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Credits<br />
CONTENT<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
VERDINE DANIELS EDITOR<br />
verdine@kulturmag.co.za<br />
COVER IMAGE<br />
HENNIE LOMBARD<br />
CONTRIBUTIONS<br />
Melissa Pretorius, Yolandi<br />
Mulder, Ronnie Belcher, Thomas<br />
Dorman, Narine Dorman,<br />
Kian Eriksen, Alice Vegas,<br />
Hennie Lombard, Andy Hawes,<br />
Patrick Rutter, Simone Dumas,<br />
Ophelia Overdose, Simone<br />
Hendricks, Lori Earley, Michael<br />
Pendergrass, Mitch Luthi,<br />
Moray Rhoda<br />
To advertise in this<br />
magazine:<br />
info@kultumag.co.za<br />
© <strong>Kultur</strong>Mag 2011. All rights reserved. No part<br />
of this magazine may be used or reproduced<br />
without the written permission of the publisher.<br />
All information contained in this magazine<br />
is for information only and is, as far as we<br />
are aware, correct at the time of release.<br />
<strong>Kultur</strong>Mag cannot accept any responsibility for<br />
errors or inaccuracies in such information. All<br />
images within this magazine are copyright of<br />
the contributors.<br />
Metoikos Cadmus<br />
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Eden Wear<br />
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Ophelia Overdose<br />
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Dreamarian<br />
page<br />
Lori Earley<br />
page<br />
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Black Milk<br />
Productions page<br />
Through These<br />
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Gates page<br />
Imperium of Man<br />
page<br />
Requium<br />
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METOIKOS<br />
CADMUS<br />
So one would think<br />
executing a cover shoot<br />
would be a relatively<br />
simple operation, yes? Well,<br />
not quite. Between the hours<br />
of 9.30am and 5.00pm on a<br />
Thursday in Hennie’s kitchen<br />
and living room, the madness<br />
took place... Make-up covered<br />
the counter tops alongside<br />
the hairspray, clips, camera<br />
equipment and PVC that<br />
littered every available surface.<br />
For hours we styled, curled,<br />
posed, clicked and squealed<br />
until we captured what we had<br />
worked so hard to achieve.<br />
Simple or not, we all left the<br />
shoot utterly exhausted, but<br />
with smiles on our faces.<br />
The photographer (Metoikos<br />
Cadmus/Hennie Lombard):<br />
Always a laugh, and<br />
always delivering the most<br />
outstanding shots that would<br />
even make Bigfoot look<br />
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eautiful. He even managed<br />
to capture my “Om nom”<br />
face by telling me to chew on<br />
my corseted glove (not my<br />
best look)! But nonetheless,<br />
always an absolute pleasure<br />
to work with – in the studio or<br />
in nature. You can find more<br />
of his images on ModelBase<br />
at: http://www.modelbase.<br />
co.za/9240<br />
The hair stylist (Melissa<br />
Pretorius): As the<br />
founding member of<br />
Cadillac Barbie, the everstylishly<br />
presented Melissa<br />
did a wonderful job of<br />
swooping in, child in arms, and<br />
producing a hairstyle fit for<br />
a 1950’s goddess. For more<br />
information on her expertise<br />
and services, visit: http://<br />
www.facebook.com/profile.<br />
php?id=1270600285#!/<br />
cadillacbarbie.hair.<br />
tattoo?sk=info on Face Book<br />
for all your hair, make-up and<br />
tattoo needs; magnificent male<br />
or feisty female.<br />
The make-up artist (Jaxy<br />
Darkwolf/Jacqueline<br />
Cramer): Give this girl<br />
a stick of eyeliner, and she<br />
will give you a masterpiece in<br />
return. Having never studied,<br />
the (person) of (school)<br />
ordered her to immediately<br />
show her portfolio to the<br />
second year students at<br />
their interview. You can<br />
view and ‘like’ her work<br />
(Avant Garde, fashion, bridal,<br />
colour exploration and much,<br />
much more) on her page,<br />
BlkJax Make-up and Hair,<br />
on Face Book at: http://<br />
www.facebook.com/profile.<br />
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LoveLoveMakeup .<br />
Clothing (Wolf Clothing):<br />
All of the pieces shown<br />
(aside from the boots,<br />
peak hat and stockings) are<br />
custom creations of Wolf<br />
Clothing; a small, in-house<br />
business in Mowbray run by<br />
Mark and Helna Williams.<br />
Any lovely and gothic idea<br />
you can dream up, Wolf<br />
will produce in an efficient<br />
manner and with quality that<br />
will leave you with a dark<br />
addiction for more. More of<br />
their exquisite shoots and<br />
fashion shows can be viewed<br />
on their website at: http://<br />
www.wolfclothing.co.za/<br />
Thank you so much to<br />
all the parties involved,<br />
and thank you to<br />
Verdine for creating this<br />
wonderful magazine (and for<br />
publishing my first article)!<br />
It’s been an absolute<br />
pleasure to be involved in<br />
<strong>Kultur</strong>.<br />
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Photography: www.patrickwking.com/<br />
Model: Bianka Hartenstein<br />
MUA: Simone Dumas
Simone Dumas:<br />
Creative Director<br />
I<br />
would like to<br />
introduce myself<br />
as the creative<br />
inspiration behind<br />
Edenwear.<br />
My love of working<br />
with latex started in<br />
1994 in the UK where I<br />
was trained to produce<br />
