Now in its 9th year, Cape Town Electronic Music Festival (CTEMF) has reacted to the shifting global climate by releasing a curated multimedia package entitled Friends & Frequencies for the 2020 installment of the festival.
Friends & Frequencies is a comprehensive package that includes a compilation of 137 tracks curated in line with the festivals multiple stages, a pack of digital artworks adapted for your screen, an insiders guide to Cape Town’s most beloved institutions, all celebrated by 15 live performance videos shot at the iconic Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. The compilation viewed more as a multi-disc album and boxset, masterfully meanders it’s way sonically through the iconic stages of the festival which have come to be know over the years as the Audiotorium, Terrace, and Club.
The Audiotorium, quite diverse in its nature kicks off the compilation with some amazing downtempo and dub cuts from local legends Nyambz, Dank, and Crosby Bolani, complimented by previous guests Peanut Butter Wolf and Four Tet, slowely building through to some alternate pop via rising local stars Tatum and Cara Few, through to Deep House, Kwaito and Broken Beats from the likes of HVOB, Maramza, Kid Fonque, Little Dragon, Coldcut, Jazzanova and Gina Jeanz. From there it steps up into some beautiful Drum n Bass and Future Beats from Kid Drama, FinnaDrift and Sol Pillars before ultimately coming back through the tempo range with the sublime voices of PHFAT, Tyler Page, James Deacon and Echo Beach.
The Terrace has always been outdoors and a firm favorite in the beautiful Cape Town Summer months. A proper outdoor festival-style dancefloor with only smiles and good vibes and the tracklist has been curated with that in mind. Kicking off with something fairly different than you would expect from South African house favorite Jazzuelle through some exclusive gems from the likes of TheologyHD and Thibo Tazz’s collaboration as well as some amazing music from Durban via Em EX, Vicmari and King Bruce and Culoe De Song.
The Terrace also boast some amazing heavy weights with lovely tracks from local hero’s Black Coffee, Culeo De Song, Shimza and Lazarusman as well as some very dear international friends Charles Webster, Till Von Sein, Rodriquez Jnr, Butane, Hyenah and of course the classic Henrick Schwarz, Ame, Dixon and Derrick L Carter collaboration which lyrically really resonated with the ideals behind the compilation. The Club as you would expect, pays homage to our club floor. An edgier, club-syle dancefloor, stripped down and with all the escapist trapping of global clubbing nightlife culture.
Sonically, the tracklist is equal parts bass anchored and driving force, with Electro and Techno tunes from local favorites Rose Bonica, Xee & CodeKid, Leeu & Avi Subban, Bruce Loko, Deano, and Dogstarr through to some amazing international works from Ectomorph, Henrick Schwarz, The Hacker, Aux 88, Maelstrom, Slam, JP Enfant, Sinfo and Mateo. From there is steps through the beautiful progressive sounds of Eugene Becker, Mindo, Ryan Murgatroyd, Daru, Sides and Ryan Sullivan before finally stepping up into some cutting edge Drum n Bass courtesy of Mountain, Counterstrike and TehSynes.
Alongside the music, the visual identity of the festival is an essential forerunner in our communications and ethos, and this is something the organization has always valued equally. The compilation includes mobile and desktop versions of curated artwork by world-renowned designers like Black Koki, Drexciya mastermind Abdul Qadim Haqq, embroidery specialist Fiance Knowles and graffiti legend Falko One.
CTEMF is also inextricably linked to the City of Cape Town, and because of this felt it imperative to pay homage to the hidden gems our city has to offer, including a curated handbook of bars, restaurants, wine farms, and records stores. This was done in collaboration with The Inside Guide.
All together, the compilation sews the story of our festival, the global network of artists who have supported and participated, the people who have fallen in love with CTEMF, and the life-affirming mission that electronic music culture has granted us over decades of involvement.
TRACKLISTING – AUDIOTORIUM
1. DJ Food – Colours Beyond Colours
2. Nyambz – Back In The Day (Ricci Mix)
3. Peanut Butter Wolf – Chain Gang
4. Four Tet – Two Thousand And Seventeen
5. Asvnte – Mula ft JXY
6. Dank – Worms
7. Crosby Bolani – Perilous Times
8. Floyd Lavine – Binded
9. Messive Muzik – Faqadat Fi Alsawt (Atmos Gruv Mix)
10. Vox Portent – Cult Fanatics
11. Elle E – Tiny House (Soft-Touch Retouch)
12. Bryson – Dawn Treader
13. Hesselberg – Chopping Down Mountains
14. Tatum – My Hands
15. Cara Frew – Waiting For Love
16. HVOB – Ghost
17. Digital Sangoma – Nyamezela
18. Dumama + Kechou – Intaka
19. Kid Fonque – Infinity Feat. Daev Martian & Ziyon
20. Maramza – Drinks On Me Feat. Robin ThirdFloor
21. Little Dragon – Rush
22. Jazzanova – In The Morning Feat. Zakes Bantwini
23. Gina Jeanz Feat. Mumbi Kasumba – Tropic City (Simbad Suite)
