TRACKLISTING:
1. Sean Terra – Mandrake (HAEZER RMX)
2. Ikki – Models (HAEZER RMX)
3. The Mastertrons – Fat Man (HAEZER RMX)
4. Electro Ferris feat. Markus Lange & Denis Naidano – Sonnelicht (HAEZER RMX)
5. The Boomzers – WTF (HAEZER RMX)
6. HAEZER – Monkey
7. Noize Generation – Get The Fuck Up (HAEZER RMX)
These artists/film studio combinations each win R 50 000 to make a new video thanks to an initiative by MK.
* Jack Parow, Tussen Stasies (by Ten10 Films)
* Foto na Dans, Die Vloed (by Admit One Productions)
* The Cavalier, Kiss and Tell (by Tough Sunday Productions)
* Will Mono ft. Jax Panik, Ken My Nie (by Foml Films)
* Thieve ft. Die Heuwels Fantasties, Way To Go (by The African Attachment)
* MC, Earl & Algemi, Dakskroef (by Blixem Productions)
* Heroes Wear Red, Bring Me Love (by Mannequin Productions)
* Winterstasie, Los My (by The Magic Factory)
* 4am, Steering Ships (by Unleashed)
* CrashCarBurn, Long Live Tonight (by 7Films)
Gayngs is described on Wikipedia as “a Midwestern indie band with a 1980s soft rock-inspired sound” while the band’s press release mentions the goal in mind was a sound ringing true to “a collection of drugged-up keyboards and slick bedroom production.“
The name Gayngs is most likely new to you, but the music by members of this indie supergroup may have crossed your path before, with the likes of players from across the board such as Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce (Bon Iver), P.O.S (Rhymesayers), Dessa (Doomtree) and Michael Lewis (Andrew Bird).
Gayngs Album Cover
The album has been described as a ‘bedroom record’ and Ryan Olson is not afraid to admit this, stating that “from the beginning I’ve had folks saying ‘we’re going to get pregnant to this shit’. And if people need a new fuck jams album I’m totally down to be part of that.”
The album cover design wasn’t left out either. Says Olson, “It’s a combination of a marijuana leaf and a vagina, yeah. It’s entirely what the album’s about. It’s about fucking girls, and fucking girls. The artist came up with 20 ideas of symbols with different back stories, and that one was instantly obviously the one. Weed is a good ingredient for sex, though some people freak out on it and some fall asleep.”
Ryan Olson of Gayngs
The inclusion of artists from the soft rock, indie and hip-hop/soul scene has resulted in an album dubbed “the non-ironic smooth & experimental sex pop record of 2010.” The début release, Relayted, has been received well by critics and hailed by The Guardian as “the album of the year so far” – all before the 23-man band played their first show.
Gayngs first performance, billed as “The Last Prom on Earth”, saw all 23 members perform, as well as a surprise cameo by Prince.
Enjoy the video below of Gayngs’ first live performance of ‘Gaudy Side of Town’ complete with Justin Vernon singing through an Auto-Tuned mic, and while you’re at it enjoy these links to download Gayngs’ music.
Download Gayngs – Gaudy Side of Town
Tracklist Gayngs – Relayted
1. The Gaudy Side of Town
2. The Walker
3 .Cry
4. No Sweat
5. False Bottom
6. The Beatdown
7. Crystal Rope
8. Spanish Platinum
9. Faded High
10. Ride
11. The Last Prom on Earth
After being signed to Interscope earlier this year, Die Antwoord have made their first official release under the label available on iTunes.
The release sees no new tracks since the independent online release of $O$ except the last track, a remix of the viral hit single ‘Enter The Ninja’ by DJ Fishsticks.
Die Antwoord 5 EP Tracklist
1. Enter The Ninja
2. Wat Kyk Jy?
3. I Don’t Need You
4. Fish Paste
5. Enter The Ninja (DJ Fish Sticks remix)
Die Antwoord were recently interviewed by nymag.com and have revealed some interesting details regarding their mid- to long-term plans.
“We’re only doing five albums,” Vi$$er says. And they’re serious about that: Ninja has a series of tattoos that plots out their five albums, some as yet unrecorded. Their debut album, $O$, will be released in America by Cherrytree/Interscope Records on October 25. “Our second,” says Ninja, “will be called Ten$ion; the third, Yo-Landi’s first solo album, Voice;and the fourth, my solo album, will be Dominator.” The fifth’s title is still a secret, but the two intend on releasing their solo efforts on the same day. “It’s a battle to see who sells more,” says Ninja.
Click here to listen to Die Antwoord – Enter The Ninja DJ Fishsticks Remix
A Converse music initiative, Three Artists. One Song, does just as the name suggests – brings together 3 artists to make a new track. The first, back in 2008, saw Julian Casablancas (The Strokes), Santogold and Pharrell (N.E.R.D) and resulted in the Pharrell produced number, ‘My Drive Through’.
Now enter July 2010 and we see a more eclectic combination of artists brought together under the same scheme – Kid Cudi teams up with producer-guitarist Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend fame and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino for a track entitled ‘All Summer‘.
