Tuesday, 5 November 2013

DANCEHALL REGGAE MZANSI AWARDS

In an effort to encourage and credit those who have been working hard through out the year, Tebogo Senona better known as Ms Soweturn has made it her responsibility to make sure that those who are promoting Reggae/Dancehall music  in all aspects are recognised through this award ceremony. The award ceremony will be held on the 7th of December 2013 at Mzimhlophe Hall and promises to attract all Reggae/Dancehall supporters from all corners of the country. The entertainment line up includes the best artists and DJs from all over the country.

The nomitions are still open to nominate your favourite: 

CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS

  • SELEKTOR OF THE YEAR
  • BEST FEMALE SELEKTOR
  • REGGAE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
  • UPCOMING REGGAE ARTIST
  • BEST SOUND SYSTEM
  • OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN REGGAE
  • REGGAE ELDER OF THE YEAR
  • LAST MAN STANDING (ROOTS)
  • DANCEHALL QUEEN OF THE YEAR
  • MC OF THE YEAR
  • DANCEHALL/REGGAE BIGGEST FAN

You can nominate your favourite by smsing their NAME + CATEGORY to 0818177914


FACEBOOK: MSSOWETURN TURN TINGZ UP / MsSoweturn Senona

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LET'S SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.
 
 
 

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

LISTEN AND SHARE

#LISTEN&SHARE

BADDEST REGGAE ARTISTS FROM BARBADOS, SOUTH AFRICA & JAMAICA


ORAKLE - JAH WILL NEVER
https://soundcloud.com/joyhouseentertainment/jah-will-never-gunhill-riddim

ORAKLE - WHO AH MY FRIEND  
https://soundcloud.com/joyhouseentertainment/who-ah-my-friend



JAH LINK - SHOW ME (Blood & Tears Riddim) -  Prod By @Skeleton_RML at @RebelstoneMuzik
Download: https://app.box.com/s/tatqsg6x3mbqx8niyuva

JAH LINK - WE PARTY (SummerDance Riddim) Prod by @ZephyOldies
Download:  http://www.hulkshare.com/1rojvs140g34



DESTINY - HOW YUH FI SEH YUH LOVE ME 
https://soundcloud.com/joyhouseentertainment/destiny-how-u-fi-say-u-love-me

DESTINY - FOUND LOVE
https://soundcloud.com/joyhouseentertainment/destiny-found-love



J LIFE FT INDRA - SUCCESSFUL 
https://soundcloud.com/joyhouseentertainment/j-life-ft-indra-successful

J LIFE FT LRG & ORAKLE - MUST MAKE IT
https://soundcloud.com/joyhouseentertainment/j-life-ft-lrg-and-orakle-must




ENQUIRIES, BOOKINGS, JINGLES & DUPLATES: joyhouseentertainment@gmail.com
TWITTER: @MphoDaGazaPimp
BBM: 2651F938

#ReggaeMusic2DiWorlll

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

WOMEN IN REGGAE


Over the years, women have been considered inferior and incapable of doing what their counter parts are capable of doing. However this has changed tremendously throughout the years where we have seen women taking over a lot of industries and doing work/jobs that were considered to be ''man's work". We have seen women taking over the many industries with an aim of proving their abilities and the edge to change the minds of the stereotypes who believe women to be inferior. These women have proved to be outstanding and challenging in their industries by showing a great amount of determination and passion in everything they do. The Reggae industry is one of the fortunate industries to host such powerful, hard working, passionate and determined women which form various parts of the industry like DJs, Event Coordinators, Musicians, Dancers, etc. 

As the celebration of Woman's Month (August) came to an end, Joy House Entertainment feels the need to continue to celebrate a few (out of many) of these amazing women who are contributing to the growth of Reggae in South Africa. It is well within our responsibility as Joy House Entertainment to promote these women and make sure that the world knows about them and the roles they play in the growth of this beautiful genre of music.


