WELL DONE DIEL FOR WINNING THE COMP!

So now that there are 8888 of you who seem to “like” us on facebook we decided to run a small competition and reward one of you. We were lucky enough to meet Deadmau5 when he came to South Africa and we got his latest album signed. So rather than keep it for oursleves we’re going to give it to one of you lucky fans with some awesome goodies from Olmeca Tequila.

Prize

• Signed Deadmau5 4×4=12 album
• Bottle of Olmeca Tequila
• Dont Party golden ticket [Free entrance to all Dont Party events for you and a friend for life]

How to enter

• Comment below

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• Spread the word as best you can

Synergy Live 2011

The line-up this year is nothing short of amazing!

MAIN STAGE:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (USA)
Saintfearless
Fox Comet
Holiday Murray
Sabretooth
Taxi Violence
Ashtray Electric
Goodluck
Zebra & Giraffe
7th Son
aKing
Desmond and the tutus
Crash Car Burn
The Narrow
Tasha Baxter
Isochronous
Jax Panik
Captain Stu
The Little Kings
The Rescu
Tumi and the Volume
Hog Hoggidy Hog
Mccree
Southern Gypsey Queen
Teba and the Champions
Juke Royal

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ELECTRO STAGE:

F.O.O.L (Sweden)
Dirtyloud (Brazil)
Double-adapter
Spekta
Hyphen
P.H. Fat
Kennedy
Counterstrike
Audiophile 021
Killer Robot
Niskerone
Das Kapital
Bruce Willis
Bteam
B_Type
Tommy Gun
Jam Jarr
Funafuji
George Daniel
Mr Sakitumi
Mix n Blend
Nastie Ed
Richard the Third
Pure Solid
Big Space
Ruffest
Blotchy
Rebel Clef
Ish
SFR
Liver

LMG STAGE

Shadowclub
The Plastics
Peachy Keen
We Set Sail
The Sleepers
La Vi
The Great Apes
The wild Eyes
Like Knives
Woodstock Mafia
Reburn
My Flawless Ending
Sixgun Gospel
Dogtown
The Lottery Tickets
Crimson House Blues
Supercancer
Mister & Misread
Two Minute Puzzel
Ark Synesis

COMEDIA STAGE

Melt Sieberhagen
Louw Venter
Piet Potgieter
Rob van Vuuren
Paul Snodgrass
Warren Robertson
Martin Evans
Martin Davis
Dave Levinsohn
Peter Sserwanga
Kurt Langeveld
Kazoos Gola
Kellyn Coetzee
The Brothers Streep
Dylan Skews
KG
Rustum August
Carl Weber
Chris steenkamp
Angel Blythe Campey
Oliver Booth

Short Circuit Cinema Tent. Hunters Riverside Bar. Smoking Lounge. Moyo African Restaurant. Boschendal Wine Tastings & Sales. Traders Market. Merchandise Tent. Food Market & Restaurants. Funfair rides. Full Camping facilities & the natural beauty of the Franschhoek Valley.

WWW.SYNERGYLIVE.CO.ZA

Win with Dont Party and Synergy Live

As always it’s as easy as commenting below to win!

Prize

We have two sets of amazing hampers to give away to this awesome festival!

• 2 x full weekend tickets to Synergy
• 1 x Pair Ray-ban’s
• 2 x 4 packs of Red Bull
• and a whole bunch of amazing surprises!

Go!

INCREASE YOUR CHANCES

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MANDALA PROJECT

11/ 12 / 13 November 2011

3 Days & 2 Nights - Psychedelic Tribal Gathering

?MOTION POOL?

From progressive to full-on, the Motion Pool features the shamans of local and international psytrance.

BLiSS (drive records, IL) Live!
Motion Drive (iono music, CH) Live!
Ganeisha (nexus media, PT)
Dillan M (free spirit,UK)
Chabunk (solar tech / groovy trooper) Live!
Biorhythm (disasterpeace) Live!
Corona (solar tech) Live!
Shockwave (solar tech / groovy troopers) Live!
Regan (nano)
Jester (disasterpeace)
Sterealkey (groovy troopers)
Connecto (vortex)
Mark (alien safari)
Wyndham (mindcultivation)
Ninjah (groovy troopers)
Yogi (groovy troopers)
Delphi (groovy troopers)

?HYPERDRIVE? ~~~FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY!~~~

Don your intergalactic party boots & achieve warp-speed. This one’s an all-nighter!

