon rainforest, and you should pre-order a shirt, hail Satan, and punch a cop!</b></span></div>
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Pre-orders = R100 per shirt<br />
Girl cut sizes = XS to XL<br />
Boy cut sizes = M to XL<br />
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Confirm orders via <span style="font-size: large;"><b>wedidthisrecords@gmail.com</b></span> (We are going to go to print once we have a large enough batch to print.)<br />
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We will not be doing delivery. There will be house pick up points (in Johannesburg) and available collection arranged at <b>We Did This Records & Goat Throne shows</b>.<br />
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<i>(Edit for clarity: The 100 rand is the price given to us by the printers. This is not a for profit initiative.)</i>We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com13Johannesburg, South Africa-26.2041028 28.047305100000017-26.432114300000002 27.724581600000018 -25.9760913 28.370028600000015tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-72559251221064758072019-09-13T20:41:00.001+02:002020-02-06T14:05:43.702+02:00Everything is shit. Here are some things going down.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
With solidarity and sadness for not being able to take part in the <b>#SandtonShutdown #AmINext </b>womxns march today, due to the coercion of capitalism and being employed in Sandton by the capitalist tentacle monsters, I would like to give some attention to two intersectional protests happening. </div>
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The one being <b><span style="font-size: large;">Africa United Against Xenophobia And Gender Based Violence</span></b>, happening tomorrow,</div>
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and the other being the <b><span style="font-size: large;">Global Climate Strike</span></b>, on the 20th.<br />
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So we skipped 2018... we also skipped 2016... this may unintentionally become an every second year thing due to the fact that productivity is troublesome. Here is Mr Conley William Annandale (CW CHRIST / DJ NON THREATENING) giving away our ages... "Growing up in a small town I had few options of getting music. My favorite was buying any local alternative magazine coupled with a mix COMPILATION CD. This changed my life forever. Something as magical as music became tangible and got me to witness my first local show and the rest is history."<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tracks include:</span></b><br />
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1. <b>Hated Related</b> - Self Resentment Blues<br />
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2. <b>Shameless Band</b> - Impicabadala<br />
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3. <b>Cortina Whiplash</b> - Fun Tunnel (live at Arcangelmusic)<br />
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4. <b>The Shabs</b> - Can You Hear Us At The Back<br />
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5. <b>Monday Morning Justice</b> - Legacy of shame<br />
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6. <b>All These Wasted Nuts</b> - Noisy Song<br />
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7. <b>return to worm mountain</b> - return to worm mountain<br />
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8. <b>The Meerkat Mob</b> - The Last Postcard from Suburbia<br />
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9. <b>DevilSpeak</b> - Internal Shrapnel<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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10. <b>laserchrist</b> - What's the Use? (Based in England from Durban, South Africa)<br />
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11. <b>The Pissups</b> - One Way Bus<br />
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12. <b>Sloppy Folk</b> - Chaos Hold<br />
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13. <b>Apocalypse Later</b> - Happy<br />
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14. <b>Deadly Bites</b> - Monster<br />
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15. <b>The Bad Ass Execs</b> - Its a Bad Time<br />
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16. <b>MOUSE</b> - Electric Face<br />
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17. <b>Taekwondo Sleepover</b> - FLOAT<br />
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18. <b>Caution Boy</b> - Mysterious blood<br />
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19. <b>Make-Overs</b> - Let's See (if it sticks)<br />
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20. <b>SEXTAPE</b> - DEATH DRIVE<br />
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21. <b>The Medicine Dolls</b> - A Conscript Aiming To Miss<br />
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22. <b>Crumbs</b> - Weary Woes<br />
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23. <b>Jon Shaban</b> - Place That I Belong<br />
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24. <b>Rambling Bones</b> - 60 Hours<br />
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25. <b>Matt Vend and the Tender Ten</b> - Past The Facade<br />
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26. <b>Cami Scoundrel</b> - Hollywood Demo<br />
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27. <b>Misled</b> - Why are you still here?<br />
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28. <b>Swatting Bats</b> - Easy Targets<br />
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29. <b>HARBINGERS</b> - CARMAGEDDON<br />
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30. <b>Undead Generation</b> - We're The Youth<br />
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31. <b>Weed Dealer</b> - Wasting Your Time<br />
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32. <b>Pollinator</b> - Beige<br />
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33. <b>Goat Throne</b> - Goat of Misery<br />
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34. <b>Write Off</b> - The World Is Going To End<br />
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35. <b>PEASANT</b> - DESTINED TO DIRT<br />
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36. <b>Mad God</b> - The Crawling Chaos<br />
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37. <b>No Comply</b> - Die On This Planet<br />
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38. <b>Part-Time Pirates</b> - Prevail<br />
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39. <b>Slippery When Wet</b> - Dealer Principle<br />
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40. <b>Klumbsy Oxx</b> - Kung Fu That Flu<br />
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41. <b>Fake-bit PoZeurs</b> - Opposition Everything<br />
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42. <b>Bombaby</b> - Techno Gimp<br />
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43. <b>Her Stems Spiral</b> - Sobbed The Swaying Spirit, "May I Have This Last Dance?"<br />
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44. <b>follow me follow you</b> - Once Upon a Forest<br />
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45. <b>Tale of the Son</b> - 31:7:18:i:T2 (improvised track)<br />
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46. <b>Jessica Freedom</b> - I Dream Of A Heaven<br />
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47. <b>Taryn Mansfield</b> - Down<br />