latex clothing. I have<br />
since designed and<br />
manufactured latex<br />
garments which have<br />
been highly acclaimed<br />
in the UK, featured in<br />
various photo shoots for<br />
covers and articles in<br />
leading fetish magazines<br />
Marquis and Skin Two<br />
London. My designs have<br />
also prominently featured<br />
in premier UK nightclub<br />
events and fashion shows<br />
as well as a custom<br />
design being featured<br />
on the TV weather<br />
report which ran on BBC<br />
television over a long<br />
period of time.<br />
As a product of my<br />
many years experience<br />
Edenwear was born in<br />
South Africa and aims<br />
to design something<br />
not only for the latex<br />
enthusiasts, but for<br />
anyone who desires their<br />
clothes to look and feel<br />
alluring and provocative.<br />
Edenwear designs and<br />
manufactures a wide<br />
range of garments aimed<br />
at customers from all<br />
walks of life and in all<br />
shapes and sizes. From<br />
mature, experienced<br />
rubberists and SM<br />
aficionados, to the gay<br />
scene, transsexuals<br />
and transvestites,<br />
clubbers just looking for<br />
something funky to wear,<br />
and shy first-timers.<br />
Our product range is<br />
updated on a regular<br />
basis. We offer a full<br />
Made-to-Measure and<br />
Custom Design service in<br />
Latex<br />
Edenwear provides<br />
you with an exclusive<br />
range of latex products<br />
including catsuits,evening<br />
wear, ball gowns, lingerie,<br />
leggings, trousers,<br />
corsets, hoods, jackets,Tshirts,<br />
shorts, tops and<br />
latex accessories.<br />
Edenwear custom designs<br />
are specifically based<br />
for you on any idea or<br />
theme you have in mind<br />
allowing you to have as<br />
much input in the design<br />
process as you wish to<br />
create your own unique<br />
latex couture or rubber<br />
fantasy.<br />
Through Edenwear’s<br />
unique latex products,<br />
commitment to quality<br />
and service we can<br />
provide you with a<br />
service which is unique<br />
to your specifications or<br />
business needs.<br />
Edenwear showroom<br />
is open to the public,<br />
clothing hire now also<br />
available.<br />
Email simone@edenwear.<br />
co.za or call<br />
021 7063310 office hrs<br />
for an appointment.<br />
www.eden-wear.co.za<br />
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Photography: www.patrickwking.com/<br />
Model: Bianka Hartenstein<br />
MUA: Simone Dumas<br />
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Photography: www.patrickwking.com/<br />
Model: Bianka Hartenstein<br />
MUA: Simone Dumas
Photography: www.patrickwking.com/<br />
Model: Bianka Hartenstein<br />
MUA: Simone Dumas<br />
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Model and MUA: KULTÜR Xenu<br />
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Model and MUA: Tania 23<br />
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Photography: http://www.lynnd.co.za/<br />
Model: Amy Geduld<br />
MUA: (Horny kitty underwear shot) Simone Dumas<br />
MUA:(Chair and bed shot) Nadia Levy<br />
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Model: Ophelia Overdose<br />
(www.miss-overdose.com)<br />
Photographer: Julian M Kilsby<br />
(www.jmkphoto.co.uk)<br />
Designer: Girl Armour<br />
(www.girlarmour.com)<br />
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Model: Ophelia Overdose<br />
(www.miss-overdose.com)<br />
Photographer: Julian M Kilsby<br />
(www.jmkphoto.co.uk)<br />
Designer: Girl Armour<br />
(www.girlarmour.com)
Model: Ophelia Overdose<br />
(www.miss-overdose.com)<br />
Photographer: Marcus Gun<br />
(www.marcusgun.com)<br />
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Model: Ophelia Overdose<br />
(www.miss-overdose.com)<br />
Photographer: Moritz Maibaum<br />
(www.moritzmaibaum.de)<br />
Designer: Westward Bound<br />
(www.westwardbound.com)<br />
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Model: Ophelia Overdose<br />
(www.miss-overdose.com)<br />
Photographer, set design: Moritz Maibaum<br />
(www.moritzmaibaum.de)<br />
Designer: Spaceship Lolita<br />
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My mother is an artist and my<br />
inspiration. Thanks to her, I don’t<br />
think there has ever been a time that<br />
I was not covered in paint or found with<br />
a pencil in my hand. I wasn’t fortunate<br />
enough to be in a school that offered art<br />
as a subject but that didn’t stop me from<br />
pursuing it after.<br />
I have a Degree in Graphic Design from the<br />
Cape Peninsula University of Technology.<br />
Even then in my spare time I use to draw<br />
portraits for friends and their families.<br />
Since completing my studies I applied my<br />
design skills to promoting my husband’s<br />
nightclub and helping people affiliated with<br />
us.<br />
I only recently rediscovered my passion for<br />
drawing.<br />
My preferred medium is watercolour<br />
pencils and I use them in a technique called<br />
burnishing.<br />
I think an artist only reaches their full<br />
potential once they find the medium that<br />
suits them best.<br />
Another great inspiration for my art<br />
has been DeviantArt. I can’t stress how<br />
important it has been for me to see what<br />
other artists are capable of on this very<br />
popular art website.<br />
Until now I have been honing my skills but<br />
I plan to create a business for personalized<br />
