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Christian Tiger School + Bilal + World’s Fair | “Spanish Robin Williams”.

Nash Mariah — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:21:39 +0000

Cape Town’s very own, Christian Tiger School just upped the ante by releasing a collab with Bilal and World’s Fair which they did for Player Xchange. I’ve been waiting a while to hear what would happen when these guys added a vocalist to their sound and I have to say, it was definitely worth the wait. Hear it below.

Event: Untamed Youth x Crazy White Bitches | ‘Spring Break’.

Nash Mariah — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:01:57 +0000

I remember a time when going out during the week was a given. When partying on Tuesday’s until 3 the next morning was not only acceptable, it was expected. Joining the working world changed all of that for me, but this Tuesday I’m throwing caution to the wind, reliving my youth and partying like I’m unemployed – and you should too. Crazy White Bitches have teamed up with Cape Town’s favourite mid-week student night and it’s shaping up to be a party that you really don’t want to miss, promising hot girls, bikinis, fake tans and other Spring Break-related paraphernalia. Besides hosting the party, CWB will also be performing alongside Christian Tiger School, Top Decks, Southern Suburbs and Mudblud. Unitl then, you can brush up on your CWB knowledge by listening to one of my recent shows on 2oceansvibe Radio which featured Isa and Fani, to prove (if you weren’t already convinced) that this will be well worth the hangover.

For more info go here.

Podcast: TRMS x Christian Tiger School | 2ovfm | 22.08.2013

Nash Mariah — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:08:45 +0000

Each week I host my own radio show with Jana Babez on 2oceansvibe, and following that show I post a podcast for those of you who were unable to listen in. And for those of you who did listen in – thank you! This is what went down last week:

Last week’s guests were none other than Sebastiano Zanasi and Luc Vermeer of Christian Tiger School, who are back from Oppikoppi and were recently featured on Cool Hunting. Besides filling us in on all the happenings in their lives they also got to share the songs that they’re currently listening to at the moment, and this is what they chose:

Luc’s playlist:

Seb’s playlist:

And these were my choices on behalf of TRMB:

To end off every show, Jana Babez lets us know what she’s been listening to, and we call this segment “Babez Beat”:

Event: Wrestlemania

Nash Mariah — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:48:38 +0000

The truth is, I initially didn’t pay much attention to this event when I first saw it pop up on Facebook. I’m not that into wrestling and wasn’t that interested in spending a night watching 2 guys go at it (obviously I recognise the humour in that). However, I later found out there will in fact be no actual (planned) wrestling and that it is instead about showcasing Nicolaas Van Reenen’s (Bateleur) new side project. You can only imagine my embarrassment. The night will be hosted at Liquid, which promises to be unimaginably seedy, and prolonged. Slabofmisuse is also DJing, and if one side project performance wasn’t enough for you, you can also expect performances by Desert Head (Christian Tiger School), Jacobsnake (Voice Tag/B-team), OX ++ (Beatenberg) and my personal favourite, Gateway Drugs (Beach Party), who recently released a truly amazing debut album, which you can download here, and listen to below.

For the event page, go here.

Playlist: Christian Tiger School

Nash Mariah — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:38 +0000

It’s been a while since I featured a South African artist on TRMB and who better to end that proverbial local drought with than one of the most exciting acts in Cape Town at the moment – Christian Tiger School. Chances are, if there’s a cool party happening in town they’re playing at it and that’s probably why everyone you know and their mother is going to it in the first place. The duo is comprised of Luc Veermeer and Sebastian Zanasi, who I got to interview for Assembly’s website recently, and here’s a taste of what went down:

How’d you come up with the name?

“It was thought of on the spot randomly. We just threw random words around until we came up with something, until Christian Tiger School was born.”

You opened for Little Dragon recently, which was pretty great. Who would you like to open for next?

Seb: “It was an incredible experience, I’ve really enjoyed them for the past few years so yeah it was great. As far as dreaming goes, opening for Nicolas Jaar, Gold Panda, Teebs, Slow Magic or James Blake would be amazing.”

What’s in store for the future of CTS?

Luc: “We’re working on doing a smaller EP for the future that’ll hopefully at least have one singer and one MC, that’s the main goal I guess, to try and collaborate with some people we really enjoy.”

To read the rest of the interview you can head over to Assembly’s website, here, and if reading an interview isn’t a good enough way for you to get to know an artist better, how about listening to their 10 favourite songs at the moment?

Seb’s Playlist:

1. “A friend recently put me on to this. He said he was going to play it for his baby when its in the womb, a great analogy for all the music that Lemon Jelly did.”

2. “A lot more down tempo than LD’s usual stuff and melodically beautiful.”

3. “Too much great.”

4. “The master of solo jazz guitar off the incredible album ‘Virtuoso'”

5. “The Lo-fi beatsmith. Super forward thinking producer and bad speller. The guitar sample in this is crazy.”

Luc’s Playlist:

1. “Blu and Flylo what more could you want.”

2. “Goodest goody.”

3. “One of the best musicians ever.”

4. “Killer Duo, good beats good rhymes straight up NY music.”

Oh, and in case you missed it, here’s CTS’s amazing debut album, Third Floor.

Competition: YOH! 2

Nash Mariah — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:21:44 +0000

After the success of their first party Frankly, my deary and BOK are back for another installment of YOH. This time around we will be treated to a screening of Spike Lee’s, Do The Right Thing (1989) at 19.30, which will be followed by performances by Frankly, my deary, Rafi, Young Supreme and Christian Tiger School.

If that isn’t enough to get you excited we’re also going to be giving ONE lucky person guestlist for themselves and TWO of their friends. To enter, all you have to do is:

1. Like TRMB on Facebook (here).

2. Like YOH on Facebook (here).

3. Make a status on Facebook about something that makes you say “YOH”, tagging both pages.

SIMPLE!

Winners will be announced on Friday.

For the event page go here.