CLASSIC CAR SHOW

7th JULY 2013

CLASSIC CAR & BIKE SHOW

                                             

Classic Car Show

The incredible automotive excesses of the ‘50s and ‘60s will dazzle visitors to the winter edition of The Classic Car Show at Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec on Sunday, July 7.

There is something about the absolute limitless of these cars’ designs that push buttons in people.

We have enjoyed incredible support from the marque clubs in the past few shows, with cars like British Triumphs, Swedish Volvos, and English Ford Cortina’s turning out in their droves. We’ve also had amazing support from individual car builders such as the awesome Mercedes C11 recreation built on the East Rand, and the Subaru-engined Pumas, also built by a private enthusiast. These Pumas were in fact VW Beetle-engined kit cars in the early 1970s, although they were built as fully-built up sports cars in Brazil.

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As in previous shows, there will be plenty of entertainment for the kids, including a section of the amusement park at Nasrec opened up for the day, Helicopter Rides, a Flea Market catering to all interest, a “Swop Meet” as well as wall-to-wall rock music from the awesomely talented Kieran Rennie and the sexy Ashley.

There will also be an Elvis impersonator, and the amazing sound-impersonator, Morgan Beat Box, who is internationally acclaimed for his ability to produce up to 10 sounds from his mouth all at once!

The Classic Car Show will open its doors at the Nasrec Expo Centre, south west of Johannesburg, at 8 am to petrolheads on Sunday July 7 2013. Exhibitors who want to bring their special show cars the night before will be catered for with special parking and security.

Admission for the show will be at Gate Five. 

 Our MC’s for the day will be Mr. Stuart Johnson (Ignition TV) and Vic Pattal (Vuzu TV).

Admission prices will be R60 for adults, while children under 12 will have free entry. Anyone driving a classic car will also be admitted free as well as one adult passenger, but additional adult passengers will have to pay the full admission fee. Show will be outdoors. You are more than welcome to bring your camping chairs, umbrellas or Gazibo. NO pick nick baskets or braai’s allowed.

The Nasrec Expo Centre is located to the east of the N1 Highway, close to Soccer City, on Rand Show Road, Nasrec. (GPS – S26° 14.810’ E27° 58.695’).

For further information contact Paulo Calisto on 082 7791679 (011) 432-0463 or by e-mail at events@classiccars.co.za

Petrolheads can also visit the website at www.ClassicCarShow.co.za
All Classic Cars & Bikes are welcome regardless of whether they belong to a club or not.

SKYROOMLIVE.COM 29 JUNE LINE UP

SOUTH AFRICA’ S TOP LIVE STREAMING PORTAL

Rocking The Rooftop on

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Hash One, and Joel Zuma

AND

MAX HOBA

ON SABC 1 at 22h00

Coming up this Saturday on SkyRoomLive.com presented by Nokia Music

& Nokia South Africa:
LIVE & ONLINE we bring you:

16h00CAT - Hash One - watch on the Internet

18h00CAT - Joel Zuma Artist - watch on the Internet

ON TV we bring you:
22h00CAT - Max-Hoba on SABC1- Mzansi Fo Sho

show – you won’t wanna miss out on this one. It’s a date – see you on the telly!

THE HIVES AND SKUNK ANANSIE

MEDIA RELEASE

25 JUNE 2013

The Hives and Skunk Anansie

join rocking international line-up for

Vodacom In the City

Vodacom In the City has added Swedish rock sensation The Hives and revived iconic British band Skunk Anansieto this year’s international line-up, cementing the festival’s creds as one of the edgiest and most anticipated music events on the South African calendar.

These two powerful and dynamic music forces now join alt-j and Boys Noize for this one-day music festival, and all are guaranteed to rock downtown Jo’burg and the 15,000 fans who will pound the ground at Newtown’s Mary Fitzgerald Square on 4 October 2013.