portraits. It’s never too late to live your<br />
dream.<br />
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Jessica Alba<br />
Opposite<br />
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s Attract<br />
Frozen<br />
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Fluffy Butterfly<br />
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Garden of Eden<br />
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Christmas Kitty<br />
Isaac the<br />
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Explorer<br />
All You Need<br />
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LORI EARLEY<br />
BIO<br />
Lori Earley is a<br />
contemporary surrealist<br />
figurative artist who began<br />
exhibiting her works in 2004.<br />
Born and raised in New York,<br />
Earley was an accomplished<br />
and gifted artist from a young<br />
age. As a maturing adolescent,<br />
she discovered her distinct<br />
style and fondness for painting<br />
deeply personal subject<br />
matter. She then began her<br />
journey towards becoming a<br />
professional oil painter through<br />
fine art training at the School<br />
of Visual Arts in New York<br />
City. Her innate passion for<br />
expressing mood and emotion<br />
on canvas and paper along<br />
with her mastery of technique<br />
in oil and graphite was soon<br />
recognized, in the United<br />
States and abroad. Earley was<br />
acclaimed as an exceptional<br />
new talent, praised for her<br />
authentic portraiture. Her<br />
stylized, elongated subjects<br />
echoed Mannerist elements<br />
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and the dramatic lighting<br />
of the Baroque period. Her<br />
distorted realism drew<br />
attention from established<br />
artists, collectors, and<br />
galleries which immediately<br />
propelled Earley to the<br />
forefront of a burgeoning<br />
art movement. Her<br />
recognition as a leading<br />
female contemporary master<br />
painter grew internationally<br />
and moved Earley into the<br />
celebrated realm of solo<br />
exhibitions in Seattle, Los<br />
Angeles, New York City and<br />
London. Earley’s stunning<br />
portraits have attracted an<br />
audience of collectors who<br />
treasure owning a rare,<br />
truly unique work of art.<br />
While her femme fatale<br />
portraits mature in style and<br />
intensity, they retain her<br />
signature ethereal quality<br />
that embodies an undeniably<br />
feminine force. Her portraits<br />
always capture elusive<br />
moments in the artist’s<br />
individual perception and<br />
experience, viewed through<br />
her imaginative lens.<br />
because I have to and need<br />
to, not necessarily because<br />
I want to. Subconsciously or<br />
not, the figures I paint are<br />
a reflection of myself and<br />
whatever mood I am in at<br />
the time, so every painting<br />
is in essence a self-portrait.<br />
Each mood is distinct,<br />
ranging from subliminal,<br />
cryptic expressions to more<br />
cognitive states of being and<br />
the eyes of my subjects are<br />
often the primary focus of<br />
expression.<br />
My work is a fusion of<br />
personal experiences<br />
and influences- moody<br />
atmospheres, victorianinspired<br />
couture, and<br />
timeless elements all laced<br />
with clandestine symbolism.<br />
The figures I paint exist in<br />
their own esoteric realm<br />
and time, and each painting<br />
offers a glimpse into their<br />
anomalous world.<br />
ARTIST STATEMENT<br />
My oil paintings are a<br />
combination of classical<br />
realistic rendering with<br />
a personal element of<br />
distortion This distortion<br />
comes from my innate desire<br />
to transform my emotions<br />
into tangible planes that<br />
express what I feel, not<br />
what I see.<br />
Painting has always been<br />
a means of self-expression<br />
for me. Therefore, I paint<br />
Photography: Adam Wallacavage<br />
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Playing fly on the wall behind the scenes with<br />
BlackMilk Productions is almost like being married<br />
to the Mob, writes Nerine Dorman<br />
t sometimes blows my mind when I have the<br />
chance to sit back and reflect on all that has<br />
happened which has resulted in a slew of<br />
short films, starting in 2008, with KiTTY KiLL,<br />
Emma-O, 23 Rue d’Amour, Regression, The Lovers,<br />
Jornada Del Muerto, Onrusbarend and Anna. This is<br />
excluding some of the advertisements they’ve made,<br />
which are worth hunting down on YouTube. Most of these<br />
films have won awards, including the SA HorrorFest,<br />
shnit Realtime and Auteur Film Festival. In the short<br />
three years that the core group of BlackMilkers have<br />
been active, they’ve certainly been busy.<br />
The question I hear most often is “How the hell do you<br />
guys do it?”<br />
I usually reply by saying they have to do it. Most people<br />
involved in the BlackMilk films are in the media industry,<br />
one way or another, but usually in more commercial<br />
aspects where freedom of expression can be limited.<br />
They’re all immensely talented and their collaboration<br />
using film as a medium is how they flex their creative<br />
muscles. A BlackMilk film provides the blank canvas for<br />
Ronnie Belcher, Thomas Dorman, Leon Visser and Este<br />
Kira to collaborate on their dark, twisted and somewhat<br />
surreal visions.<br />
Leon says, “My day job consists of everything that I<br />