Stargazer (e.t.m, UK)
Plus Minus (organik)
Dave Mac (bpm)
Psyops (e.t.m)
Sonic (alien safari)
Gokon Rave (psynopticz)
Skarab (village)
Chaos Fiction (mindcultivation)
Xeuno (alien safari)
Ninja Jack (mindcultivation)
Up Psy Down (incendia)
Day Tripper (gaian mind)

?VIRAL LOUNGE?

A sampling of the finest Prog, Electro, Breaks, IDM & Minimal. Beat freakery to inspire & liberate the senses!

Strange Loop (viral lounge)
Spekta (sshadoworkss)
Sadhu Sensi (independent)
Delphi (viral lounge)
C-Pop (viral lounge)
Organik Panik (alien safari)
StroBe 01 vs Storm (psydestep)
Justin (viral lounge)
Sub+trackt (g&d live)
L.S. Dork (independent)
Craigus (starfish)
Lenard (viral lounge)

?VISUALS?

Psychedelic mutations and beautiful malfunctions under the pulse. An adventure of colour & sensation.

VJ’s: Image Master Blink
Art: Artescape & Psyche Charis
Shade & Structures: Blaize

?VENUE?

Venue details will be released on www.groovytroopers.co.za & on Facebook two weeks prior to the event.

For SMS Venue Directions: Text “PSYTRANCE VENUE” to 36012 and we will SMS the venue directions to you. (R5 per SMS. T&C apply)

FACILITIES: State of the art sound on 2 shaded dance & chill floors, original art-work & installations, plenty of camping, a swimmable dam (bring lilos), bars and a food & crafts market.

USEFUL THINGS TO PACK: Camping stuff, sunblock, torch, insect repellent, sun-hat, practical shoes, swimming costume, silly outfits for general amusement.

PARTICIPATE: Temporary Autonomous Zones function on the basis of participation. Dress up!

?TICKETS?

WEEKEND TICKET (From 3PM Friday)
R260 @ Outlets
R270 @ Online - www.micket.me (avail. ‘till 9 Nov)
R280 @ Gate

TWO DAY TICKET (From 9AM Saturday)
R240 @ Outlets
R250 @ Online - www.micket.me (avail. ‘till 9 Nov)
R280 @ Gate

SUNDAY TICKET
R150 @ Gate (From 9AM Sunday)

MARKET: Apply for your stall before 28 October.
Email info@groovytroopers.co.za to apply.

?OUTLETS?
(no credit cards / debit cards)

BIG BAY – Postnet –             0215542755
CANAL WALK – Wild Fire Piercing –             0215528929
CBD: 87 BUITENGRACHT STR. – Subway –             0214249527
CBD: GARDENS – Global Girl –             0214618925
CBD: 114 KLOOF STR. – This Is Not a Post Office –             0214237817
CBD: 161 LONG STR. – SKA –             0214265025
CBD: 210 LONG STR. – Hemporium –             0214811853
CBD: 233 LONG STR. – Skint Clothing –             0218013536
CLAREMONT – Royal Vendetta –             0216839399
DURBANVILLE – Gypsy –             0219762604
HOUTBAY – Gypsy –             0218867157
KALK BAY – SKA –             0217887437
KALK BAY – Gypsy –             0217886802
LONG BEACH – Skint Clothing –             0217857777
OBSERVATORY – SKA –             0214476014
SEA POINT – Call-a-Pizza *extra booking fee –             0214340818
SOMERSET WEST – Dragon Tattoos – 0713455096
STELLENBOSCH – Gypsy –             0217901418

RIGHT OF ADMISSION RESERVED. Entry is entirely at your own risk. The promoters, venue and contractors accept no responsibility whatsoever for injury, death, loss or damage of any nature to persons, vehicles & belongings. Due care has been taken to make this event safe & secure. All rights reserved: Jupiter Eventures

P:L:U:R: STRICTLY NO: Under18’s (ID on request), Glass bottles, Littering, Fires, Fireworks, Domestic animals, Graffiti, Bad attitudes, Weapons, Independent sound systems, illegal substances. Don’t drink & drive!

?BLiSS – LIVE! ?