The Hives will no doubt satisfy long-standing fans with music ranging from their early albums Barely Legal (1997) and Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) to Tyrannosaurus Hives (2004), The Black and White Album (2007) and their most recent Lex Hives (2012).

Catapulting them to international rock status with hits like Hate To Say I Told You So, Main Offender,Supply And Demand and Die, Alright! off of Your New Favourite Band (a compilation of songs from Barely Legal, VVV and theA.k.a I-D-I-O-T EP) The Hives made lovers of garage-rock sit up and take notice. Tyrannosaurus Hives gave birth to tracks Walk Idiot Walk, Two-Timing Touch & Broken Bones and A Little More For Little You; and The Black and White Album shook the airwaves with its hit single Tick Tick Boom!.

Knowing they still had so much awesomeness to share with the world, the 12-track compilation Lex Hives was released in 2012 on The Hives’ own label, Disques Hives. Lead single Go Right Ahead moved the band into glam-punk territory and was met with rave reviews and huge airplay.

Be prepared to rock out with The Hives when they’re unleashed on the Vodacom In the City stage, performing in their trademark black and white suits.

That same stage will also host the brooding, funky beats, edgy lyrics and punk riffs of Skunk Anansie.

Reunited after an eight-year hiatus, Skunk Anansie have “come home”, says lead singer Skin. Along with band members Ace (guitar), Cass Lewis (bass) and Mark Richardson (drums), Skunk Anansie have rekindled the feeling and soul of their previous work to continue the distinctive and dynamic sound that has made them the award-winning music force they are today.

Skunk Anansie will get feet stomping and crowds jumping with their versatile range of hits from multi-platinum albums Paranoid And Sunburnt (1995), Stoosh (1996) and Post Orgasmic Chill (1999). Fans will remember singles like Brazen (Weep), Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good), Weak and Secretly.

Newer music off their albums Wonderlustre (2010) and Black Traffic (2012) combines Skunk Anansie’s trademark raw rock riffs, deep funk, frenetic drum-work and lush vocals with more confidence and maturity. Singles My Ugly Boy, and the gothic, slow-burning My Love Will Fall have reinforced their status as one of rock’s most innovative, passionate and soulful bands.

Skunk Anansie will also be releasing their first-ever live acoustic album; the as-yet-untitled collection will be released in September this year, just in time for Vodacom in the City!

Adding The Hives and Skunk Anansie to an international line-up that already includes alt-j and Boys Noize will ensure tickets to Vodacom In The City are even more sought-after. Festival organiser, Seed Experiences, is urging eager fans of great music to get their tickets early to avoid missing out on this once-in-a-lifetime music line-up.

So before you make your plans for 4 October 2013, ask yourself: Where else can lovers of powerful rock and the best in electronic dance music hear four outstanding and iconic music acts in one awesome festival in downtown Joburg?

The Hives and Skunk Anansie will also be performing at Rocking The Daisies alongside alt-j and Boys Noize on the 5 October 2013 at Cloof Wine Estate in Darling, Western Cape. For more info please visithttp://www.rockingthedaisies.com

Tickets for Vodacom In The City:

Webtickets: http://webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=404861524

Event Information:
Event Info: www.inthecityjhb.co.za
Email: media@inthecityjhb.co.za
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InTheCityJHB
Twitter: @InTheCityJHB

The Hives information:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hives
Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Hives
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/TheHivesTV
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-hives
Website:http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/

Skunk Anansie information:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSkunkAnansie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkunkAnansie
Website: http://www.skunkanansie.net/

Vodacom In the City is a Seed Experience:|Like us on Facebook: /SeedExperiences
Follow us on Twitter: @SeedExperiences
Watch us on YouTube: /user/weareseed1
Website:www.weareseed.co.za

ROCKSTARTER PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

Rolling Stone Gets Kraken

 

 

Rolling Stone gets “Kraken” with RockStarter Competition

for local music artists

 

 

2013 sees the launch of an amazing 5-month competition put together by Rolling Stone magazine in partnership with The Kraken Black Spiced Rum.

