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smallfunk

About Me

smallfunk music is a publishing and label created by keyboardist magnus johansson, based in stockholm with a satellite around cape town. the bulk of the music is composed by alex van heerden, well known trumpet player and singer on the jazz and ethnic music circuit of south africa. he has during the last few years melted these influences together with the sounds of european/scandinavian minimal electronic styles of house and techno, resulting in some exciting and truly original blends of rural/urban club music.
.: the sad news is, there will be no more blending from alex' side. he died tragically in a car crash in january of this year, deeply missed by family and friends. a unique voice is silenced, a rare personality is gone. but if you listen carefully you'll catch his vibrations gazing the stars :.
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smallfunk projects are; nefertiti - insect jazz, bushtech - minimal rural techno, afrodisiac - music of secret plants, hemisfär(hemisphere) - electronic karoo anthems in afrikaans, pink field$ - dark erotic and fragile; alex with kate ehrhardt(see myspace.com/smallevilpop), dandyesque - alex van heerden in the psychedelic dub-room, tales of droëland - more wasteland beauty; AvH with paul miller.
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"The line between the hemispheres, an infinitely unmeasurable area fluctuating constantly, disappearing and reappearing with new values and new mysteries. A line which simultaneously points to the past and the future without acknowledging any paradox./// As civilizations, cultures, thoughts and truths rise and fall, the line curves, slopes and dances. Smallfunk rides this wave, a brain-wave, a sound-wave, a frequency which is the sum-total of our lives, extending in all directions."
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/05/2006
Band Website: www.smallfunk.com
Band Members: alex van heerden, pinkfield$, dandyesque, paul miller, magnus johansson
Influences: andreas tilliander, vladislav delay, håkan lidbo, lee konitz(quiet, fluid, thoughtful, yet intense), jan johansson, hermeto pascoal, winston mankunku, steve reich, hilton schilder. and any kind of contemporary silence; impact is not about being loud.
Sounds Like: none, and all, of the above.

alex van heerden, 1974-11-23 – 2009-01-07

coming up!

nefertiti released october 4th 2008

check out at: cirque.mavo

latest of bushtech:

check out at: sinergy-networks

tales of droëland

you find it at klicktrack

first album of bushtech

can be obtained at klicktrack

alex van heerden outside native erection studio, western cape
further elucidation at: www.frontierrogue.com

free, and payed for downloads at klicktrack

Record Label: sinergy-networks/cirque.mavo/smallfunk
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

alex...

it is with uttermost grief i write these words. alex van heerden died in a car crash this wednesday morning. for anyone who had the pleasure of meeting him, even at a distance, this news come as a tot...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:16:00 GMT

'nefertiti' is released on japanese label cirque/cirque.mavo

this is insect jazz, for our myriads of little ones, now in a shimmering and mysterious studio version, recorded in cape town and stockholm.for more info on the release of 'nefertiti' please visit exc...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:59:00 GMT

Tales of Droëland released

long awaited, the collaboration between paul miller and alex van heerden is now released on smallfunk."Droëland is a place which exists, and yet seems to be a suspension of reality. Deep in the &rsquo...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:19:00 GMT

dandyesque - psy vo dub jazz

’Dandyesque’, the crown prince of psychedelic voodoo dub jazz. Trumpet and vocals blend with glistening organic glitch dub to create Dandyesque’s dangerously seductive sound.His solo...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:24:00 GMT

bushtech released on sinergy-networks + free downloads

new digital ep release on sinergy-networkshttp://www.sinergy-networks.com/the release, 'in the name of bushtech', features new bushtech tracks by alex van heerden as well as a collaboration with håkan...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:24:00 GMT

nice feedback from inq-mag.com

sometimes music really lands, and hits a good spot. check this blog:http://www.inq-mag.com/2007/12/26/smallfunk-south-afric a-meets-sweden/thanks mikel!
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:20:00 GMT

AvH on tales of droëland

"Droëland is a place which exists, and yet seems to be a suspension of reality. Deep in the 'Kouebokkeveld' desert's mountains, inaccessable to cars, electricity, logic and stability, Droëland inhabit...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:14:00 GMT

bushtech album namakwalogy digitally available

bushtech(alex van heerden) album namakwalogy is now up and running at klicktrack:http://www.klicktrack.com/shop/search.jsp?q=small funkgo there and get one track for free.
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:37:00 GMT

AvH on afrodisiac-life of secret plants

As an African, I naturally have been mostly inspired by African aphrodisiacs, plants that grow in my vicinity. Often their mere physical appearance is ecstatic, the colours and symmetry of the plants ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:14:00 GMT

AvH on hemisfär

After a hot summer in the desolate South African 'Karoo' desert, I boarded a flight to Sweden. The idea was to compose and record an album of Afrikaans songs, capturing the heat, intensity and magic o...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:14:00 GMT