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Table Mountain
Picture credit: Emily Mules
Cape Town Dog
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Cape Town
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Llandudno Beach
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Mix n Blend
Picture credit: Emily Mules
Mix n Blend
Picture credit: Emily Mules
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Continuing our coverage from South Africa, GS023 takes in Cape Town and the finest label in the city, African Dope. We spoke to co-founder Roach in his office (complete with enviable view of Table Mountain), as well as the latest signing to the label, Mix n Blend, in their studio on top of the excellent Fiction bar and club.
Roach discusses the development of the label in conjuction with the development of the music scene in Cape Town as we play tracks from the labels back catalogue. Mix n Blend tell us about how they approached recording their debut album on a label they have grown up with.
To end the show this week we have a contender for Tom's favourite track of the year, 'Blood' by Australia's The Middle East. The band are very kindly giving this track away for free, download your own copy here. Email info@globalsoundtracks.com to tell us your own favourite track of the year and we will produce some sort of end of year chart to give Tom his very own Top Of The Pops moment.
| Presented by | Tom Ravenscroft |
| Produced by | Emily Mules |
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Mr. Glide (GB) - 'My Brain is Trying to Kill Me'
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| Mr. Glide - 'My Brain is Trying to Kill Me' |
| Country: | United Kingdom - England |
| More Info: | Myspace |
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Mr. Glide has a scar above his left eye from where he was pecked by an angry swan aged six. This scar has nothing to do with the time he dived through a McDonald's drive-through hatch because they refused to serve him. This was mainly because of his lack of car, a necessity for those wanting drive-through food. He also once shared a taxi with Roni Size, but that didn't result in any scars either. |
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| Africa Dope Feature, Part 1 |
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Markus Wormstorm (ZA) - 'Fetch More' (African Dope)
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Markus is also part of the multi-award winning animation group, The Blackheart Gang. |
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| African Dope Feature, Part 2 |
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Maga Bo (BR) - 'Nqayi (feat. Teba)' (African Dope)
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For more information on guest vocalist Teba, visit http://www.myspace.com/tebashumba
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Mr. Gelatine (ZA) - 'Frank' (African Dope)
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For more information on the Moxyland book and soundtrack, visit http://www.moxyland.com
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After a trip to Dublin in 2000 on the Red Bull music academy, Mr. gelatine decided to take music making seriously. A few years later there is a body of work that encapsulates many musical influences. |
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| Mix n Bend Interview |
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Mix n Blend (ZA) - 'Full Ahead' (African Dope)
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Mix N Blend told Global Soundtracks the following:
"Kevin has a huge secret crush on chocolate milk... occasionally he will sneak up on one and molest it before it knows what's happened to it...if you want to make him happy a bottle of the stuff goes a long way towards making him smile...."
"Ross has way too many old synths for his own good...he doesn't know we're really sick of him moaning about his addiction although we cunningly trap him into buying new ones so we can play with them.... currently he's busy overdosing on a korg polysix and an ARP Odyssey Mark 1...."
"Jon has an older woman thing, although we're not sure how true it is, the stats seem to think so. Maybe he knows something we don't..." |
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The Middle East (AU) - 'Blood' (Spunk)
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This is one of the best tracks you'll hear from Australia all year. It can be downloaded for free at the band's website.
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The Middle East like internet widgets and hail from Township in Australia even though two of their surnames is "Ireland." We wonder if that gets confusing when introducing themselves. |
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