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48. <b>Wolfgang Marrow</b> - Credit Card Kids<br />
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49. <b>Jon Shaban (featuring Jay Bones and Alex Muller)</b> - We Did This<br />
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The following are a few tracks from some overseas bands who have toured here with us. The Dumpies being a really rad band from Texas coming round FEB/MARCH next year!<br />
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50. <b>A Reptile Dysfunction</b> - Six Beers Down<br />
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51. <b>Yer Mudder</b> - Call The Hotline<br />
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52. <b>Blame Thrower</b> - Best Friend<br />
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53. <b>The Dumpies</b> - Icewall<br />
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54. <b>Leftöver Crack</b> - Don't Shoot<br />
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>> <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/mixtape-2019">https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/mixtape-2019</a> <<<br />
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<b>The Dumpies</b>, from <b>Austin, Texas</b>, blend energetic <b>Ramones style punk</b> rock with splashes of <b>hardcore</b> and <b>garage rock</b>. Since the start of 2017 they have released four impressive records named after athletes. The latest being named after the South African runner <b>Zola Budd</b>. Between <b>February 25th</b> and <b>March 11th 2020</b> (My mind can't properly process the year...) <b>The Dumpies will be hitting up shows around South Africa</b>. <b>Get amped!</b><br />
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We will post the show dates soon! The following is a short interview with the band!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The latest album is named Zola Budd, after a South African Olympic runner. What's the story behind the name?</b></span><br />
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<b>Dumpies: </b>To us Dumpies, the real test of life, the rubric we measure ourselves by, is our failures. <b>It's about fucking up, making mistakes, hurting people you love</b>, especially when it involves your heroes. You take responsibility, you accept, you learn. <b>The figure of Zola Budd represents how messy and tragic and complicated shit can be</b>, and how it's important to make mistakes and keep moving. Plus she ran barefoot, which is pretty badass.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What are some of your hopes regarding touring South African, end of Feb / early March, next year?</span></b><br />
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<b>Dumpies:</b> Touring has always been an opportunity to interact and share artistically culturally and socially with people we would otherwise have never met. After traveling and playing music in <b>Chile, Argentina, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia</b> we wanted to push that to another culture and continent. <b>South Africa in particular seems like such a deeply complex and layered place</b> - the intense mix of so many cultures and environments and histories all interacting with each other. We mostly want to come and learn and soak things up and meet new friends and lift each other up and party together. Like Youth Bridge sang in ’Sink With Kalifornia’…..“I don’t care if you’re from North, South, East or West, I live for humanity, forget the rest.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How is the scene in Austin, Texas?</b></span><br />
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<b>Dumpies:</b> The scene in Austin has issues, but is ultimately solid. <b>The best shows still happen under bridges and in illegal spaces</b>. There is a lot of bullshit music in Austin, because of things like SXSW. But there is still a super tightknit community of folks around—bands like <b>Army, Mujeres Podridas, Body Pressue</b>, and labels like <b>ihateiskate</b> really help keep things alive in this city. Our singer and guitarist live in Austin and our Bassist and Drummer live in Oregon, so we don't get to play locally much as we want to.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What draws you to playing in a punk band?</b></span><br />
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<b>Dumpies:</b> We’ve all been doing it for so long <b>it’s basically second nature to us at this point</b>, like blinking our eyes or taking a shit. I’m not sure any of us would know what to do if we weren’t doing this. Punk is a collage. It can be anything. It’s not how you dress or the bands you listen to or your job or lack of or anything. It’s an attitude of embracing and releasing at the same time. Be open to embrace other cultures scenes and people. Be able to release your energy and artistic output without judgement or inhibition. <b>It’s a mindset, a thread that runs through all fabric of your life</b> and what you do.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I get a strong Recess Records feel from the band. What do you all think of bands like Fleshies and Toys That Kill (F.Y.P)?</b></span><br />
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<b>Dumpies:</b> <b>Hovercraft Records</b> (home of the Dumpies and run by <b>Mark and Tim</b>) was <b>started in the spirit of Recess Records</b>. <b>Todd Congelliere</b> has been putting out loud energetic snarky music of his own and his friends unchanging to any trends and doing it really well year after year. <b>FYP is one of our favorite bands</b> - from the old albums like <b>Dance My Dunce</b> to the latest album from <b>Toys That Kill</b> all that stuff is inspirational and just delivers (<b>Sacia said that the Dumpies song ‘Witch Love’ sounds like Tim ripped the bass line off of ‘Toss My Cookies’ but he disagrees</b>) <b>Fleshies too!</b> That scrappy Oakland early 00’s sound <b>that Jello put out on Alternative Tentacles</b> and then picked up on Recess Records fits grooves and inspires us too. <b>We were never cool enough to see The Fleshies live</b> but the videos look like we definitely missed a spectacle, though <b>I think Joel could give John a run for inspired lyrical gymnastics</b>. And at a <b>Underground Railroad to Candyland show 8 years ago in Portland, a drunken Tim ran up to Todd C</b>. — took off his shirt to show him <b>his FYP tattoo</b> on his chest — and yelled some rambling acclamations — only to have Todd look at the ground and shirk off into a corner to avoid the maniac.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Questions by: <b>Shaun</b></span><br />
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"Ever since their ‘<b>Caffiene Diet</b>’ EP in 2016, I’ve had a soft spot in my heart for <b>Durban</b>’s Brit-indie inspired <b>garage punk</b> band, <b>Hated Related</b>. You see, I really fucking enjoy bands like <b>The Cribs</b> and <b>The Libertines</b> and it was very clear that so did <b>Hated Related</b>. With their latest EP, ‘<b>Depressive Repulsive</b>’, that’s still apparent, but with <b>Ali Heath</b> (<b>HOURS</b>, <b>City Bowl Mizers</b>) now joining <b>Barron Harley</b> and <b>Andrew Groenewald</b>, Hated Related have a distinctly <b>90’s Dischord Records</b> influence to their sound.</div>
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‘<b>Depressive Repulsive</b>’ sounds like an amalgamation of <b>90’s emo/post hardcore</b> and <b>early 2000s British Indie</b>, which are 2 of my favourite eras in rock music, so, naturally, I’m a fan."</div>
