SMACM! Next release!

I'm very happy to announce the next thing we're putting out on SMACM is the fantastic 5 track EP from Jaysynth! Jaysynth is the freshly un-vieled new solo project of Jason Sutherland. Jason currently plays guitar for Joburg cinema-rockers Eyes Like Mirrors and, under the monkier of On Travel, released several EPs and splits through US label Scotch Tapes.

As with our previous release, Vampire9000's "Colours", The Jaysynth EP will be put out in a free-to-download digital format as well as in a highly-limited physical release. We're launching it this Friday, the 14th at Rebel Alliance. To celebrate Jaysynth has composed a new score to the 1904 French Sci Fi Triumph "The Impossible Voyage".

You are invited like television! Rebel Alliance 1 Trailer!

If you missed it, on Friday night we're launch the brand new monthly SMAC night, Rebel Alliance! Here's the wee trailer i whipped up for the event:

Don't forget - you can book tickets to the show HERE!

You are invited! Poseidon Adventure vs iMPAC!

This might comes as a shock to some of you, but a surf rock band has started up in South Africa. Even more surprising is the fact that they're from Pretoria. Poseidon Adventure are playing their first show in Joburg on Sunday, and doing so in the most awesome way possible. The band will be closing the Jozi-instalment of the excellent iMPAC festival (if you didn't know, Preotoria's instalment of it was amazing). Taking advantage of playing in front of The Bioscope's big screen, the band will be presenting a celebration of the female form, with yours truely supporting the band on vi-tar duties. This is gonna be mad fun!

RSVP here!

You are invited! More awesome stuff to do with your Thursday!

If you can't make it to PTA for Breinmasjien tonight, fear not - there's all kinds of fun to be had on Joburg side.

The vinyl Vultures are swooping back into Bramfontein. I really can't express just how awesome the last one was (it was really really really awesome) - and tonight should be no different! It's going down in Kitchener's, tonight, the 6th of October and it's gonna be a night of all vinyl fun!

RSVP here!

Hooray for Humans: The 20th vs V9K!

Back when we shot the soon-to-be-released Vampire9000 music video, SMAC-super-pal Patrick Dinneen did a few portraits with The Vamp himself. Prepare your life for floppies and style bikes!

You are invited! Rebel Alliance takes off!

Okay, this is a really exciting one:

I'm very happy to announce I'm starting up a new monthly night at my favorite independent cinema - The Bioscope! I'm planning something complete different to the dance parties I've thrown in the past. Instead I'm planning a night where 68 people can get together, take a seat and enjoy a selection of short films, animations, live music, VJing, visual hacks and hopefully projects that blur the lines between two or more of these. As with my thinking with Dynamo, I really hope to try create some kind of beautiful, big thing by combining the powers of the lovely creative community we've got going down between Johannesburg and Pretoria. How exactly things will play out, only time will tell, but i can say I am pretty damn excited about what we have planned for the debut Rebel Alliance!

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BOOK TICKETS HERE!

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RSVP HERE!

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EYES LIKE MIRRORS

Full live show!

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VAMPIRE9000

Celebrating the premier screening of the music video for "Colours", animated by Cool Your Jets, produced by James Carrol.

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FUZZY JOHN

A short film by Russel Grant, soundtracked by Joao Orechhia.

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TURN YOUR LIGHTS UP HIGH vs PIXEL PIRATES

Joburg's most blindingly fun visual hackers, unveiling their latest creations.

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JAYSYNTH vs THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE

To celebrate the launch of his debut EP, Jaysynth presents a whole new score to the 1904 French Sci Fi classic.

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These are dark days. A great evil has fallen across the systems. The citizens of The Empire, enslaved by shadowy figures, are turned into an army of identical clones. Banging their heads against walls to the soundtrack of soul-less machines marching further and further into the darkness.

While the dark-side has corrupted or stamped out almost all those who stood to oppose it, there are still a handful of warriors of the light that survived. In a time like this, these final knights of light-side are left with only 1 option; they must band to together, jump into far cooler looking star-fighters, launch themselves out into space and collectively fire a proton torpedo of pure awesomeness right up the exhaust shaft the monolithic dark forces that stand against them. The time has come for the Rebel Alliance to rise, so sign up and start fighting the good fight!

PREGNANT SEABASS ARE AT YOUR PARTY!

WHO WANTS CAVIAR?!

Days like Television: Make Overs - "It's Unnatural"

Last week I freaked out over the awesome inter-changeable album art for the killer new album by Make-Overs. Today I discovered there is in fact a music video where the astronauts, bats and mystical-men of this art come to life! Prepare your brain for craziness...