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Morcheeba at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: April 15, 2018

Fri 6 April 2018 British downtempo legends Morcheeba performed a once-off South African show in the always beautiful Kirstenbosch gardens in Cape Town, supported by local act Valve State. It was an unexpectedly cold night (a fact even noted and mentioned … Continue reading →

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Tagged brass, british, cape town, crowd, disco ball, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jumping musicians, kirstenbosch, lee thomson, light, lighting, long hair, memories, morcheeba, music, nature, outdoors, photography, silhouette, skye edwards, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, trumpet, valve state, we are live, weekends

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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 2

Posted on: August 24, 2015

Saturday 8 August 2015 As mildly traumatic as it is waking up in 5 layers of clothes in a state of humid confusion surrounded by a tent and the nonsensical conversations of your neighbours outside, there’s something reassuring about the situation: you know … Continue reading →

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Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben

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Ben Howard at the Grand Arena

Posted on: August 3, 2015

Wednesday 22 July 2015 It was freezing outside on Wednesday night – luckily the queue outside GrandWest, though very long, was moving pretty swiftly. Inside it was equally full – it was still early Cape Town had shown up in its masses for Ben … Continue reading →

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Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter

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Rocking the Daisies 2014

Posted on: October 10, 2014

Saturday 05 October 2014 Rocking the Daisies managed to expand from its colossal 17,000-odd crowd last year to around 20,000 this past weekend. The weather was great and, as usual, there was plenty to see and do. I may have gone … Continue reading →

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Tagged american, australian, beatenberg, belly dancers, bongeziwe mabandla, british, camping, cape town, clouds, crowd, crystal fighters, dancing, darling, dressing up, electronic, eppelsauce, festival, flint meet spark, floyd lavine, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, international act, international artist, lasers, light, lights, los tacos, mgmt, mokoomba, mountains, music, nick turner, nomadic orchestra, ottoman slap, out in the country, outdoors, pat mccay, people, photography, portraits, reburn, rock, rocking the daisies, rudimental, shortstraw, sky, summer, sun, tattoos, tents, the presets, weekends

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Illustration: Moths

Posted on: August 4, 2013

ART I love moths. I’ve wanted to do something with them for a while, so I stole a few hours last night to draw this. The ones featured are based on an Atlas, Chinese Luna (both from the fanciest moth family, … Continue reading →