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It’s A GOOD HOPE FM CHRISTMAS!

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It’s A GOOD HOPE FM CHRISTMAS!

It’s A GOOD HOPE FM CHRISTMAS!

Contemporary music has always played a huge role in the celebration of Christmas – for years Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ was the biggest-selling single of all time. In more recent years John & Yoko celebrated world peace with ‘Happy Xmas’ (War Is Over) and Band-Aid raised millions for starving people in Africa with ‘Don’t They Know It’s Christmas’. These are just a few examples of how pop music has played a positive role at Christmas time.

Now, Cape Town’s premier radio station, Good Hope FM, has rallied some of Cape Town’s leading artists and invited them to make their own personal contribution to Christmas through music. The result is stunning beautiful and heart-warming. There are new versions of old festive chestnuts – plus brand-new compositions – all performed in a joyous Christmas spirit – celebrating Christmas …and Cape Town.

The beauty of Christmas meets the beauty, peace and good-will of Christmas in this truly wonderful collection of songs by some of Cape Town’s finest – made all the more special by the fact that Good Hope FM is sharing this spirit and love with all the people of Cape Town …all those who live here – and all those who visit from all over the world.

We wish you truly Happy Christmas!

Track Listing

1. Hark The Herald Angels Sing – Karin Kortjie
2. Happy, Happy Christmas Day – Edith with The NAC Children’s Choir
3. Let It Snow – Acoustica
4. Joy To The world – Coda Ft. Zami Mdingi and Given Phike
5. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Richard Caesar
6. This Christmas – The Black Ties Ft. Chad Saaiman, Lloyd Jansen and Keeno Lee
7. Give Love On Christmas Day – The Rockets
8. O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem – Paul Petersen
9. Silent Night – D7
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Claire Phillips and Caramel
11. Christmas Song – Byron Clarke and Monique Hellenberg
12. O’ Holy Night – Emily Bruce
13. Christmas In Cape Town – NAC Children’s Choir
14. The First Noel – Allou April

Bonus Tracks

15. I Want You For Christmas – Akili Ft. Melissa Smit
16. Tis the Season to be Jolly – Brasse van Die Kaap
17. Auld Lang Syne – Tucats

Rhythm Music Store

Albert Frost – Devils and Gods

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Native Noise Collections Vol.1 – The Seether Sessions album out 16 November

Native Noise Collections Vol.1 – The Seether Sessions is a look back on the career to date of South Africas most successful rock band – Seether.

Native Noise Collection Vol 1 - The Seether Sessions

Disc one of the release features Shaun, Dale and the band talking about the genesis of the band all the way through to the present day including the trials and tribulations of being in a successful rock band.

This South Africa only release will capitalize on the success of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces and introduce a new legion of fans to the history of the band and their most popular songs to date.

A few years have passed since Native Noise ended its run on UCT Radio, since then I’ve been searching for the right way to relaunch the brand and what it stands for. Peter Lacey at Musketeer Records was always a huge supporter of the show and his new concept for the Native Noise Collections is the perfect way to bring it back. The ethos of Native Noise was ‘thinking globally by supporting locally’, and no rock band represents the global domination of South African music better than Seether. I remember playing the hell out of ‘Fragile’ as a campus radio DJ and spilling my beer in the mosh pit at early Saron Gas shows, so it is a huge honour to be involved with this release – as an avid supporter of SA music and a Seether fan. It has been inspiring to watch Seether’s fanbase grow over the years, a reminder that the South African public has the power to create local rock stars. The success of ‘Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces’ thrust Seether into a new league, locally and abroad, so this collection is a treasure trove of rarities as the band continues to grow and make us proud.

- Paul Seele, Native Noise (November 2009)

TRACKLISTING:

1. No Shelter

2. The band started in May 1999

3. Gasoline

4. We had to write a single and we didn’t know what that meant

5. Fine Again (iTunes original version)

6. We thought we were starting ‘Karma & Effect’

7. Broken (iTunes original version)

8. We did ‘Sold Me’ at the same time as ‘Broken’

9. Sold Me

10. The original title was ‘Cater to The Cowards’

11. Remedy (iTunes original version)

12. He was our number one fan

13. Fake It (iTunes original version)

14. I was feeling nostalgic

15. Rise Above This (iTunes original version)

16. I picked it for the chorus

17. Across The Universe (iTunes original version)

18. The song is kinda creepy

19. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (iTunes original version)

Unless you’re Prince, the era of a big Flash site is finally over

Extract from FISTFULAYEN

What the site shouldn’t be:

• An art piece. Unless you’re Prince, the era of a big Flash site is finally over (note Prince’s official site is #8 when you search Google for Prince). Your site should have a distinct look/feel, but it needs to be all the things above and easy to use first and foremost. Make it look good and easy to navigate while accomplishing the items above. Don’t make people search and guess, because they won’t.

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Malika Ndlovu – 9 Months In 9 Months Out

Renowned SA performance poet shares this joyous gem off her album, ‘Womb To World: A Labour of Love’. It’s a stunning work rooted in the process of motherhood, in the experience of creation, and in the celebration of the spiritual and emotional landscape that women inhabit from inception to birth. Mother City muso Garth Erasmus sculpts the atmospheric original soundscapes.

