February 2012
On the 30th of January, HAEZER released his much anticipated MONKEY EP through SHAX TRAX. His 5th official release, Monkey features two original tracks - Monkey and Gangsta ft. Circe - and four remixes of Monkey by Doc Trashz, Pelussje, You Killing Me and Andy's ILL."This is a fun track, perfect for peak time DJ sets that's driven by rhythm instead of melody, with...
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January 2012
Cyberpunkers will kick off their EPIC Worldtour 2012 in Europe, then destroying dancefloors in Southamerica, Northamerica, Asia, Australia. On top of that, they plan an album, split into a 3-EP Series, which will be released during 2012.The Cyberpunkers want to share with you "EPIC" - a the Worldtour which starts with part 1 of the EPIC EP, coming out in February on Freakz Me...
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November 2011
Just want to give a massive THANK YOU to everyone who came to celebrate our 3rd birthday!!!!Also thank you to DONT PARTY for being a part of it and also thank you to our sponsors Olmeca, Monster Energy and KWV. Also A big Thank You to Arcade Empire, JSP, Visual Affair, Dirtyloud (Brazil) and F.O.O.L (Sweden)Lots of Love!!!GRIET!!!
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October 2011
"Cyclone Yasi, a storm that media outlets referred to as ‘the state's worst cyclone in history’, hit Australia at the same time as HAEZER!
While on tour down-under earlier this year, HAEZER wrote the track and named this ferocious banger after the brutal storm that inspired it.
On the 1st of OCTOBER 2011 HAEZER released YASI - for FREE DOWNLOAD! A gift to all his fans...
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September 2011
GRIET has the immense pleasure to announce our latest additions to the GRIET family! As of now, we are the official Africa booking agents for GTRONIC, Cyberpunkers, Tom Deluxx, Pelussje, Belzebass and The S. This is one MEAN artist repertoire and we could not be prouder to represent these global beasts of dance-electro!please visit our artists section to get more info on these awesome producers!
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Thank you to everyone who came through to be a part of the FIRST!!! annual GRIETFEST!!!!!Also a MASSIVE Thank you to our sponsors Olmeca, Monster Energy and MK!!! and off course to Science Frikshun and Town Hall!!!Check out some of the photos and videoThanks!!!Griet!!!
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July 2011
Recently HAEZER was once again ripping it up in Europe, but this time at a festival, he was asked to play BEATPATROL in Austria, sharing the line up with the likes of Moby, Steve Aoki, Cyberpunkers, Skrillex, 2 Many Dj's, Tiesto, Mr Oizo, Afrojack, Paul Van Dyk, Martin Solvrieg, Ed Rush and more....the show went down like a bomb! check it out!
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Thank you to everyone who came!!!!!Check out the video, photos and review from the night!!!Lots of loveGriet
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May 2011
Cyberpunkers totally destroyed Capitol Theater...Check out the video!!!!
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Recently the Double-Adapter guys hit Europe with their radical stage antics, playing alongside acts like Toxic Avenger at Love Electro fest in Italy, Prague, Munich and Stuttgart. They took a camera crew with them to document the mayhem and which has now resulted in a 3 part documentary that is currently being aired on SA's local music channel, MK. Follow the links to get...
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March 2011
Check out this video of the Griet stage at Ramfest Cape Twon 2011
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February 2011
Tickets are R1400 for cabin & R1000 for the 3rd class seats & include the following:Train trip to Worcester & backFestival TicketT-shirtGift bagSome free alcoholIf you already have a festival ticket, Its minus R450 for the trip.To secure your spot on the train you need to pay a deposit of R700. Its FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.For banking details or more info, mail us at...
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Griet is very proud to be a part of this amazing festival!!!!!As the summer season hits its peak so does the festival circuit. RAMfest is upon us once more.This year, RAMfest, boasts 3 venues, Spanning 3 cities, over 5 days , across 6 stages. That’s right! RAMfest will be visiting 3 major cities in 2011. This helps to cement the events reputation as South...
