Posted by: musicalmover on: November 12, 2009
Rolling riffs, feet tapping beats and a ‘quaint mixture consisting of 3 parts suburb and 2 parts platteland’ make up the phenomenon that is Ashtray Electric, hailing from Bellville- they are set to rock and have started to take over the local scene…
The last time I spoke to Rudi from Ashtray Electric was back in [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: June 29, 2009
Ashtray Electric are a band that are being hailed as the next big thing and their second offering Bonjour, is sure to get them noticed. It contains both a 10 track album and a DVD which includes the fifteen minute documentary Lead Me to Sea and the music video for “Quite [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: May 13, 2009
Jägermeister are getting in touch with SA music, they believe South Africa has a wide variety of amazing musical talent and local acts that would give any international band a run for its money. The sheer amount of amazing talent that South Africa has on offer made choosing only a handful of bands that Jägermeister [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: May 1, 2009
Ashtray Electric is set to release their new album ‘Bonjour’ and as a build up leading to the release of the album they’ve called in a friend and designer Pierre of THE RCM to create a site that would set them apart form the rest. He says the design of the site was conceptualised “with [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: April 13, 2009
Ashtray Electric are releasing their first full length album named ‘Bonjour’
It’s a 2 disc set, with a short documentary entitled ‘Lead me to Sea’ as well as the making of and music video for Quite Overstared.
They are also heading on tour and the dates are as follows:
24 April OPPIKOPPI Easter
6 May Tings ‘n Times Pretoria
7 May Pablo’s Potchefstroom
8 May [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: March 21, 2009
Join in at Love to Rock Concert on the 2nd of April at the Tygerberg Medical Campus (next to Tygerberg Hospital). Crowds can anticipate thrilling performances from aKing, Foto na Dans, Bed on Bricks, Ashtray Electric, Ben-Nevis and 12th Avenue. The proceeds of the concert will be for the Tygerberg Children’s Hospital to support their [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: January 18, 2009
Photo Credit: Liam Lynch
Rolling riffs, feet tapping beats and a ‘quaint mixture consisting of 3 parts suburb and 2 parts platteland’ make up the phenomenon that is Ashtray Electric, hailing from Bellville- they are set to rock and have started to take over the local scene…
Festivals such the KKNK 2008 provided guitarist Rudi (who I [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: December 15, 2008
Photo Credit: Liam Lynch
Ashtray Electric’s new single from the Bellville Rock City CD/DVD compilation, ‘Quite Overstared’, was played on the 5FM Fresh Drive show this afternoon at 4.
Vote for if you like or don’t like the track on DJ Fresh’s page on the 5fm website (under the poll section)..
It’s a truly amazing song…
xx
yours [...]
Posted by: musicalmover on: December 5, 2008
“One Small Seed is the ultimate reference to South African pop culture. It is a stylish publication largely designed to appeal to a certain mindset, rather than a specific demographic. This intention already sets it apart from the multitude of magazines on the shelf today.
One Small Seed saw the opportunity to create [...]