Pics & Vids | DMC DJ Battle Finals

For the purposes of deflating an already too-self-congratulatory music environment, I’m gonna be trying to beat my own personal high score at Devil’s Advocate for this one. The SA DMC DJ Champs. A last-minute media hookup through Quake from Choice Records (you’re my my mom’s other son, bro). A 5pm pickup and handshake at the newly redeveloped Mercury Live and a few choice four-letter words for some drunken tit who’s promising to watch my car (which I’m selling back at my place in Woodstock in exactly ten minutes — better make this quick). And disco — we’re good to go for Overtone media coverage of the DJ event of the year, right up there alongside the African Hip Hop Indaba. Badabing. That’s how I roll, bitches.

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House Without A Home: The Ananda Project

South Africa is one the biggest consumers of house music, yet there remains no dedicated space for it to exist. Hit Entertainment’s ‘House Without A Home’ initiative is aimed at changing this – by not only providing a home, but populating it too – and setting a scene in place for it to grow. Now, Hit Entertainment presents House Without A Home, The Ananda Project South African Tour 2008, Cape Town: 30 March 2008, Joburg: 5 April 2008.

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The Tutus, New Loud Rockets Dance-Off

Desmond and the Tutus: show offs. Maybe it’s the super hero names like Super Shane and Dangerous Doug, but getting wowed by the increasingly popular 4-piece Joburg outfit comes easy, especially when they team up with the New Loud Rockets for a double-whammy. Richard King hits the Assembly and the Hidden Cellar for a weekend bonanza.

Desmond & the Tutus vs New Loud Rockets

It has to be said that Friday night at the Assembly wasn’t the Tutus’ best gig. Sorry, guys. The last time (alongside SweatX) was definitely a more of a throbber. Unforeseen problems took a little away from their act; but guitarist Doug and drummer Craig kept the vibe alive while they rectified the situation. Shane charmed the crowd like a pit of cobras with his trademark “German Claw” and harmonica!

The Tutus are something of a hybrid band. As the name connotes, the Tutus are essentially an African band, and as doors open for them, we won’t be surprised to see more of the kwela-styled numbers hitting the radio stations. Going back-to-back with Kidofdoom in Joburg the night before made it easy for the punters to realise that they’re offering something different. And, after all, good music tends to stick around.

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The video: Shane explained that their video for Peter was a creative deviation from the standard, eyes-to-the-camera, lip-sync treatment found in the torrent of mainstream pop. It’s basically a typical bar scene, with all the players in place. In fact, the same setup, shoot and extras were used for Kidofdoom’s Minor Disagreements for the Levi’s Young Guns initiative. [Get a review of debut album Kidofdoom here]

Saturday: awesomeness! The New Loud Rockets opened for Desmond and the Tutus. They performed in Stellenbosch’s Hidden Cellar, ironically situated upstairs. NLR front man John Seth set the Tutus on a pedestal by praising them and calling them “the best band in South Africa by a f**ing mile!” Maybe a little bottle logic creeping in there. Or maybe not. [Comment below: are Desmond and the Tutus the best band in SA?]

Sweat poured from the crowd of Stellenbosch wife-beaters (well, they were wearing them). A dip in the Stellenbosch Gymnasium outdoor pool was rumoured. As Seth pointed out later over a beer, it is impossible to not move with the Tutus’ energy. Desmond and the Tutus finished up their set with the NLR joining them on stage for a dance-off. Everybody won.

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“We won’t be surprised to see more of the kwela-styled numbers hitting the radio stations.”

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Music Shop And MP3 Player Launch!

The Overtone Music Shop and Music Player have gone live! It’s more a development for South African music than for our company, and now you can listen to a wide variety of artists through our music player. And you can embed it anywhere, and browse through your favourite albums to decide which one you’d like to embed in your blog. Local music just got centralised AND mobilised.

For artists, this means being able to have your music playing on your website, for no charge. You can also get distributed nationally in no time, get exposed and promoted in a novel fashion, and get played on more South African and international websites than ever before.

For fans, it means being able to stream the best parts of your favourite music while you’re working or chilling, and being the first one to grab the player and stick it on your page.

For consumers, it means being able to buy the highest quality MP3s (320kbps) at a competitive price, while checking out the latest videos, pics, album reviews, interviews, features and South African music news in our smashing blog, which is updated daily.

Anyone who’s been checking out Overtone recently will notice that we’re serious about taking over the South African music industry. Why? Because we’re musicians and because we realise that everything is changing…very quickly. Check out why you should get involved, no matter who you are.

Listen to your favourite artists through the Overtone Music Shop and get involved in the international music scene! As the music industry develops, the power is quickly shifting from the hands of the ‘Big Four’ record labels (Song BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner) back into the hands of the fans.

Overtone is facilitating communication between bands and fans like never before. Throw in merchandise giveaways, competitions, artist management, reviews, exposure, groundbreaking developments and free tickets, and we’re just about ready to Take Over!

Check out the Overtone Music Shop now.

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