Some of the mother city’s most well-recognised front-men, leading
ladies and otherwise sexy side-kicks will be swapping mic stands for
mixers, hi-hats for headphones and tune-ups for turntables and answering
that age-old band interview question "so, like, what kinda bands do you
listen to?" - in the most meaningful way possible.
Unloading their iPods and venting their vinyl collections is
what it’s all about as eleven musicians from a selection of Cape Town’s
most popular bands of recent memory, give their fans a chance to hear
exactly what kind of music fires their jets and leads their own musical
inspirations. From Led Zeppelin to Lady Gaga, the Beastie Boys to
Beethoven, no questions asked, no playlists dictated, and no genres are
taboo – just the music that they like.
With Jeremy De Tolly (The Dirty Skirts), George Bacon (Hog
Hoggidy Hog), Sean Ou Tim (Lark), Sasha Righini (The Plastics), Francois
Breytenbach Blom (V.O.D / K.O.B.U.S), Johnny Tex (The Revelators), Raoul
Goetze (Black River, Damn Right), Nic Roos (The Sleepers), Joshua
Grierson, Natalie Lucia (Red Light In June) and Lonesome Dave Ferguson
rocking up to rock the crowd with their musical selections at Mercury Live
& Lounge (both downstairs in the Lounge and upstairs on the Main Stage),
patrons can expect nothing short of a unique and “moving” experience at
the hands of bands.
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Each of the “DJs” (or ‘selectors’, if you prefer, since none
of them will claim to being actual proper ‘DJs’, ever having operated
anything more complex than the hi-fi at home for a few friends ) on the
night will have up to an hour to play the songs they love best, and in no
particular order.
Formats will be vinyl record, 7”, 12”, MP3 and CD.
There will also be a live band on stage - When Karma Sleeps
- at some point in the evening but that's just for the sake of tradition.
Before, and after – the music of the musicians will rule!
The idea behind the show is to showcase musicians as the
music fans they themselves most definitely are. Under the banner of a new
Cape Town creative collective called I Wanna be Your Boyfriend, the idea
is also to have this show present itself within the line-up of the
nation’s music festivals and club circuits, where the option is not to
have to listen to the same old floor-bangers and crowd-pleasers that
people are used to hearing the so-called regular festival and party “DJs”
play.
It is really about challenging what people “expect” to hear
at a DJ night versus what kind of music they might actually like to hear –
as interpreted by names and faces they already love and in most cases,
know that they can trust - musically!
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