Hailing from Isreal, BLiSS (aka Yonatan Macrow) is a genuine world-traveller, cooking up dancefloors from Mexico to Japan with his unique brand of tough psy-harmonic madness. Yonatan’s entrance into the rapidly evolving world of psytrance was his acclaimed 2005 debut, The Rhythmus Gene on Phantasm Records. This was followed by Looney Bin in 2008, Fast Forward (a collaboration with Painkiller’s Roy Engel under the A-Team moniker) in the same year, Round 1 (a collaboration with Azax Syndrome) in 2009 and 145 Street (another Painkiller release) in 2010. Despite this impressive album discography, Yonatan prefers to develop and expand his repertoire through single-track releases, collaborations and productions with the likes of Sirius Isness, CPU, Absolum, Psysex, Atomic-Pulse and Loud. Bliss’ first (and fondly remembered) visit to SA was in October 2008 when he Trooped the Groove with flying colours! Catch him outdoing his first performance at this year’s Mandala Project!

?Motion Drive – LIVE! ?

Motion Drive is Philip Guillaume, 28 year old progressive artist hailing from Switzerland. A festival favourite who’s wowed crowds at Voov, Fusion, Antaris and Ozora with his unique progressive style that fuses psy, techno and house rhythms. To date, he has released three psytrance albums (under the monikers Rumble Pack and Blue Vortex) and a much acclaimed progressive album, In the Dirt (2010). Tracks of his have appeared on big labels like Iboga, Iono Music, Spintwist, Blue Tunes and Domo and he’s remixed the likes of Perfect Stranger, Ace Ventura and Emok/Maelstrom. He has also collaborated with prog legends Behind Blue Eyes, Zen Mechanics, Time in Motion and Dualism. Recently he released a highly acclaimed EP on Iboga records called Spring Thing. 2011’s Mandala Project will be his first appearance in South Africa – and your chance to discover what all the fuss has been about!

?Ganeisha – DJ! ?

Female Dj’s are sadly rare, so it’s with some pleasure and pride that the Groovy Troopers welcome Portugal’s Dj Ganeisha (Raquel Espanhol) onto the Mandala roster! Since 2003 she has been sharing decks with the likes of Logic Bomb, Astral Projection, Talamasca, Absolum, Azax Syndrom, Sirius Isness, Bliss, Tickets, Visual Paradox, Perplex, and many others luminaries. Hailed on the European party scene for her unique style and ability to read the crowd, her versatile sets are unique and body-rocking! Her dj sets tend to favour artists from labels such as Nexus Media, Timecode, Yabai , 3d vision and Nutek, but she always has a few surprises up her sleeve! This year’s Mandala Project will see her doing what she does best – Trooping the Groove!

?Dillan M –DJ! ?

11 years into his DJing career, Dillan M is no stranger to the international psytrance circuit. He has played in parties from Miami to London and has hosted a World Dance Fm radio show. With work in the pipeline on a solo project and a collaboration (with producer Octoclutch), Dillan is signed to Free-Spirit records. Having shared decks with the likes of Rinkadink, Hujaboy, Burn In Noise, Shane Gobi, M-theory and Sinewave, Dillan knows how to cook up a psytrance storm and deliver the goods! Catch him debuting some of his new material and dj-ing some of the best new tunes from the international circuit at 2011’s Mandala Project

 Competition Time:

We have got 2 tickets to give away and as usual all you have to do is comment below to win!

GO!

We’ll be involved in a sort of “RTD Blog Spot” along side MyCityByNight and Cape Town Alive and we want you to come party away with us Dont Party style.

All you have to do is comment below this post and convince us why you should be able to join us and we’ll select a winners on Thursday!

Get entering!

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Now this is a chance of a lifetime and I know I’d be keen to get in on this if I wasn’t already swamped with all this Dont Party nonsense! Oakleys are offering one lucky person the chance of a lifetime to become a VIP Intern!

So what does that actually mean? Well, The position will involve attending events, sports matches, parties and much more as an Oakley VIP Intern and communicating the experiences through their social media and online platforms. The candidate has the opportunity to learn sports and brand marketing skills whilst sharing their knowledge of the online world.

Oh and lets not forget R30 000 in prize money, R10k worth of Eyewear and accessories, a Blackberry Playbook to keep in touch, Vida Coffee on tap and much more

Now that deserves a BOOOM!

The Details

This September Oakley South Africa is thrilled to launch its much anticipated online Intern Search. Running exclusively on facebook, The Intern Competition will search South Africa for a young, rebellious and outrageous candidate to join Oakley’s marketing team at the Cape Town HQ in Jan 2012.

The position will involve attending events, sports matches, parties and much more as an Oakley VIP Intern and communicating the experiences through their social media and online platforms. The candidate has the opportunity to learn sports and brand marketing skills whilst sharing their knowledge of the online world.