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<b>Depressive Repulsive</b> was released <b>April 16, 2019</b> and is now up on the <b>We Did This Records</b> <b>Bandcamp page</b>. Stay tuned for a interview with <b>Barron Harley</b> following this paragraph!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tell us about the sound change on the new album and if there is a story behind the band name.</span></b><br />
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<b>Barron:</b> I think the sound on the new album was pretty unintentional, some of the songs were ones I'd been working on while I was in the UK, so when I got back I was super excited to get them recorded. <b>Ali</b> had just joined the band and I think he brought a lot of fresh energy to the whole deal. A big part of the sound I'd say comes from <b>Andy's production</b>, which I'm a big fan of.<br />
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As far as the name goes, our friend <b>Lyle Greer</b> came up with it one night at the house and I was just like "Hey! I like that". I still do.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>When did the band start and how are things with the Durban scene lately?</b></span><br />
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<b>Barron:</b> <b>Andy (Groenewald)</b> and I have been playing music together since I was <b>fourteen</b>, but we really got going with <b>Hated Related </b>in around<b> 2016</b>. That was when my friend <b>Clint</b> was still playing bass for us. We started playing music together again when I moved back from the UK in <b>2018</b>, that's when <b>Ali</b> took over on bass.<br />
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<b>Durban's awesome</b>. We don't have a lot of venues for alternative music but there's places popping up all the time, and the ones we do have are amazing. <b>The scenes always changing and expanding</b> and I think that's really cool.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I love the addition of the acoustic track at the end. What was the motivation behind that?</span></b><br />
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<b>Barron:</b> We almost didn't add that! It was just a little tune I had just finished as we were wrapping up recording the EP, so I showed it to <b>Andy</b> and we just <b>recorded it live in the bandroom</b>, Andy played the lead parts on there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Outside of Hated Related how goes the "8 - 5 peasant endurance race"?</b></span><br />
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<b>Barron:</b> Things are good! I think we all agree that the more fun band stuff that we do, the more we want to do, and the harder the 9-5's get. But ultimately <b>we're stoked to be able to work and still get to jam</b> and have fun fairly often. <b>Still though, work sucks!</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Questions by: <b>Shaun</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So the mighty Goat Throne has recently dropped a new 7 track album! </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">How many Goats could or are possibly dancing on the metaphorical play head of this new record?</span></b><br />
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<b>Goats:</b> We reckon about <b>666</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is the Goat Throne a sit spot for a specific Goat or all Goats? Are we creating a Goat hierarchy here?</span></b><br />
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<b>Goats:</b> We are definitely trying to bring about <b>Goat-Apocalypse</b> now. We need equality for <b>all Goats</b>, and <b>no more people</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How many Goats could a Goat Throne throne if a Goat Throne could throne Goats?</span></b><br />
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<b>Goats: </b>Again, <b>666</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What is the composition, texture and taste of the Goat Throne? Also is it water resistant?</span></b><br />
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<b>Goats:</b> The throne exists in the <b>heart of all Goats</b>, so the texture is that of <b>meat. (Soy/Seitan)</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is the Blood Goat a good boy/girl?</span></b><br />
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<b>Goats:</b> <b>That question is redundant</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>After World War 3 will Goats repopulate earth as the dominant species or do you think they will also go extinct?</b></span><br />
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<b>Goats:</b> We feel that world war 3 will be driven by Goats to reclaim their dominion over the earth. So <b>Goats will win</b>, and then we’ll get drunk.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Have you all considered having an album launch were you just play to Goats and all other humans are banned from attending?</b></span><br />
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<b>Goats:</b> By entering the perimeter line of any Goat Throne show you automatically reclassify as a Goat. So <b>all our shows are to Goats only</b>. It’s not segregation, <b>it’s trans-speciesism</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Questions by: <b>Shaun</b></span><br />
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★★★★★ <span style="font-size: large;">"A Goattacular listening experience!" </span></div>
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<b>- The Dark Lord Herself</b></div>
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★★★★★ <span style="font-size: large;">"Just the right amount of Goaty goodness!" </span></div>
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<b>- A Demon Possessed Bean Sprout</b></div>
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<b>Get your Goat on below!</b><br />
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Five live bands, for what was originally booked as a launch night for the new <b>MMJ & Mislead split</b> album, but, due to Mislead not being able to perform on the date, now re-purposed as a general launch / promo event for some <b>new releases</b>, and to hopefully get people hyped on the new <b>We Did This Records mixtape coming out!</b> (Tracks from the mixtape will be played between bands...)<br />
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"<b>We Did This Records</b> presents an act of catastrophic and indiscriminate low grade destruction. A last ditch effort to redirect the finishing blows of capital, and master the ancient mystic arts of marketing. <b>Special Attack! Album Launcher!</b> is an in canon installment where the tiny meat creature primates at <b>We Did This Records</b> attempt to sell you shit! A plot twist that will send you spinning! ...and a cliff hanger involving the fate of all worlds.<br />
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In consequence of the anarchic nature of particle attraction the following releases have been selected and highlighted:<br />
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- firstly, the newly released <b>MMJ / Mislead split</b> album - <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol-reach-around">https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol-reach-around</a><br />
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- secondly, the recently mastered and uploaded <b>ATWN EP - Electric Dreams</b> - <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/electric-dreams-ep">https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/electric-dreams-ep</a><br />
