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Take two regular guys with a penchant for electronic music, throw them in a studio with a mountain of electronic gear (and a few bottles of sherry), and voila! they will produce an album. But it could take a while. Travis Lyle from PY-TV spoke to the rapidly-rising stars of the Durban electronica scene,… Continue

News of a new Prodigy release always provokes a fresh outbreak of moonfaced anticipation from diehard fans of ‘Experience’ and ‘Jilted Generation’, who hold out for a return to the warped Korg synths and acid house stabs of those seminal albums. And, after the co… Continue

The wife and I went to see Pieter Dirk-Uys' 'Elections and Erections' at the Elizabeth Sneddon theatre at the Univeristy of KZN last week, and what a great show it was. PDU had the audience in stitches; he had us wide-eyed and thoughful, he had us howling like banshees. Oh yes… Continue

The seal on this year’s bottle of Jol has been cracked, and it looks to be a good vintage as Durban, as elsewhere, is hopping like a box of rabbits in the tradition of old. Campuses and offices far and wide lie deserted whilst the bars and clubs of the beloved country heave with a fr… Continue

So the wife and I (she studied jazz at Pretoria Technikon) went to see Abdullah Ibrahim perform in Durban for the first time in 12 years, last night. And I’ll be straight with you – before this performance I’d about as much knowledge of Abdullah Ibrahim’s music as I did of, s… Continue