http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/index/ African Dope Records en bakaman@africandope.co.za Copyright 2010 2010-07-14T09:35:01+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/new_dope_kit_in_the_new_dope_store/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/new_dope_kit_in_the_new_dope_store/#When:09:35:01Z Pull into the new African Dope Online Shop and check out our new African Dope Soundsystem Hoodies and T-Shirts!! Along with the most plentiful serving of the Dopest music your ears could ever wish to be lathered by. News 2010-07-14T09:35:01+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/zoo_city_soundtrack_compiled_in_ape_town/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/zoo_city_soundtrack_compiled_in_ape_town/#When:10:48:00Z Honey B has teamed up with esteemed South African novelist Lauren Beukes once again to create the soundtrack for Lauren’s latest and craziest offering, “Zoo City”. This follows the international success of their first novel / soundtrack collaboration on the book “Moxyland”. The fact that Lauren has chosen to collaborate with African Dope on her two latest projects speaks to the left-field, adventurous and unshackled nature of her writing. Check out the Zoo City soundtrack in our freshly upgraded online Dope Store, and get the novel by clicking this link. News 2010-07-01T10:48:00+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/mix_n_blend_and_mini_and_more_majorly_massive_mahala_downloads/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/mix_n_blend_and_mini_and_more_majorly_massive_mahala_downloads/#When:11:06:00Z African Dope has teamed up with Mini once again.. this time in Germany! Mix n Blend are featured on MiniSpace, in a mix by Marius Müller-Westernhagen. The first 2010 (not purely coincidence) users will be able to download Maruis’s selection of his favourite South African tracks. Follow this link to check it out! News 2010-06-21T11:06:00+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/shipping_the_dopeness_to_korea/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/shipping_the_dopeness_to_korea/#When:11:04:00Z African Dope is now on sale in Asia! At long last we’ve made a deal with Feel Music, a renowned independent label/distributor based in Seoul, Korea. All the Dopeness that we’ve released during our 10 years in business are being distributed by Feel Music in a deal encompassing digital distribution to all major and indie Korean online and mobile stores, sync licensing and sub-publishing for the Korean territory. Click below to find out how to spell ‘Mix n Blend - Look Mom No Hands’ in Korean!! Melon MNET This deal comes after we met Feel Music at Midem 2010, following a long search for the right partner in Korea. Says Roach – “We are delighted to finally have some action in the Far East, and with such a cool partner as Feel Music. Korea is a really interesting market – almost completely digital with high levels of legal consumption [of music, of course], an open-minded population and a vibrant local industry”. We be a movin’ on up… to the Far East side. News 2010-06-07T11:04:00+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/dopeness_at_the_grahastown_festival_sound_kiln_ii/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/dopeness_at_the_grahastown_festival_sound_kiln_ii/#When:09:48:00Z The country is slipping into a festival frame of mind at a dizzying pace as the World Cup rears its bitter-sweet head. As much as we are all looking forward to the feast of football that awaits us, having a soccer ball bounce across the screen during a TV ad for cheap blankets is a sight that few of us will miss once this sincerely glorious month has passed us by. As such, African Dope has no intention of including any soccer balls or football references in the branding of our second visit to the Sound Kiln at 3 Chimneys Farm during this year’s Grahamstown Arts Festival. (Thurdsday 24th - Sunday 27th June) Yes, the party at which the steady breakdown of DJ’s and MC’s physical and mental health was documented on film last year is back for another three nights of electronic eye-gouging! Nothing soccer-ish about that is there? Acts playing at Sound Kiln include: Fletcher, Mix n Blend, Sibot, Spekta, Jam Jar, Biorythm, The Skragg and many, many more over the three nights! Check out the event page on Facebook to get the run down and the directions. You can buy your tickets now from Computicket (They go from R80 for one day to R240 for the full three days). If you’re not around there during the time.. then Get There! Peace to ya, African Dope News 2010-06-03T09:48:00+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/the_windies_are_all_doped_out/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/the_windies_are_all_doped_out/#When:09:06:00Z This speaks for itself: From: Steven Segerman Subject: African Dope Duo Fail To Stop Windies Getting Krushed And Sorted By Proteas A career-best spell from Ryan McLaren bowled South Africa to a 13-run victory in the first of two Twenty20 Internationals against the West Indies on Wednesday. This despite the best