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Date: Saturday, 19 September 2009, 8pm - 2am
Venue: PASS Studio, Africa Centre, 44 Long Street, Cape Town
Cover: FREE

Once upon a time there was a radio show. For nine glorious years it caused a weekly lurch in the force. It was ‘ardkore. A late night radio programme of brazen beats, sometimes mixed, often scratched and frequently stapled together. Broadcast from 1995 until 2004, first on MFM in Stellenbosch and later across the city on Bush 89.5, ‘ardkore was a unique outlet for Cape Town’s electronic musical prowess. There were enough fine DJ and artist outings to make one weep. The show also led to the community of artists, designers and media inventors at Liquid Fridge.

And now, past guests of ‘ardkore are reuniting to celebrate the birthday of the man behind all this ‘ardness. To mark this event, Martin Sims and some of his most esteemed ‘ardkore collaborators are readying themselves to once more disturb, delight and deliver a night of deep-dub-electro-jazz-bass-tech-hop with bleeps, sweeps and the odd crooner classic.

We invite all spinners, players, friends, followers, spoilers and spotters of this long-lost radio show to a night of merriment and mayhem - hardcore, you know the score.

Expect music from all corners:

ZIMMER, BUSSY MEET AND PLAY (Open Record, Upland Music)
Untempered free percussion engine (Niklas Zimmer) with disposable Windows machine and horny mandolin (Brendon Bussy).

BRUNO MORPHET (Killer Robot, Return To The Deep)
Killer Robot resident Bruno Morphet spices up a crisp base of techno with sprinklings of dub, slices of house and high cholesterol lashings of synthpop.

CY COWBOYS (Cheap Tricks)
Pass the dutchie… slam a tequila… dance to Q & Kakpraat’s electro, rock, breaks, techno, kitchen sink mash-up.

MICROSTRIPE (Sound Squad, Big Love)
Microstripe breaks the breakbeat.

RADIOBOY (‘ardkore)
Mr ‘ardkore presents a programme of contemporary listening for the discerning gyrator. Dubstepping, techno, bass wobbles with a swirl of nostalgic nonsense delivered with an almost maniacal grin.

H (Liquid Fridge)
Charlie don’t surf.

The event will be streamed live on PASS Radio at http://www.panafricanspacestation.org.za

See you there.

7 standing comments »

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b.

2009-09-17 19:31:18+02:00

looking forward to this...

b.

2009-09-17 19:33:33+02:00

...a right old gathering of the geeks:)

h.

2009-09-17 20:45:47+02:00

Beards, all of 'em. I had better throw in an ultra obscure number or two, to not sound out of place.

martin

2009-09-17 20:52:34+02:00

.. and there I was trying to find things the regular folk might like.

abi

2009-10-07 15:08:56+02:00

how did this go?

b.

2009-10-09 11:13:59+02:00

pretty good...went from the abstract artnoise assault of Bussy and Zimmer to full on techno to zero bpm ambient at the end of the evening...a very interesting excursion..apparently the sets are posted somewhere online, but I've not heard where.

martin

2010-03-10 21:38:13+02:00

OK, it seems we're finally ready for the next one. City Hall, Saturday 20 March.




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b.

2010-07-27 21:54:06+02:00

Philip Sherburne writes an uncharacteristically laconic post mortem of the Love Parade tragedy:
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/it...

dj_slag

2010-07-17 16:09:50+02:00

hello boys!

been a while, what's doing?

checked out robert hood a couple weeks back, super!

how's the party-scene being over the WC? I know my little cousin was trying to sneak into a few venues around there...

h.

2010-07-14 12:59:39+02:00

Improvisation & DJ tools...
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/it...

abi

2010-07-09 10:41:12+02:00

sa beats have been getting lots of attention around these parts lately

http://www.factmag.com/2010/07/09...

Nathan

2010-07-09 08:37:32+02:00

The cached link to the job ad if you're interested :)

http://bit.ly/cVWzhM

Nathan

2010-07-09 08:35:48+02:00

If you're an angry white male in your late 20's into metal, a band is looking for a singer.

The brief:

You:
25-35, good sense of humour, lank charisma, must drink beer and hard tack, must look the part, must tune lank, have strong opinions, must prefer the old south africa, must have own transport, must be angry, must be white, english or afrikaans, must be a total mental metal head to the core. Must like, listen to, be able to sing: Slayer, The Haunted, Snot, At The Gates, Lamb of God, Pantera, etc. No death/black metal.

We:
36, 37, 41, we laugh a lot, we have loads of charisma, we drink beer and cider mixed together and we drink tack mixed with anything or on it's own, we have strong opinions and we tune lank kak, we are english white people and we prefer the old south africa, we listen to Slayer, The Haunted, At The Gates, Lamb of God, The Refused, Faith No More, Machine Head, Billy Talent, Pantera, Carnal Forge, Snot, Alexisonfire, Deftones, Tool, Gallows, you get the picture.

