As South Africa’s beloved festival of music and madness turns 20 this year, the Red Bull Studio LIVE stage at Oppikoppi celebrates its 5th year of joining the revelry.

The collaboration has seen many leading artists grace the ‘A-Frame stage on the other side of the hill’ such as the world-famous party-starter, Diplo, South African house music pioneer and legend, Oskido and bass-music pioneers, Sibot, PHfat and Haezer, to name just a handful of over a hundred artists to have played in the past.

The stage has also been a launchpad for South African up-and-coming talent such as Reason, Das Kapital, Jullian Gomes and Christian Tiger School who all played as they were establishing themselves in their career.

This year sees a plethora of talent return to the stage such as the aforementioned Sibot, Das Kapital and Christian Tiger School along with fresh line-up of trailblazing artists such as YFM bass-music siren, DJ Doowap, one of SA hip-hop’s fastest rising artists, Cassper Nyovest and SA house-music champions Crazy White Boy.

International artists on stage this year include prolific techno DJ-producer, Sian and Brazilian drum n bass legend, DJ Marky.

In a nod to the rise of electronic music from the underground to mainstream, 5FM’s DJ Fresh will be one of the headline acts, whose own work in helping build South African electronic music over the years has been invaluable to the scene.
You can find the full line-up for the Red Bull Studio LIVE stage here:
http://www.redbullstudios.com/capetown/articles/red-bull-studio-live-at-oppikoppi-2014-lineup
Image credits: Tyrone Bradley

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PRESENTED BY VIRGIN MOBILE SOUTH AFRICA. POWERED BY 5FM.

The Lumineers’ first-ever Cape Town show on Thursday 4 December 2014 has SOLD OUT in just one day after tickets went on sale.

Due to massive demand from Cape Town fans Virgin Mobile, 5FM and Seed Experiences have been working behind the scenes with the band to secure a second Cape Town show. They are excited to announce that The Lumineers will now perform a second concert at Cape Town’s iconic Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on Friday 5 December 2014.

Tickets for that show have just gone on sale via Webtickets: http://bit.ly/1nht1Dx. Fans are urged to get their tickets for this additional concert before they sell out too.

The Johannesburg leg of the tour on Saturday 6 December 2014 is also selling very fast and The Lumineers fans up north can secure their tickets here: http://bit.ly/1nhtkOP

Make sure you’re part of The Lumineers Live in South Africa and come sing along to chart-topping hits ‘Ho Hey’, ‘Stubborn Love’ and ‘Submarines’.

Presented by Virgin Mobile. Powered by 5FM. A Seed Experiences event.

#LumineersSA

The Lumineers tour details and tickets

Cape Town

4 December 2014 SOLD OUT

NOW ALSO ON

5 December 2014

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

18h00-22h00

Tickets: R465

Buy tickets here: http://bit.ly/1nht1Dx

Johannesburg

6 December 2014

Emmarentia Dam

12h00-18h00

Tickets: R465

Buy tickets here: http://bit.ly/1nhtkOP

Links

Seed Experiences

https://www.facebook.com/SeedExperiences

https://www.youtube.com/weareseed1

https://twitter.com/SeedExperiences

Instagram: @SeedExperiences

Virgin Mobile

http://www.virginmobile.co.za

https://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileSA

https://twitter.com/virginmobilesa

5FM

https://www.5FM.co.za

https://www.facebook.com/thepowerof5FM

https://twitter.com/5FM

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Local Hip Hop musician, businessman and prolific blogger Slikour drops his new single this Friday and it’s called Millionaire Shake. After taking a lengthy sabatical from his performance musical career, Slikour has returned not only inspired to continue telling stories through his music, but with a compulsion to champion support for South African artists. This drive has resulted in his partnership with Bozza Music to launch The 37618 Store – the first digital store to sell only South African music that can be accessed by any mobile phone device.

Slikour’s quintessential tongue-in-cheek approach evident in his previous releases comes to life again in Millionaire Shake. He descibes his new track as tackling current affairs in a fun way.

Thought-provoking as ever, Slikour’s inspiration for Millionaire Shake came from the perception that opulence is the new economic freedom. “I wanted to make fun of how society has adopted this perception and forgotten that people are in fact the most important resource to making a change here,” he says.

