14 posts tagged “damian stephens”
As promised we were on Showbiz Report, starting this Saturday at 7.30pm on eTV (South Africa).
Check out the piccies:
[It's starting!]

[Sara, the lovely Cape Town insert presenter]

[Dplanet, being interviewed at the Planetary Assault album launch party]

[Driemanskap performing at the Planetary Assault album launch party in Cape Town]

[Archetypes performing at the Planetary Assault album launch party in Cape Town]

[Me being interviewed about the How We Roll video. I say something like, we have the product, the quality, the visuals, now all we need is some media support!]
Check the repeats if you can, this insert is full of Cape Town hip hop wise words! :)
UPDATE
Hello everybody :)
For those of you who might have missed the
Showbiz Report last night or this morning on eTV, there are still 2
upcoming repeats:
- Mon. 5 Nov - 4.30am
- Tues. 6 Nov - 10am
Don't forget to join the Pioneer Unit group on Facebook for all the latest happenings!
WoooO!! :)
Tune into *The Showbiz Report* at *7.30pm* this *Saturday 3 Nov 2007*.
Planetary Assault album launch party as well as the How We Roll music video will be featured on *eTV*'s showbiz program!!
We'll be the last insert of the program, so make sure you're in front of a television screen by 7.40pm!
This is how we rrrrrroll!
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WoOo! :)
Check out our How We Roll music video on Channel O's Oboma, between 16.10 and 16.30pm today! (Wednesday 3 October 2007),,
Check out also super articles about Planetary Assault and Pioneer Unit in the latest editions of Hype magazine and One Small Seed, at a newsagent near you!
The "How We Roll" music video shoot got featured in Hype magazine this August.
Check out the video on YouTube and see if you can spot Mizi, Simone and Black Lez from Hype, who joined us for the shoot!
Thanks for the support guys,,
There is also a feature in the Cape Town page about the new Pioneer Unit album coming out: Planetary Assault :)
Hello everybody :)
I'm very happy to announce that our new music video, How We Roll, is out!
This track is the first single of the newly launched Planetary Assault album, released on Pioneer Unit.
http://www.pioneerunit.com
Check it out now on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypRhFV_p4CY
Track: How We Roll
Artists: KONFAB feat. Jaak
Producer: Dplanet
Album: Planetary Assault
Label: Pioneer Unit
Country: South Africa
Director: Anne-Sophie Leens
Assistant director: Eeshaam September
Buy the album now! :)
http://www.pioneerunit.com/buy_now/
Come to the album launch party / 29 Aug 2007 - Roosevelt!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2383768364
Well,, I didnt believe in ringtone and all that jazz but I have soooo changed my mind.
I got the How We Roll track that I have been working with on my phone and it rocks big time. I'm absolutely converted and I sound so cool, hehe,,
Pioneer Unit has got 3 of their tracks available as ringtone. Here is how to get it!
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Pimp your phone with Planetary Assault ringtones (truetones). Simply send an SMS to 38990 with the code that matches the track you want (see below). You will receive an SMS with simple on screen instructions.
Song: Hamb'ubuza (Go and Ask)
Artist: Driemanskap
Code: PU3 (SMS this code to 38990)
Type: Truetone
Cost: R10
Song: How We Roll
Artist: KONFAB Ft. Jaak
Code: PU4 (SMS this code to 38990)
Type: Truetone
Cost: R10
Song: Kakalaki
Artist: TOP & Macho
Code: PU7 (SMS this code to 38990)
Type: Truetone
Cost: R10
That's how we rrrroll!!
Hello everybody,,
I've been working flat out on the How We Roll music video, which is about a couple of days away from completion.
Beta tapes will be delivered early next week to various new hip hop telly shows!
Hence the lack of post, I'm being focused here :)
Don't forget we're having the Planetary Assault launch party on the 29 of August at Roosevelt in Cape Town (Loop Street). There was some hiccup with the first venue and Dplanet worked very hard to find an available better and nicer place. Roosevelt is so lush and glamorous, I can't wait!
The show is also going to be quite different from the usual (sleepy) hip hop shows, and the line up counts most of the super talented Cape Town MCs! Not to be missed! You'll also be able to purchase the album and teeshirts.
Flyer below, see you there, let's celebrate!
PS:
You can add this event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2383768364