 

Rolling Stone Rockstarter Cover.

 

The three-phased competition encourages up-and-coming local bands and solo performers to ‘make rock real’ by establishing themselves on the SA rock scene and embracing various aspects of their own representation.

 

The thrilling result of this competition will see the production of the debut album for the winning artist or band. The lucky winner will also be featured in Rolling Stone magazine and on various TV channels as well as gaining the opportunity to perform at Rolling Stone events along with headline artists.

 

Phase one requires entrants to submit their own ‘Facebook fan page’ detailing personal biographical information, samples of their music, videos and promotional materials.

 

Phase two will incorporate a more traditional “battle-of-the-bands” approach; featuring two shows (5 acts to perform in Jhb, 5 to perform in CT) where, ultimately, two acts in each city will advance to the final four. This live performance phase will form part of the pre-existing Rolling Stone monthly events already running at Mercury Live in Cape Town and Tans Café in Johannesberg.

 

Phase three will see “bands-on-the-run”, with the final four bands or artists giving live performances, television and radio appearances and engaging in challenging social media campaigns.

 

The perfect partner for this competition, The Kraken Rum, with its edge-of-the-world, man-eating, shipwrecking brand story is the programme’s title sponsor. Competition judges in each phase will range from music industry experts and commentators to Rolling Stone editors and music bloggers – and ultimately, of course, the general public itself.

 

Rolling Stone SA will be updating readers on the competition in their monthly publication – so stay tuned for more excitement and, of course, more mind-blowing music coming your way!

 

 

Kraken Vector

 

 

 

ROCKSTARTER PRESS RELEASE

EFC AFRICA HITS 20

EFC AFRICA HITS 20

African MMA’s biggest milestone

EFC AFRICA Lightweight ChampionshipCOSTA IOANNOU VS. DON  MADGE
EFC AFRICA Interim Light Heavyweight ChampionshipDANIE VAN HEERDEN vs. GIDEON DROTSCHIE

PLUS
GARRETH MCLELLAN vs. LIAM CLELAND

RUAN POTTS vs. RICKY MISHOLAS
ALAIN ILUNGA vs. MARKUS TALJAARDAND

FREDERICH NAUMANN vs. JOHAN VAN STADEN
JUAN LUBBE vs. NEIL DIESEL

ALEX CHEBOUB vs. KHALIL AKLEKKER

DONAVIN HAWKEY vs. RAYMOND AHANA

CHARLIE WEYER vs. CRAIG NINOW
CHRIS DU PONT vs. CHARL HURTER

KANYEBA ANICET vs. BAREND NIENABER

MATTHEW BUIRSKI vs. MARINO CUTENDANA

Johannesburg (South Africa) – On 27June Africa's leading MMA organisation, EFC AFRICA, will set Carnival City alight with an explosive fight card featuring the biggest stars on the continent. To celebrate this milestone 20th event, EFC AFRICA has put together one of the most exciting lineups in history.

Fighting sensation and undefeated champion Costa Ioannou headlines the event and takes on his biggest threat to date; fearsome striker Don 'Magic Man' Madge for the lightweight championship. Madge, a Muay Thai superstar billed as “the future of the division” vows to take the fight to Ioannou and claim the title. With the passionate support of 'Costa's army' behind him, the champ intends to put the challenger away and continue his unmatched, unblemished winning streak. Social media has been set alight with pundit and fan opinion split as to who will be the victor. Will Madge be able to defend the takedowns, will Costa be able to withstand Don’s vicious striking?

Light heavyweights Danie van Heerden and Gideon Drotschie will do battle for the interim light heavyweight title, former champion Garreth ‘Soldierboy’ McLellan will face Liam Cleland for the number one middleweight contender spot and former champion Ruan ‘Fangzz’ Potts begins his new campaign for the heavyweight title against powerhouse Congolese striker Ricky ‘Apocalypse’ Misholas.