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January 2011
Once again our boy HAEZER heads off to Australia for his headlining RAGE TOUR, brought you by TRASHBAGS! So if you are from "downunder" go check him out at any of the following parties!3rd FEB - Monestary - Brisbane, Australia4th FEB - Roxanne Palour - Melbourne, Australia10th FEB - 151 - Wollongong, Australia11th FEB - Academy, Canberra, Austalia12th FEB - Trashbags, Sydney, Australia17th FEB...
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Time for HAEZER to go and party with the Portuguese! He's doing two shows with CONGOROCK in Lisbon and Porto presented by CLASH CLUB who have hosted the likes of Bloody Beetroots, Busy P, Sebastian and Boys Noize!He'll be playing SPACE in LISBON on the 14th of JANUARY and at TSB in Porto on the 15th of JANUARY!
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October 2010
Who better to spend Halloween with than those two mental monkeys from Hamburg Germany - SAINT PAULI! whose crazy-cool dance tunes will have the Capitol Theatre in SCARY MAYHEM! we also bring you the return of SA's favorite deep=space-champion-pop band KIDOFDOOM!! HALLOWEEN is GRIET's annual major event and together with HOTBOX, Doktrine and Millers we hope to make it the biggest HALLOWEEN party in...
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GRIET and SA Blog power house DON'T PARTY are proud to present DJ ANTENTION all the way from MUTHA RUSSIA! His first tour ever and it's to SOUTH AFRICA! A legend in the making so go check him out...15th OCTOBER - Assembly - CAPE TOWN16th OCTOBER - Townhall - JOHANNESBURG
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September 2010
June 2010
The 'We Love Noize' tour, starting JULY 8th, sees HAEZER playing alongside Belgium's electro grand master GTRONIC on a 6 city nation wide tour of Australian.Trashbags & TUFFEM UP! Records sees the return of the infamous underground terror brand 'WE LOVE NOIZE' Having a notorious reputation throughout Australia, WE LOVE NOIZE has had the likes of Boys Noize, Danger, The Toxic Avenger, Bobmo, datA...
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May 2010
Very psyched about this one!! The ultimate dance duo haling from Milan, Italy are hitting Africa!! The Cyberpunkers, one of the hardest electro acts we've heard in a while and currently Beatports top 5 most downloaded acts are playing DOGBOX in Pretoria with our main man HAEZER...but thats not all....this is GRIET's first rooftop party in the city of Pretoria!!!This is going to be...
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HAEZER hits the continent of EUROPE this month with some smashing shows in his itinerary! This tour is to promote his new single "WHO THE FUCK IS HAEZER" being released on FREAKZ ME OUT RECORDS end of this month. The single features remixes by Saint Pauli, Cyberpunkers, Trump Disco, Bellzebass, Noise Generation, Geht's Noch and Dead Bots.TOUR DATES12th MAY - AMSTERDAM - @ Paradiso...
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March 2010
So Johnny Foreigner's "Choose your side and shut up!" tour has come and gone. Every performance was something truly awesome in its own special way. From the chaotic fun of Stellenbosch to the extreme fandom of Joburg to the epicness of Ramfest, every time the band got on stage it was like an explosion of rock and roll awesomeness.We'd just like to say a...
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Ok menseSurprise!!!!Griet en Hotbox Studios bring vir julle DOGBOX al die pad van Pretoria af!!!Fuck Yeah!!!======DJ LINEUP======HAEZERMOEJOE (kidofdoom)Doctor Khumalo (Hotbox Studios)==============ENTRANCE: ONLY R10==============
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February 2010
Join the Ramfest event here:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=80072657682&index=1How to build a Robo helmet in a few easy steps…watch this:http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1282438552493FRIDAY NIGHT - DYNAMO ROBO PARTY19h00: Midnight Men20h00: Codec21h00: Richard The Third22h00: Bruce Willis23h00: Lapse00h00: Sassquatch01h00: Moe Joe02h00: Haezer03h30: Grave DangerSATURDAY - ROBO NINJA PARTY19h00: Frequency20h00: Construkt21h00: Mix n Blend22h00: Markus Wormstorm23h00: Ivan Turanjanin ( Killer Robot)00h00: PENDULUM ON MAIN STAGE02h00: Homegrown ft Niskerone, Counterstrike(animalchin & 500mills), Hyphen &...