 
THE QUEENS 
 

NAME: Rirhandzu Chauke AKA Dj Rhaa

TITLE: DJ/SHELEKTOR

BIO: DJ Rhaa (RHA) - The first three letters of her name with an added 'A', combine it with the first letter of her name, you get the word 'Ra' - which means the 'SUN GOD' in ancient kermet, ancient Egypt, RULER OF DAY, she is the sun-goddess, thats how she came up with her djing name.

 
 
 

Born Rirhandzu Chauke, she is her mother's first born child, she grew up All over Soweto, from Chiawelo to Diepkloof to Protea etc. Matriculated in 2001 at Vaal Christian School. 5 years later she went to study for a Media Diploma at Boston Media House in Sandton and that is when she met a good friend, Thembeka Hamilton who gave her an opportunity to do something she loves professionaly, "DJYING!" Peter Stuyvesant Cigarettes was looking for female djs and she happened to be at the right place at the right time, they got trained on how to use turntables and how to mix music, they mastered the art and started playing at Peter Stuyvesant Cigarettes' promo gigs playing House and Dancehall. This was all in 2007 and here she is in 2013 and still growing. Playing good music and seeing people dancing and enjoying her set brings a huge smile to DJ Rhaa.




 
CONTACT:
 
FACEBOOK: Rhaa Rha Rhaa
Email: murhandziwa@facebook.com 
Cell: 072 381 6517

Source: DJ Rhaa



NAME: QUEENSOULVIBES SA

TITLE: EVENT COORDINATORS/ARTIST MANAGERS

BIO: QueenSoulVibes consists of Twin Sisters born in Sebokeng,Vaal, South Africa. Born Mamokgethi Sekano aka SoulSista and Maserame Sekano aka KhosiQueen. The Love and appreciation of music started from home, Mom and Dad are avid fans of Jazz, Soul, Blues, choral music,and Reggae so they were exposed to a lot of Judy Boucher, Lionel Richie, Chicco Twala, Ali Kat, Brenda Fassie, Dobbie Gray, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley and Lucky Dube, just to mention a few.
 
KhosiQueen & SoulSista

 
In High School they formed a group with another friend, where they imitated groups such as Salt 'n Pepa and they would perform mostly during school functions. They would also attend hip hop shows at Le Club, Jhb CBD which was the place to be in that era.

In the 90's they moved to Johannesburg to study where they studied Sound Engineering, Travel and Tourism Management. During those days they met 'Lasbon Shatta' through mutual friends, and he would tell them about this club that hosts reggae shows on Thursdays. They went once, and that was the beginning of their journey with Reggae and Dancehall.

 
KhosiQueen & SoulSista


Throughout the years they would attend shows and would help Promoters push their shows through social media, they would also take photos and post on fb, that part grew popular to a point where people would 'harass' them for the photos or demand that they bring the camera to events. And that made them realise that they have the ability to do their own promotions so that's when QueenSoulVibes was born.

KhosiQueen & SoulSista

 
QueenSoulVibes is a promotions & artist management platform. Their first promotional work was with 'People of the sun Productions' when they hosted 'Reggae Against Rape and Abuse' concert in Newtown, by the Grace of the Most High, that's where they discovered a talented young artist from the East Rand district known as JEREMIAH FYAH ISES who is currently making waves within the Reggae scene and they are managing him and doing promotional work for him currently.

Our Mission is to expose more South African Reggae Artists to the Reggae World.

 
CONTACT:

FACEBOOK: QueenSoulVibe_SA
Twitter: QueenSoulVibes
Email: queensoulvibesa@gmail.com

"Positive Vibes we are Promote"

SOURCE: QueenSoulVibe SA


NAME: Noluthando Rotwane AKA Dj Teedo Love

TITLE: DJ/SHELEKTOR

BIO: In 2006, she fell in love with Dj'ing after a friend introduced her to playing by asking her to stand in for her for 10 minutes at a gig, with no previous experience and a crash course she managed to play a few tracks that day and sadly she never had any practice after that but the yearning remained. Then in April 2007 I entered was a competition hosted by flames of fire sound system, asked a house Dj friend of mine to help me with my mixing he was a great mentor, he helped I won my 1stcompetition then things took off from then.