On the prelim card massive matchups between some of African MMA’s biggest stars will take place. The legendary Neil Diesel will do battle with Juan Lubbe, Donavin Hawkey faces Nigerian strike master Raymond Ahana and Frederich Naumann encounters the dangerous Johan van Staden.

Fans not at Carnival City, Johannesburg, will be treated to the main card bouts beamed live across South Africa in selected Nu Metro cinemas. Full television broadcast details available soon.

“EFC AFRICA 20 is huge for us,” says Howarth. “We’re focused on making it just as massive for the fans, we’re going to make history.”

EFC AFRICA 20, presented by MusclePharm, takes place at the Carnival City Big Top Arena on 27 June 2013. Tickets on sale now at www.computicket.com. Tickets for the live broadcast to Nu Metro Cinemas available now atwww.numetro.com.

Broadcast information and full fight card available at efcafrica.com

About EFC AFRICA™ – The Extreme Fighting Championship™

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, EFC AFRICA™ now produces 10 live Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events annually, all hosted on the African continent. With over 100 athletes exclusively signed to the promotion from across the continent (from Angola, DRC, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa and more), EFC AFRICA is the biggest MMA promotion and showcases the toughest athletes on the continent.

EFC AFRICA™ events are broadcast to over 110 countries across the globe on 9 television networks in multiple languages. The live broadcast is available to over 100 million homes, on e.tv, Africa’s largest English speaking TV channel, on Setanta Sports across Africa as well as in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean on FIGHT NOW! TV, America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel. Live broadcasts of every event are available across Romania on free to air broadcaster Transilvania L!VE. Delayed live events are broadcast throughout Malaysia on MAX MAN TV.

The best bouts from every EFC AFRICA™ event fill up action-packed television episodes broadcast to 50 million homes in the USA on the CSI SPORTS network, throughout Europe and the Middle East on EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL and across Canada on FIGHT NETWORK as well as in Africa on FOX FX.

The live internet broadcast on EFCAFRICA.com is watched by viewers around the world, and the events are also broadcast live to all NU METRO cinemas across South Africa giving thousands of additional MMA fans a larger than life event experience.

EFC AFRICA™ also boasts a powerful international presence with bouts and promo videos from the latest events being covered heavily by local and international MMA and mainstream sports, entertainment and news media. EFCAFRICA.com, the official website, receives unprecedented unique visitor numbers for an African sports organisation and EFC AFRICA also has a massive and rapidly growing Twitter and Facebook following, proving once again that EFC AFRICA™ is the fastest growing sports brand in Africa. 

GLOBAL SERIES 14/6/2013

DK Expressions had one of the Cape Town “Time Travellers”  by the name of Jacob Nthoiwa attend the GLOBAL SERIES event at CLUB Trinity Friday the 14th June.

But before the event on Friday Jacob was invited to the Press Meeting where he got a chance mingle with Dean Fuel, Simon Patterson and Protoculure the 3 DJ’s involved in the GLOBAL SERIES EVENT and spend some time chatting to them about their Music, Lives, and Future Endevours.

Simon Patterson drops his new stuff in Cape Town 

 

On Friday, the trance legend Simon Patterson dropped some of his tunes including his latest compilation at Trinity night club in Cape Town. This number one trance DJ was brought to the SA shores by Global Series, the most anticipated event on the local electronic trance dance scene. This event was organised by Viva Vodka, SA’s first super premium vodka in partnership with DVM Events.

 

With his twelve years’ experience as a trance craftsman he brought the dance floor down with his progressive and uplifting trance tunes. The UK DJ played and satisfied the eager underground trance Capetonians with his two hours set. This is the second time Patterson rocked the locals with his hit records that have over the years retained absolute credibility in the global electronic dance scene.

