Stopping over briefly in Cape Town as part of its tour around the world, the 92 year old Barque Sedov is the world’s oldest sailing ship still in operation. Built in Germany in the 1920s and under the Russian flag since the end of WWII, the ship is currently a training vessel for the Naval School at the Murmansk Technical University.
On Tuesday, Russian band Mumiy Troll performed a show on board the Sedov (with support from Long Time Citizen) for Rolling Stone SA‘s ‘The Story’; sadly I couldn’t stay for the performance but I did have a great time joining the other wide-eyed visitors wandering around the ship and watching the Russian band soundcheck.
The ship is huge! It was really cool wandering around the deck and seeing all the sailors and Cyrillic everywhere. There was even a claustrophobic souvenier shop, packed full of awesomely tacky things – including Russian dolls and holographic Putin fridge magnets, upon which my eyes and mind lingered for perhaps an unhealthy amount of time…
I’m not familiar with Mumiy Troll’s music but I really enjoyed listening to their rehearsal, which bodes well for when I see them again on Friday, once again with Long Time Citizen, at Ragazzi.
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Mumiy Troll and Long Time citizen play 2 more gigs in Cape Town this week:
On a Roll in Mowbray (tonight) and Ragazzi (Friday)
More info on The Sedov: Russian FB page | EWN video | history on Wikipedia
Mumiy Troll: FB & website | Long Time Citizen
