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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land
Have a listen to my new mix up on http://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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
Top albums and songs 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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
REFORM party time
We’re back with our first Reform party of 2015 and it’s right in the middle of Easter weekend. Charles and I play our 6 decade spanning mix of soul, raregroove, springbokpop, townshipjive, reggae,… Continue reading