Millionaire Shake mahala for just 1 hour this Friday

Dropping this coming Friday, fans will have the opportunity to download Millionaire Shake for free for just 1 hour between 9pm and 10pm from Slikouronlife.co.za. After that, the new single is available for purchase from the pioneering new digital music store, the 37618 Store and also iTunes.

Slikour fans have been following his hugely successful lifestyle site Slikouronlife.co.za for up-to-the-minute music releases and breaking news stories within the industry since its launch just 6 months ago. Already attracting in excess of 52,000 fans and growing each month, Slikour’s idea for the 37618 Store was actually born from his own site.

It’s by an artist for the artists

“Since starting Slikouronlife, I’ve been inundated with talented artists submitting content because they don’t have a place to sell their music. The growth of hot local talent is literally off the charts but we desperately need more support for these artists and we have to find ways to get the music to the people,” he says.

Music chain store closures have partly resulted from a greater move to digital. But with less than 2% of South Africans using an iPhone and having access to iTunes, a massive majority of cell phone users aren’t currently being catered for when it comes to music.

37618 Store – named after the shortcode used on any mobile device with internet connection – is a music store that allows the user to purchase their favourite artist’s songs for R7,50. By simply texting the name of the song to 37618 users receive a download link to the song and within a few seconds they have it on their phone.

Fans can catch Slikour on SABC1’s Live Amp this coming Friday, July 25th to hear the brand new Millionaire Shake for the first time and to hear more from this dynamic artist and entrepreneur.
Follow Slikour on Twitter @Slikouron, Facebook.com/Slikour or visit www.Slikouronlife.co.za

For more on the 37618 digital music store visit www.37618.co.za

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Rising Australian artist/producer Flume will play three sold out nights this week at New York’s Terminal 5, starting tonight, July 16 and continuing through Friday. Flume is currently on a worldwide tour, including a string of sold out headlining dates in the U.S., celebrating the runaway success of his self-titled debut, out now on Mom + Pop Music.

In addition to the Terminal 5 dates, the tour includes stops at Lollapalooza, Forecastle, Reading & Leeds, Rock en Seine and Red Rocks Amphitheatre later this summer, as well as three sold out nights at Los Angeles’ Club Nokia August 8, 9 and 11. Please see below for full tour routing.

Flume recently released his re-work of Chet Faker’s “Gold,” a follow-up to the pair’s collaborative Lockjaw EP, out last year. Stream the re-work via Soundcloud here and purchase via iTunes here.

The deluxe edition of Flume, released in November of last year, includes a new mixtape—featuring Freddie Gibbs, Ghostface Killah, Autre Ne Veut, Killer Mike, Twin Shadow, How To Dress Well and more—in addition to the album’s hits including “Holdin’ On” and “Sleepless.” Flume has also recently attracted attention for his remixes of Disclosure’s “You & Me” and Lorde’s “Tennis Court,” which he debuted during a Coachella set that Huffington Post called “pretty amazing.”

Flume is 22-year-old Australian producer Harley Streten. After releasing his debut in Australia in November 2012 on tastemaker label Future Classic, Flume experienced wildfire success there, winning 2013’s triple j award for Australian Album of the Year and four ARIA Awards for Producer of the Year, Best Male, Breakthrough Artist and Best Dance Release. He has since gone on to sell out shows worldwide, including a U.K. tour with Disclosure and dates in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Berlin.

FLUME TOUR DATES

July 16 New York, NY Terminal 5

July 17 New York, NY Terminal 5

July 18 New York, NY Terminal 5

July 19 Toronto, ON Time Festival

July 20 Louisville, KY The Forecastle Festival

July 23 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

July 24 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

July 25 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer

July 26 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution – Mad Decent Block Party

July 27 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade – Mad Decent Block Party

July 29 Boston, MA Royale

July 30 Burlington, VT Higher Ground

August 1 Montreal, QC Osheaga

August 2 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall

August 5 Denver, CO Red Rocks

August 7 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl

August 8-10 Palm Springs, CA Splash House

August 8 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

August 8 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

August 11 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia

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18-year-old DJ Martin Garrix is the only Dutch artist to be nominated for a Video Music Award. The nomination is in the MTV Clubland category for his hit single, “Animals.” Competitors in the same bracket include Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Zedd ft. Hayley Williams, and DJ Snake & Lil Jon.