have a passion for, filmmaking, photography, editing<br />
and design. I am able to explore quite a bit of my ability<br />
there, but with BlackMilk it’s different.<br />
“It’s a relationship—one I have fallen in love with a<br />
very long time ago. Every time we, as BlackMilk,<br />
create something, there is a sense of accomplishment<br />
I’ve never experienced with any other collaborators.<br />
“It’s a bond that really, I think, could never be broken.<br />
Our persistence is our success as a creative group.<br />
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We don’t wait for the world to accept.<br />
We create because we want to. Like it<br />
or not, we will be here for many years<br />
to come.”<br />
You never quite know what you’ll get<br />
when the BlackMilk crew sits around<br />
a table to discuss their next project.<br />
What you can be assured of is that<br />
you’ll have a visually rich final product<br />
with its own lexicon of imagery that<br />
often recurs. Be it a fish, gas mask<br />
or flowers, these symbols are left open<br />
to the viewers’ interpretation, often<br />
within a non-linear context.<br />
and high heels, her face still hidden in<br />
the shadows and obscured by a widebrimmed<br />
hat, and a silky trail of smoke<br />
rising from the elegant cigarette holder<br />
in a gloved hand.<br />
“23 Rue d’Amour stole my heart and<br />
ate it. When I read the script I was<br />
inspired. A new world opened before<br />
me. There was so much that I could<br />
play around with and elements that I<br />
could add to the film. I do not recall the<br />
complete briefing that I received, other<br />
than ‘film noir’ and ‘old-school elegance’<br />
without restricting the script by confining<br />
Estè Kira Thomas Dorman Ronnie Belcher Leon Visser<br />
It’s the behind-the-scenes anecdotes<br />
that make the films for me, little place<br />
markers that are almost like journal<br />
entries, especially with some of the<br />
outrageous demands they make for<br />
production design. One such is for 23<br />
Rue d’Amour, where they briefed a<br />
food stylist to create life-sized, edible<br />
penises—that were both cut and uncut.<br />
The final results were eerily realistic,<br />
especially when viewed in their container<br />
on the day of filming. According to the<br />
actress, they tasted good too!<br />
This was Este’s debut with the crew. She<br />
says, “I came on board about a month<br />
before shooting 23 Rue d’Amour. I still<br />
today do not quite know how I managed<br />
to prepare everything in time, but somehow<br />
it all worked out. Today, multiple<br />
projects later, I am still here.<br />
“BlackMilk is my mistress and ours is a<br />
clandestine affair. She seduced me and<br />
I willingly allowed myself to be mesmerised<br />
by her black-seamed stockings<br />
it to a certain period. I started sourcing<br />
in the prop houses of Cape Town where<br />
bit by bit the different pieces started<br />
falling into place. A good example of<br />
this is the eye-shaped mirror in one<br />
of the opening scenes. During the<br />
pre-production phase I constantly tried<br />
to include textures and depth into the<br />
design. I created depth with interesting<br />
things, such as a dirty popcorn machine to<br />
shoot through, a warped carnival mirror to<br />
twist you into a different reality and big old<br />
metal letters backlit for added dramatic<br />
effect and background texture.”<br />
Keeping up with the BlackMilk crew can be<br />
quite challenging but then they excel at<br />
functioning under some pretty frightening<br />
time constraints. Pre-production meetings<br />
happen almost daily in the run-up to the<br />
shooting schedule, after hours and often<br />
until quite late. How they manage on the<br />
chronic lack of sleep I don’t know—and it’s<br />
possibly why they’ve brought out their<br />
own brand of BlackMilk coffee. If you<br />
have a chance to lay hands on the stuff,<br />
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it’s worth every cent you’ve paid for it;<br />
a custom-selected blend of coffee you’ll<br />
find nowhere else.<br />
Thomas tells me, “On a sunny winter’s<br />
afternoon Ronnie was busy having a<br />
cup of BlackMilk coffee when his mobile<br />
phone rang. He didn’t recognise the<br />
number, but proceeded to answer.<br />
“On the other end was none other than<br />
Garreth Bird, one of Cape Town’s top<br />
independent film makers. He informed<br />
Ronnie that he was planning on creating<br />
a film screening event to be held within<br />
the next month and wanted to know if<br />
BlackMilk Productions had any film material<br />
they would like to be included at this<br />
prestigious evening. The only catch was<br />
that the film should not have been screened<br />
elsewhere, thus being a premier.<br />
“23 Rue d’Amour stole<br />
my heart and ate it. When<br />
I read the script I was<br />
inspired. A new world<br />
opened before me.”<br />
“All our films have had previous screenings,<br />
but we did have a few adverts and<br />
smaller projects that could possibly<br />
meet the needs, Ronnie told him.<br />
“Garreth suggested that the evening<br />
should rather incorporate short films,<br />
and not adverts of any kind.<br />
“‘We will make you a film for this<br />
evening,’ Ronnie promised, without<br />
thinking about what he had just said.<br />
“Silence.<br />
