With the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival just around the corner, we thought it would be awesome to give away TWO weekend passes to the fest! All you have to do to enter simply send an email to freeshit@electrotrash.co.za and let us know the name of the international guest that will be performing at the festival this year. Competition closes Monday 11th February 2013 23:59. One entry per person, winners will be chosen at random. Good luck! More info ! ^5! The post CTEMF 2013 - Ticket [...]
“ The Cape Town Electronic Music Festival was a defining moment for the local electronic music scene, now clearly marked on the international map but more importantly in the hearts and minds of its South African followers.” – Whatsonincapetown.co.za, April 2012 March 2012 saw a selection of Cape Town’s electronic music scene come together in celebration of its existence. Through a series of development workshops, Satellite events and a core 3 day festival the process of presenting an annual look into the multi facets of South Africa’s electronic music scene had begun. Now one year [...]
Greg Reve is a South African producer whose prolific output of work over the years has made him more of an international underground Bass producer than a local big-fish-in-a-small DJ. Having release some incredible tracks over the years on the mighty Muti Music, either as The Triplet of Bellville, together with rappers Kid Clever and Sinister Dexter as the Realist, or just under the name his parents gave him. The Red Bull Studio team finally had the chance to touch base (no pun) with Greg a month or two back when he came in to collab with iLL.Gates [...]
We are proud to present the fifth installment of our monthly podcast series, Mix & Match. This month we had Women Who Kill, aka Johan Venter, in studio. Covering everthing from his start on the Violin to his first forays into electronic music, and the akward Hanson stage in between, the show also features some of the tracks that defined and shaped Johan as an artist. Grab the download or just stream it, the choice is yours, just don't miss out! Download: Mix & Match 05 - Women Who Kill [...]
Seth Troxler is hitting our shores and we have 2 sets of double tickets to give away to the Cape Town show. To enter simply send an email to freeshit@electrotrash.co.za and let us know the name and release date of Seth Troxler's first release. Competition closes 14th December 23:59. One entry per person, winners will be chosen at random. Good luck! Famed for throwing some of the best parties around the world, Resident Advisor (RA) is excited to announce that it will be coming to South Africa as part of [...]
The last Red Bull Studio Live festival line-up for 2012 is as armed to teeth as ever. This time the we're setting up shop at Synergy Live and with one of the world's most revered Electronic acts, the Prodigy headlining, what better place to showcase SA's Electronic Music champions. From peak-hour, crowd-surfing Electro-Thrash and Drum n Bass mania, courtesy of artists such as Haezer, Hyphen and Sfr, to Thug-tempo and Bass-bashing Step from the likes of Riot Squad and Mix n Blend, to day-time Headnod-happiness and 4/4 Hip-sway House from acts such as Christian Tiger School, Big Space [...]
The Red Bull Studio Sessions 04 is a DJ mix compilation of some of the freshest cuts to come out of the vaults of the Red Bull Studio in Cape Town over the past year. Mixed and curated by JakobSnake, the music takes a journey through the best and most forward thinking South African Electronica, Hip-Hop and Dance featuring the likes of Tumi, Youngsta & Reason, Christian Tiger School, Zaki Ibrahim, Petite Noir and plenty more. Take a listen to it here: Tracklist: 1. Tumi Molekane, Youngsta & Reason - What Have You Done, My Brother? [...]
The Frown get the remix treatment from Big Space, who brings in his own brand of afro-house meets space disco. Sexy time courtesy of soft keys and pads from the nebula next door. If you dig the tune and wanna play it out, why not buy it over at Bandcamp for the price of your choice. Download: The Frown - Dark Arts (Big Space Remix) Technorati Tags: The Frown , Dark Arts , Big Space. Remix The post [...]
If you missed this party, you missed out! Bruno Pronsato graced our shores with his presence this past weekend playing a show in Jozi and CPT, bring with him is laptop and his own brand of techno/tech-house. Make Believe secured the CT Train Lodge as the venue for the Cape Town leg of the party, an amazing venue nestled on an old train platform between two converted carriages that house the ablution facilities. A fitting venue for a producer whose trademark driving techno imparts a feeling of locomotion. Playing his set through Ableton Live and launching clips live, with just [...]
Voted the 'Greatest Dance Act of all Time' by Mixmag in 2012, Synergy Live is proud to present The Prodigy! www.synergylive.co.za Technorati Tags: Synergy Live , 2012 , The Prodigy The post Synergy Live 2012 presents The Prodigy appeared first on electrotrash.co.za .