DJ Teedo
Dj Teedo & Queen Ifrica
 
Joined another clash in 2010 took 1st place and She has been holding the tittle since then and her career in Dj’ing flourished even more after that clash.

Achievements

  • Was resident DJ for African Storm hosted by JahSeed and Admiral Bassline.
  • Performed @ the 2011 Castle Lite Spring Fiesta @ The Wild Waters, Boksburg, sharing the stage with Black Coffee, DJ fresh, the Soul Candi Team (Played at the Metro fm stage)
  • Performing @ an international event, South African Reggae Splash for the Twinkle Brothers in October 2011
  • Currently resident DJ at House of Tandoor in Yoeville, the birth place of the reggae and dancehall movement in SA.
  • Played an opening set for International Act 'Massicker' from Boston, USA.
  • Played at Kitcheners (Braamfontein) Stones (Melville) Shikisha (Newtown) Cappelos ( Carlton centre) Northern Cape, Venda and Bloemfontein just to name a few.
  • Champion of 3 SA Dancehall DJ Clash titles (2007, 2010, and 2011 to date.)


DJ Teedo


CONTACT:
 
CELL: +27 78 198 9416
Facebook: Djteedo.Love (Dj-Teedo Love-Infinity)
 
Twitter: @djteedoinfinity
BBM pin: 2957CF43

SOURCE: Dj Teedo



NAME: Fikile Makhalemele

TITLE: Managing Director & Owner (Lioness Productions SA)

BIO: Fikile Makhalemele is an action-oriented professional, who is passionate about reggae music, marketing, events organizing, and management, brands and branding. Established Lioness Productions SA in 2011, a 100% black owned, youth driven, dynamic Marketing, Entertainment, Event Organizers and Management Company with vested interests in empowerment and skills development in the reggae/dancehall live events sector – focused on Reggae/Dancehall music events and promotions but not limited – which is a culmination of a vision spanning over many years.


Fikz & Capleton


Born and bred in Soweto – she completed her matric in year 2000 and 2001 she studied music theory and took acoustic guitar lessons at Funda Community College. She then in 2002 enrolled at the University of Johannesburg and studied a Diploma in Public Relations Management which she completed in 2005. She immediately joined the corporate world as marketing and communications consultant and while working she enrolled to study part time on a mission to further her studies and obtain a Degree in Communication Science.

Fikile come from a Christian family; respectable and humble with very strict values. She is the youngest of the two and the only daughter. Happily married and have two wonderful kids, a son and a daughter. She was exposed to reggae music at an early age through a reggae music collection that belonged to her uncle, an activist; who was unfortunately brutally murdered by the apartheid government. It did not end up there, reggae kept following her – while she and her friends were out clubbing religiously every Saturday at a Hip Hop joint, Lee Club she again got exposed to reggae music and was introduced to Dancehall music. Furthermore, 3 years later she dated a reggae/dancehall selector. Her family have been very supportive, lending an extra hand dating back to 1999, whenever she was assisting Dj Fanta and Terry with their late night dance sessions - her mom will make and package nuts while Fanta’s mom prepare the Ital – The encouragement and support received from her family, friends and in-laws played a major role in the formulation of Lioness Productions SA.

