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BLK JKS, Whelans 20th August, Guestlist Spots Available

  • 13-08-2008 8:54am
    #1
    Danny
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    Foggy Notions & Choice Cuts present

    BLK JKS
    & special guests DJs:
    DJ SCOPE & DAVID KITT

    Whelan's, Dublin, Wed August 20th, 8pm
    Admission €15

    Tix: http://www.tickets.ie, Ticketmaster, WAV [lo-call 1890 200 078], City Discs & Road Records

    I Have a limited number of available spots for the guestlist so send your name to alex@choicecuts.ie and you could be in for a great night

    They will also be playing:
    Roisin Dubh
    Dominick Street,Galway
    Doors 9pm

    Tuesday August 19th www.roisindubh.net
    Admission €16/14

    "Leftfield dub-rock powered by an unmistakable heart of voodoo" – The Observer

    Two of Ireland's leading independent promoters have teamed up for the first time ever to present you something very special. BLK JKS (pronounced Black Jacks) from Johannesburg, South Africa, are arguably the most exciting new twist in the ever-evolving world of African music. Drawing on traditional African elements, art-rock, dub and funk, BLK JKS represents the sound of post-apartheid South Africa – a sound that resonates from their homeland townships to Diplo DJ sets to the pages of hipster magazines like Dazed & Confused and Fader. In fact, Fader magazine are so in love with BLK JKS they put them on the cover and sparred them with Malawi superstar-in-the-making Esa Mwamwaya on their limited edition Southern Comfort seven inch series.

    "BLK JKS cast a dub-fuelled psychedelic Afro-blues spell that connects music freedom fighters worldwide" – Dazed & Confused

    Childhood friends Linda and Mpumi grew up on the same block in Johannesburg's East Rand, where they taught themselves guitar. Forming a band in 2000, early BLK JKS shows and recordings were remarkable for their stacks of guitar drone and head nodding beats, but it was with the addition of bassist Molefi and drummer Tshepang—both of Soweto—that BLK JKS began work with a fresh approach and plunged into its current universe of sound.

    "Rock was always seen as a white thing, the music of the enemy,' says guitarist Mpumi Mcata. 'When we started, we encountered a lot of hostility. Soon, though, people realised that what we were making was far more in tune with what's going on in South Africa now than any of the pop music playing on the radio."

    The November 2007 release of the Lakeside vinyl-only 10in marks the band's international debut with a limited edition of 500 selling at some of the world's best record shops. The Mystery EP that resulted is available now as a vinyl/digital release.

    "Listening to BLK JKS is kind of like taking a slow cruise through Jozi with your windows rolled down. Afro-jazz riffs segue into tribal rhythms, which swagger through street-level sociology before exploding into hardcore bursts of noise, kwaai kwaito beats and addictive rock hooks. It's not funk rock. It's not punk rock. It's not indie rock. It's just music, and it'll infect your mind if you let it" - Miles Keylock Between Rock And The Rainbow Nation

    http://www.myspace.com/blkjks
    http://blkjks.blogspot.com
    http://www.choicecuts.com
    Press Released By Alex Hutchinson 11/07/2008

    for more media information pls contact - mark@choicecuts.ie or alex@choicecuts.ie


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