The dirtyoldDisco got invited to play at FestiVAL 2010 in a small town called Val in Mpumlanga… We made a road trip out of it… here is the story…

It’s really small, even on a map!

I rolled through to Game to get a nifty little tent (they were having a special… it was fate), packed my stuff and loaded up the gear into T-Bones car…On the way to Caryn Paryn’s flat we got to see some Eugene Terror respect art outside the University of Pretoria…

Eugene Terror!

Bravo Pizzeria!

We got Caryn, picked up some Bravo’s pizza (it’s the shiz niz… find it on South Street, Hatfield, Pretoria) and finally made it onto the highway. Check out the shenanigans after the jump!

Tea Baggins!

Caryn Paryn and I!

The R23…

We drove behind this truck for a while… it was the most exciting part of driving to Mpumalnga.

The most eXciting part of the trip…

Finally after about 2 hours we rolled into Val, set up my new bitching tent and checked out the scenery. T-Bone even pushed a hoe.

Welcome to Val!

My bitchin’ new tent!

Pushin the hoe!

The local bar, the Moeggeploegkroeg, was pretty rad. We got some drinks there, watched some bands outside there, ate some sarmies in there, rick-overed after getting too wasted with drinks from there, took crotch shots there, drew in the guest book there and welcomed the bears there.

Moeggeploeg Menu!

Rick-overing…

Crotch shots… From left to right: Myself, Caryn Paryn,  T-Bone.

T-Bone adding to the guest book…

Nice, we were there!

Chuckles and Will!

T-Bone and I played a cool set to those that were still awake enough to party with us, there were no photos, no one could see.

Saturday morning arrived and everyone felt like sh1t. I walked along the train line for a bit, checked out the town a bit more and then sat in the bar until we left. I ignored the drive home.

Feeling less than awesome…

Walking…

More of the town...

Even more…

And even more!

FestiVAL is a pretty rad little festival, it’s not too far from Gauteng and the get a way is good! I’ll see you there next year! Goodbye!

Kay bye!

^5!

Our buddy Eben, more commonly known as HAEZER rolled up country to do a bit of a tour before he heads off to Europe. T-Bone and I got to play as the dirtyoldDisco a bit before HAEZER at the Woods in JHB. The gig rocked (Gig details here)! We played hard, HAEZER played harder… and the crowed loved it! Thanks to Caryn Paryn for the cell phone camera snaps of us in action

Photos after the jump…

Bounce!

dirtyoldTeamwork!

Rave!

Thanks to those that rolled through, partied and rocked out!

^5!

Steve Aoki came to South Africa… we went along to the JHB show on 3 April… it was so awesome!

Andrew Mohawk, T-Bone, Caryn Paryn and Number 1 and I all rolled through… we ran into old friends, we drank, we raved! Steve played some awesome tunes, some African tunes and some really weird tunes…

Photos after the jump!

Some african tune!

What I could see..

Woah!

T-Bone and Andrew Mohawk… eXcited Face!

Caryn Paryn and I… eXcited Face!

Tengo jodido tipo grande! Sink or swim and what not… good times!

That’s what happens…

And then you hydrate…

^5!

So everyone that comes here knows that I’m really bad at doing the regular blog thing and I always have these “catch up” posts… Here is the latest one! I just trawled through some old photos I got off my camera and this is what I remembered… (read it after the jump!)

Lego rocks! It’s not scary, but it still makes a great halloween costume! Caryn Paryn and I totally rocked the build on these bad boys. Andrew Mohawk and I suited up in the blue blocks, with Caryn Paryn and Nelia Face in the black corner. We partied it up at the Hotbox Studios halloween party, did some docking and got raucous! Neil went all out and looked the most bad ass!

Team Lego!

Lego docking!

Neil being badass!

Get me out!

I also got around and watched some bands, hit up +27 Design Cafe (most awesome iced coffee ever!), went to RAMFEST (the lame JHB one), got cooked for and generally misbehaved.

Wrestlerish!

Jacob Israel!

Leaving RAMFEST!

Andrew Mohawk even wore shorts!!!

Caryn Paryn cooking up some food!

Mmmmmmm!

At some point people dressed up as zombies for Aliswans party… I didn’t, so I just rode the exercise bike…

Zombie Andrew Mohawk…

Riding the bike!

T-bone and I have also totally been rocking out as the “dirtyoldDisco” with loads of gigs and what not. Check out the dirtyoldDisco blog over on at dirtyoldDisco.blogspot.com and give us love, thanks.

Yeah… exciting… yeah!

^5!

The dirtyoldDisco will be banging it out in Johannesburg this time round… Supporting one of our favourite South African producer/DJ’s, namely HAEZER! It’s gonna be awesome!

Slymedia & Griet Present: HAEZER (Cape Town)

Also featuring:

Baggy Dawg (Desmond & The Tutus)
dirtyoldDisco
Moe Joe
Double Adapter

50 Bucks – ROAR

Check out the Facebook event here!

See you there!
^5!

So the dirtyoldDisco is back in a town near you (if you are in and around Pretoria that is)! Come and bang it out with us for the Human Rights Day party at Tings an Times on Sunday 21 March 2010… Remember that the Monday is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY!!!!

DRINKS SPECIAL!!!! – Buy 1 Get 1 free for all cocktails between 19:00 and 21:00!!!!!

LINE UP:

20:00 – Doctor Khumalo(Dogbox)
21:30 – dirtyoldDisco (Electrotrash)
23:00 – Markus Wormstorm (Sweat X and Real Estate Agents)
00:30 – MoeJoe VS Peter Rocka (Drum & Bass set)(Dogbox)

ENTRANCE: R20

For bookings please contact 012 430 3176/7

Check out the Facebook event here! It’s gonna be good!