“‘That is extremely bold,’ Garreth<br />
replied.<br />
“‘We will do it,’ Ronnie assured him.”<br />
That was how Jornada Del Muerto came<br />
into being, shot over two days over a<br />
weekend. Onrusbarend, the film that<br />
won BlackMilk this year’s shnit Realtime<br />
audience choice award, posed a more<br />
daunting challenge. They had to film,<br />
edit and finish sound over a span of<br />
three days. Well, they did it, even if I<br />
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felt like a widow in the process.Thomas<br />
often crawled home in the early hours<br />
of the morning—and he still had a full<br />
day’s work waiting for him.<br />
But what are the films about? Relationships<br />
between a man and woman are a common<br />
theme that is explored, but often the<br />
darker aspects, such as obsession come to<br />
the fore. Onrusbarend, one of their most<br />
recent screenings, is typical in that it boasts<br />
most of the BlackMilk hallmarks.<br />
Thomas shares a bit more about their<br />
creative process: “Ronnie and myself<br />
spent many hours working on the script,<br />
going back and forth with various ideas.<br />
Each time the story seemed too obvious,<br />
too predictable. We wanted to create a<br />
story that resonated with us, that would<br />
ignite the spark we both feel drives us<br />
towards the end of the various projects<br />
we create.<br />
“When writing, we often take the other two<br />
members of BlackMilk into consideration<br />
and this was no different. We wonder<br />
whether they will enjoy creating our vision.<br />
Will it be challenging enough for them<br />
but at the same time doable? Leon is<br />
very good at knowing if something is<br />
possible, and is very pragmatic. We often<br />
discuss key technical issues with him<br />
before finalising the script.<br />
“After creating at least ten possible options<br />
and stumbling through the quagmire of<br />
many dead ends, we came face to face<br />
with a creature summoned up from the<br />
darkest depths of our collective psyche,<br />
which Esté soon named ‘Onrusbarend’.<br />
“Built from myths, dreams and distant<br />
memories, Onrusbarend has many references,<br />
most personal, many biblical and<br />
some very South African. Many were created<br />
intentionally; others on some deeper level<br />
which we only discovered while filming.”<br />
BlackMilk Productions is more than just a<br />
film production company. It’s a creative<br />
partnership and a cultural revolution all<br />
rolled together with a perspective on<br />
contemporary arts that is not subservient<br />
to current social expectations.<br />
“we came face to face with<br />
a creature summoned up<br />
from the darkest depths of<br />
our collective psyche”<br />
Ronnie concludes, “BlackMilk was conceived<br />
by the necessity to ‘label’ our<br />
creative energies. Despite the fact that<br />
this energy is still in its infancy, it has<br />
changed the way we are perceived and<br />
has given a platform for like-minded<br />
peers to collaborate with us. BlackMilk<br />
is an organic entity which drifts along a<br />
clear path that is fueled with creative<br />
passion. Drink BlackMilk.”<br />
FROM NEXT MONTH ONWARDS<br />
Ronnie and Thomas will review the most<br />
offbeat, twisted and underground films<br />
imaginable, for Kultür Magazine.<br />
Anna, BlackMilk's latest short film, will premiere at this<br />
year's South African HorrorFest, 3 November, 8:30pm at<br />
the Labia Theatre on Orange.<br />
Bio: By day, Nerine Dorman slaves for a newspaper publisher as sub-editor and writer; by<br />
night she writes and edits fiction. She is a full-time snark and occasionally plays groupie<br />
hanging out with the BlackMilk Productions crew. Follow her on Twitter @nerinedorman<br />
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Rock the River SA New Year’s Festival<br />
2011/12<br />
The year is speeding<br />
to an end and the<br />
party season is fast<br />
approaching – do you know<br />
how you will be spending New<br />
Year’s Eve 2011? How about<br />
heading out to a kick-ass<br />
outdoor music festival with<br />
your friends, away from the<br />
madness of the surging innercity<br />
crowds?<br />
Now in its third year, Rock the<br />
River SA Festival continues<br />
to provide an exciting<br />
alternative to conventional<br />
New Year’s Eve parties –<br />
allowing participants to enjoy<br />
live South African music in<br />
an intimate, safe and natural<br />
environment. The need for<br />
non-mainstream, small yet<br />
professionally-run events was<br />
first acknowledged in 2009<br />
and since then Rock The River<br />
SA has grown to an annual<br />
New Year’s event.<br />
This year’s Rock the River<br />
SA New Year’s Festival will<br />
take place from December<br />
31st to January 2nd at the<br />
Cape Town Ostrich Ranch,<br />
located 20 minutes’ drive<br />
from Cape Town along the<br />
N7, towards the West Coast.<br />
The organisers will once again<br />
bring along a brand new stateof-the-art<br />
sound and lighting<br />
rig to provide three epic<br />
stages for the more than 100<br />
acts expected to attend. This<br />
includes the Main Stage, the<br />
Electro/Dubstep/ D&B stage<br />
and a third stage for Metal/<br />
Goth/Hard Rock and Punk.<br />
At present, the confirmed<br />
acts for this year’s event<br />
include (subject to change):<br />