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- thirdly, the new <b>Apocalypse Later single</b> - <a href="https://apocalypselater.bandcamp.com/track/happy">https://apocalypselater.bandcamp.com/track/happy</a><br />
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- fourthly, the new <b>Mad God album</b> dropped end of last year - <a href="https://madgodza.bandcamp.com/album/grotesque-and-inexorable">https://madgodza.bandcamp.com/album/grotesque-and-inexorable</a><br />
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- fifthly, the latest record from <b>Caution Boy</b> - <a href="https://cautionboy.bandcamp.com/album/spastic-plastic">https://cautionboy.bandcamp.com/album/spastic-plastic</a><br />
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In the spirit of mutual aid, and with devotion to the sacred air vibrations, the following live action demonstrations will be held:<br />
(*In a safe and friendly environment ideal for carbon based lifeforms!)<br />
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- <b>All These Wasted Nuts</b><br />
- <b>Apocalypse Later</b><br />
- <b>Caution Boy</b><br />
- <b>Mad God</b><br />
- <b>Monday Morning Justice</b><br />
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50 rand per life form<br />
29 June<br />
7pm till late @ <b>Zoolake Bowls</b><br />
(Zoo Lake, Prince of Wales Dr, 2196 Parkview, Gauteng, South Africa)"<br />
- Text by Shaun (me) on the gross <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/821477618228410/"><b>facebook event</b></a><b>!</b><br />
<br />We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-37164119976952985572019-05-27T22:32:00.000+02:002019-05-27T23:49:45.120+02:00Come Get Some...The Chain EP by Weed Dealer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Thursday <b>Weed Dealer</b> have their debut show with support from <b>Goat Throne</b> and <b>Sex Tape</b> (formerly <b>Groucho</b>). It's also their EP launch and there will be a bunch of merch on sale. We have dropped their EP onto the <b>We Did This Records</b> <a href="https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp page</a> for free streaming and download. Enter a "0" to grab the .mp3's or whichever file type you prefer.<br />
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"Weed Dealer are a 5-piece alternative punk band from South Africa. Songs about influencers, flakes, copycats, and addicts that will have you wheezing through green days and cruising by bay dreams.<br />
Support your local Weed Dealer." - some stoner<br />
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20h30 - <b>Weed Dealer</b><br />
21h15 - <b>SEXTAPE</b><br />
22h00 - <b>Goat Throne</b><br />
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<b>R50</b> entrance<br />
// MERCH ON SALE<br />
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<b>30 May</b> @ <b>Auckland Park Bowls Club</b><br />
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John Adamson Dr, Montgomery Park, 2195 Johannesburg<br />
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We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-71178463090340869602019-05-20T09:56:00.000+02:002019-05-20T09:56:59.752+02:00Grotesque and Inexorable by Mad God<div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In early November last year local Doom outfit <b>Mad God</b> released the cosmic horror of a second full length album. It even got an entry in <b>Metal Hammer</b> magazine. What follows is an interview with guitarist and vocalist <b>Tim Harbour.</b></span><br />
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<b>Tim:</b> With the latest Mad God album we tried our best to create more interesting and heavier songs while still keeping the music doom at heart. We added a wider variety of influences and started blending more heavy metal and traditional metal into our sound. I feel like our latest album is definitely the best produced and most interesting of our releases, though our older album still seems to be doing better online. Conceptually the album was supposed to have darker themes and also touch on some <b>local horror stories</b>. Overall I think the album was a success in all those regards and we are excited to start thinking about our next one.</div>
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<b>Tim:</b> I had never heard of the movie before I came up with the band name Mad God. The band name process is always a tough one and as a band we had been back and forth on a tonne of names. I started to think simpler and realised most of our earlier content was based on or heavily inspired by the work of <b>H.P Lovecraft</b> and I simply used the name Mad God as a reference to one of the deities from the <b>Cthulhu</b> mythos. I still need to give the Mad God movie a watch haha.</div>
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<b>Tim:</b> The album art directly relates to the darker themes and sound of the album. On the previous album our artist, <b>Lyle Van’Dango</b>, used the title of the album as inspiration for the artwork and I was very impressed with what he came up with, it was pretty much exactly what I wanted. With the latest album I gave him more direction telling him the themes of the album and mentioned I wanted some form of dark forest and supernatural elements and he just went with it. Again I was blown away with what he came up with. Lyle’s art has become as canon as the music itself and I can’t imagine doing an album without his artistic direction.</div>
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<b>Tim:</b> I have always been a huge fan of the local metal scene. I was a massive <b>Architecture of Aggression</b> fan when they were still around and almost never missed a gig of theirs. <b>Bleeding Spawn</b> is another amazing death metal act that I really enjoy though only a small bit of death metal influence is heard in our music. <b>Juggernaut</b> were a band that I saw before Mad God started and was so excited to hear that style of metal in this country, so that has always stuck in my mind and served as an inspiration for getting Mad God out there. After we formed I started to draw inspiration from the bands that also formed around or a bit before the same time. <b>Ruff Majik</b> and <b>Goat Throne</b> are some of the best examples along with acts such as <b>STRAGE</b> and <b>Corax</b>. More recently I have discovered the incredible <b>MA-AT</b> from Cape Town as well as <b>Psykasm</b>, both bands we played with recently on our trip to the cape. The biggest inspiration I get is from observing some of the hard working local musicians I see busting their ass to put on great shows on a regular basis.</div>
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<b>Tim:</b> More music. We want to record and release a new album, hopefully this year. I’d love to do another music video as well as getting our older releases on vinyl. We have some tape releases coming out soon with our label <b>Red Handed Records</b> in the <b>US</b> as well as just received some digipacks from our <b>EU label</b>, <b>Narcoleptica Productions</b>. Basically just more tunes and more merch coming your way, hopefully in the not to distant future.</div>
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Questions by <b>Sarah Lee</b><br />
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Mad God is:<br />
<b>Tim Harbour</b> - Vocals and Guitar<br />
<b>Pat Stephansen</b> - Drums<br />
