Press Release:
African Dope Publishing Releases Moxyland Soundtrack Album 1 July 2008
The official Moxyland Soundtrack is a creative collaboration, compiled and selekta’d by African Dope’s honeyb and author Lauren Beukes to complement the futuristic urban thriller, Moxyland (Jacana 2008).
The compilation is an ill-bient mash with a distinctly Cape Town flavour and a dark, gritty, futuristic edge to reflect the mood of the book, mastered by Dope’s Fletcher and featuring artists like The Tone Deaf Junkies, Taxi Violence, The Real Estate Agents, Mix n Blend, Dank, Mr Gelatine and Jacob Israel.
Honeyb says, “The mood of the book demanded a specific tone of music. It’s more about headspace than genre and these tracks really match up to that from rock, punk rock and indie through to electro, glitch, drum ‘n’ bass and breakbeat, all straight out of Cape Town. It features some old favourites from the vaults, as well as some new and unreleased, all compiled onto one album.”
“The Moxyland Soundtrack works as a showcase of just some of the brilliant tracks in African Dope Publishing’s catalogue. Over the last couple of years, the range of genres and artists we represent has grown much broader and it’s high time we released some of the music and got it out there.”
Moxyland author Lauren Beukes says, “African Dope’s been at the forefront of interesting Cape Town music for eight years and they have experience in doing innovative projects, like The Constructus Corporation’s concept book + album, so it was a great fit from the first.”
“It was very much a collaborative effort and the tricky part was not finding music to match the book in the hours and hours of listening in African Dope Publishing’s catalogue, but liposuctioning it down to just 13 tracks.”
The Moxyland Soundtrack will be released in multi-format in July through good music stores everywhere, sold separately or bundled with the book, and also digitally through African Dope’s network including INgrooves, vidzone, pick ’n play and indie stores such as Loadtheshow, Afrodesia and Rhythm Online.
The Novel
Moxyland is funny, gritty, imaginative and ultimately deeply disturbing - a frighteningly persuasive high-tech fable for South Africa that has been drawing early critical acclaim. Described as “a technicolor jazzy rollercoaster ride into a dazzling hell” by SA lit giant, André Brink, the novel crackles with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, a township soccer school, shocking cellphones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art.
African Dope Publishing
African Dope Publishing is one step beyond the record label; representing artists and composers and serving up music research and commercial licensing. It’s about a headspace, cultivating independents from the leftmost edge with a distinctive African sound and singular talent. All music is licensed from the original labels and artists and published by African Dope Publishing.
[28th July 2008]
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