Fokofpolisiekar, Hog Hoggidy<br />
Hog, Reburn, Half Price,<br />
Stone Collar, The Modes (PE),<br />
Junkyard Lipstick, CY.STR,<br />
Jackal & Wolf , Thought Police,<br />
Witness to Wolves, Cannon,<br />
Smugg Juggler, Woodstock<br />
Mafia, Signal Hill, Dustland<br />
Express, My Flawless Ending,<br />
Gritt (PE), Fingers in the<br />
Sky, a DJ line-up provided by<br />
RubaDub and Basscore, as<br />
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well as the 420 Comedy Troop. More acts to be confirmed.<br />
Metal stage confirmed acts: Mind Assault, Crow Black Sky, Ing, Strident,<br />
Axxon, Sindulgence, Fear vs Twelve, Messiah Complex, Bulletscript,<br />
Wargrave, Wildernessking, The Impalement Theory, All Guns Full Ammo,<br />
Fourteen Anomaly, 3rd Minute Effect.<br />
Electro/Dubstep/ D&B stage: Line-up to be confirmed.<br />
FACILITIES<br />
Participants in this year’s Rock the River SA New Year’s Festival can look<br />
forward to a well-planned event with all the amenities necessary to make<br />
an outdoor festival worth your while. This includes:<br />
➢ Secure camping and parking<br />
➢ Plenty of on-site security<br />
➢ Swimming facilities<br />
➢ Medics on site<br />
➢ Clean, warm showers<br />
➢ A food and craft market with affordable, yet tasty meals**<br />
➢ Bars with affordable drink prices<br />
➢ On-site ATMs<br />
➢ A VIP area<br />
➢ Activities including ZORB ball, paintball and a foefie slide!<br />
➢ Tattoo artists<br />
➢ Prize give-aways, including the ‘Float your Boat’ competition and Best<br />
New Year’s Eve costume<br />
➢ And much more!<br />
**Vendors who would like to book at stall may contact RTR organiser,<br />
Daniel, on d@rocktheriversa.co.za Please note that there is limited<br />
space available.<br />
TICKETS<br />
Tickets are available at the gate, Computicket, www.rocktheriversa.<br />
co.za, from participating bands, as well as Shoprite, House & Home,<br />
Checkers and Checkers Hyper.<br />
Limited Early bird tickets available: Sold out.<br />
Three-day weekend pass: R300 presale/ R350 at the gate<br />
One-day Sunday pass: R150 (at gate only)<br />
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Fokofpolisiekar, photo credit goes to 187<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
Westcoast Ostrich Ranch, Van<br />
Schoorsdrift Road Philadelphia<br />
(off N7, Cape Town)<br />
From the N1 coming from<br />
Cape Town:<br />
1) Take exit 10 to merge<br />
onto N7 towards Malmesbury<br />
(17.2km)<br />
2) Turn RIGHT (2.6km)<br />
3) Turn LEFT (350m)<br />
4) Destination (Cape Town<br />
Ostrich Ranch will be on the<br />
left)<br />
GPS Coordinates:<br />
South - 33°44’41.43”<br />
East - 18°33’20.45”<br />
Things to bring to Rock The<br />
River SA: An entrance ticket,<br />
tent, camping chairs, torches,<br />
sun block, insect repellent,<br />
toilet paper, camera, cap or<br />
hat, something warm, towels,<br />
headache pills, acoustic<br />
instruments, your hot sister/<br />
brother, money, sunglasses,<br />
condoms, swimming kit and<br />
good vibes!<br />
Things not to bring to Rock The<br />
River SA: Alcoholic beverages<br />
will not be sold to anyone<br />
under the age of 18. No glass<br />
bottles (please decant your<br />
drinks into plastic bottles),<br />
littering (leave no trace,<br />
remove your camping litter!),<br />
fireworks, domestic animals,<br />
graffiti/tagging, bad attitudes,<br />
weapons, independent sound<br />
systems, illegal substances,<br />
drinking and driving. We have<br />
braai areas available.<br />
RIGHT OF ADMISSION<br />
RESERVED. Entry is<br />
entirely at your own risk.<br />
The promoters accept no<br />
responsibility whatsoever for<br />
injury, death, loss or damage<br />
of any nature to persons,<br />
vehicles & belongings. This<br />
applies even to negligence of<br />
any kind by the promoters,<br />
venue and contractors. All<br />
rights reserved.<br />
by<br />
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THROUGH<br />
THESE GATES<br />
How long have you been<br />
playing and what got you<br />
into playing dark music?<br />
I Started Playing in 2001 so 10 years<br />
now, I started by playing Metallica,<br />
Megadeth, and ACDC covers then<br />
moved on from there. I really have not<br />
been playing extreme music that long,<br />
probably only a couple years. I started<br />
writing Church Of A Thousand Sorrows<br />
in 2009. Extreme music is just a good<br />
way to take something Negative and<br />
turn it into something positive that<br />
people can enjoy.<br />
What would you classify your<br />
music as?<br />
If you see my facebook pages and<br />
other forums, I classify Through These<br />
Gates as Blackend/Death Metal but<br />
over all its just Extreme music. Church<br />
Of A Thousand Sorrows is a little bit of<br />
everything which ended up being well<br />
rounded.<br />
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You played your first gig<br />
recently, how was the response<br />
from the crowd?<br />
It went well I got a lot of Support<br />
from the people that I know that<br />
were there.<br />
I met some great people in the<br />
process, so overall it was a success.<br />
The last time I was on stage was<br />
in 2008 so it felt good to get up<br />
there and do what I love to do, and<br />
Hopefully make a name for myself in<br />
the town I live in Mammoth Lakes.<br />
Being a solo artist, you must<br />
have faced a lot of challenges.<br />