<b>Evert Snyman</b> - Bass<br />
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WE DID THIS RECORDS PRESENTS: A Mass Durban Exodus Show! A Durban Horde Of Noise! A Thing You Should Attend!<br />
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Friday, May 24, 2019<br />
7 PM – 11:59 PM<br />
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@ Rumours Lounge<br />
Cnr CR Swart and Tungsten, Randburg<br />
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BANDS:<br />
Taekwondo Sleepover (DBN)<br />
Hated Related (DBN)<br />
Write off (DBN)<br />
MOUSE (DBN)<br />
Monday Morning Justice (JHB)<br />
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R50 at the door.<br /><br />Art by Sandy Little (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/angrylittlecrayon/">https://www.instagram.com/angrylittlecrayon/</a>)We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-11483801431045295522019-04-26T10:14:00.000+02:002019-04-26T10:14:57.172+02:00Blame Thrower (New Zealand) April - May 2019 South Africa Tour!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Blame Thrower from New Zealand are here and we have a short interview with Ciara (drums & vocals) followed by gig info and their new split tape below.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How would you describe your music?</b></span><br />
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<b>Ciara:</b> Blame Thrower sounds like if Bert and Ernie were members of <b>The Descendents</b>. Haha, but nah we are a <b>garage punk</b> band and we draw influences from bands like <b>Wavves</b> and <b>Fidlar</b> right to <b>Black Flag</b> and <b>Dead Kennedys</b>. Our songs are short, sharp and impassioned. Because we're a two piece the music is fairly simple - it's hard work playing and singing at the same time!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Who does what in the band?</b></span><br />
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<b>Ciara:</b> <b>Luke Penrose</b> is the guitarist and vocalist, and <b>Ciara Bernstein</b> (me) is the drummer and vocalist.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What do you think of south Africa so far, and how is the tour going?</b></span><br />
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<b>Ciara:</b> South Africa is incredible! It's so insanely different to New Zealand and I'm stoked to see what the local music scene is like. The local cultures, languages, styles and influences are very unique and I'm curious to see how these differences are expressed musically. Our first show is in Port Elizabeth, and luke and I are really excited.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How is the scene back home, and is there much of a tour circuit between Tasmania, Australia, and new Zealand?</b></span><br />
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<b>Ciara:</b> New Zealand's music scene is thriving and surprisingly big given that we're a population of 4 million people all up. Luke and I are both very involved with the local punk and alternative scene and it seems like every week a new band pops on the radar. Bands go to and from Australia fairly regularly, but tend to only do Melbourne and Sydney. BT recorded our most recent EP in Melbourne last year, and we played shows around there too. We've both been lucky enough to play even further abroad (I played in the States and Luke played in Europe), it's always exciting to take the NZ crew on a roadie far away!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Where can people find your music?</b></span><br />
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<b>Ciara:</b> All of our music is available on <b>Bandcamp</b>, <b>Spotify</b> and <b>iTunes</b>, but we like <b>Bandcamp</b> the best haha <a href="https://blame-thrower.bandcamp.com/">https://blame-thrower.bandcamp.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Questions by:</b> <i>Shaun</i></span><br />
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There was a bit of a hiccup with venue double bookings and so the revised show dates and locations are as follows... ↓<br /><br /><b>26th April (TONIGHT!!!)</b> - Port Elizabeth @ Pool City<br />
<b>27th April</b> - Cape Town @ Black Irish<br />
<b>4th May</b> - Pretoria (location TBC)<br />
<b>10th May</b> - Johannesburg @ Rumours Rock City<br />
<b>11th May</b> - Soweto @ Others Concept Space<br /><br />Check the international surveillance network for updates - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BLAMETHROWERNZ/">https://www.facebook.com/BLAMETHROWERNZ/</a><br />
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Johannesburg punk rock veterans, <b>Misled</b>, have been on the quiet front for a few years now. Members growing their families, new members joining and moving on from a somewhat unexpected acoustic phase has left fans hungry for something familiar. Now with new members active on stage we have been enjoying Misled live again for the past 12 months or so but even all the changes and being busy on stage they have been busy with writing and as it were are dropping their first of a few tasty morsels we can expect this year. In this offering they are joined by punk rock newcomers, <b>Monday Morning Justice</b>, in a 10 track, as punk as it gets, Split!<br />
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The “Split” is a tradition as much part of the punk scene as staying in your parent’s spare room for most of your twenties. Both bands recorded at different studios and have completely different offering from the musical kaleidoscope that is punk rock. The album split entitled: “THE OL’ REACH AROUND” is available for download on the WE DID THIS RECORDS BANDCAMP Now and as always any donations are encouraged. If you like what you hear you can catch both bands going at it this coming weekend on the <b>Teenage Bottlerocket</b> <b>tour</b> in Johannesburg and Durban.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*This album dropped yesterday because Monday and stuff</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">December last year, Durban songwriter, Matt Vend recorded his 5th album which sees him delving in lo-tech electronic music as well as his signature acoustically driven sound. He is calling the new direction Anatronic, which the songwriter describes as electronic music delivered in a very organic almost analogue way. Matt commissioned illustrator and comic book artist Tasmin Naidoo to create a piece of art that reflected the feeling and intention behind the songs.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So tell us a bit about the new album and how it differs from your previous albums, both as a solo artist and as part of a band?</b></span><br />
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<b>Matt:</b> The new record marked a massive shift in songwriting and production for me, I love making my own records at home because every time you plug the gear in its a learning experience. I hope to put the record out on vinyl eventually so I made it a side A and side B kind of vibe. The first half is pure guitar driven music, very stripped down, and very close to what I’ve always done. So I called it “Songs found in the earth”. The second half, I used my keyboard as the main driving instrument instead of the guitar and all the melody lines were written on a keyboard, hence I called it “songs found in the machine”. Then I just went wild and started layering sounds on top of each other. I wanted to create massive electronic soundscapes that created atmosphere. It really is very, very introspective music, however, I want to present it live eventually one day. I just know nothing about live electronic music. <br />
