I know this has been out a while, and has done the rounds of nightclubs and remixes around the world, but since I haven’t updated my blog in so long, and we’re now in South Africa, I thought I’d post a ditty from DJ Mujava:
Township Funk by DJ Mujava (Spotify link)
One of the nice things about living in another part of the world is being exposed to music that you’d otherwise never have the opportunity to hear.
Spoek Mathambo is my latest discovery: a post-Kwaito/electro-dub artist from South Africa who now lives in Malmö, Sweden (where I used to live).
I like how he blends the sounds of South Africa with the deep, dark bass of European dubstep. He calls the sound “Township Tech”.
If you have Spotify, you can check out his debut album, Mshini Wam here.
A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons was released on the 12th February. It shows that many countries are in denial about the issue, and that without better information sharing there will be little success in fighting it.
Worldwide, almost 20% of all trafficking victims are children. However, in some parts of Africa and the Mekong region, children are the majority (up to 100% in parts of West Africa).
(photo © Mitchell Kanashkevich)
“But at the moment we make money principally from touring. Which is hard for me to reconcile because I don’t like all the energy consumption, the travel. It’s an ecological disaster, traveling, touring…We did one of those carbon footprint things recently where they assessed the last period of touring we did and tried to work out where the biggest problems were. And it was obviously everybody traveling to the shows.” read more
~ Wired via Jason
I ended up getting interviewed briefly by a Swedish Newspaper yesterday lunchtime. This morning, when Christopher’s paper came through the door, there I was.
Here’s a sketchy translation for you non-swedish speakers:
How much would you pay to download a song off the internet?
About 3 kronor (just over 30p)Do you download music?
Yes, I recently downloaded the new Radiohead album for £2
For those of you who think I’m a skinflint for paying so little, I assure you that they received more from me this way than they would if they were signed to a big record label.
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