What made you decide to go the<br />
solo route and produce your own<br />
material?<br />
Through These Gates was originally<br />
started in 2008 as a Learning Tool<br />
really. At the time I was in a Dark<br />
Progressive Metal band called Mark<br />
Of The Infinite and we were getting<br />
ready to record our second album,<br />
and I needed practice for recorded<br />
and double tracking guitars. I<br />
left the band later that year and<br />
Through These Gates music just got<br />
better and sounded more serious.<br />
Solo Artists are actually getting<br />
more popular especially on the<br />
Professional Level, Bloodsoaked,<br />
Insidious Decrepancy, and Putrid<br />
Pile are prime examples just to<br />
name a few. Deciding to go solo with<br />
Through These Gates with some<br />
Encouragement from other musicians<br />
I talk to. It ended up Being Through<br />
These Gates that it is today Live.<br />
Are you getting much feedback<br />
from your first solo album?<br />
Right now it’s what I expected, for<br />
the first few months it was pretty<br />
good and then just kinda died down.<br />
The Feedback I have gotten from<br />
it definitely has a positive side and<br />
a negative side so you just have to<br />
take that as a learning tool and move<br />
on.<br />
Give us a run-down of the gear<br />
that you are currently using for<br />
live gigs and recording?<br />
Live Gear I use a Line 6 Spider Valve<br />
Hd 100 half stack, my main guitar<br />
is a LTD Flying V the Dave Mustaine<br />
Model DV-200 and a LTD F-50 with<br />
Emg Active 81 pickups. Drums and<br />
bass are played back with my Apple<br />
Ipod ran through a DI Box out to the<br />
sound system.<br />
Recording gear I use is My Line 6<br />
Spider Valve and Line 6 Spider 2<br />
amps. Bass guitar I will be using the<br />
Line 6 Pod XT for that, drums are<br />
programmed with Superior Drummer<br />
from Toontrack and Vocals I use a<br />
Shure Sm57 and a Shure Sm7.<br />
What are your future plans as a<br />
solo artist?<br />
I am currently working on some<br />
new material for my next release,<br />
hopefully will be ready to start<br />
recording Spring or Summer of<br />
2012. I’m also working on getting<br />
some shows lined up in 2012 and a<br />
small merchandise line of T Shirts.<br />
I’m just gonna keep doing what I do<br />
and bring the music to the people.<br />
The music world is so overlaped<br />
with bands and different sounds. I’m<br />
just trying to make Through These<br />
gates stand out in the extreme metal<br />
world.<br />
Any last words?<br />
If You haven’t already stop by my<br />
music page on cd baby at www.<br />
cdbaby.com/cd/throughthesegates<br />
you can purchase the album from<br />
there via download or physical copy.<br />
Support your musicians, local or<br />
professional, it’s because of the fans<br />
that keep us going and drive us to<br />
create such brutality.<br />
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Where did the name<br />
Imperium of Man<br />
come from?<br />
The name is based on the<br />
Latinate concept of power which<br />
fits in with the lyrical theme and<br />
direction of the band. In the<br />
early stages of writing we based<br />
a lot of our music on the work<br />
done by Dan Abnett and Richard<br />
Williams and even now, that<br />
we have started going our own<br />
route, the name remains perfect<br />
for us.<br />
What would you class your<br />
music as?<br />
I am hesitant to say technical<br />
death metal, although that<br />
is an aspect of it, we have<br />
incorporated a variety of modern<br />
and more old school pieces into<br />
the music and lyrics in an effort<br />
to create our own sound. Its<br />
not as easy as it once was to<br />
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put a genre on us(for me) as our<br />
writing style has changed a lot<br />
over the last couple of months. I<br />
just call it death metal.<br />
You’ve been playing the<br />
scene for a while now. Has<br />
there been a show that you<br />
guys have played and said to<br />
yourself, “Now that’s a show<br />
we would like to play again”?<br />
just to show how much we have<br />
changed and improved over the<br />
last year. I’m certain we could<br />
piss a few more Christians off<br />
than we did last time too.<br />
What’s the reception from the<br />
crowds like and which was<br />
the best show you’ve played?<br />
The last few months has seen<br />
a drastic increase in crowd size<br />
Typically,you would expect that<br />
to be a show that went really<br />
well and that we got a great<br />
reception at. For us I think<br />
that playing with Becoming<br />
the Archetype(USA) would be<br />
something we want to do again<br />
for us, I think the combination<br />
of having played a Metal 4 Africa<br />
show and the fact that we slowed<br />
down on the amount of shows<br />
we play has helped a lot. The<br />
crowds have been awesome and<br />
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the easiest of music to bang<br />
your head to, they try their<br />
best and that’s encouraging.<br />
Grindfest, M4A Winterfest,<br />
Ultragig 8000, Noisefest and<br />
all of gigs in P.E have been<br />
awesome.<br />
Are you planning on any<br />
tours in the near future?<br />
We have done two P.E tours<br />
over the last 6 months so<br />
we are having a little break<br />
and then we are going to hit<br />
Johannesburg<br />