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Die Heuwels Fantasties – Our Heritage

Hip indie dance rock combo celebrate Heritage Day (aka Braai Day) by hooking up with heavyweight hip-hop players HHP and JR, and the Grammy winning Soweto Gospel Choir. It’s a contagiously fun colab with Die Heuwels’ Pierre Greeff singing in English, HHP and JR keeping it real and the Soweto Gospel Choir adding their soaring African harmonies: “So it’s a flyday. We call it a braai day….”

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Thys Nywerheid – Tsotsi

Thys Nywerheid’s Dawid Kahts (guitars, vocals and production) and Jamie Sharpe (turntables) mainline some seriously funky Afrikaans electro punk on this killer kwaito rock anthem off their long awaited debut full lengtt album “Husse met lang messe”. Flippin’ main!

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Jennifer Ferguson – Angel Fish

South African alt. pop diva channels Kate Bush and Lesley Rae Dowling on this haunting opening track off her debut album ‘Hand Around The Heart’, which includes songs of frustrated housewives, army widows, teenage lust, dreams, fear and coping with it. Released on the seminal Shifty label.

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Koos Kombuis – Lisa se Klavier

Legendary singer songwriter maps the moment he morphed from Andre Letoit into mythical alternative Afrikaans troubadour Koos Kombuis on this classic Voelvry-era acoustic ballad off his excellent debut, ‘Niemandsland & Beyond!’.

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Ramon Galvan – Trying to Tell

The former front man from avant SA rockers Black Milk channels Scott Walker’s Drift on this delicate existential blend of arcane folk and bludgeoning menace. Off his debut solo album, ‘Outer Tumbolia’.

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aKING – The Heart Of A Fool

“I know my language has always been my limit…/the heart of the fool lives inside of his mouth,” serenades Laudo on this spanking new symphonic rock power ballad off the indie rock darlings’ brand new CD, ‘Against All Odds’. Produced by the multiple award-winning Theo Crous.

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The Buckfever Underground – I’m On Facebook, Now What

Toast Coetzer (vocals, lyrics) leads his band of post-ontological rock outsiders deep into the belly of the phantasmatic beast on this stream of consciousness serenade about our contemporary condition. Off their brand new live album, ‘Limbs Gone Batty’.

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New Holland – Something To Believe In

Bored by those Bellville Rock City stereotypes? Well, if this breezy new exclusive single off their forthcoming album is any indictaion, then these upwardly mobile Stellenbosch indie rockers are destined for the big time.

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Deep Fried Man – No More Trouble

Johannesburg-based singer songwriter sidesteps the lo-fi folk stereotypes on this blues, soul, rock, and hip-hop inflected ballad for the mall generation. Imagine Rodriguez sharing a toke with Jack Johnson and you’re almost there. Off his new album, ‘Deep Fried Man is Not Amused’.

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Download No More Trouble for free and get a free foot massage from Deep Fried Man

From Deep Fried Man

Hi there,
No More Trouble from Deep Fried Man is Not Amused is currently no. 10 on the top 10 downloaded songs on Channel24.co.za, the arts and entertainment section of the 24.com website.

So I need a small favour. The track is at no. 10, and I have a special request. Please go to the following link and download the track. Maybe it will then move up the charts and stop being at number 10 and start being at number 1 so I can finally live the life of rock superstardom that i feel i have always deserved and buy that private jet i have had my eyes on.
Also, that way you will have a free track from my new album!
The link: http://www.channel24.co.za/Content/Music/MP3/740/e8716775480a4d7e8ddc8febf69200da/27-10-2009-07-44/Deep_Fried_Man_-_No_More_Trouble_

The track also received a 5 star rating on the site and there is a little review saying nice things including ‘Imagine Rodriguez sharing a toke with Jack Johnson and you’re almost there’. I love reviews like that. It has inspired me to write my own review of my music, which is as follows: ‘Imagine Barry Manilow racing Prince on a quad bike but Prince is only on a unicycle and then they both crash into Aretha Franklin who is selling coat hangers on a street corner to the ghost of Elliot Smith while Lady Gaga makes lewd gestures in the distance’. I’m sure that you will agree that this is a pretty accurate description of my sound.

By the way, the awesome upcoming Deeply Fried gig on Thursday night at the Bo is on the 12th, not on the 13th as my previous email had led me to believe. My bad.

Also, this weekend was great, what with supporting Gert Vlok Nel in Pretoria, playing at the Slaughterhouse 5 animal rights concert in Fourways and playing at Cantina Tequila in Linden last night with Neca from Gents of Leisure, Dave Boudains from New Academics, Vinny and Gavin from Vendetta Cartel and more. Thanks to all of you who supported, and especially the new people on this mailing list and the peeps who bought my album.

And remember, Deep Fried Man loves you, in a platonic, almost fatherly kind of way.

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Top Ten Tunes: The Beatles

Ten of my favourite songs by one of my all-time favourite groups, The Beatles.

Only ten?! Yeah, I know, a daunting task, but here they are.

1. Rock ‘n Roll Music
2. A Day In The Life
3. All My Loving
4. Revolution (single version)
5. Helter Skelter
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. I Want To Hold Your Hand
8. Long Tall Sally
9. Eleanor Rigby
10. Love Me Do

Disclaimer: I have decided to limit myself to only ten tunes, so of course many (many!) more of my other favourites have had to be omitted.