 
Fikz & Jah Thunder

Lioness Productions SA first international event was in June 2011 (Lutan Fyah and Jah Mason) in partnership with Milla Communications. A lot of required experience was gained from this first event which helped them shape and stir their brand to the right direction and further strengthened their abilities as a young reggae/dancehall events company. After the post-mortem and carefully studying the market; they seek the advice and assistance of other well established productions to assist in the planning, organizing and marketing of their next event. In March 2012 Lioness Productions SA hosted a memorable international event (Anthony B & BornFire Band) supported by our local reggae artists and selectors Colbert Mukwevho, Nkulee Dube, Percy Mukwevho, Nathi B, Tidal Waves Band, Blak Kalamawi, Badda Badda, Dj Fanta, Admiral & JahSeed and Dj Pepe. In maintaining and contributing in the building and growing of the reggae/dancehall culture, Lioness Productions and a group of selectors started a monthly club even at OST, Newtown in April 2012 – hosted Every First Friday of the month. The club event is now a home to a number of local artists and selectors where they showcase their skills and talent – and it has attracted artists and selectors not only from Johannesburg but from other cities, provinces and neighbouring countries (Cape Town, Durban, Limpopo, North West and Zimbabwe). The 08th December 2012 marks the highlight of the
international events hosted by Lioness Productions – history was made as a dream of many reggae fans came through, Capleton aka King Shango performed Live in Johannesburg, South Africa – and the expectations were met. The event was one of the biggest, well attended reggae concerts thus far.
 

Fikz & Tony Rebel

After the successful events and the excitement from the December 2012 event, the reggae fans were anticipating about which next international reggae star will grace our shores – Lioness Productions shifted the gear and hosted a 100% Local Reggae Event "CatchAFire’ on the 06th July 2013. It was the first of its kind and well attended by reggae fans from near and far. The "CatchAFire" is said to be an annual event.



Jah willing 2014 will be another great year for the SA reggae scene

Lioness Productions SA is focused on curbing cultural isolation and exposing reggae across all borders by organizing live music experiences where local and international reggae acts share their knowledge and talents on one stage. Working with the most talented, resourceful, loyal and creative people in an open and trusting environment – to provide events that will be remembered as a "unique experience". Lioness Productions raise the bar in the creation, development, promotion and presentation of reggae music.

"The message in the music is the key…you are communication to everyone – don’t let them with their wicked intentions destroy the human race" – Bob Marley

Apart from hosting their own reggae/dancehall events - Lioness Productions SA extend their expertise by offering the following services to reggae promoters, artists, DJs and individual investors

Marketing Communications and Creative, Concept & Graphic Design

EVENTING

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Understanding our Clients

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Conceptualising of Project

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Design of all elements including Presentations (Video/Multimedia)

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Co-ordination and Management of the entire Project

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Media Liaison

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Promotions

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Branding

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Social media marketing

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Marketing and Awareness

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Promotional Staff

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Sourcing of Venues and Venue Liaison

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Travel & Accommodation requirements

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Budgetary Control

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Post Project Analysis


CONTACT:
Email: info@lionessproductionssa.com

Website: www.lionessproductionssa.com

Facebook: Lioness Productions SA

Twitter: @LionessProdSA @SAReggaeRising
 

 SOURCE: Lioness Productions SA
 

NAME: Mystikal Ebony

TITLE: DJ/SHELEKTOR

BIO: This 20somthing, out going and fun loving DJ from South Africa started out in 2004, initially playing at poetry sessions and Sunday reggae sessions. She then, later on that year, moved to producing and hosting her own reggae show on Voice of Wits (VOW) which went off air late 2005. In 2005, she entered a Dancehall DJ competition, hosted by Flames of Fire sound systems and she took second place. From then on her popularity, has risen in the alternative culture circles of Johannesburg and Cape Town. Even opening up for international reggae artists like Lucianio in 2012. After two years of exclusively playing reggae she decided to incorporate hip hop, tribal, dub, drum and bass, raga dub step, and fusion into her set.
 

Mystikal Ebony
 
Mystikal Ebony
 
 


CONTACT:
Facebook: Mystikal Ebony
Email: mystikal.ebony@facebook.com

Cell: 083 707 1106


SOURCE: Mystikal Ebony