Marc Latilla
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Reform Soundsystem is back
It’s been a year since our last Reform party and how things have turned upside down in that time. No matter. On 22 April at Kitcheners in Braamfontein, we get down to the notorious sound of the Reform Soundsystem brought to you by DJs Charles Leonard and Marc Latilla along with specials guests DJ Jun… Read more
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Scants Laserdrome
Scants opened on the 19th August 1983 at 180 Fox Street. The owners, Stan Herson and Bruce Kennedy would later go on to open Heaven, but this was the pair’s first foray into the nightclub business (although in the 1970s, Stan was involved with the first incarnation of Mandy’s in End Street when he converted… Read more
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Johannesburg in 1961 on JHBLive
JHBLive has featured a piece I did on Johannesburg from a movie shot in 1961. The film, all about a bumbling ‘ducktail’ gang, was really hard to watch. Trying to identify the locations and seeing the city and suburbs as they were more than 10 years before I was born more than made up for… Read more
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Music of 2016
These were the albums that lived with me this year in no particular order: PJ Harvey – Community of hope Trentmoller – Fixion Make-Overs – Try me Savages – Adore life Minor Victories – Minor victories Daughter – Not to disappear Medicine Boy – Kinda like electricity DJ Shadow – The mountain Hante. – No… Read more
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I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land
Have a listen to my new mix up on www.mixcloud.com or listen via the player below: The title came from the Sparklehorse’s ‘Piano fire’ featuring PJ Harvey. The rest came together over time and loosely paint a picture of departure, longing, waiting, changing, discovery and arrival with an underlying theme of commercial air travel.… Read more
Arcade Fire, Brian Eno, Brigitte Fontaine, Charles Bradley, Cracker, DJ Mix, Django Django, Everly Brothers, Fever Ray, Gandaddy, Graham Coxon, Gunter Kallman Chorus, Henegar Union Sacred Harp, Mixcloud, PJ Harvey, Slowdive, Soley, Sonic Youth, Sparklehorse, Stilll Corners, Tashaki Miyaki, The Dollfins, The La’s, The Sonics -
Blame it on the boogie (REFORM Vinyl set)
On Saturday 16 January 2015, Charles and I are playing a special 2-hour REFORM vinyl only set in support of DJ Jun from Japan. He plays exclusively on 7″. Also guesting are Plaat Jaapie and Dub Rui. Expect a needle-lifting #mixedbagsaturday of soul, funk, disco, reggae and rare groove. Saturday 16 January 2015 Kitcheners in… Read more
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Top albums of 2015
Another year, another whack of newly discovered tunes and new music from old favourites. As usual, this is not a definitive list but just what I really liked out of the few hundred bits and pieces I came across over the year. This year was an easy Top 20 and a fine mixture of folk,… Read more
A place to bury strangers, Albums of the year, Alex G, Best Coast, Big Grams, Branko, Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee, Chelsea Wolfe, Django Django, Emika, Foals, Godspeed you! Black Emperor, Julien Baker, Karen Dalton, Lower Dens, Nite Fields, Rachel Grimes, Sam Phillips, Sexwitch, Sharon Van Etten, Sleater-Kinney, Soley, Susanne Sundfor, Tamaryn, Tess Parks, The Go! Team, The Weeknd, True Detective, Ultimate Painting, Viet Cong, Wolf Alice, Zefur Wolves -
Lost churches of early Johannesburg
Jhblive published an edited version of the piece I did on the lost churches of Johannesburg. Read it HERE. For the longer and more detailed piece, check out the full version on Johannesburg1912 HERE. Part two, which will focus on the buildings that are still standing, will be out in early 2016. This research is… Read more
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Cellardoor 10th Anniversary Live Mix
It was 10 years ago this month (14 Oct 2005 to be exact) when Cellardoor threw its first monthly party. It was a Friday night at Horror Cafe in Newtown and I think we finished up with about 80 people. Cellardoor was started by Martin Thomas and I with some inspiration from the film Donnie… Read more
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REFORM Sound System sneaky party
REFORM is back with a sneaky silently slipped in 4th of July (no relation…) party full of vintage soul, funk, reggae, disco, townshipjive, girlgroups, Nigeria70s, springbokpophits, swingjazz and other rarities you’ll hear nowhere else. Charles Leonard & I will be knocking back the tunes from around 6pm background style building it up to a mid-winter… Read more
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