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righard kapp

no blind spots in a leopard's eyes
can only help to jeopardize
the lives of lambs

About Me


MY NEW BLOG: INTENTION DEFICIT
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traces: 2003-2004

puin(with gareth dawson)

sounds from the spaces inbetween

i am a silkscreen printer, lapsed illustrator and an attention deficit musician whose output ranges from abstract glitchy soundscapes to noise rock to fahey-esque acoustic pieces. oh and i'm left-handed but i play a right handed guitar upside down.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/11/2006
Band Website: righardkapp.co.za/intentiondeficit
Band Members: me;
2 guitars (1 acoustic, 1 electric);
1 no input mixing desk;
1 loop sampler;
some pedals (delay, fuzz, volume etc);
1 amp;
2 long jack to jack cables;
1 medium jack to jack cable;
any number of short patch cables;
electricity;
Influences: Internationally: Fennesz, Trapist, The Dead C, Alog, Bill Frisell, Tortoise, Xiu Xiu, My Bloody Valentine, Polwechsel, Liars, Ryoji Ikeda, Sachiko M, John Fahey, Dave Pajo, Jim O'Rourke, Low, Labradford, Charalambides, Six Organs of Admittance, Jackie-O-Motherfucker, This Heat
On a more personal level: Benguela, Blackmilk, Morten Minothi Kristiansen, Gareth Dawson, Guy Buttery, Koos, Trike, Derek Gripper, James Webb.
Sounds Like: that lonely, plaintive foghorn sound.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"For Astraea" by Ella Joyce Buckley now available!

I am VERY proud to announce that Ella Joyce Buckley's fantastic album "For Astraea is now available through the (little punctuation drawing of a trolley) cd-r label. The cd is packaged in a ...
Posted by righard kapp on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:50:00 PST

New Blog - Intention Deficit

My new blog, Intention Deficit, is now live at www.intentiondeficit.co.zaThe blog is dedicated to my own music, friends' music, the sporadic activities of my new ..// cd-r imprint as well as illustrat...
Posted by righard kapp on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:04:00 PST

South African Sound Art on the WWW

SOUNDSTORY - SoundLAB Edition V - 2007During November this site hosts a selection of South African sound art curated by Julian Jonker, featuring work by James Webb, Brydon Bolton, Neo Muyanga, Garth E...
Posted by righard kapp on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:34:00 PST

PTA & jozi gigs

Fri 3 Aug - Die Huiskonsert Teater (20:00)45 Hazelwood Rd, Hazelwood PretoriaR50 (please book)The R50 price tag includes Trouvrou's (lit. trans. the woman you're going to marry) very nutritious soup ...
Posted by righard kapp on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:07:00 PST

excuse me, but i seem to have forgotten your name

Names are important. In your everyday conversations, you will be able to make a significant impression on the people you encounter by making a point of using  their names when addressingthem.&nbs...
Posted by righard kapp on Thu, 24 May 2007 06:45:00 PST

once bitten, twice shy

it looks like i'm finally getting it together to have a new cd-r imprint on the go, although it will definitely move at its own pace, and won't be more ambitious than it needs to be. Distribution...
Posted by righard kapp on Sun, 20 May 2007 09:51:00 PST

Bokani Macha Trio print preview

this will doubtlessly excite many  "Jay Ryan rip-off" type sentiments on Gigposters.com, but hell, such is life.   ...
Posted by righard kapp on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:51:00 PST

"Off the radar" at the Intimate theatre, this week

this week, the intimate theatre on hiddingh campus hosts a series of abstract and original performances by some of cape town's most adventurous explorers in sound, plus friends from farther afiel...
Posted by righard kapp on Sat, 05 May 2007 08:57:00 PST

if you run after two hares you will catch neither

just felt like saying a couple of things about an interesting book i came across - i'd actually had it lying around for a while but it took me some time to look past the appalling cover design (remini...
Posted by righard kapp on Thu, 03 May 2007 01:36:00 PST

not even the TV

Firstly, RIP Kurt Vonnegut, he's been my hero for about ten years now, and one of very few writers who managed to distinguish himself by being kind and affectionate toward humanity in all its fuc...
Posted by righard kapp on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:47:00 PST