We are influenced pretty much by anything that we take a passing fancy to and grab a hold of....Honeyb, Roach and Fletcher, as well as that Blunted Stuntman and our older wiser housemate...Poppa Farrel form the base of our core teaching faculty...us being pretty much the eager students..
Listening to our stuff it's pretty easy I think to see where we've been influenced from.
We're basically 3 people out of Cape Town that make electronic music, with a bunch of other musicians who we kind of stick on to our hopefully expanding and forward rolling musical ball with copious amounts of blue tack..
If you wanna link or hear some more stuff you can get hold of us at:
Kev's Email (also a good bet): kevin@mixnblend.com
Mix n Blend's Debut Album
African Dope Records presents "Look Mom, No Hands."
'Look Mom, No Hands', the debut album by Mix n Blend is being released in October, 2009 on African Dope Records.
The Republic of South Africa - where it takes a lot to satisfy everybody, and even more to satisfy a handful of people and where the hard and fast rule in music is to try one’s level best to slide seamlessly through influences, genres, tastes, preferences or whatever else makes people sit up and take notice these days. This is the approach taken by Cape Town's fast-rising live DJ-trio Mix n Blend.
Experts in the art of "feeling" a crowd out, these three young Capetonian lads with an ear for a bassline and a funky beat have been busy honing their skills rocking residencies at top Cape Town clubs, with the likes of Fiction, Orchard Bank, Royale, Caprice, Jo'burg Bar and Die Mystic Boer over in Stellenbosch.
In between dropping sonic sets at places like The Assembly, Mercury Live, Zula Sound Bar, Gin, Baraza and well, you get the idea; the list goes on, longer than your arm and that of the guy selling plastic bags at the intersection combined with that of a Sasquatch (including the fluffy white hair).
Speaking festivals and the Oppikoppi massive was the first to taste the Mix n Blend live set, Rocking the Daisies followed suite, and of course, these premier SA music festivals have invited the boy’s right back time and time again. (Must be something in the music?)
So why is it that people all around the nation want to book these guys for DJ sets, live gigs, interviews, mix ups, mash ups, mastering sessions, production credits, collabs, cups of tea and genuine good times?
Why is it that Boom Monk Ben from Solid Steel Records UK has included numerous Mix n Blend tunes in his now famous Solid Steel Mixes? Why have they played at every premier SA music festival and in every club worth sneezing at? While we’re pondering these mysteries, how did they ever manage to play alongside such international pioneers in live electro as Q Bert, Freq Nasty, Krafty Kuts and Markus Intalex!
That’s what happens when you put a bunch of dedicated sonic artisans in a small room for a weekend. Professional to the dotted T and the “crossed eye”. That's Mix n Blend.
We're almost done with our album, clips of which kevin is busily slicing up with the precision of an old and learned Japanese Sword Master....
Hi i got some new tracks up on my page incl a cheeky remix of McGuyver,
Fidget remix coming up on Flexual Rec's & a remix of B Rich-Makes
you wanna.Check em out
big up from france for da eclectic wizes! what do you think of a colab, could you be interested that i remix one of your track for example? have a nice and banging day!!
Global Soundtracks featuring Mix n Blend nominated in the Podcast Awards !! Vote once a day in the Cultural and Arts section - http://www.podcastawards.com/
Hey Were all excited for the launch of Global Soundtracks first podcast which will be available from Monday 1st June and is featuring you! So would be great if you checked it out and told us what you thought. all you need to know you can find on www.globalsoundtracks.com Hopefully see you soon cheers xxxxxxxxxxxx
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