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HAVANA CLUB RUM!!! together with Griet and Vice Magazine are doing a Voodoo Island Beach party at RAMFEST down by the river! There will be dancing presided over by our savage DJ’s Sassquatch, Haasbroek, Funafuji, Psydstep and Mr Sakitumi. The human sacrifices start at 11:00am and finish at sunset. There will be a bar serving all sorts of delicious beverages, as in mostly rum,...
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LARK THE V TOUR
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Fri 27 Feb, RAMfest IV, Worcester (CPT)
Fri 05 March, Hotbox Studios (PTA)
Sat 06 March, RAMfest, Emmarentia Dam (JHB)
only JHB show
Sun 07 March, Tings an Times (PTA) - Lark (Acoustic shows) with Isochronous (Acoustic shows)
Fri 12 March, Klein Libertas Theatre (Stellenbosch)
with SHE MAN LION
Sat 13 March, The Assembly (CPT)
with SHE MAN LION
For more information regarding the shows or interview requests please contact:
Dominique...
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January 2010
Right! We have the dates we have the times we have the bands!
check below for everything you'll need to know to about your Johnny Foreigner show! We have added the Facebook events for your convenience...and don't forget to join the Johnny Foreigner "Choose yr side and Shut Up!" SA Tour Group so you can listen to some tunes and watch some videos!
CAPE TOWN
VENUE: The...
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November 2009
GRIET is uber proud to announce that 3 of our artists have been nominated for MK awards! All of them have been nominated for 'BEST NEON ACT' which is in fact a fancy way of saying 'best electro act'. Haezer, Kidofdoom and Yesterday's Pupil have all been nominated along with Goldfish and Flash Republic. The awards are given on a voting basis, so please...
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The video was filmed, directed, animated, styled and edited by Louis Minnaar. Based in Pretoria, Minnaar is a respected creative with over 30 group shows and a one man exhibition under his belt at the Salon Gallery in Cape Town. Minnaar’s music video for Jacob Israel, ‘Her Narnian Horse Analogy,’ was a finalist at the IMAGO 2008 International young film festival in Fundão, Portugal ...
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October 2009
"Dynamo Robo Disco", Pretoria's most advanced audio-visual dance-floor-destroying experience.The brainchild of Sassquatch (co-creator of the Sovereign Academy) and Griet , Dynamo is a celebration of collaboration, bringing together some of Gauteng's most enthusiastic creatives in Gauteng youth culture today. Every Dynamo is powered by a dedicated team of musicians, DJs, designers, animators, illustrators and stuff-makers and brought to life by the small army of...
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DOGBOX is a Pretoria based DJ-Dance party that only costs R10 entrance. Every two weeks DOGBOX will platform cutting edge DJ’s from all over South Africa playing the greatest dance-floor bangers in the genres of electro-punk to disco-funk. Hotbox Studios, a house-venue located in Hatfield Pretoria will be hosting DOGBOX in collaboration with GRIET EVENT DESIGN to bring you your ultimate weekly house party,...
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GRIET is bringing their 1st ever international band to South Africa to come and party, HARD!Johnny Foreigner are from the UK and are one of the most anticipated emerging acts for 2010! We are incredibly lucky to get them here, but a bribe to show them our wildthings in the Kruger Park seemed enough reason for them to come....To put things in to perspective,...