efforts of the legendary Cape Town indie music duo, Fletcher and Roach, whose combined efforts were not sufficient to stop the Proteas grabbing a victory in the first of the Twenty20 internationals against the Caribbean criketers. Windies Wicketkeeper Fletcher was responsible for 4 dismissals, and bowler Roach took two wickets. The African Dope duo then combined to get rid of the dangerous Proteas player Johan Botha - the scorecard reads: J Botha - Caught Fletcher Bowled Roach - 0 -------------------- Segerman www.SugarMusic.co.za www.Mabuvinyl.co.za News 2010-05-20T09:06:00+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/new_mix_n_blend_ep/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/new_mix_n_blend_ep/#When:09:29:01Z African Dope’s latest offering “Mix n Blend - Look Mom No Hands Remixes Volume 1” is available in the Dope Shop and online stores as of right now. It’s a 4 track EP of collaborations with the bee’s knees of the South African electronic scene coming together to produce some bass-bin inspired remixes of tracks off of the original double-SAMA nominated debut album ‘Look Mom No Hands’ (also in online stores). The aforementioned knees of the bee are: Fletcher (co-founder of African Dope) Liver (electronic entrepreneur) Hyphen & SFR (at the heart and soul of local Drum n Bass and Dubstep) Bioscope (Twelv and Richard the Third, a brotherly team of electronic experimenters) Track 1 - Full Ahead (Fletcher’s Ragga Remix) Track 2 - Outta Town (Hyphen & SFR’s Dubstep Remix) Track 3 - Shall We Swing (Liver’s Electro Remix) Track 4 - Sik Wid It (Bioscope’s Glitch/Dubstep Remix) You can get ‘Look Mom No Hands Remixes Volume 1’ alone for R40 (aka 40 bones), or the remixes together with the SAMA nominated goodness ‘Look Mom No Hands’ for a discounted R130 (Excluding Postage). All of this available from our nifty online Dope Shop or from your own favourite online shop spot. Enjoy! News 2010-05-10T09:29:01+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/decade_of_dopeness_t_shirts/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/decade_of_dopeness_t_shirts/#When:10:21:01Z We’re kicking off our celebrations of staying afloat in this dirty, filthy music business for ten years with a limited edition ‘Decade of Dopeness’ T-Shirt. 26 of the 50 we are going to make have been sold in an exclusive offer to our mailing list… And we are NOT making any more than 50. So chill at your will. If you want one, all you have to do is write an email to: bakaman@africandope.co.za I’ll let you know how to get the goods to your door.. or post office. (And if you want in on more exclusive and soooooooo cool offers, follow the below link to join the Dope mailing list) JOIN THE DOPE MAILING LIST REMEMBER! First decades don’t come around twice, they are highly elusive enigmas… And there are only 24 shirts left. Nuff said. News 2010-04-30T10:21:01+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/new_dope_looks_fresh/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/new_dope_looks_fresh/#When:14:35:00Z We have finally completed our move from our old premises! Life is sure enough good with carpets under our feet and an air-conditioner gently flowing its goodness upon us all. Except Roach. If you’ve been trying to get in touch on our old number, we apologize (on behalf of our national telecommunications provider) that it has not been redirecting to our new number or leaving a message… In any case, here are our new details: 15 Glynville Terrace, Gardens, Cape Town is where we reside now. Our postal address is still the same: PO BOX: 15681, Vlaeberg, 8018, Cape Town, South Africa Our new phone number is 087 465 3013 (+2787 465 3013) News 2010-03-24T14:35:00+00:00 http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/nomination_exclamation/ http://www.africandope.co.za/index.php/site/nomination_exclamation/#When:12:49:00Z African Dope Records and the South African Music Awards have crossed paths once before. That being the one sweet day when Roach lifted the Best Dance Album of the Year for African Dope Volume 1. What a moment, what a smile:) In the 9 years since then, we’ve given up sending in nominations to the SAMA’s in the same way that we’ve given up trying to convince radio stations to play a variety of local music. This year, it being our 10 years anniversary n all, we tried something new. We filled in the forms, paid the application money, crossed the fingers, waited for months with breath un-baited, and tie me down, Mix n Blend has been nominated in not one, but 2 categories! (Best Producer and Best Alternative English) So, for you mathematicians out there, that means that we’ve been nominated every single time we’ve applied, and won one… so far. He he he;) Slap me silly and call me Susanna, someone out there still knows quality when they hear it. Congratulations to Mix n Blend, and good luck for the swish awards ceremony. Leave the slops and boardshorts at home. If you want to find out what all the hullaballoo is about, listen, download, or buy the original ‘Mix n Blend - Look Mom No Hands’ from our Dope Shop. News 2010-03-05T12:49:00+00:00