DJ Mix
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Tokyo Star Melville DJ Mix
Between 2007 and 2010 I played countless Thursday night sets at the Tokyo Star in 4th Avenue Melville (plus later, a few in Greenside) and was privileged to share those with some amazing DJs like Sassquatch, Data Takashi, King of Town, Casioheart, Youngsmuts, and many others. It was a real scene driven by Myspace and… Read more
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Music of 2017
My annual favourite music list is ready to go, albeit a little late by my standards. It was a great year for new music, and I found myself checking out other year end lists as there was just so much I’d never heard of. I made one major discovery from those lists: Lingua Ignota –… Read more
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Reform Soundsystem returns
The gang is back for another smashing soul/disco/townshipswingjazz/hiphip and oddities spin on Saturday 4 November at Kitcheners in Braamfontein. R50 gets you in. From 7pm. Facebook event HERE Flyer designed by the fabulous Madam F This is some of what we play: Our next REFORM party is planned for Saturday 2 Dec 2017 at the… Read more
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The Junction
The Junction, originally on the corner of Bree and Claim Street, was owned by Shayne Leith who previously owned Decodance in Market Street (which eventually became Le Club). The Junction opened in 1988 and closed sometime in 1991 before moving to a short-lived run at Ponte. It had two dance floors. One was dark with… Read more
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Running from the sun
A tristful winter playlist for those bleak days when the lingering cold bites. It’s almost over. Grit. Clench. Friction. Features Sharon Van Etten, Grace Jones, Velvet Underground, Keaton Henson, Bat for Lashes, Yazoo, Johnny Jewel and a South African Hawaiian guitar legend Jerry Shanahan Original mix on MIXCLOUD © Marc Latilla 2017. All rights reserved.… Read more
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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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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. That’s… 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 -
Best of 2014
As usual, I’ve not even scratched the surface of all the releases this year (I never do). This is what I’ve loved these last 12 months through my over-complicated music discovery regime. Here are two mixes that cover selected tracks from both best albums and tracks lists: Stream Winter Daydreaming or download Stream Summer Dancing… Read more
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