When asked about the nomination, Martin says, “WOW! This is totally crazy!”

Garrix, born Martijn Garritsen, shot to stardom in July 2013 with his breakthrough track. The song has been viewed nearly 300 million times on YouTube and has reached platinum sales status in America.

Since the success of ‘Animals’ Martin’s career has shot like a rocket, performing at clubs and festivals all around the world. This past April he played the prestigous Coachella Festival, made his Sensation debut earlier this month, and will be headlining the mainstage at Belgium’s Tomorrowland Festival next weekend.

A live broadcast will be streaming from the Forum in Ingelwood, California on Sunday August 24th.

The video can be seen here!

You can vote here:

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/mtv-clubland-award/

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Verve Records is set to release Geneviève Bellemare’s debut EP Live And Die on August 5. Bellemare collaborated over a 10-month period of time writing with well known producers Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney, Crowded House) and Tony Berg (Lucius, Nicklecreek). Listen to the premiere of the title track “Live And Die” via The Huffington Post HEREand Soundcloud HERE.

Berg said of working with Bellmare, “Geneviève approaches writing—and music, in general—from a uniquely spontaneous and soulful place. She has an unerring sense of what feels right for her, so collaborating is strangely (and often hilariously) devoid of indecision. She says ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and that confidence informs everything she does. It’s refreshing to meet someone whose melodic and lyrical instincts are so completely her own.” Froom says “I found Geneviève to have a distinctive point of view as an artist. As a singer, she has a depth of feeling that belies her age. Not exactly a soul singer, just absolutely real and soulful. As a writer of melodies and lyrics, she usually finds a unique melodic way into a song. In writing with her, I was constantly surprised with what she came up with (and how much I liked it!). All in all, everything I look for in a collaboration.”

The French Canadian born Bellemare has told the Eugene Weekly that she grew up with “church music all the time” until her older brother introduced her to the classic sounds of mid-seventies FM radio artists. She was also introduced to jazz by her mother and began to hunger for more. After settling in Oregon, at age seventeen Bellemare won a “Next Big Thing Eugene” contest and formed the band Voodoun Moi. Local music director, Brandon Lieberman at KBOO in Portland said of the band, “If I could have only called a broker to buy stock in Genevieve, I would have immediately grabbed all the shares I could!”

Bellemare moved to Los Angeles to work on new solo based material. She has said, “the writing process for nearly all of her songs is the same.” After going through drum loops with the producer, Bellemare says, “I go into the booth and I record a bunch of mumbles and shrieks…then I go back into the room with the producer and we pull out things we like.”

Live And Die EP Tracklist
1. Live And Die
2. Hiding Space
3. Riddle
4. The Way

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The BPM Festival DJs Sound Off + Super Early Bird 10-Day passes On Sale Today

The BPM Festival returns to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for its 8th annual edition on January 9-18, 2015. A limited release of Super Early Bird 10-Day passes go on sale today for $450 USD – Tuesday, July 15 at 5pm CDT / 6pm EDT – while supplies last! The 10-Day pass will grant expedited access to over 75 day & night parties. Don’t sleep on the ultimate non-stop, ten-day dance music festival on the Mayan Riviera.

Watch the new BPM Artist Video to hear what your favorite DJs have to say about spending 10 days in dance music paradise.

The BPM Festival official travel portal is powered by Orbitz.com to offer the absolute best prices for flights and hotels for traveling to Playa del Carmen, and will refund the difference for users who find a lower price. By booking through the festival, users can find the best, most direct flights available, see how far each hotel is from all the main festival venues, and utilize a travel portal help section that includes all the need-to-knows about traveling to Mexico. Book your hotels, condos, and flights here.

Sign up on the BPM mailing list and follow us on social media to receive the latest news about artist line-ups and label showcase announcements.

Super Early Bird 10-Day passes on sale today for special price $450 USD – Tuesday, July 15 at 5pm CDT / 6pm EDT at bpm.wantickets.com. Limited release, while supplies last!

For more info, go to www.thebpmfestival.com.

The BPM Festival
@thebpmfestival
@thebpmfestival

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We think you’re slick enough to join us in welcoming the hottest SA acts at the premium Shine Studios venue in Braamfontein this Saturday, 12 July – the new home of SkyRoomLive for 2014.

