What do you do to psych yourself up before a gig? Any rituals?
I generally go through my music at home. If there is enough time before the show, I'll fire up the turntables and have a mix. A good home-cooked dinner does wonders too.
It's always fun and amazing being on the road abroad; there's always something new and exciting about to happen. One of my favourite moments was being in Stockholm for a show with SFR in 2008, our set time was 12-2am. It was still light outside right before we came on and when we finished our set at 2am, the sun was rising again. Apparently the only two hours of night, was during our set!
Thank you. I was not even aware of the poll. I'm glad and humbled that people voted for me. It doesn't really change much though, I'll keep doing what I love doing.
This is one of those things that you need to hear or experience for yourself to make sense. It's hard to explain, like the appeal of a catchy hook in a pop song. The best way I could explain it is on the dance floor...
It's helped create a taste for hip hop, funk, R&B and old school disco. Those were the genres that I was most exposed to whilst growing up. Those influences are quite evident in a lot of what I do today.
Radio in SA has improved greatly over the last few years, but it still has some way to go. I'm happy that stations like 5fm have started to take more interest in other forms of electronic music. Public demand has been there for a while, and now they are catching up.
It's a name I had from my younger days in graffiti. When I made the switch to music, it just stuck. There is quite some significance, but if I tell you...
Over the last few years, It Came From The Jungle has become a weekly home to much of Cape Town's night owls, both friends and strangers alike. When Fiction closed for renovations last year, it felt like there was something missing on Thursday nights. I bumped into scores of people asking me when "ICFTJ" was coming back and letting me know how much they miss it. It just became the natural next step to bring it back.
Yeah, he's the mischievous me. Something no one would've guessed... I don't like peanut butter.
An ape... OK, a monkey. I can act a fool and it'll be ok.
I still don't quite know. I enjoy playing music and somehow that's landed me here, with you. I think everything I've done so far has played a part in it, from the smallest backroom show, to my time at UCT Radio, to my Fiction residency, to the larger festival shows. It all plays a role.
Stay true to the person you are and your ideals. There's too much fake out there...
In the immediate future is my next European tour and more studio work with SFR.