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  • bushtech

    SFCD002

    Artist: alex van heerden

    Label: smallfunk

    "bushtech is my response to the minimal tech house and 'clicks & cuts' genres that I was exposed to during my stay in Sweden. I felt so close to this music, but for very personal reasons which reflected my 'home': the 'Karoo' in the rural Cape province of South Africa.

    Here the aesthetic is also one of minimalism: the vast desert landscapes; the fine, sparse 'fynbos' flora...also the general world view, one of timelessness and non-linearity.
    The word 'click' also means so much more to someone living in Southern Africa: The Xhosa language which can be heard everywhere resounds with percussive clicks, even more so the dying Khoisan languages.
    We have a traditional rural dance music in the Cape called 'vastrap', and I wanted my music to be a kind of new 'vastrap', funky, rural, organic and techy at the same time...a dance music for the future Karoo!" Alex van Heerden

  • smallfunk sampler#1

    SFCD001

    Artist: alex van heerden

    Label: smallfunk

    various works and projects of alex van heerden. track 1-3 is bushtech; funky, minimal, rural techno. track 4-6 is hemisfär; spacious & introspective afrikaans anthems. track 7-9 is evilPop: dark, fragile & erotic. music of forbidden charm. collaboration with kate ehrhardt. track 10-12 is nefertiti; insect jazz