24. Keleketla! & Coldcut – International Love Affair
25. Rt Rev Dr Moody and the Moodys Blue Note Orchestra – Higher State Of Jazz
26. Richard the Third – This Ol Heart
27. Markus Wormstorm – Upturned
28. Frivolous – Von Ether – The Gifts From The Gods
29. Mr Mo feat G Steel – The Comeback
30. Sibot – Barkley
31. Kid Drama – The Mechanism
32. FinnaDrift – Baby Steps
33. Lazershark – 4 Months And A Day
34. Sol Pillars – Deeper Love
35. Mix n Blend – The Knife Feat. EJ von Lyrik & Miki San Tzu
36. Caramel Feat. DJ Ready D – Worldwide Party
37. Eavesdrop – Hidden Dragon
38. DJ Krush – Sbayi One Feat. Crosby Bolani
39. Kumodi – Grief groove
40. Herd – Brain Damage
41. Luke Taylor – Witch Bend
42. PHFAT – Catherine
43. Her H – Enough
44. Tyler Page – Don’t Believe The Aliens
45. Mr Sakitumi – No More Sorrow
46. James Deacon – Gone
47. Andy Lund – This Town Is Ours
TRACKLISTING – TERRACE
48. Jazzuelle Feat. Kirsten Adams – Stay
49. TheologyHD & Thibo Tazz – Lovepain ft Khess
50. Em Ex – Destination 27
51. Sytec Feat. Shiva – Cruising
52. Vicmari – Find Your Way
53. Charles Webster Feat. Thandi Draai – Fight For Freedom (Charles Webster Dub)
54. Kat La Kat – Stacked
55. Nedza – The Lost King
56. 104 BPM – Crazy 8
57. Aero Manyelo – Real Stories
58. King Bruce – Childish
59. Ray Bennett – Moving
60. Till von Sein – Bimbes
61. Deep Aztec – Rise Above
62. Adam De Smit – Home
63. Black Coffee – 100 Zulu Warriors
64. Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse – Jive Soweto (Charles Webster Dub Mix)
65. Don Laka – I Wanna Be Myself (DJ Gerd Janson Edit)
66. Culoe De Song – City Of AquaDu
67. Pierre Johnson, Avi Subban & The Lazarusman – Eat, Pray, Love
68. Rodriguez Jr. – What Is Real (Floyd Lavine Remix)
69. Henrik Schwarz / Âme / Dixon feat. Derrick L. Carter – WhereWe At (Version 1)
70. XtetiQsoul – Resistance
71. Echo Deep – This Is My Time
72. Hyenah – Drums Of Usuthu
73. Shimza – Late Night Dreaming
74. Stera & Froote – Cour Of Law
75. DJ OD – Voices Of Himba
76. Ruffest – Inkinga Yi GTi
77. Aux Feat. DJ Lag – Re-Birth
78. Naize – Main Event
79. Stoorne – Dankie Sox
80. Da Soul Boyz – Generator
81. Toolz Umazelaphi – 1 am
82. Florian Kruse Feat. Lazarusman – The Proof Of Life
83. Dean Fuel – All In (Dub Mix)
84. Patrick Kunkel – Dirty
85. Chasing Space – Factory Floors (Dub Tool)
86. Lady M – Not My Zebra
87. Dirty Doering – Khayelitsha
88. MKLY Feat. Teagan Lee & Jake Hoffman – Alpha
89. Terrasoul – Faea
90. Luis 93 – Refractions
91. Get Down Crew – Importance
92. Butane & Riko Forinson – Slow Motion
TRACKLISTING – CLUB
93. Nia BlaQ – We Speak
94. Ectomorph – Genome Shift
95. Luc Veermeer – Swilford
96. A Million Things – The Universe Is Actually A Sound
97. blaqkongo – Many Faces
98. Xee & CodeKid – Troubled Times
99. Leeu & Avi Subban – Night Terrors
100. Bruce Loko – Modimolle
101. Rose Bonica – Does This Mean I’m Back (Did I Ever Leave)
102. Deano – Bring Me Back Down To Earth
103. Austrian Apparel – Maadness
104. Henrik Schwarz – Do You Live Under A Rock
105. Dogstarr – Get Off Your Block
106. Black Lake – Type 1
107. AUX 88 – Urban Ebonics
108. Brian E and The Egyptian Lover – This Nu Electro
109. Ivan Turanjanin Feat. Hanél – Complex
110. Ghetto Slunking – Final Space
111. The Hacker – Binary Dance
112. Maelstrom – Skies
113. Slam – Heiwa
114. JP Enfant – Buoyance
115. Skale Tone – Acid Raid
116. Sinfol – Who We Are
117. Craig Placid – Cinforbe
118. Sick Note – The Process
119. Mateo! – Recognition
120. Nick Grater – Defined Destiny
121. Jack’s CAB Feat. Khrystyn Meth – 5th Dimension
122. Sonic Bloom – The Day OF Black Sun
123. Eugene Becker – Runaway
124. Cornelius SA – Medieval
125. Mindo – New Era
126. Daru – Mutable
127. Sides – Pulpo
128. Mark Valsecchi and Ryan Murgatroyd – Rebel Kids
129. Ryan Sullivan – The Grind
130. Sacred Sun – Don’t Trip
131. Remember The Morning – The Dome
132. Kevin Ribbans – Sunrise Eternal
133. Bad Disk – WASD
134. Grimehouse – Beast Mode
135. Mountain – Black
136. Counterstrike – Sacrifices
137. TehSynes ft Ntombethongo – Lost & Found
FUNDRAISER PARTNER – FEED OUR CREW
Friends & Frequencies is available for sale at $10 (USD) exclusively via our website & Bandcamp, with the sole objective of raising funds for the artists involved and the creative industry supply chain. The funds generated will be audited, allocated and distributed via our partners : Feed Our Crew
We felt it is imperative to come up with an initiative to support this industry that has supported us over the years.
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the local events community, including our technical crew that often work from gig to gig.
We have come to together to provide temporary support by the way of food vouchers for eligible members of our community.
The vouchers will be used for food, electricity and other essentials.
With the donations we receive, vouchers valued at R500 will be distributed via Feed Our Crew to the qualified recipients.
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