Fat Chinese Boi along with Team Uncool launch their new party prototype Chop Down The Woods on Saturday at The Woods. The party features a well curated line-up that includes Shuffleshame, Orlando Doom (Cape Town) and Musical Chairs. Girls get in free before 10pm, but otherwise its a mere R20 to get you in. You can trawl through their blog to find mixes from the DJs, which is awesome if you want to get an exact idea of what you can expect.
Aside from that, all the DJs also have some mini-teasers up:
ORLANDO DOOM (baselinestudio/ TigerStrike/ Cape Town) teaser mix (Zshare) (MediaFire)
SHUFFLESHAME teaser mix (Zshare) (MediaFire)
MUSICAL CHAIRS (!DIRTY!DIRTY! residents) teaser mix (Zshare) (MediaFire)
The same though, can not be said for the VICE Magazine launch (a joint party with relatively unknows Noir). First off it does NOT feature New Young Pony Club the band as word of mouth has been relaying, but a DJ set by the keyboardist. This is probably due to a bad choice of typography, that at a quick glance, indeed suggests so to the average punter that doesn't take a closer look at the flyer. Its a bit confusing on there, surely they should have rather stated something like "Lou Hayter (New Young Pony Club) - DJ Set". Shame on you promoters! Are you trying to trick us!? Being quite discerning we also find it rather disconcerting that there are no mixes of hers available to download anywhere online. Is it a case of hype more than skill or taste in selection 'cause she plays in a famous band? If you are paying R100-R120 you might want to check out the rest of the line-up to convince you spending your hard earned cash. Having said that, the latest addition is Yesterday's Pupil, who might be the drawing card, since the others, aside from dear Casioheart, are all new to us. Next Of Kin have no pages up to sample, while Dirty Herz, to be frank, sound even worse than the new Prodigy album with some truly bland production.
***VICE is launching in Cape Town tonight by the way, with a line-up that includes Lou Hayter (New Young Pony Club) supported by Inge Beckmann (Lark), Ashtray Electric, Haezer, Lapse and Ree-Burth (Soweto Rock). Unfortuntaly entry was by registration only and its sold out with capacity reached.***
Then again, we might just end up at our home away from home, Kitchener's, who are hosting an unofficial pre-party to the VICE launch. They are just around the corner from the Alex in Braamfontein (cnr. of Juta and De Beer). At least there's always something new going down there.
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