Even though you could call it electro in some way there are a lot of other acoustic instruments thrown in. My inspiration came very much from bands like New Order and The Cure and other New Wave 80’s type stuff, like the origins of using synths and guitars together. I also got really into the work of Felix Laband and I think that was also a big contributing factor for trying out new things. I also ran the keyboard through various big sounding guitar effects and distortions which gave me some surprisingly great results. Some people even asked “how did you get the guitar to sound so big” and I was like "It isn’t a guitar it's a keyboard going through distortion effects" etc. Sorry for rambling, I could talk about this for hours. However I also didn’t use any Pro Tools, computers or standard recording software to achieve this, but just my trusty, Boss BR-800. To get more channels I just kept bouncing down tracks and doing a line in recording of the bounced mastered wav files to create more channels on my desk as I’m limited to only 6 channels at a time. Its a very stubborn and old school way of doing things but I never got my head around computer recording software and never really wanted to. I think this approach really made something unique come out, I’m slowly working toward my own signature sound and I think this recording is a huge step up from a production perspective compared to the previous ones. It's still very much a digital recording but I’ve taken an almost analogue approach to doing it, hence the title of the record “Anatronic” which was coined by my buddy Yusuf Laher as I told him about the madness I was attempting, we laughed and it was a joke that stuck. I was also very fortunate to receive some excellent mastering from Alejandro Rojas Carranza at Angry Monkey Studios in Mexico City, which really gave the record a nice smooth finish.<br />
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<b>Matt:</b> Not at all, I think the record stands as a nice collection of songs so it's hard to point out a favourite...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>You did a launch tour of some pretty unconventional locations outside of the usual gig circuit.</b></span><br />
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<b>Matt:</b> The tour was life-changing in so many ways. I deliberately said that I didn’t want to tour any big cities this time, so we hit some obscure places and got amazing responses at every town. It was a very special tour for me as I took a really long break from music before planning it and I really wasn’t sure if I was even going to be able to pull it off. The album was a serious labour of love to get done and the tour seemed like a great reward for all the effort and a bit of respite from a tough year.<br />
Mmm... not sure which towns to recommend as most touring musicians want to make a profit when they go out there on the road and this wasn’t that tour. However our biggest show was in Lesotho. It was so packed that the restaurant had to pull out more chairs and people were still standing at the back on top of that. Alliance Francaise de Maseru did a fantastic job of hosting us.<br />
Also, Namibia is a magical place with some of the most untouched beauty I have ever witnessed. We played in a town called Aus famous for its wild horses. However, if you do tour Africa hire a 4x4 as we spent two days travelling through the desert in my tiny Renault kwid. The roads are so bad in Namibia that we had to go roughly 15 to 30 km for almost 700km to avoid any traumatic car damage, it took us almost a full 48 hours, we lost our marbles a bit, but the experience of being in the desert with no one around for two days is priceless and somewhat spiritual, a real connection to nature, which is the heritage of Africa.<br />
Swakopmund was also a great city to play and we met some awesome people, Rainer from Nautilus Studios is a kind-hearted gentleman who put us in touch with The Royal Bull which was probably our second busiest show of the tour. The owner Marcelle is also an awesome guy. Everyone on this trip was so supportive and great we even had an extremely memorable show in Port Nolloth of all places, a diamond fishing town on the west coast of South Africa.<br />
There are so many people to thank, it's scary. It was probably my favourite tour so far and I’ve been on many.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>You have talked a little bit online about being diagnosed with "surfer's ear"- how has it changed things for you and what advice would you give to other musicians who are dealing with a similar condition?</b></span><br />
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<b>Matt:</b> Yeah, roughly a year ago my hearing got really bad. I went to various specialists and none of them really seemed to know what to do, until I found Sean Overall from Wholesale Hearing. This guy is a maverick and a saint in my eyes. He is a scientist that builds his own hearing aids and ear protection for a fraction of a price of the others on the market. He assured me that my issues with hearing loss weren’t just related to noise, and that surfing was a contributing factor. From the age of about 8, there hasn’t really been a week of my life that I haven’t been in the ocean, but I had various other things going wrong from Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Hyperacusis, Surfers Ear and Tinnitus. I’m usually not so candid about my private affairs but if I can impart what I've been through and it can help others that’s fantastic and that’s how we make a difference. Obviously, the noise didn’t help and close to 20 years of playing in loud punk bands had just taken its toll.<br />
I had already started making Anatronic but by halfway through the recording process things just all seemed to be going wrong. I stopped going out, gave up a lot of different things including surfing and became extremely reclusive. Even the sound of birds outside became painful to hear and my life seemed to be a series of panic attacks, in between trying to get through long days in an extremely noisy office. I even wore ear protection sometimes at work! With the help of Sean, I went on a programme to try and clear the fluids trapped inside my Eustachian Tubes and I rested.<br />
Whenever I felt the urge, I’d put down a chord or a line for the new record sometimes at the price of a setback in my recovery, however, I had to finish it come hell or high water. Finishing Anatronic became my motivation for getting better.<br />
