alex van heerden, pinkfield$, dandyesque, paul miller, magnus johansson
Influences
andreas tilliander, vladislav delay, håkan lidbo, lee konitz(quiet, fluid, thoughtful, yet intense), jan johansson, hermeto pascoal, winston mankunku, steve reich, hilton schilder. and any kind of contemporary silence; impact is not about being loud.
Sounds Like
none, and all, of the above.
alex van heerden, 1974-11-23 – 2009-01-07
coming up!
nefertiti released october 4th 2008 check out at: cirque.mavo
smallfunk music is a publishing and label created by keyboardist magnus johansson, based in stockholm with a satellite around cape town. the bulk of the music is composed by alex van heerden, well known trumpet player and singer on the jazz and ethnic music circuit of south africa. he has during the last few years melted these influences together with the sounds of european/scandinavian minimal electronic styles of house and techno, resulting in some exciting and truly original blends of rural/urban club music.
.: the sad news is, there will be no more blending from alex' side. he died tragically in a car crash in january of this year, deeply missed by family and friends. a unique voice is silenced, a rare personality is gone. but if you listen carefully you'll catch his vibrations gazing the stars :.
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smallfunk projects are; nefertiti - insect jazz, bushtech - minimal rural techno, afrodisiac - music of secret plants, hemisfär(hemisphere) - electronic karoo anthems in afrikaans, pink field$ - dark erotic and fragile; alex with kate ehrhardt(see myspace.com/smallevilpop), dandyesque - alex van heerden in the psychedelic dub-room, tales of droëland - more wasteland beauty; AvH with paul miller.
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"The line between the hemispheres, an infinitely unmeasurable area fluctuating constantly, disappearing and reappearing with new values and new mysteries.
A line which simultaneously points to the past and the future without acknowledging any paradox.
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As civilizations, cultures, thoughts and truths rise and fall, the line curves, slopes and dances.
Smallfunk rides this wave, a brain-wave, a sound-wave, a frequency which is the sum-total of our lives, extending in all directions."
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Hello all, this will be our final release of 2009, and a great way to end the year... Pinklogik asked 10 artists and friends to remix her entire "Learning To Trust Higher Frequencies" album and what an eclectic and stunningly produced work this is. Each track has its own feel, thanks to the diverse range of artists involved in the project. A shimmering journey through ambient colours, broken beats, sweet melodies, a little bit of quantum physics, and is one hell of a trip.... Out now for free download!
Also from S27...
[S27-030] MIN-Y-LLAN : Dark Days (Downtempo, Ambient)
We are fast approaching the last days of 2009, so what better way to celebrate than this release from Welshman "Min-Y-Llan" who offers us this collection of atmospheric ambient pieces, the melodies within are dark and cavernous, being the perfect listening for the walk home on a frozen winters evening. Each track has a very melancholic feel as if looking towards a future that isn't as bright as we hope for, but nevertheless are powerless to escape. Free download!
These releases can be listened to and downloaded at: http://section27netlabel.blogspot.com
We are glad to announce the launch of the new Otaku Magazine issue, which has the theme “THE END OF THE WORLD” and encompasses various themes, from Godzilla and Gundam, to otaku survival methods. (more info: otakumag.com)
I wish I had the beans to afford a CD by Alex and in particular this one which he calls insect jazz. His originality was a part of him as he pushed the boundaries in Trad. SA. music. Any new about Gramadoelas ?
We welcome our new artist Bombilla with his funky tech-House style. His first release with us will be out on 12th november 2009 available @ www.beatport.com
We invite you to have a listen to the 4track release " ich tanze also bin ich " on our myspace-player @ www.myspace.com/leichtklang
Almost Tomorrow is the third full length collaboration album from Section 27 Netlabel founders Tam Ferrans and Andrew Paterson, under their Nonima & theAudiologist guise. This time around the sound is more melodic, and has a definite feeling of a complete and more mature sound than heard on the previous LP's "Dystopian Battle Hymns" and "Ceremony After Amputation". If you are familiar with their individual projects you may even be in for a slight surprise, as the tracks are not as beat driven like before, but are more atmospheric and sound, well... "bigger". In its 75 minutes, Almost Tomorrow takes you on a trip from the digital rain-soaked cavernous scraping in "Thoughtograph", the ethereal beat jittering of "The Colour of Rain", intercepted transmissions from unknown places in "Com-Intercept", "Ganzfeld"s huge yet strangely insect-like beats until everything you knew comes crashing around you in "Almost Tomorrow". Burning pianos, glitched out soundscapes and intricately programmed beatplay, this may well be their best work to date. Consider it the soundtrack to a rainy overcastday, but with just that glimmer of sunshine peeking from the clouds. "Almost Tomorrow" wears its heart on its sleeve.
The launch of the first in history man-made sputnik was held on 4th October 1957. This day is considered to be the beginning of the mankind space era. The first man-made sputnik was placed into orbit by a rocket vehicle from Baikonur spaceport. A radio beacon was installed on a board of sputnik for monitoring the flight and carrying out an investigation.
out now on cd only a new track by JUNKDNA in annual tel aviv dancefloor 2009 luke tolosan - leiden - junkdna & goblin rmx , incl tracks by: guy j, audio junkeis and many more
and also new in beatport JUNKDNA & GOBLIN - LIKE LIFE EP
with the Subject Belgium vinyl release of Trish van Eynde we found it more appropriate to get " DJ BONE " to Der Machine in leuven, to let everybody cellebrate this with Trish herself.
This is the first Technology event and is a new underground Techno concept in Leuven, evry 3th friday of the moth, starting Oktober 16 @ DER MACHINE, leuven, Belgium with Dj Bone...
Very rare event with 3 turntables and skillfull Djs !!
with underground parking space near. super handy!! Naamsestraat 34, Leuven Belgium
