Jarring Effects presents CT Beats
France gets doped with Cape Town beats
It all started with the SiPHon cultural exchange project in 2002, which saw Waddy Jones and Sibot (then from The Constructus Corporation) collaborate on with Chris Dragongaz from French drum n bass crew Interlope. Some gigs in Paris followed, organised by the Jarring Effects crew. One of these became the Real Estate Agents’ “Pizzas (Live In Paris)” release. Chris spent some months in South Africa and contributed a track to Waddy’s Watkin Tudor Jones “The Fantastic Kill” project, produced by Sibot.
Then African Dope’s Roach met the gents from Jarring Effects at Midem 2007 and discussed the many ways to build bridges between cutting edge French and Cape Town music, and the Dope and Jarring Effects families.
And here’s the first fruit of that relationship:
A 3xCD package entitles “Jarring Effects presents Cape Town Beats”.
The pack, released in November 2007, includes:
- Sibot’s “In With The Old” album
- MC Totally Rad & DJ Fuck are Fuck’n’Rad album
- Jarring Effects presents Cape Town Beats Vol 1 compilation
For full details (in French) click here
The compilation includes tracks from African Dope, Pioneer Unit’s “Planetary Assault” compilation, plus tracks from Tone Def Junkies, Tykoon Suit and more. The Fuck’n’rad some might recall in it’s previous incarnation as “The Fantastic Kill” sans “Bang on the Drum”, rebranded and repackaged for Francophone consumption.
Sibot & Spoek Mathambo will also be touring France in November 2007 in support of the album release.
The deal also includes supply of all African Dope, sShadoworkss and Pioneer unit CDs from innovative French independent collective / online CD shop CD1D.com .
Altogether, it’s a great thing for Cape Town ‘underground’ music, and huge props to Jarring Effects collective for opening the door.