SkyRoomLive and Virgin Mobile kick off their fresh partnership with a top urban lineup: the legendary Mandoza, Moneoa, L-Tido, Vusi Nova and Riky Rick for the Urban Sessions Volume 3.0.

As SkyRoomLive has already proved its muscle, achieving over 2-million live and archived views over one year alone and with live views during performances reaching between 6,000 to 1,000,000 globally, you know that you can expect a high-caliber event with supreme talent picked from SA’s finest.

Bolstering the SkyRoomLive experience, guests can savour SA’s first single grain whisky, Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky whilst they enjoy the premium music experience.

By adding a twist to the familiar and combining the ultimate refreshment of beer with the delicious flavours of pressed lemon and crushed orange, chilled Flying Fish Premium Flavoured Beer will also be served.

So join us in the heart of Jozi’s CBD to experience the beats of SA’s top muso’s on a worldwide platform. Experience SkyRoomLive at www.SkyRoomLive.com or attend the Urban Sessions Volume 3.0 this Saturday at Shine Studios, 115 Smit Street, Braamfontein. Tickets available at www.SkyRoomLive.com, doors open at 17h00.

#VirginMobileSRL #UrbanSessions

Official links and social media tags:

SkyRoomLive

www.SkyRoomLive.com

https://www.facebook.com/SkyRoomLive

https://twitter.com/skyroomlive #SRL

http://instagram.com/skyroomlive

Virgin Mobile

http://www.virginmobile.co.za

https://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileSA

https://twitter.com/virginmobilesa

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So after much anticipation the wait for Naima McLean’s Ride Remix accompanying visuals where she features Reason is over, the video was dropped earlier this week. Watch the video and tell us what you think of it via comments section or via our social networks and make sure you go purchase the track on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ride-remix-single/id863221144

follow Naima on the following Channels for up to date info on her latest activity
Twitter: @NaimaMclean)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/naima.mclean
Instagram: @NaimaMclean

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Do you see yourself in the City of Lights? With Samsung Electronics South Africa consumers stand a chance to win the ultimate GALAXY experience – to watch Beyoncé and Jay Z live in Paris, France, as part of the dynamic duo’s ‘On The RUN’ tour.

The Samsung ‘GALAXY On The Run’ campaign will see five lucky winners enjoy an all-expenses paid trip to Paris. “Samsung is known for its partnerships with the biggest names in the music industry and it gives us great pleasure to be able to offer our customers this “money can’t buy” experience. We continually strive to shape initiatives that are creative, expressive and which enrich consumers’ lives, the ‘GALAXY On The Run’ promotion is the perfect example,” said Craige Fleischer, Director of Mobile Communications at Samsung Electronics SA.

The power couple, Jay Z and Beyoncé introduced their first joint tour by releasing a short film, similar to a movie trailer, with a bevy of explosions, high-speed chases, an all-star cast and a highly volatile romance at the center of it all. With more than 300 million records sold worldwide, Queen Bey and Hov, as they are popularly known, captivated the imagination of their fans with this teaser for their ‘ON the RUN’ tour.

Samsung offers participants a platform to run the GALAXY, by seeing these Grammy award artists on one stage. The lucky winners will receive an all-inclusive trip, including travel, 5* Star accommodation in Paris, exclusive front row seating and backstage passes at the concert, incredible goodie bags and stylish chauffeur service around the city.

How to enter

In order to stand a chance to win, consumers should purchase either a Samsung GALAXY Trend Plus or GALAXY Fame Lite, retailing at R1999 and R999 respectively, at participating retailers before 29th August and SMS OTR, followed by their full name, and IMEI number* to 48432.

The ‘GALAXY On The Run’ competition opens on the 30 June and will close at midday on the 29 August and the winners will be randomly drawn from all valid entries and announced on 29 August 2014.

“Technology is unifying music lovers and Samsung is proud to offer this opportunity that would certainly be a once in a lifetime experience for all those who are chosen,” concludes Fleischer.

Competition terms and conditions apply:

http://www.samsung.com/za/promotions/galaxyontherun/

http://m.samsung.com/za/promotions/galaxyontherun/

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