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Sonic Summer Festival Tour

A new summer festival, the Sonic Summer Festival Tour, will be touring SA, beginning on 11 December, 2010, at Emmarentia Dam, Johannesburg Botanic Gardens, then on 15 December at Wave House, Durban and, finally, to the Backsberg Wine Estate, Stellenbosch.
Sonic Summer Festival Tour

The Sonic Summer Festival Tour will feature cutting-edge music from some of the biggest names: Die Antwoord, Locnville, Jax Panik and Goldfish are highlighting the tour.

Die Antwoord

The futuristic rap-rave crew Die Antwoord represent a fresh new style called zef. Die Antwoord crew is made up of zef rap master Ninja, futuristic rich bitch Yo-Landi Visser and the mysterious beat monster DJ Hi-Tek.

Locnville

Locnville are an electro-hop music duo, established by twin brothers Andrew and Brian Chaplin in 2009. The duo are singer-songwriters, song producers and musicians, in addition to being guitarists, drummers and business entrepreneurs.

Jax Panik

Jax Panik is, Jacobus Johannes van Heerden, from Belville, Cape Town. Jax Panik has been billed as SA's first online musician, releasing his music in the online space only. His music is a mix of pop, rock, and electro, with catchy hooks, emo lyrics, sing-along choruses, and loads of dance appeal.

Goldfish

Two boys from Cape Town whose genre-defying mix of jazzy house beats and searing live performances has seen them launch head first into the worldwide dance music consciousness. Goldfish consists of the two multi-instrumentalists, David Poole and Dominic Peters, who have a special brand of catchy electronic music using exciting new techniques to create live dance remixes.

Ticket Details

11 December: Riversands farm just outside Fourways.
* R150 Presale at www.ticketbreak.co.za
* R160 selected Musica Stores
* R180 Gate

15 December: Wave house, Gateway Mall, Durban
* R145 Presale www.ticketbreak.co.za
* R155 selected Musica Stores
* R180 Gate

18 December: Backsberg Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, Cape Town
* R150 Presale www.ticketbreak.co.za
* R160 selected Musica Stores
* R180 Gate

Ticket: www.ticketbreak.co.za or selected Musica Stores

For more information, go to www.sonicsummer.co.za or www.Omusic.com

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