Become a fan of the  dirtyoldDisco as well while you’re at it!

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dirtyoldman a.k.a. T-baggins and I finally got our act together and recorded a proper live mix to showcase our sets as the dirtyoldDisco. I think it’s awesome, that’s why we did did it, and we did it well. Now we wait to see who books us for shows… with two potential shows in February it’s looking good so far

Caryn Paryn designed our logo, she designed the cover for us to print, fold and fill with CDs. She is talented, they look awesome! We folded like 60 of them, it took a long time. When they are full of CD’s Ill put up some pics!

Grab the mix below, go visit our lonely blog, ask people to book us for shows, book us for shows, become a fan on Facebook and then tell us what you think! You can also download the CD cover for the mix and the folding instructions to make your own!

dirtyoldDisco – Bon Jovi Friday Mix - Just over an hour and only 89MB of awesome electro!

Grab the CD Cover: Bon Jovi Friday Mix Cover – 12MB .pdf
Grab the folding instructions: Learn to fold it! - 1.3MB .pdf

Party boosh!

^5!

Study, study, study, work, study, Bloemfontein (punk as fuck), driving home, study, study, study, study, study, work, players… that’s pretty much been my last couple of weeks. Test week at varsity is over, exams are around the corner, and I seem to have a work ethic. Weird.

#1

Nearly There!

The drive to Bloemfontein on Saturday 3 October was about as exciting as the drive back to Pretoria on Sunday 4 October. Actually the drive back was more fun as we played some good ‘ol games of “I spy with my little eye” and some others I can’t remember off hand. The “festival” that we made the trip for was dusty, filled with punks and was actually everything I had hoped for. Nico and the team from Libery Valance rocked out… quickly, but rocked out none the less. Lungs filled with dust and drizzle, my homie MC was kind enough to “show us around” and took us to the Mystic Boer… hilarity ensued, pizza was eaten and smack was spoken. Good times.

#2

Image taken from here!

The second grand thing that has happened to me has been a sudden new found love of Tom Collins’. Greatest drink ever! I mixed some up at T-Bones braai on Saturday. They were enjoyed, too much and no one took photos for you to see. As a consolation prize, I managed to take this great snap of a nasty bug that was running around that night.

Pretty gross!

I have also taken the liberty of sharing the Tom Collins recipe I got off of Wikipedia:

Tom Collins IBA Official Cocktail

Type: Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume: Gin
Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish: orange, cherry, or lime
Standard drinkware: Collins

IBA specified ingredients:

• 2 parts gin
• 1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice
• drizzle of sugar syrup
• chilled carbonated water to taste

Preparation: Mix the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a tall glass with ice, top up with soda water, garnish and serve.

Drink it!

#3

I’ve been eating loads of these awesome noodles. Go buy them, they rock. The Chinese shop where my tofu comes from sells them (Yat Kee Chinese Supermarket, Maroelana Centre, 27 Maroelana Street, Hazelwood). Add a little ginger to the mix as well for maximum awesomeness.

Thats all for now,
Rick Disco, over and out
^5!

Reposted from www.electrotrash.co.za/2009/09/14/a-blog-party/

SOUL /// FUNK /// WONK /// DISCO /// HOUSE /// ELECTRO

A whole bunch of us that stay in and around Johannesburg, that also run various music blogs are throwing a party this coming Saturday! It will be at the intimate Kitchener’s Carvery!

The line-up is as follows:

• 09:00-10:00 – ASH | Soul /// Funk /// and other goodness
• 10:00-11:00 – DJ DANGER INGOZI (Data Takashi) | Tropical House /// Electro
• 11:00-12:00 – DIRTYOLDISCO | Disco /// BANGING Electro
• 12:00-01:00 – MUSICAL CHAIRS | Electro /// Wonk
• 01:00-02:00 – DOUBLE-ADAPTER | Electro
• 02:00-03:00 – DJ DANGER INGOZI (Data Takashi) | Electro /// Afrotech

R30 cover
Girls in FREE before 10pm!
Facebook Event!

Check out the bloggers blogs:
www.electrotrash.co.za
theheadphonejunkie.blogspot.com
fatchineseboi.blogspot.com

See you there!
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Dirtyoldman and I have been bringing the chop back to the clubs the last month, playing as the banging electro duo “dirtyoldDisco”! It has been totally awesome to see how our hard hitting style of electro gets the floor asking for more! I’ve put up some photos from the last three shows we played. Thanks to all the people that took them, you know who you are

Photos after the jump!
After a hell of a lot of organising and pulling last minute miracles we threw a great Viral Session in Pretoria… Destrukto, Cutout Collective, dirtyoldDisco… awesome!

Some of the gang that joined!

Dropping the chop!

We played a cute little opener set at the Toxic Avenger gig, then got to drop a banger after the Team Uncool DJ set a bit later as well…Muckleneuk Massiv!

Representing as they say…

In the mix…

Classic chop…

The following week we got to play another opening set at Kitchener’s Carvery for the launch of Mtkidu’s “Shakawon” album. The opener wasn’t our classic awesome style but it was ok, we got some nods. After Mtkidu did their thing we closed off the night classic doD styleZ and dropped it hard… we were applauded.

Caryn Paryn and I… Holga love!

dirtyoldDisco in the dark!

The shows were all awesome, the other DJ’s brought it, we brought it, it was great. Come to our next show. I’ll high five you. One time.

^5!