Join the Pioneer Unit group for all the latest releases, tracks, gig dates and artist news: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2406867964
It's Hip Hop, but not like you know it...
Pioneer Unit & Butanwear presents...
Planetary Assault CD Launch Party
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Live performances by:
- Ben Sharpa
- KONFAB
- Jaak
- Middle Finga
- Rattex
- Archetypes
- Driemanskap
- Terror MC
- Kuti Kult
- Macho (Ill Literate Skills)
- Rato
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+ Suprise guests!
+ DJ Nastie Ed spinning dope party music!
+ DJ Madfingaz on the cutz!
+ Hot dancers!!
+ Giveaways - Gift hampers | Butan Clothing | CDs | Hype magazine
+ Drinks specials!
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R30 at the door or R80 with CD.
The event will be filmed by various tv shows so dress fresh!
(Jeans and sneakers cool though).
Right of admission reserved.
Big awesome news :)
Ben Sharpa will be performing at Glastonbury on Saturday 23rd of June 9:20 - 9:55pm!! :)
He will be at the Introducing stage set up by BBC1 radio in the UK,, If you're around, make sure you catch his incredible performance, straight from ZA to the UK!
More details: BBC site or myspace site
Cant wait to see photos of this,, if anybody catches him on stage,, you know who to mail!
Wow!! What a weekend! :)
First we went to Epping, at Bucks-4-Tyres rim, mags and tyres shop. Thank you so much to Eeshaam for organising the location and big thanks to Mr and Mrs Bucks for letting us invade their shop on the busiest day of the week! They moved around the rims, put spinners on 24" for us and polished chromes.
We had about 5 hours to set up and shoot some high energy footage for the choruses. Thanks to Eeshaam doing an outstanding and unexpected job as assistant director, everything went smoothly and I could concentrate on the setting up the shots and making sure it all looked outstanding. Eeshaam really has a way to explain what I have in mind to a crowd and get them hyper and excited about helping us out. He's got such a way with people and is even telepathic!! ;) Exactly what you need on a busy day of shooting!
We started with some stage performance by Jaak and Konfab, followed by some crowd shots (THANK YOU so much to everybody who turned up and showed so much energy and enthusiasm for the shot!). We also got blessed by Ameen and his krump dancers showing off their sickest moves (and the best pairs of trainers I have seen in a while. Stylish!!). We also got blessed with a group of female dancers who had a special choregraphy for the track. We did some cameos in an unexpected location (thanks D and Konfab) and even got a visit by Mizi, Simone and Blacklez from Hype Magazine / Joburg. It was very nice hooking up and thanking them personally after they did a feature on the Go Against Us video in this June 2007's issue. Thanks guys!
We then finished the Mercury Live shoot in the back office, as per the press release photoshoot, where we filmed Dplanet and Konfab performing the intro of the track. Once again, some startling performances by Konfab!
Photo by Dplanet
Photo by Dplanet
After packing up and Mike from Videolounge picking the gear up, we had a few drinks at Marvel to celebrate the end of a successful shoot!
BIG THANK YOU's to (not in any order of any kind...)
- Dplanet for giving me the opportunity to make a video for him, for his patience, vision, support and sound advice.
- Eeshaam September for an outstanding and unexpected job as an assistant director, can't wait to work together again!
- Konfab and Jaak, for their outstanding repeated performances, for their energy, professionalism and fun to work with
- Julian at Butan Wear for supplying clothing
- All the rappers from the Planetary Assault project who made it to the shoot
- All the extras who joined us on Saturday for the crowd shot, thanks so much for making these shots a success!
- Ameen and his Krump dancers
- Linda and the female dancers
- Hipe (extra thanks for the lift!), Nastie Ed, Mizi, Simone, Blacklez and all the other cameos
- Mr. and Mrs. Bucks at Bux-4-Tyres in Epping
- Morné and Kevin at Mercury Live
- Yan and Val at Marvel
- Jaak's aunt in Paarl
- All the kids in Paarl
- Scott and Emilia for taking photos of the shoot
- Hassan and Eeshaam's wife for their help in Paarl
- Nick at Lodestar for capturing the footage
- Pete at 10kilo for his technical advice and support
Massive thanks to everybody!!
For more photos of the shoot, check Dplanet's set on Flickr and Spo0ky's set on Flickr.