Johnny Neon is heading to Germany to spread his brand of death electropop in Europe. As a parting gift he sent us his latest offering entitled Teenage Sunset . Typically Johnny, it features an arped bass, sliding synths and drum programming straight out of the 80s. Grab it below and drive into the Sunset! Download: Johnny Neon - Teenage Sunset Technorati Tags: Johnny Neon , Teenage Sunset , Electro , Pop , Death , South Africa [...]
Gay Thing and their brand of high energy electropop with camp lyrics, are pushing out material at a intense pace. Since the last time we featured them, they've dropped three new tracks for your downloading and listening pleasure. Now that summer's here, there's no excuse to get silly in very little clothing, so slap the tracks onto cd and blast it on the way to the beach. Download: Gay Thing - Skinny Dippin' Download: Gay Thing - Angel Pussy Download: [...]
Johannesburg born Alan Kruger started his career in 1999 as a rap producer with electro influences. These days he producers quality techno with a Berlin feel and spends his time playing throughout Europe. Old Crock has a groove reminiscent of Paul Kalkbrenner, complete with horns. Check out the video below or listen to it on SoundCloud. Technorati Tags: Alan Kruger , Old Crock , Skeleton Dance , Minimal Techno , South Africa [...]
SLABOFMISUSE is a Cape Town producer of downtempo Glitch/Hip Hop. Having previously released the fifth installment of Denver based, Cold Busted's Street bangerz , his self-titled EP is available as a free download below. Slow and sexy, this is music for the laid back days. Download: SLABOFMISUSE - SLABOFMISUSE EP Technorati Tags: SLABOFMISUES , EP , Glitch , Hip Hop , Electronica , South Afria The post SLABOFMISUSE - SLABOFMISUSE EP (Free [...]
Tuesday, the 23rd of October, saw the release of Part 4 of Yesterdayʼs Pupilʼs new album for free download. Part 4 is entitled The Goodbye Remix Edition and features remixes of the song ʻGoodbyeʼ by renowned SA artists. Goodbye was featured on Part 1 (Singularity) which was released in November last year. After the release of Part 1, YP made the audio stems for Goodbye available for anyone who wanted to do a remix for it. He received 18 remixes for it, and chose the five that he liked the most for this release. Part 4: [...]
The Disconnect is the latest offering from Jozi based, downtempo producer, The Watermark High. Coming off his new EP entitled "In Flux", which will be available on a "name your price" basis on Monday (29/10/2012). For full details check out thewatermarkhigh.com . While you wait for monday, grab The Disconnect below and put it on repeat. It will soothe the soul and warm the heart. Download: The Watermark High - The Disconnect Technorati Tags: The Watermark High , The Disconnect The post [...]
With the #5GumExperience around the corner and the remix competition closed, we thought it would be nice to share the remixes with you and highlight those crafted by the electrotrash family. Technorati Tags: Rebel Clef , Sibot , Women Who Kill , Mr Sakitumi , A-trak , Dillon Francis , Money Making , Remix The post A-trak & Dillon Francis - Money Making #5GumExperience Remixes appeared first on [...]
SynergyLive.co.za for all the info Synergy Live 2012 kicks into gear with the hottest line up of local bands, an awesome new venue and mind blowing activities you do not want too much out on. Cape Town summer has officially arrived! From Friday 30 th November to Sunday 2nd December expect to be blown away! As always Synergy Live 2012 delivers with head banging bands like Nomadic Orchestra, The Future Primitives, Peachy Keen, Desmond and the [...]
With four three days to go until the next #5GumExperience and with applications closing here http://bit.ly/ W0z7tV at midnight on Wednesday, if you haven't already entered, I'm afraid your chances to score tickets to the next gig are dwindling… But, as always, 5 Gum has come through with a competition to reward you and it's guaranteed to stimulate your senses! As you know, A-trak and Hudson Mohawke will tear up Jozi and CT this Friday and Saturday respectively and we have a double set of tickets for you to [...]
American born Steven Ford, better known as Bruno Pronsato, is a DJ and producer based in Berlin. He is hitting our shores at the beginning of November for two shows and we have two tickets to give away for each show. That's 4 chances to win! As always winners are chosen at random and only one entry per person will be considered. To stand a chance of winning a ticket, simply email us at freeshit@electrotrash.co.za and tell us what Bruno Pronsato's real name is AND which show you'd like to attend (CPT or JHB). Competition closes at 23:59 on the [...]
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