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!

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!

^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!
^5!

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!

I was reading my blog posts on this site today and I have to apologise for writing some really boring drivel that is really boring boring the old man is snoring. So I have ended that. Rad.

I got sick last week, throat infection or something and it was totally badass. I spent a few days in bed being lame and watching series and sleeping and taking photos of my dogs – they were hanging with me in my room.

I captured Abbie in the middle of a yawn… She looks badass here, but is actually really sweet.

I finally read Moxyland (it’s been on my shelf since my birthday in March) and I have to say that Lauren Beukes is one talented author(ess?)… go to Exclusive Books tomorrow and have a look at the book, read the back, want to buy it… and then go home and logon to Kalahari.net and save a lot of money and get it delivered to your house.

I watched some weird movies as well. Surveillance is directed by David Lynch’s daughter Jenny, ’nuff said – It’s violent and awesome. IMDB says it’s about: “An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims – all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.”. It got a crap rating there, but I rickommend it. Tonight I watched Public Enemies with Kid Caryn… What an awesome film! It is shot incredibly well, has a great story, is about bank robbers and is based on a true story! WIN! Go watch it! If you don’t like it, your opinion is wrong.

I will be putting up some photo’s from the past few weeks worth of gigs that the dirtyoldDisco have played at sometime soon.

Stay tuned.

Rick Disco, Over and Out!
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So between now and the end of the month there are a lot of totally awesome things coming to Pretoria and Jhb!

This Thursday (20 August) my good friend Charles will be exhibiting along with a whole bunch of other talented people at Platform on 18th in Pretoria. The exhibition is called “Narrative Landscapes: Artworks generated from conceptual videos generated from personal narritives“. Check out the flyer in pretty .pdf format here, the map to the venue is here and the Facebook event is here!

Read about more awesome parties after the jump!

Then next week Thursday (27 August) will be the next installment of the Viral Underground parties, and the start of a (hopefully) regular thing in Pretoria dubbed the Viral Sessions! A nicely rennovated club smack bang in Brooklyn, Pretoria for only R25. Themba and I will be banging out an awesome electro set as the dirtyoldDisco alongside Destrukto as well as a mystery (for the time being) main live act! It’s going to be awesome, so be there! Check out a map to the venue here as well as the Facebook event here! Follow the Viral Underground on Twitter here!

Then the big one that I am most excited about is the Toxic Avenger, playing in Jhb! To top that off, Themba and I as the dirtyoldDisco will be playing a set as well! Yay! Check out the Facebook event here!

I hope to see you all at all of the events, they are gonna rock!

Take it easy
^5!

Woah! Another semester has flown by and once again it wasn’t blogged about much… so let’s catch up…

This issue includes varsity, working, Mabula Game Lodge, HAEZER, Twitter, moving Andrew, DJing and a whole lot more!

Read all about it after the jump!

Varsity was fairly uneventful in terms of cool stuff that I got to build so i won’t even bore you with anything else. I managed to pass all my exams (no re-writes either! ) which totally rocks… I can finally see the end of my degree approaching! As my exams ended I managed to get a job at an electronics firm to do a bit of holiday work… this means no holiday for me but at least it will result in a bit of experience.

Drew and I showing our muscles that would get the job done!

Andrew moved into a new flat… Themba, The Tonner and I moved him in… In a day! We hired “the tonner” (a 3/4 ton trailer that I had to learn to drive in like 5 minutes) and began to load all his stuff up. We also carried this stuff up stairs, I almost burnt his new place down (accident!) and we bashed things that wouldn’t fit through doorways until they did. It was great fun and made me never want to move… ever. Thanks Andrew.

T-bone and I, with the Tonner, in Drews new driveway!

Don’t put boxes on stoves…

If it doesnt fit, get the saw!

Caryn and I managed to get away and join my folks at Mabula Game Lodge for a long weekend at some point, which was real relaxing and hence kicked ass! My sister (Natalie) and George – who I definitely do not see often enough – came along as well.

We saw some impala…

… some Red Hartebees…

… and a gemsbok!

Natalie and George!

Drew, dirtyoldThemba, Caryn Paryn, Nelia Face, T-shirt Terry and I rolled off to go and see Saturday Night Live Superstar Wayne  Brady! Wow! What a rad show! As far as impromptu stand-up comedy goes, this was hilariously enjoyable, if you get the chance, go go go!

The dirtyoldDisco in action!

The Viral Underground party was a great success… Thanks to all of you that came out to support! The next one will only be in August due to some lame venue owners but I’ll keep you posted!

HAEZER live at the Woods!

My current favourite local performer HAEZER was doing his “I’m touring South Africa” rounds and I got to see him twice! The first show was at Tings and was cool although it was a bit weird dancing to this BANGING electro there. My boys T-bone and sAdam joined me for that one! The Woods show killed and we friggin’ raved until the wee hours of the morning. Oh Yeah!

Caryn and I at Tings..

Adam and Jess at Tings!

T-bone at Tings!

HAEZER live at Tings!

The dirtyoldDisco at the Woods!

Caryn and I at the Woods!

I also rejoined the masses on Twitter and I actually use that pretty often… so follow me if you feel like it! Find me at twitter.com/rickdisco. Electrotrash is also on Twitter, so follow the site at twitter.com/electrotrashZA to grab the updates!

I think thats about it for now!

Take it easy
^5!

In small but pretty exciting news, this past weekend (Friday 8 May 2009 to be exact) saw the first Viral Underground party in Pretoria. It was quite a fun affair indeed! Themba and I got to play our debut set as the banging electro duo “dirtyoldDisco” which was awesome even though we didn’t get to play to the biggest crowd ever! What’s even more awesome about the party was that, although we got to play a part in the first event, we get to play an even bigger part in the next one, hopefully happening on 31 July 2009! Excited face! Thanks to all of my friends that made it out to give us that loving support! ^5!

Read more about the event on electrotrash here and check out the Facebook group here!

Saturday, 9 May 2009, saw the inauguration of South Africa’s latest president – Mr Jacob Zuma as well as the wedding of our friend Jacob Israel! Themba and I got to hang out at the wedding and play a few tracks but it seems that all the dancing going on in the country was at the inauguration ceremony as YouTube gracefully shows us here!

More, soon… Thanks for reading!

^5!