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September 2009
4 October at TMDG in Mar del Plata - ARGENTINAhttp://www.trimarchidg.net:80/en-tmdg.php6 October at "This is Not a Gallery" at Cabrera 5849, Palermo Hollywood in Buenos Aires - ARGENTINAhttp://www.thisisnotagallery.com/FB Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136960871087&ref=mf8 October at "Salon Real" at the Buen Ayre Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires - ARGENTINAhttp://www.culturalbuenayre.org.ar/FB Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139146700926&ref=mf
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In OCTOBER 2009 the band is releasing their 2nd album ‘My Faith in War’, a concept album which is a 60minute long soundscape of the bands’ interpretation of the Apocalypse and the hope of life thereafter, recorded at B# Studios and produced by Kidofdoom and PH van Pletzen from Yesterday’s Pupil. ‘My Faith in War’ features guest artists Mathieu Auriacombe and Yesterday’s Pupil as...
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Our latest bit of chart news comes from Yesterday’s Pupil whose music video for ‘Lines and Colours’ has hurdled its way to number 2 on the MK top 10 music video chart! Thanks to Louis Minaar who took the Yesterday’s Pupil concept and faithfully guided it into a 3min visual actualization of the character of Yesterday’s Pupil with some clever lateral thinking and some...
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No Skippy No School DJ/ VJ SetSat 5 September- Pixel Pop Blossom - JohannesburgSassquatch DJ setWed 9 September – Sonop Spring Party – Harlequins sport club – PretoriaSassquatch VS Moejoe DJ setFri 11 September – Party in my Pants - The Venue - PretoriaSassquatch DJ setThu 17 September – The Arrows album launch - Tings an Times - PretoriaSassquatch DJ setFri 18 September –...
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August 2009
MTV, Dirty!Dirty! and DǝconstructionpresentTOXIC AVENGER LIVE IN JOHANNESBURG_______________________________________THE TOXIC AVENGER (PARIS, FRANCE)supported by:BANDS:PLAYDOE (LIVE)KIDOFDOOM (LIVE)CUTOUT COLLECTIVE (LIVE)DJ’SSIBOTDEXTERITYDESTRUKTODATA TAKASHIDIRTY OLD DISCOTEAM UNCOOL DJ SET2 floors_______________________________________A bit about Toxic AvengerWhile France continues as the dominating powerhouse for electro-dance, the growing independent scene keeps churning out all-night-long party DJs, with The Toxic Avenger quickly rising as the premiere Frenchman capable of taking the dance floor to a...
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Welcome to the GRIET website! This is our first week live on the interweb and we are super excited to be here!On the site you can find out all about the latest happenings of Kidofdoom, Yesterday's Pupil, Haezer, Sassquatch, Unit.R and LARK as well as everything you’ll need to know about the parties GRIET are throwing all over South Africa. So, have a look...
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The Tutus are coming to Cape Town to launch their EP with 4 spanking new tracks! Their first album 'Tuckshop' had two singles released on Tigersushi (France) and Every Conversation Records (Japan) which was followed up by a tour to the UK and Sweden where they played to packed out venues like PROUD and CARGO. The EP titled "___&the___" will be on sale exclusively...
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ROAD TRIPPIN' WITH SLSL magazine is getting BIGGER, better and FREE on campuses around the country.Kidofdoom and Isochronous have been invited to celebrate this new venture for SL by 'Road Trippin' through SA to play the launch parties. Some awesome prizes will be given away at the shows..Join us!BLOEM:12 AugustThe Mystic Boer. 84 Kellner Street.with Kidofdoom, Isochronous, Sean met die bril DURBS:13 AugustThe Beach Club....
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July 2009
All of us here at Griet are very proud to announce that Yesterday's Pupil has just launched his debut music video for "Lines and Colours" directed by Louis Minnaar. Check it out below
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Sassquatch will be exhibiting
some illustration and animation, as one of the 16 people involved in
Sense Worldwide's "Sense Summer Art Fair". You can read all about the
fair and the artists involved here:http://sensesummerartfair.tumblr.com/See the trailer down below:
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It’s been almost two years since our shoegazing deep spacers have released "Kidofdoom" but they are currently back at B# Studios recording their second full length album, "My Faith in War". The story behind it is the 4 horseman of the apocalypse have come and gone and have come again to see the world in a state of post post apocalypse. A design competition...
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