Seeing that you’ve played<br />
alongside Crow Black Sky, is<br />
there any other band/s that<br />
you would like to open for or<br />
have open for you?<br />
Bile of man, All forlorn,<br />
Wargrave, Juggernaught, Mind<br />
Assault and Suiderbees are all<br />
awesome local bands that we<br />
have shared the stage with and<br />
hope to do so again in the near<br />
future.<br />
Album announcements! We<br />
are releasing a 9 track album<br />
‘’Lexicanum’’ in the next couple<br />
of months. It is being mixed and<br />
mastered by world renowned<br />
producer, Jamie King (Between<br />
the buried and me, The human<br />
abstract, He is Legend, In<br />
the midst of Lions, Through<br />
the eyes of the dead etc) It<br />
will be the first album he has<br />
done from Africa so its exciting<br />
times for both of us. We have<br />
Stephen Spinas (White Picket<br />
Fence designs/Crow Black Sky)<br />
working on the album artwork<br />
as we speak. Once we confirm<br />
the launch details we shall<br />
head off for some touring and<br />
promotions followed by heavy<br />
viral marketing and a music<br />
video that is already taking<br />
shape.<br />
There’s this big<br />
announcement that you guys<br />
wanted to share with us.<br />
Let us in on this big secret<br />
you’ve been keeping all this<br />
time?<br />
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What’s the next big<br />
thing for Imperium<br />
of Man?<br />
The launch of<br />
‘’Lexicanum’’ followed<br />
by some rigorous<br />
touring. We shall<br />
start working on the<br />
music video around<br />
January.<br />
Any last words for<br />
the fans?<br />
Some big things are<br />
taking shape and we<br />
hope you enjoy it as<br />
much as we know we<br />
will.<br />
Imperium of Man is<br />
Breton- Vocals<br />
Justin-Drums<br />
Breda- Bass<br />
Gareth- Guitars<br />
Mitch-Guitars<br />
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of Tolkien’s homo-erotic overtones.<br />
It is well-realised and populated with<br />
characters that are living, breathing,<br />
foulmouthed, scheming humans and<br />
not the cookie-cutter elves, dwarves<br />
and wizards that constitute the usual<br />
fare of fantasy books. His characters<br />
are men who fight for loyalty, gold,<br />
land, honour, titles, country, revenge,<br />
and out of sheer habit…<br />
The Heroes of the title are standing<br />
stones on a hilltop that has no strategic<br />
value and yet thousands will spill their<br />
blood to claim this insignificant piece<br />
of land. The battle itself plays out over<br />
3 blood-soaked days and this book has<br />
that grim and predestined feel of men<br />
marching to their death (sometimes<br />
for a cause they neither believe in or<br />
support), but with some surprising<br />
twists along the way.<br />
The Heroes – by Joe Abercrombie<br />
Rating: 4 out of 5<br />
Reviewed by: Moray Rhoda<br />
Genre: Sword and Sorcery/Military<br />
Fantasy<br />
Hardcover: 512 pages<br />
Joe Abercrombie takes a typical fantasy<br />
scenario of Renegade versus King<br />
and turns the concept on its’ ear by<br />
giving it a realistic spin and filling it<br />
with characters that talk, act, live and<br />
die realistically, and brain-splattered<br />
battle scenes so sexy the book should<br />
be sold with lotion and tissues. One<br />
could call him the Michael Bay of the<br />
literary world except that Abercrombie’s<br />
depictions of violence are great and<br />
actually serve a narrative purpose.<br />
Despite it’s fantasy trappings, The<br />
Heroes is less of a typical fantasy tale<br />
and more of a military adventure: a<br />
strange hybrid that will grab you by the<br />
throat (or balls to use the language of<br />
the book) and drag you to a world that<br />
is deep, vibrant and pulsing with blood<br />
and guts.<br />
The scale of this world is massive:<br />
this is a land that could rival Middle<br />
Earth for its’ complexity but has none<br />
The story is told from many<br />
perspectives on both sides of the war,<br />
but the focus is on 3 men who have<br />
their own reasons for going to war.<br />
The coward Prince Calder, son of a<br />
slain Northmen king, a schemer, liar,<br />
betrayer and despised by soldiers that<br />
served his father; Bremer Dan Gorst,<br />
master swordsman, broken, disgraced,<br />
former protector of the Union King, a<br />
man seething with hate and seeking<br />
redemption in battle; and Curnden<br />
Craw an old soldier who believes in<br />
honour, the right way of doing thing and<br />
surviving, a man aware of his mortality<br />
and fearful of death. The duality of the<br />
characters is very cleverly explored –<br />
these are men that in the final analysis<br />
are at war with themselves, denying<br />
what they are inside or in some case<br />
transcending it for the greater good,<br />
they are vibrant, engaging characters<br />
that the readers will either see as<br />
heroes or villains, but will definitely<br />
identify with.<br />
The Heroes is an imaginative and tautly<br />
balanced epic acid mash up of Tarantino<br />
and Tolkien that transcends its’ grimy<br />
hack and slash origins and scores some<br />
subtle hits about the stupidity of war,<br />
politics and life itself while keeping a<br />
firm tongue in cheek. Definitely not<br />
your dad’s fantasy tales, The Heroes is<br />
well worth a read.<br />
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