This can really stimulate creativity in the right setting.” It’s a kind of punk statement where the music and artist is the focus. Teh Synes, a drum n bass and footwork producer shared his thoughts, “Its importance lies in its candid viewpoint of the artist and as a showcase it doesn’t get much better than the artists back facing the dancefloor. In recent conversations with a few local artists about the value of Boiler Room in their own lives, I discovered an emphatic consensus. As an artist, the archives are an invaluable learning tool and a yardstick for your own progress. If you have ever woken up wishing you could experience a great night out again, Boiler Room’s archives are the place where you could recreate those feelings. Being part of a Boiler Room audience places you in the front row of history. The nature of the live broadcast inspires unity by making anyone with an internet connection feel like they are part of the audience. One of Boiler Room’s most profound moments occurred when Jamie XX debuted his Adele ‘Rolling in the Deep’ remix and almost broke the internet. Fairly unknown artists have broken their silence in these sessions while bigger artists have used the platform to sneakily introduce new material to the world. Record labels partner with Boiler Room for “takeover sessions” to showcase their artists and upcoming releases. The idea is to maintain the original sweaty, dark, enclosed feeling of the first sessions and fill the room with people who really want to be there – because of the music and not because they can afford a heavy ticket price or want to look cool. The sessions take place in intimate, unconventional spaces and the audience attends on an invite-only basis. Five years later and Boiler Room has become a curator, a testing ground for unheard material and a showcase of the finest talent from across the world. Within a year the sessions gained so much traction that their flood of users regularly crashed the Ustream interface. Pirate radio culture is an integral part of Britain’s rich broadcasting history and in its own way, Boiler Room is a 21st century incarnation of that movement. The footage was uploaded to Ustream and Boiler Room took its first breath.Ī loss of focus and a waning appreciation of the underground music scene in London inspired the need for Boiler Room. The session was recorded with a webcam in the unused boiler room of Platform’s office building.
Win tickets to Stay True South Africa by following Ballantine’s SA and Boiler Room on Facebook and Twitter.In 2010 Blaise Bellville invited club DJ, Thristian Richards, and NTS Radio founder Femi Adeyemi to record a live mixtape at the offices of his online magazine, Platform. When you share a piece of #StayTrueToTheMix content, you’ll be given the opportunity to register to be in line to win double tickets to the Boiler Room & Ballantine’s experience. Starting on the 2 nd of February, you will be invited to take part in telling South Africa’s own house music story. In true underground style, the venue will be revealed to ticket holders just days before the event.
You’ll be able to view the documentary around early April on .Īnd this is where it gets really special, tickets are not for sale and you can only win tickets through the event sponsor Ballantine’s SA and Boiler Room channels. The aim of the film would be to take SA and the world on a journey through South Africa’s house music scene. ‘Stay True South Africa’ will wrap up with a production of an online documentary, shot on location in Johannesburg. It’s our time now and it’s exciting.” Culoe De Song
“There is a lot of energy, a lot of hunger, a lot of kids getting into house music. But I’ve realized that we have the biggest house scene in the world in South Africa,” says Black Coffee. “We always thought that house was big internationally, because that’s where we got it from. That way even if you aren’t attending you get to tune in and check it out. Boiler Room will broadcast the event live online through the Boilerroom.TV/StayTrue microsite.
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