I urge anyone who is having hearing issues to see someone as soon as the problem arises. I noticed a sensitivity in my ears years ago but ignored it until it was too late. I’d also urge musicians to use ear protection, but ear protection that works for your ears, as our ears are all different shapes and sizes. Get custom airtight ones and work with the acoustician or audiologist making them until you get a perfect fit. Also, I hope to make it trendy to wear earplugs. It's amazing the strange kind of stigma that is still associated with it, people in the venues mock you and say, "Why are you wearing those?" etc. I also think it would be great if venues came to the party to put warnings at the door and they could even take it further and give out inexpensive hearing protection on arrival. Also, engineers should all be forced to use decibel readers and often it's just unnecessarily loud to the point where it doesn’t even sound like music anymore, the engineers themselves are predominately deaf but that still doesn’t give them the right to make others deaf. Over the last year, my hearing has improved dramatically, I’m still not 100% right and quite frankly I don’t think I ever will be. I have my bad and good days with it, but to look how far I have come in a year is amazing. All I can hope is that next year things will improve further. I’m currently looking into my first set of in-ear monitors and I’d urge any serious musician to do the same. Hearing loss, hyperacusis and tinnitus is no joke, it's crippling and the worst part is no one sees or hears your suffering. Hearing loss is also related to anxiety and depression so a lot else can start going wrong when you start losing your hearing. However a South African just invented the first inner ear transplant which is great news and brings a lot of hope to people who are going deaf or who are experiencing one of the many related illnesses associated with hearing loss.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What's the word on the follow-up album?</b></span><br />
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<b>Matt:</b> Yeah, I actually have finished the follow up to Anatronic. I came back from tour started tracking and just carried on. I had a Forest Gump moment and just kept running hahahah. I figured while I can, I must make as much music as possible. I have to credit it to a tiny yellow keyboard that was gathering dust at the old smelly orange studio, where we used to rehearse with Sibling Rivalry until Steve, our drummer and owner of the studio, opened his New Noise facility. The little Casio tone bank had so many awesome sounds I couldn’t resist and this album goes even deeper into the “Anatronic” sound. The record is currently being mastered by Neil Snyman (worked with Lady Smith Black Mambazo, Madala Kunene etc) and I think its the biggest sounding album I’ve ever made, I’m keen for everyone to hear it. I’m hoping it will be out soon and I should also be on tour again soon, so find me online to find out where and when.<br />
And a huge thanks to Shaun and Conley and the We Did This crew for always supporting what I do and who I am, love you to the moon and back... x<br />
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She will be performing this Saturday night, March 23 @ Emmarentia Sailing Club, Johannesburg</div>
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We had the privilege of doing a short pre-gig interview with her!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tell us about the new album! Will you mostly be performing tracks from this release?</b></span><br />
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<b>Jenny:</b> The new album is called Tear Down Walls, and it is my 5th full length album. It celebrates 10 years since the beginning of this project, and it is actually a double LP with one album being 15 full-band electric songs, and the other album being 15 acoustic songs. The album also includes a documentary DVD about the history of this project and the skinhead scene, as well as a book speaking to the themes of the album. The album speaks to the political values of punk in terms of bringing people together across borders, as well as the personal values of the punk scene such as breaking down our own limitations. The album features the guest vocals of Jeff Turner from Cockney Rejects, as well as Han from Evil Conduct. I will be playing some songs from this album during my tour in South Africa, but I will also be playing a lot of material from my previous albums as well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why South Africa?</b></span><br />
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<b>Jenny:</b> I have always been fascinated by the history of South Africa, as Apartheid always seemed like an unfathomable reality for me. Given that the album is called Tear Down Walls and the project was invented to create community, fight prejudice and cross boundaries, I have tried to tour the world as much as possible. Up until this point I have played in over 55 countries, but never in South Africa before. I met some South African punks a while ago at Rebellion festival, and since then I have been eager to explore the punk scene there and of course the intersection of punk with the political realities there. I am interested to explore the subject of tearing down walls more in the context of historical racial segregation, and to see where the country and the punk scene are now in South Africa and how they also relate to this unique history.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How has your tour been so far and what has been some of your favorite / most memorable shows?</b></span><br />
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<b>Jenny:</b> The tour has been amazing so far, over 500 gigs up until this point all over the world. Every gig is special and memorable in it's own way, but I would have to say that the most memorable gigs for me up until now include playing in Yakutia, Siberia. It takes about 7 days to drive there from Moscow, and I couldn't believe that there was such an active and enthusiastic punk scene up in the Arctic. It was incredible to visit the cultural centres of Yakutsk people and to learn more about their history. I also really enjoyed playing in Bosnia and learning about Balkan history through personal narratives, and the power of the Yugo punk scene in bringing people together despite the ethnic divisions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>When and how did you fall in love with Oi music?</b></span><br />
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<b>Jenny:</b> I first discovered the oi! scene in 2003. I had been a punk rocker for a few years before then, but I was immediately attracted to the skinhead scene because it spoke about personal values such as loyalty, pride and community in a way that was more relatable to me than the Live For Today/No Tomorrow ethos of the streetpunk scene. I love the skinhead scene because it brings out the best in me, it has taught me what real friendship is and should be, and it has taught me a lot about self-love despite social pressures.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What would you say to encourage people who may want to play punk rock but are hesitant due to the dominant cisgender straight white male demographic?</b></span><br />
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<b>Jenny:</b> I would say that the world and everything we love is what we make it to be. We all have personal limitations, but if we don't push our limitations we are choosing to live inside of them. Punk rock is supposed to be an alternative, and for a kid like me who never fit into mainstream beauty or social standards, it saved my life. It gave me purpose and identity and belonging when I was lost. The more that we can make punk a true alternative, the more that we can make it accessible to other people looking for purpose, the more we can help the world. The best thing about music is that it crosses borders, it crosses genders, it crosses race and it is something that connects us. Good music is a window of the truth, and as long as we speak our truth we are in the right. Punk rock is about truth, and if you have something to say this genre belongs to you. As Strummer said, the future is unwritten, but why not write our way to a better one?<br />
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Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7 PM – 11:50 PM @ Emmarentia Sailing Club, Johannesburg<br />
