Popsicle TV Launch Party Feat. Beatenberg, Fantasma, Culoe De Song, Crazy White Boy and more....

Beatenberg is a fresh new face in pop music from South Africa. Or rather, three faces, handsome and young and intelligent. The faces are of Matthew Field, who also has a beautiful voice and plays the guitar, Ross Dorkin, who has beautiful hands that play the bass, and Robin Brink, who has a beautiful life-force and plays the drums like a nutcase.

Fantasma, the latest project of South African innovator and creative pioneer Spoek Mathambo, is a five-man collective which weaves together electronica, hip-hop, traditional Zulu maskandi music, shangaan electro, South African house, psych-rock and punk to form a unique, original and fresh hybrid.
 

Born in the northern parts of South Africa’s east coast, Culolethu Zulu, also known as “Culoe De Song”, hasn’t looked back after putting passion in the forefront of his life. He’s been living music ever since his talent, as a Dj & Producer was acknowledged not too long ago.

 Culoe De Song
 

The duo is made up of Ryan Murgatroyd and Konstantinos “Kosta” Karatamoglou, two highly talented music producers/DJs with over fifteen years of combined music production experience. Before teaming up, both producers were actively involved in the global music scene and they both have a lot to boast about. Who doesn't love Ghetto Tech?

 Crazy White Boy
 

Christian Tiger School (Luc Veermeer & Sebastiano Zanasi) are Electronic Producers hailing from Cape Town, South Africa. Coming together for a love of Electronic music and Hip Hop, the pair found themselves experimenting in production early in 2011 leading to their debut album Third Floor (2012) released off Cape Town label Bombaada, an LA Beat Scene inspired album that sparked some attention, quickly establishing the guys as artists to watch.

 Christian Tiger School
 

The Plastics. Say, "thuh plas-tiks". Collective jams, sleazy sweet mumbles. Put it in, turn it on, turn it up, turn it up,switch tracks. You like...you want more. Dance like you feel it. Stand back, look out. Look through the haze,crazy days keep it laid Back track to how it all began, sing the songs they sang. You want it, you want it now, you want it. Falsetto sounds from Cape Town, listen close with your clothes off.

 The Plastics
 

Since the release of ghost town (his first official western release) Spoko has continued to develop his own Ghetto Boyz entertainment - working with local Atteridgeville talent. In the summer of 2013 he was asked to contribute to the mandela project (working with Idris Elba) and in October 2013 travelled out of Africa for the first time to perform in Paris for the ‘Sharp Jharp Johannesburg series at the Gaite Lyrique. Spoko was also featured in Spoeks Mathambo's contribution to the Vodafone #firsts international marketing campaign, in which they created the song ‘Pula'.

Maramza is the tapeworm inside your head, straight out of South Africa, a producer of global future bass music. Beginning his life as Richard the Third over a decade ago producing hip-hop for the likes of Hymphatic Thabs, the late Mischif, Tumi Molekane and plenty more, then going on to be an indie-electro and dubstep DJ playing around SA at clubs like Tokyo Star in Melville and Discoteque at the Assmebly, his view of music was drastically changed when he began working with Spoek Mathambo, producing his debut album and touring with him around the world. Maramza is Richard's Tyler Durden, pushing him away from his underground hip-hop & electronica roots to f*$k with the sounds of kwaito, gqom, Mzansi rap and all things genuinely South Africa.

Dj Fosta is the most prolific artist coming out of the township of Langa, home of legendary artist Brenda Fassie. Music is the way he expresses himself while entertaining & uniting different cultures to enjoy the language they all understand, Influenced by the deep house sounds that have put South Africa on the International map, Fosta tries to add his own flavour by collaborating with live musicians. He also started a new Project under the name Life Rhythms in colaboration with the Scottish artist Chris Evelin.

"Laband is now 31 . Maritzburg-born, Durban-bread and Cape Town-based. He thankfully took up computer music instead of surfing, and was in various guitar-based bands (including Fingerhead and incurable) before having a solo piece included on the Koert Kotze en die Vrouekolonie CD. Laband´s fiendish and phat foray into introspective electronics was highly promising and the highlight of a critically acclaimed project. He also had two notable inclusions on the excellent Sound of the Durban Underground collection. He already produced two fantastic albums, but this time he's going real deep and shows us his “Dark Days Exit“.

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Boolz is the name of Capetonian born & bred electronic music producer,rapper & DJ Bulelani.His production ranges from all types of influences including hip hop,witch-house,house,kwaito,electro & a lot more(matter of fact,everything). Boolz has been producing music since age 14 and hasn't stopped since.Never lacking in inspiration or innovation 2013 saw Boolz release his 1st first EP titled SOS(Straight outta Skom) which was recorded at Khoi-soul studios, mixed and mastered by Kaelem Fakier aka Terrasoul and released online. Playing at some of Cape Towns coolest parties like Cold Turkey,Dookom EP launch & at LPM 2013 alongside VJ SPOOKY under the name AltrdZstatez.Boolz also featured on Polish producer, Ebo La Apes Album Dance in Haze. Now officially signed to Rude World Records in 2014,Boolz is more than ready to make his mark on the shores of South Africa and the World.

Sakawa Boys are an all-male pop group from Cape Town, South Africa. They are influenced by shoegazing and many other forms of modern alternative music. You will find them complicated, in each and every case. They cry more often than most men, and share very close friendships with one another. Come gaze with us through the universe.

Electronic Duo - Cape Town, South Africa

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