Mzansi Mondays #1

Happy Human Rights Day! Time to celebrate by expressing your right to listen to great local music. Mondays don't always have to be blue, they can be rainbow-coloured and groovy. And the Rainbow Nation can always provide a tasty techni-colourful selection of tunes, which leads us to Mzansi Mondays! Super kiff South African tunes to make Mondays go a little bit more nxa. Ek se.

Our Mzansi Mondays artist this week is Cape Town-based producer Maramza a.k.a Richard The Third. This guy is the man! A white guy who can make some of the coolest and most new age future kwaito beats. Maramza is inventing new genres that combine Mzansi-house, gqom and kwaito style influences with trap, bass and tech elements that retain a unique South African flavour. Chakalaka for your ears.

Please do yourself a favour and visit his Soundcloud page, where you can find plenty plenty original tracks and remixes of some of your favourite local hits. This generous witch doctor of beats provides us with so many exquisite sonic remedies, mahala even, so spread the love and show support. Preview some of his tracks below:











Listen to Maramza's latest EP, Low Magic, as well as some of his previous releases below:

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SHAYNE

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Tame Impala - Currents

Let me state two facts. Fact 1: I love Tame Impala. Fact 2: Their new album "Currents", released on the 17th of July, is simply amazing.

For those of you who don't know of them, Tame Impala is an Australian psychedelic rock band fronted by Kevin Parker, who essentially is the brainchild of the band who writes, records and produces all their records. Their previous albums "Innerspeaker" and "Lonerism" were exceptional but had a much happier and more guitar-driven sound. Currents experiments more with synths and seems to be a record of heartbreak, break-ups and loneliness, however that won't stop you from this album playing over and over again.

 The true talent of this band lies in their ability to diversify and create something different and achieve the same exceptional results. Do yourself a favour and download this album. Actually, do yourself three favours and download all three of their albums.

I'm gonna go ahead and give Currents a solid 9.2/10. Well done Kevin Parker. Well Done.

Check below for two of my favourite songs from their last two albums

Enjoy chaps

Flume

If you don't like Flume, we can't be friends. Young Flume has released two tracks recently, Some Minds featuring Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow and his remix of Collarbones track called Turning. Yes, they are both amazing, both so different and both so Flumey. 

Quality is all we can expect from the Aussie, and we're waiting patiently for him to drop his second album which is undoubtedly gonna be insane. Keep your eyes and ears open, this guy is doing massive things. 

Love this video.

And the drums and the bassline on Turning, so crazy.



Fluuuuuuume!

Chemical Brothers - Go

Oh Chemical Brothers how I have missed your lovely funky beats. Go, featuring Q-Tip is the first single released from their upcoming album entitled Born in the Echoes, which is set for a release on the 24th of July 2015. Can't wait for this. 

Go!

GANZ

It's about that time. Time for some new music. I guess it's always that time right? Introducing Ganz, one of many up and coming talented producers from the Netherlands . I've been sleeping on this guy unfortunately, but it's never too late to discover new tunes. 

Trap, hip-hop, electronic, bass, dubstep or whatever you want to call his music, it's straight up crazy. Oh my days! This guy is super talented and his tunes are full of energy. Here are some of my favourites. Turn up yo speakers!  

GANZ Soundcloud Page https://soundcloud.com/iamganz

Enjoy my homies

Dirty Jacuzzi in the Mix

I've been working on some mixes for your ears. Feel free to download them and enjoy :-)

DISCO SAUCE MIX

"YOUR ELECTRONIC DISCO MOVES HAVE KNOCKED ME OFF MY FEET... 
OUR ELECTRO ROBOTIC LOVE IT STARTED IN THE STREET"

FUNK CITY MIX

WELCOME TO FUNK CITY: FROM DOWNTOWN JUNGLE BOOGIE TO UPTOWN FUNK 'N ROLL

ELECTRO-SKIT MIX

I'M SO 2008 / YOU'RE SO TWO THOUSAND AND LATE

MZANSI MIX

A SHAP SHAP SELECTION OF SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSE CLASSICS. HAIBO!

DEMON RAVE MIX

HECTIC DEMON SEX PARTY MUSIC

WARNING: DO NOT PLAY NEAR OLD PEOPLE OR BABIES

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SHAYNE

Thor Rixon - Fuk Bread

Holy smokes. This has to be one of the craziest music videos I've ever seen! That's dedication right there! Not only does Cape Town-based musician Thor Rixon want us to be healthy and change the world, he is also clearly very committed to his cause! This guy is like my new hero, how long was he growing that hair for? Yoh!  I wanna invite him over to my house for a sandwich. Oh wait...

Aside from a supremely epic music video, Fuk Bread itself is a brilliant funky little choon that contrasts between Rixon's mellow atmospheric socially conscious lyricism and cheeky eletronica dance breaks that allow for some sweet moves (as he demonstrates). After watching this video one usually lacks the words to express themselves immediately, but the message resonates doesn't it? Don't use the microwave. Use the oven instead!

Fuk Bread is the lead single from Thor Rixon's upcoming album, Songs From The Bath. Check him out on Soundcloud, as well as more kiff South African artists on the Naas music collective. And while we're talking about how kiff this guy his, check out this choon he produced for local Port Elizabeth MC, Push Push. This chick is mad dope, love her accent, authenticity, lyrical playfulness and attitude. She reminds me a bit of UK female MC Lady Sovereign, who has since faded into obscurity I think. Super duper fly, Jut Life is far from jut. Well, I don't like the chorus that much but besides that it's tasty mzansi flavour flave. Check out her Soundcloud page for more big tings!

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SHAYNE