The upbeat 3-minutes of pop goodness wrapped in Cudi bars, Rostam production and Cosentino ‘ooh-oohs’ comes complete with a fresh video – see below.
Click here to download Kid Cudi, Rostam & Best Coast – “All Summer”
What started out as the regularly used and adored ‘band story’ of brothers and friends making music has resulted in the equally dreamy but seldom achieved growing success of Civil Twilight. When brothers Steven (vocals, piano) and Andrew (gutiar) McKellar were joined by drummer Richard Wouters in suburbian Cape Town, they too were captivated by the idea of taking their music to the same places that the bands they had grown up listening to and being inspired by. Little did they know they would re-release their debut self-titled album in 2009 after being signed to New York based Wind-Up Records and on the heels of a charmed story – Rock ‘n Roller recently spoke to Richard Wouters…
Rock ‘n Roller:
Paint a picture – How do you think things would’ve turned out now if the band had they members not moved State-side in 2005?
Civil Twilight:
It’s kinda hard to say. It seems like SA bands are getting exposure overseas now a lot more than they did when we first moved to America and that those opportunities are now out there. When we left in 2005 our options were pretty much leave SA and try make it in America or England, or stay in SA and most likely not break outside of the country. I realize that is not entirely the case anymore, but honestly I don’t think we would be in the position we are in right now if we’d stayed in SA. We’ve learnt a lot by just being in America that has helped make us a better band and we’ve also found the financial and business backing here that has enabled us to support ourselves and keep doing this full time. Also, the way we work with our management and label here would be very difficult to do if we were not actually living in the States.
When we were kids growing up in Cape Town we were listening to all these American and British bands so our thinking when we left was kind of like, if we can “make it” in America then the rest of the world would automatically find out about us. Not many people knew about us in SA when we left, but since we’ve started having some success in the US people back home are beginning to discover us. So perhaps our master plan is working! We shall see.
RnR:
Your music has featured on the likes of One Tree Hill, House, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – yet it seems your have only this year found considerable air-play in South Africa, similar to the stories of other acts of SA-roots such as BLK JKS! and Die Antwoord. What do you think is the reason some acts are only given the nod once they impress internationally?
CV:
Well, aside from the music itself which is still ultimately the deciding factor, there are a lot of bands out there and a lot of stuff to sift through. The chances of all the necessary people even listening to our music, for example, are pretty slim given the amount of music that radio programmers and promoters etc are asked to listen to. If we are just ‘another band’ trying to get our song on the radio they are unlikely to take much notice. But if we come with a good story attached, it makes all the difference. I think it’s like that in every market. If you are able to say, “This band is #1 in the UK” or “Radiohead just took them on tour” or whatever the story may be, it helps immensely to get a person’s attention. In our case, we can tell radio people in SA or Canada or England that the song is already doing well on American radio etc and it goes a long way to getting the song played there. Eventually the public have to respond to it too of course, but I reckon the story helps to initially build hype and expectation. At least that’s my take on it, though there’s no doubt more to it than that.
RnR:
Civil Twilight has found themselves in an enviable position of having opened for some big-name acts on international soil – what have you taken from that experience?
CV:
We have been very fortunate and have learnt so much from watching and performing with some great bands. Being in the States has been an entire education in so many ways that it’s hard to pin point just a few individual things. It’s like we’ve spent the last five years at school learning how the music business works! But honestly, I think the biggest lesson one can learn is to be true to yourself through your music. You realize that even the best bands in the world are in a sense just like you. They once were where you are and they still have to impress people every night in order to get people coming back to their shows and buying their music. We are all, as Bono once said, “travelling salesmen”, selling ourselves and our music from the stage every night. No one is untouchable. It could all end tomorrow for any band. But no one’s going to “buy” anything from you if you are not honest. The best bands in the world are the most honest bands, in my opinion. Strive to create music that you love and that feels right and try not to worry too much about what other people think or what they tell you you should be. And dont believe everything a person tells you just because they have credentials or “connections” or have produced a Led Zeppelin record! No one has all the answers. It took us a while to learn that one.
RnR:
What albums have been on recent rotation on the the band’s playlist?
CV:
Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years
Brian Eno – Before and After Science
The National – High Violet
Spoon – Transference
Pink Floyd – Echos
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Elbow – Seldom Seen Kid
Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
RnR:
Plans for the rest of 2010?
CV:
It looks like we’ll be on the road for most of the rest of the year. Letters from the Sky just went top 10 on the US Alternative charts a
nd we’re seeing a lot of momentum build right now which we’re hoping to capitalize on. We’ve already been touring for most of this year and have been all over the US and to the UK. It’s really exciting to see stuff start to happen.
We would also love to come back to SA to visit and do some shows there. We’re hoping to get back at the end of the year. We really love South Africa and miss it a lot and it means an incredible amount to us to do well there. I think we’ve been waiting for an opportunity to go back when we could return having achieved something. We’ve always wanted to do our friends, our family and our countrymen proud.
Click here to watch Civil Twlight’s ‘Letters From The Sky’ on YouTube