And the Perks? Besides valuable experience they will receive R30 000 in prize money, R10k worth of Eyewear and accessories, a Blackberry Playbook to keep in touch, Vida Coffee on tap and much more!

To apply, all they have to do is prove the power of their creativity and submit a made-up CV for the best job they’ve NEVER had. They need to visit www.facebook.com/oakley.africa, ‘like’ the page , click on the Intern application on the left hand taskbar and upload the CV. The application with the most votes will get an all expenses paid trip to Cape Town for a real interview .

The campaign starts on the 2nd of September and will run until the end of November. The Oakley Intern will start their new job in Jan 2012.

“Working within the Oakley Marketing Team, the successful intern will be our ‘social media guru’ and the voice of Oakley South Africa online. They will be tasked to attend events, spend time with our athletes and key internal staff, and then communicate this via Facebook, twitter and dedicated blogs.

The ‘job’ also includes online competition management and ‘online innovation’. i.e.” Implementing new and innovative ways of keeping the relationship going with the Oakley online community” says Oakley Brand Manager, Taryn Ryan. “It’s an awesome opportunity for someone in the early stages of their career to make their mark and get ahead.”

Go get entering!

Yes we have some tickets for you to win! 2 x full passes and as is always the case it’s as easy as commenting below this post! Go do it!

You dont want to miss this!

**Simon Says**

Check the fanpage for the winners announcement! www.facebook.com/dontparty

Details

Dates: 23/24/25 September 2011

About?

“Celebrating the Forests”

Since its inception in 1997, Earthdance has been held annually in over 500 locations in 80 countries with all events simultaneously joining together in the Prayer for Peace – a powerful moment of coherent intention. Each public Earthdance event commits 50% or more of its profits to a charity addressing peace, sustainability, or social justice.

In Support of Earthchild Project, Shine Centre, Next Aid, Greenpop and other local causes

The Line-Up

•?• ORIGIN STAGE •?•

This year the Origin Stage will be running from Friday evening through till Sunday, with a small interval on Saturday morning.

LOUD (Nano Rec/Isr) (http://www.facebook.com/loudrive)
Eitan Reiter (Iboga / Digital Structures)
Headroom
Broken Toy
The Commercial Hippies
Artifakt
Shift
Parana
Dirty Motion
Deliriant
Corona
Regan
Connecto
Cooks feat. Wendy Oldfield
Dala
Gokon Rave
Mark
Wyndham

Friday Night hosted by Labyrinth:

Artelligent
Dave Mac
DeadbeatFm
Dusty Human
Jester
Silo vs Humerous
StereoType
Lox

Dancefloor design by: Artescape

•?• MUSIC BOX STAGE •?•
Hosted by sSHADOWORKSs

Friday – Sunday

7ft Soundsystem
Audiophile 021
B Team
Battle beyond the Stars
Bruce Willis
Counterstrike
Danalog
Das Kapital
dj low
Double Adapter
DTF Collective
Fletcher
George Daniel
Hyphen vs SFR
Indidginus
Jam Jarr
Kennedy
Kool Out Lounge
Liver
Monique Pascall
Mr Sakitumi
Niskerone
O’ltak
Popskar
Remy Gold
Richard Marshall
Richard The Third
Sedge Warbler
Sibot
Sound Sensible
Spekta
Voice Tag

•?• THE SOLAR STAGE •?•
A Kettle Called Black
Jeremy Loops
Gary Thomas
James Copeland
Toby 2 Shoes
Jamie Jupiter
Ma’original
Patrick
Pierre’Estienne
Vernon
Tanith
Mikey Dredd
Gad Tafari

TICKETS (non-refundable)

NB: This is an over 18 festival and anyone who fails to present a valid I.D or Drivers License at an outlet will not be sold a ticket. If you are asked to present an I.D. or Drivers License at the gate after purchasing a ticket from an outlet and you fail to do so, you will not be allowed in and the ticket will not be refunded.

FULL WEEKEND:
Outlets-R 300 Online-R320
Gate-R350
SATURDAY:
Outlets-R 260
Online-R 280
Gate-R350

SUNDAY (AFTER 9AM):
R150 (If space available)

GREENPOP Ticket: R375
Add some green to your ticket and sponsor a tree with the special Greenpop ticket @ Webtickets.co.za, more details on our fan page and website later this week.

Online available from www.webtickets.co.za

It Came From The Jungle are turning 5 Years old and to celebrate they have an awesome birthday tour  planned for later this year. In prepartaion for the big event, they’re holding a T-Shirt design competition that could see your design gracing the chests of some of South Africa’s most ardent bassheads and a whole lot more! So if you’ve got a love for music and an eye for design, get clicking away and send in your designs. We look forward to seeing what you have up yoour sleeves!

