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TATC was started by journalist Tecla “Texx” Ciolfi. Texx has been apart of the music industry in South Africa for the last 15 years in various capacities, namely journalism, podcasting, eventing & artist management. TATC has expanded over the last decade to become a home for creatives who are passionate about telling the rich story of the SA music industry.

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Full tea 🫖 there isn’t a shortage of women DJs and promoters in South Africa. There hasn’t been for a long time.Here are five parties led by women, or stacked with women-fronted, gender diverse line-ups that you should definitely go to this month. Read more at the link in bio 🪩

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Full tea 🫖 there isn’t a shortage of women DJs and promoters in South Africa. There hasn’t been for a long time.Here are five parties led by women, or stacked with women-fronted, gender diverse line-ups that you should definitely go to this month. Read more at the link in bio 🪩

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Sometimes life is long. Sometimes, it’s @shortstrawband.Following a totally unintentional five year hiatus, the indie-rock band are back and wiser than ever before. Their new single “Rubber Arm” introduces their most ambitious project to date, a triptych of EPs that covers life, death, and “Everything In Between.”Read more at the link in bio 🔗
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Sometimes life is long. Sometimes, it’s @shortstrawband.Following a totally unintentional five year hiatus, the indie-rock band are back and wiser than ever before. Their new single “Rubber Arm” introduces their most ambitious project to date, a triptych of EPs that covers life, death, and “Everything In Between.”Read more at the link in bio 🔗 📸: @iamdicksmithx

2 days ago

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This week’s best feels like a collection of tracks about discovery, and rediscovery.Some push along the edges of alt-pop to redefine its boundaries. Others see artists return to the sounds that shaped them. From long-awaited comebacks and bold sonic pivots to emerging voices continuing to carve out their own lanes, these refuse to be anything but themselves. Play these loud!Read more at the link in bio 🔗

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This week’s best feels like a collection of tracks about discovery, and rediscovery.Some push along the edges of alt-pop to redefine its boundaries. Others see artists return to the sounds that shaped them. From long-awaited comebacks and bold sonic pivots to emerging voices continuing to carve out their own lanes, these refuse to be anything but themselves. Play these loud!Read more at the link in bio 🔗

5 days ago

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When @goodlucklive went on hiatus last year, the Cape Town dance music group took an intentional pause to realign and allow time for them to reconnect with what brings them joy - making music.“Last Deep Breath” is less of a comeback single and more of a reset, the sound of artists creating from a place of freedom, more concerned with feeling over chart numbers.Read more at the link in bio 🔗

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When @goodlucklive went on hiatus last year, the Cape Town dance music group took an intentional pause to realign and allow time for them to reconnect with what brings them joy - making music.“Last Deep Breath” is less of a comeback single and more of a reset, the sound of artists creating from a place of freedom, more concerned with feeling over chart numbers.Read more at the link in bio 🔗

6 days ago

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What exactly is yaadt music?For DJ and @theyaadtpaati founder @k.dollahz, it’s more than a sound. “It’s a lifestyle, baba,” he tells me. A way of life. A history carried from backyard braais to Bluetooth transfers, and now to dance-floors in the City Bowl.Ahead of The Yaadt Paati: Winter Edition next week, we take a dive into the music and history of the community that has inspired one of Cape Town’s most exciting new nights.Pull in at the link in bio 🔗

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What exactly is yaadt music?For DJ and @theyaadtpaati founder @k.dollahz, it’s more than a sound. “It’s a lifestyle, baba,” he tells me. A way of life. A history carried from backyard braais to Bluetooth transfers, and now to dance-floors in the City Bowl.Ahead of The Yaadt Paati: Winter Edition next week, we take a dive into the music and history of the community that has inspired one of Cape Town’s most exciting new nights.Pull in at the link in bio 🔗

7 days ago

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There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when two people who grew up in the same streets decide to make music.On their latest album “Umgaranto II” @whodat_keed and @orish3000 craft a clear love letter to ‘90s South African, though the pair are careful not to romanticise the past for nostalgia’s sake.“It’s more about remembering where things came from and celebrating that,” the duo share, “without taking anything away from what’s happening now.”Read more at the link in bio 🍌

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There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when two people who grew up in the same streets decide to make music.On their latest album “Umgaranto II” @whodat_keed and @orish3000 craft a clear love letter to ‘90s South African, though the pair are careful not to romanticise the past for nostalgia’s sake.“It’s more about remembering where things came from and celebrating that,” the duo share, “without taking anything away from what’s happening now.”Read more at the link in bio 🍌

1 week ago

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Following the cultural earthquake of “Brat”, @charli_xcx returns with a record that dismantles the mythology of her own success.Less concerned with reinvention than reflection, “Music, Fashion, Film” asks what comes after you’ve already won - an existential crisis of an album caught between legacy, reinvention, and the uneasy relationship artists have with their own work.Read more at the link in bio 🔗

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Following the cultural earthquake of “Brat”, @charli_xcx returns with a record that dismantles the mythology of her own success.Less concerned with reinvention than reflection, “Music, Fashion, Film” asks what comes after you’ve already won - an existential crisis of an album caught between legacy, reinvention, and the uneasy relationship artists have with their own work.Read more at the link in bio 🔗

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Competition time!One lucky winner from Cape Town and one lucky winner from Joburg can each win:⚡️1 x double ticket to ParkLive to see Teeks and Good Neighbours
⚡️Plus a Meet & Greet with Teek and Good NeighboursTo enter:
- Drop a comment telling us which city you’d like to attend in, and tag who you’re taking with
- ⁠Like and share this post to your stories (tag us in the story)
- ⁠Make sure you are following Texx and the City and Breakout on InstagramWinners announced Monday 3 August at 5pm. Good luck!

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Competition time!One lucky winner from Cape Town and one lucky winner from Joburg can each win:⚡️1 x double ticket to ParkLive to see Teeks and Good Neighbours ⚡️Plus a Meet & Greet with Teek and Good NeighboursTo enter: - Drop a comment telling us which city you’d like to attend in, and tag who you’re taking with - ⁠Like and share this post to your stories (tag us in the story) - ⁠Make sure you are following Texx and the City and Breakout on InstagramWinners announced Monday 3 August at 5pm. Good luck!

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With the launch of @sondelavolt, independent label and leading African electronic music platform @sondelarecordings creates an imprint dedicated to the deeper, darker and more club-focused corners of Afro House, Afro Tech and 3Step.The imprint makes its debut with the single “Ascendance,” a collaboration between returning Sondela artist @philadegiant and label newcomer @aydenj.music.Read more at the link in bio 🔗

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With the launch of @sondelavolt, independent label and leading African electronic music platform @sondelarecordings creates an imprint dedicated to the deeper, darker and more club-focused corners of Afro House, Afro Tech and 3Step.The imprint makes its debut with the single “Ascendance,” a collaboration between returning Sondela artist @philadegiant and label newcomer @aydenj.music.Read more at the link in bio 🔗

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