Freedom Fest: Real Estate Agents and Felix Laband.. April 26, 2006

Felix Laband:
One of the men behind the origination of SA?s electronic movement. With 2 albums out on ?African Dope?, 1 on ?Open Records? and 1 on German label ?Compost?. Felix
Is recognized across the globe as one of the electronic producers that stands out from the rest. Tracks from his new album have received rave reviews by the likes of Gilles Peterson, and Kruder and Dorfmiester. This performance sees the re-entry of Felix into the gigging seen in Cape Town.

The Real Estate Agents:
These 2 don?t really need any introduction, but for the sake of those not in the know?.. Sibot and Markus Wormstorm, 2 of SA?s pioneering electronic music producers that have managed to throw their weight around enough to make a noise that all sorts of people are taking note of. From the urban street levels of Cape town, to the corporate boardrooms of Joburg. The Real Estate Agents are shaking ass left right and centre. Although snubbed by media such as 5FM and MK89 as not their format, the agents are going from strength to strength with endorsements by big brands such as Adidas and Red Bull. Catch them before they go pop?J

low:
A multi talented, DJ, producer and remixer, low has defined much of Cape Town?s nightlife soundtrack with performances all over the city, and country. As one of African Dope?s resident dj?s low delivers a set of rare gems from the local scene with the finest of the international underground.

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The Real Estate Agents: For those not up to date on the cutting edge of South African originality, The Real Estate Agents is the dynamic pairing of lab kids on distortion Sibot and Markus Wormstorm.

Sibot is 2002 SA Battle of the DJs scratch champion, and DJ in many other forms. Having played with various well known SA outfits like Max Normal, Constructus and Chromoscience, he has all the while still been pushing his solo identity as one of the countries most inventive and versatile electronic musicians. His touring history has taken him across South Africa, to international festivals like Sonar, pukkelpop, Fiesta du Sud, and 100% Hip Hop. He has opened for World renown acts such as DJ Vadim, Blackalicious, DJ Craze, Mira Calix, and FingaThing.

Markus Wormstorm is a classically trained beat terrorist from Pretoria whose tunes are starting to make a global name for him. Markus was signed to New York Label Sound Ink a few years ago, and has to date released an 4 track EP, and has a full length album about to drop. Much to his delight he was invited to lecture at the highly esteemed Red Bull Music Academy in 2003.

Official Website: http://www.armchairtheatre.co.za/gigguide.asp