We have access to the best studio and award winning producer in the country and will record our second full length album next year. Other than that we have nothing planned.
So if you think you can hack it and work with us, we will certainly give you a try and let's rock out.
e mail us your story if you are keen, and if you don't fit the description - don't bother us.
Metal \m/

b.

2010-07-05 14:02:49+02:00

Anyone know when LLMoog is opening again? Or whats going on there? Seems quite sad just as it was hitting its stride.

Silent

2010-07-02 15:13:43+02:00

hahah what the heck is going on here....ridiculous...lol

anyway hope you all have great weekend, although i wouldn't mind going to Ibiza....

well just to break the silence from the dumbest robot ever hogging e-vent - BLEH

bobbyblanko

2010-06-09 17:50:40+02:00

actually, it kinda sounds like william burroughs stuff to me...

check out the origin of tape loops by him.

h.

2010-06-09 15:53:51+02:00

@b. Skynet has become self-aware? If so, oh crap.

b.

2010-06-09 09:51:55+02:00

Bot poetry...a new genre?

h.

2010-06-07 20:59:39+02:00

"Listening to music for real airports in a real airport would make me want to punch somebody, I think." - tBd

http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2010/...

Navs

2010-06-04 20:02:40+02:00

bobbyblanko

2010-06-04 08:16:02+02:00

a truly hilarious quote from dinkys hype / blurb / blah when describing how her broad range of sounds come together:

''something like a sun-dappled clearing in the woods''

ok then.

bobbyblanko

2010-06-04 08:13:16+02:00

that would be 'undervalued'

bobbyblanko

2010-06-03 18:35:23+02:00

now, now, Navs, i'll have no dissing of Mr Richards round here, ta.

if anything hes unervalued. it takes quite a bit of talent to hold down a residency at a place like fabric for a couple years...

abi

2010-06-03 17:13:22+02:00

wow, navs i think you need big cup of stfu, what is your town anyway?

b.

2010-06-03 14:59:39+02:00

I wish we had a club like that to complain about..

Watson Debag

2010-06-03 11:46:51+02:00

Someone fell into the cauldron of Hater-Ade when they were a baby!

Navs

2010-06-03 11:30:03+02:00

Good riddance they booked the same overpriced djs who with there narrow minded thinking tend to not think beyond their’s and their mates record labels when playing, incest that ran the same gauntlet forever, recurring on an annual basis. residents Terry Francis, Richards anyone???...pretty overrated huh. Change is good; no one club should dominate the landscape. I hope to god this happens to an unORIGINal club in my town…with the winds of change blowing briskly into the sails it’s already starting to happen.

Long live Berghain with their dominant music policy and indestructible residents.

bobbyblanko

2010-06-02 20:05:31+02:00

ditto - some of the best nights out ever!

b.

2010-06-02 19:01:05+02:00

tragic. some of my best club experiences ever at that place. Looks like Matter completely backfired on them. they had to pump millions into it to keep it alive and now its taken them down with it.

club 4 sale

2010-06-02 16:23:20+02:00

bobbyblanko

2010-06-02 10:28:01+02:00

great tunes but how utterly railed do the 2 of them look?!

Navs

2010-05-31 10:31:08+02:00

this is absolutely sensational.gem.

http://www.getthecurse.com/2010/0...

and to all those that play cheesy funk/y/electro/house listen to this and take notes.

b.

2010-05-28 13:04:22+02:00

Incredible Kevin Gorman mix on ssgs. http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/

b.

2010-05-26 10:24:04+02:00

Peroxide is officially hip:
http://www.astoreisgood.com/blog/...

h.

2010-05-26 09:03:09+02:00

All roads lead to Apache
http://soul-sides.com/2005/04/all...

b.

2010-05-24 14:07:17+02:00

musical necrophilia..awesome.

abi

2010-05-24 13:31:23+02:00

fuck yeah, that kenny g rant is epic! love it

Nathan

2010-05-22 12:42:09+02:00

Pat Metheny on Kenny G

A must read and too long to post the full content here :)

Hilarious

http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyo...

Navs

2010-05-19 13:12:20+02:00

shot main man.

b.

2010-05-19 10:20:04+02:00

navs: nice mix...relentless pace

Navs

2010-05-17 12:17:05+02:00

mix contribution from me:

http://soundcloud.com/user2670215...

stripped-down stuff for the sweat rooms.

moody J

2010-05-17 10:13:52+02:00

F^*(&(ing hilarious actually :D

bobbyblanko

2010-05-14 14:31:17+02:00

yes, soooooo utterly hilarious.

please.




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