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Lineup: <b>Deadly Bites</b>, <b>Apocalypse Later</b>, <b>Groucho</b>, <b>Jenny Woo</b>, <b>Klumbsy Oxx</b>, <b>Dead Congress</b>, <b>All These Wasted Nuts</b>.<br />
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Music kicks off at 7pm, R50 PP, Booze on sale (<b>cash bar!!!</b>) & Customs stalls.<br />
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So, i have been meaning to interview Bahiyya Khan, a Muslim game developer, and Masters drop out ("because everything is the worst"), who tutors at Wits here in Johannesburg, for months now. I have been useless though and by this point she has been interviewed so many times that it is next to impossible to ask her questions that don't amount to flagrant repetition.<br />
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fuck it... here we go!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>after HOURS is a full-motion video (FMV) game that deals with sexual assault and borderline personality disorder (BPD). I guess we are starting with the motivation question, that is possibly compulsory? </b></span><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> I made the game because I felt I had to. 2 things were happening very intensely in my life at the time:<br />
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1. There was an increase in the violence against women in South Africa and loads of women that I knew were coming out to me about having being sexually abused<br />
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2. I was sick of people not understanding what it's like to live with Borderline Personally Disorder and then demonising us based on misinformation and stereotypes.<br />
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So I decided to tell a story on issues that deserve to be spoken about and not hidden away in the awful shame that is foisted upon women.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>When did you finish after HOURS, who was on your development team, and where can people find it?</b></span><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> after HOURS finished about a month ago. It all feels so hazy thinking about it now.. The team consisted of me as game designer, narrative designer, writer, director and actress. Claire Meekel as cinematographer, animator and director. Tim Flusk as programmer and Abi Meekel on sound. It's currently up on Humble Bundle but will be up on other game platforms probably in a month or 2 or 20 since I don't function so good.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>If you had to gamble on a next possible hair colour what do you think future you would pick?</b></span><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> Definitely Gerard Way's Danger Days red hair.<br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> I don't really play games so of the 2.7 that I have played, Butterfly Soup is my favourite. I think it's funny and moving and well written.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I</b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">s there a film you like that you would love to turn into an FMV, If you could like magic it into being?</span></b><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> Probably Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What sparked your love for writing?</b></span><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> My sister taught me to read and write when I was 5 and I adored reading and I suppose I wanted to write my own stuff? I don't know, I can't remember. I started listening to Simple Plan when I was 9 and then started writing my own songs so I guess...I don't know what I'm trying to say. I just always wrote.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>You have had the opportunity to travel a bunch recently to do talks and promotion for the game. I died a little inside when I watched a Whatsapp video of you up front and singing along to Chumped at a Joyce Manor show. Drop us some bands and show stories... End me!</b></span><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> Hahaha fuck wow, I got to see some dope bands last year. I also got fucked up. I literally thought I was gonna die at Joyce Manor. I went to their show in Boston and the crowd was just mental. I got killed. I literally did. I'm typing this from the grave. My ribs felt like they were being crushed. I had to ask security to take me out of that hell pit. I'm very cool, obviously. Oh yeah I also saw Basement last year and got a mild concussion although I only went to that show to see Joyce Manor open for them so I left soon after. Oh! And I got to speak to Barry, Joyce Manor's frontman and got their setlist which was wonderful.<br />
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My standout gigs were seeing The Front Bottoms and You Me At Six. I cried so much at both shows. Seeing TFB was the highlight of my life until I saw YMAS then I had several highlights in my life. Sorry this answer is so long I just love all my bands so much. YMAS is my absolute favourite band ever and I followed them around the UK for a bit for their Take Off Your Colours anniversary tour. I got so fucking excited at the first show that I became that annoying fucker in the pit. Disgraceful times and all that.<br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> Hourly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In your opinion is punk a sound or a state of mind?</b></span><br />
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<b>Bahiyya:</b> Both. I mean superficially it's an aesthetic thing and also a kind of genre (?) but I think real punk as fuck things are whatever goes against systemic oppression. For example, being kind in a world that prefers you didn't<br />
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<i>Questions by Shaun Richards</i><br />
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Below is an audio interview Bahiyya did with Polygamer.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Bahiyya Khan is the developer of after HOURS, a full-motion video (FMV) game about sexual assault and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Presented as an interactive film, after HOURS has received critical acclaim and awards at game conferences around the globe for its innovative storytelling and willingness to tackle difficult subjects."</span>We Did This Recordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984732117662958893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636215462299766139.post-44104224415594969092019-02-18T19:12:00.000+02:002019-02-18T19:12:31.113+02:00Breaking News! Teenage Bottlerocket South African Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"South Africa!! We're STOKED to finally be coming your way this April! Tickets available Wednesday February 20th at Plankton.mobi and merch up at boneyard.co.za art by Zack Lex CrowClaw layout by David Freedman! We can't wait!!" - Teenage Bottlerocket<br /><br /><a href="https://teenagebottlerocket.com/tour-dates/">Tour Dates</a><br /><br />
Thu, APR 18<br />
Prison - House of Rebels<br />
Cape Town, South Africa<br />
<br /> Fri, APR 19<br />
Sundowners<br />
Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
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The Winston Pub</div>
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Durban, South Africa</div>
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