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

The gang 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!

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

That’s what happens…

And then you hydrate…

^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!

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.

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!

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!