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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 2
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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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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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 1
Friday 7 August 2015 Now in its 21st year, Oppikoppi is legendary among South African music festivals. Its status and distance from Cape Town have always intimidated the hell out of me but attending has always been something I’d hoped … Continue reading
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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Infanteria press shoot
Saturday 27 June 2015 On a frosty morning last last month I met the guys from Infanteria in the forest for a press shoot ahead of their album launch. It was a little hilarious trying to go for the serious metal vibe with the … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, press shoots
Tagged cape town, forest, guitars, infanteria, leather, long hair, metal, mountains, nature, newlands, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, press, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, weekends, winter, winter days
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Tagged cape town, forest, guitars, infanteria, leather, long hair, metal, mountains, nature, newlands, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, press, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, weekends, winter, winter days
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Cape Town Nu World Festival 2015 at the city hall
17 & 18 July 2015 Formerly the Cape Town World Music Festival, the newly renamed Cape Town Nu World Festival took place at the CT city hall last weekend. The lineup featured an exciting mix of local and international artists … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, bateleur, beanstalk, blackfoot phoenix, cape town, cape town world music festival, card on spokes, cbd, city, city centre, city hall, crowd, ctnwf, ctwmf, dancing, derek gripper, disco ball, dunkelbunt, events, fantasma, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hip hop, hippies, international act, kanda bongo man, long hair, mokoomba, native young, photography, rain, riky rick, rock, simphiwe dana, south africa, south african, spoek mathambo, spoek vs spoko, tcheka, the grrrl, thris tian, tourist, turkey, vukazithathe, weekends, winter, zuko collective
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Tagged acoustic, bateleur, beanstalk, blackfoot phoenix, cape town, cape town world music festival, card on spokes, cbd, city, city centre, city hall, crowd, ctnwf, ctwmf, dancing, derek gripper, disco ball, dunkelbunt, events, fantasma, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hip hop, hippies, international act, kanda bongo man, long hair, mokoomba, native young, photography, rain, riky rick, rock, simphiwe dana, south africa, south african, spoek mathambo, spoek vs spoko, tcheka, the grrrl, thris tian, tourist, turkey, vukazithathe, weekends, winter, zuko collective
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Infanteria – Where Serpents Conquer album launch at ROAR
Friday 3 July 2015 I’ve been fending off flu for the last few months but unfortunately it got the upper hand on me last Friday. I got to ROAR early, found a dark corner (which wasn’t hard) and zoned out till … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, all guns full ammo, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, infanteria, launch, long hair, metal, music, obs, observatory, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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Tagged album launch, all guns full ammo, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, infanteria, launch, long hair, metal, music, obs, observatory, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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