About It Came From The Jungle

Since it’s humble beginnings in mid-2006, It Came From The Jungle has morphed into a respected institution in the South African Drum & Bass scene. Week in and out the brand night has excelled at pleasing hundreds of hungry bass revelers of all backgrounds. Friday mornings have never been the same since…

It Came From The Jungle has always been a supporter of the domestic product and has hosted the creme de la crop of South Africa’s selectors including established names and the future stars of our scene. On the international front, the list of artists that have stepped into that hallowed booth include DJ Fresh, Camo & Krooked, Sigma, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Nymfo, Cutline as well as sneaky appearances from Pendulum and Dieselboy .

This June, It Came From The Jungle celebrates 5 years of existence and we are taking the festivities across our beautiful country to celebrate this milestone. We are inviting you to become a part of this historic occasion and celebrate all that is drum and bass.

In addition to hosting ICFTJ in CT, JHB, durban and P.E we are also running a t-shirt design competition for all you ICFTJ fans, The top 15 submissions will take part in the ICFTJ 5 years exhibition hosted at Yours Truly and the winning design will be printed as the official tour T-shirt to be sold in all 4 Cities. The winner will also win…..

Prizes

* Print on Tees
* Dont Party Feature
* 2 Cases of Red Bull
* Guestlist entry to tour event in your city for you plus 4 friends
* Guestlist entry to It Came From The Jungle (Cape Town) for you plus
one friend for a full calendar year

Rules

*All entrants should be fans of It Came From The Jungle & Dont Party on Facebook

* Dates – 24 May to 13 June, Winner Announced 13 June!
* Colours – Black / Green / 3rd colour to be artist choice (T-shirt will be black)
* Dimensions – A4 (Portrait)
* Must contain the Five Jungle Years Tour logo
* 5 Jungle Years Tour logo is a copyright of of It Came From The
Jungle and may only be used for this competition
* All submitted designs are copyright of respective artists
*Send designs to mail@dontparty.co.za
Click here to download the necessary logo files [CLICK]

Be. Collective are launching a new magazine and clothing label this Friday and it promises to be one hell of a night out. The whole shindig is invite only but we couldn’t let that slide so we’ve gone and got two tickets to give away. All you have to do is comment below to win!

The Details

8:00pm- 12:00

magazine and clothing launch
artists: Bateleur, Jeremy Loop, Bruce Willis and Blotchy
live light box painting by Freddy Sam
art installation by Steven Hitchcock

Line up:

• Bateleur 8:00-9:00
• Bruce Willis 9:00-10:00
• Jeremy Loop 10:00- 11:00
• Blotchy 11:00- 12:00

The only way to get into this exclusive event is with an invite, so make sure you enter here if you want to go!

Check out the Be. Collective Facebook page here for more [CLICK]

Dalton Ghetti is a 49 year old Brazillian scultpure (now residing in the US) that simply amazes me. His artwork is not on wood, marble or clay but on lead; the end of a normal pencil. His works are detailed and specific and all he needs for these is a pencil, a razor blade, a sewing needle and a sculpture knife.

“At school I would carve a friend’s name into the wood of a pencil and then give it to them as a present. Later, when I got into sculpture, I would make these huge pieces from things like wood, but decided I wanted to challenge myself by trying to make things as small as possible. I experimented sculpting with different materials, such as chalk, but one day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil” – Ghetti

MORE?

• Green Diary :: Dalton Ghetti

Featuring two insane International acts, a dedicated live art room, leading local Dj’s, loads of live performances, insane decor, an exhibition by ‘ A WORD OF ART’ as well as live visuals by Dan Ting Chong. SO GET READY!

Dont Party and Be.Collective presents ::

Fukkk Offf (Germany) and Boom Monk Ben (UK/ Ninja Tune)

WHEN

Friday, 6th August

WHERE

The Assembly, Harrington St. Cape Town.

LINE-UP

Fukkk Offf (Germany)
Boom Monk Ben (UK)
P.H. Fat
El Gordo
Liver
MC Bakaman

COST

R85 Pre-sale/ R100 Door

Pre-Sale: webtickets [click]

HOW TO WIN

Comment below, share or Re-Tweet this post to be entered into the draw to win dbl tickets to this event. All entrants must RSVP to the Facebook event to be eligible for entry – Click for the Facebook event