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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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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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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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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, nigeria70s, swingjazz, vintagedisco, new wave, girlgroups and other oddities. Kitcheners in Braamfontein (Cnr Juta and De Beer Str) Sat 4 April form… Read more
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Final REFORM! party for 2014
Our final kick for 2014 takes place at our regular hangout at Kitcheners in Juta Street in Braamfontein on Saturday 6 December 2014. We start easing in at 6pm in what is the probably the best time of year: that point when everything is starting to wind down, final touches to plans are being made,… Read more
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Heaven mixtapes
Heaven was a nightclub that ran from 14 June 1985 to the end of 1987 in Johannesburg at 165 Marshall Street. Many will know this address as being that of the original Doors nightclub that opened in 1990 and operated there for many years before moving to Edenvale. Between Heaven and The Doors, two other… Read more
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REFORM! – The next edition
It’s hard to believe this is our first REFORM! party for 2014. We’re back at Kitcheners (cnr Juta & De Beer) in Braamfontein. We start at around 6pm, building to a heaving dance floor by 9–10pm through to 4am. Facebook event | REFORM! mixes on Mixcloud © Marc Latilla 2014. All rights reserved. This content… Read more
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Tonight: Reform Vinyl Social
Charles Leonard & I are back for the second installment of our monthly Reform Vinyl Social where we basically play a bunch of our records to a crowded room of people drinking special beer (and other tasty beverages). Tonight 5 September 2013 at (44) Stanley Beer Yard in Auckland Park from 7pm. Old technology demands… Read more
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