 

Simon Patterson began his career in the music business over eleven years with an A&R position, which he held for several labels. He was signed by Seb Fontaine and also worked for Judge Jules and supported both of them with the music selection for their weekly radio shows on BBC Radio 1. He says starting at a low level of music helped him to learn more about music and be able to understand the business side of music.

 

According to Patterson, he brought John Askew on board as his manager. He says changing managers is definitely the best decision he made. Bringing a new manager on board, he says has been a big highlight in the past few months which has brought about a lot of change in 2013. “I can see my music taking on another level. It really means a lot to work a talented manager like John Askew. It’s to correct all the stuff that went wrong in the past years.”

 

Patterson, who has been doing a lot of studio work, says if he is not travelling he is constantly working in the studio and cooking up new beats. He says he can see a lot of changes in the music scene and one has to constantly be bringing fresh beats at all times. He acknowledges that it is good that music industry is changing every time.

 

Patterson says more and more countries around the world are bringing trance music to the forefront and he is looking forward to playing and exploring new places that he has not played at. Patterson says he gets inspiration from different facets of life on daily basis.

 

He believes there is still a lot of talent to be nourished in SA and he is planning grooming those and bringing them to the forefront of music. He says he is working with a local blogger to get the names of start-up musicians that he could groom and work with.

 

Patterson was accompanied by two local DJs, Protoculture and Dean Fuel who played two sets of one hour each. Producer and DJ Protoculture was ranked number one DJ in South Africa by international by an international magazine and he has also received received a SAMA nomination for his work with Goldfish. He says he is happy to see more and more of SA music being taken overseas. Protoculture also known as Nate Raubenheimer is constantly playing on international grounds he played in places like London, New York, Sao Paulo and Tokyo only to name a few.Dean Fuel also played on international stages. He has been a DJ since his varsity days at UCT 11years ago. He says he looks forward to his music growing beyond the SA borders. He is glad trance music is falling into more and more countries around the world.

Written by Time Traveller Jacob Nthoiwa

GLOBAL SERIES 14/6/2013

THE RENDEZVOUS ROOM

The Rendezvous Room @ Orphanage Cocktail Emporium

 

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You and I have a rendezvous!

 

Orphanage Cocktail Emporium, the shaking shakehouse on the corner of Bree and Orphan Streets introduces The Rendezvous Room, every Thursday night.

 

Calling all mad scientists: the cocktail and music affair will take place in the downstairs Emporium, where all manner of wild and wily elixirs shall be mixed in the laboratory.

 

In association with DMV events, resident musical authorities Ian and Malcolm Skene (and friends) will hold sway over the mesmerised secret gathering. It promises to be a jolly affair. Come early for dinner in The Dining Room to restore your constitution before all high-jinx breaks loose.

 

Are you potty for potions? Mad for music? Then this is the shindig for you.

 

A rendezvous is a secret meeting at a predetermined place and time—and this is our personal letter of invite to you. Ssh, don’t let anyone else see it.

 

Time: 9PM – LATE
Cover dues: Free Entry

 

 

ORPHANAGE COCKTAIL EMPORIUM} Orphan & Bree Street } Cape Town

RSVP: The House-Team +27 (0) 21 424 2004

 

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FROM THE MOUTHS OF PRESS:

 

“…alcoholic alchemy at The Orphanage”

GQ MAGAZINE

 

“The go-to place for old-school glamour & unusual bespoke cocktails”


GRAZIA MAGAZINE

 

“Victorian drinking den meets speakeasy”


ELLE MAGAZINE

 

”Orphanage for the after-dinner party’

Cape Town luxury concierge’s guide: Best for drinks


THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER

 

“The best bar to open in South Africa in 2012…cocktails are light years ahead of the competition.”

JUICE MAGAZINE, MANGO AIRLINE

 

“One of just 6 bars around the world to watch”


THE WORLD’S 50 BEST BARS, DRINKS INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

 

THE RENDEZVOUS ROOM