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  • New Zealand based jewellery brand 27Mollys release their second collection – Love and Basketball

    New Zealand based jewellery brand 27Mollys release their second collection – Love and Basketball

    The New Zealand based jewellery brand 27Mollys has released their second collection titled, Love and Basketball. The collection consists of handmade pieces in silver featuring a mix of pendants, chains, rings and earrings. As all pieces in the collection are handmade, no two pieces are identical. The unisex collection takes its inspiration from 90s basketball culture, bling-bling and flowers.

    The designer and founder of 27Mollys, Brent Paye teamed up with Capetonian photographer Jabu Nadia Newman to photograph the new jewellery collection. Her approach to photographing the collection was rooted in a desire to have fun with the project combined with definitive aesthetic choices. These ranged from photographing in direct sunlight, using contrasting colours as well as favouring a rich saturated feel. In order to elevate the aforementioned qualities, Jabu photographed the collection on 35mm film.

    Christina Fortune has the 90s kid look down to a T in this selection of images and was a natural choice of model for Jabu who regards her as a muse. “I love shooting my friends and shooting with the same model over a period of time because I’m so inspired by their personality and look.”

    Makeup artist Naledi Mariri was influenced to do a very clean look for the shoot to highlight Christina’s perfect skin and stunning freckles. Her choice was then to add a fun quirk for the eyes resulting in a magnetic look that draws the viewer in.

    The collection was photographed at petrol stations in Observatory, Woodstock and Rondebosch complementing the concept for the collection as well as the look and feel of the shoot. Styling for the shoot helped bring the shoot and collection full circle, taking on hip-hop elements and basketball influence with a soft colourful side.

    To get in on the bling-bling and basketball inspired collection, shop 27Mollys here.

    Credits:

    Photography: Jabu Nadia Newman
    Jewelry Design & Styling: Brent Paye / 27Mollys
    Model: Christina Fortune rep. Fantastic Agency
    Makeup: Naledi Mariri

  • 9 Ether Movement – The Extra-terrestrial Music

    9 Ether Movement are a young creative collective who are using music, fresh clothes, art  and a lot of humour to get their name out to the world. Coming out of Nyanga, Gugulethu and Observatory, the crew has a ever shifting roster of members who adopt a dizzying array of pseudonyms- MC PocketKniife, Skhotane From Mars, Some Nasty Shit .  They made their first foray into cultural consciousness with 2014’s Wawuphi, a kwaito inspired posse cut which highlighted their lyrical dexterity.

    Since then the Movement’s Soundcloud account has been filled with group and solo tracks. On their Facebook page they list rap crews like Black Hippy, Odd Future and Wu Tang Clan as being their key influences. (Although they also make the absurd claim that Justin Bieber is their biggest stylistic ancestor… He’s really not).  The latter are the best point of comparison. Along with the love of bizarre acronyms,  9:EM share Wu Tang’s love of dense wordplay and esoteric references.  The BlackxIntellegence EP is filled with allusions to conspiracy theories, UFO’s and spiritual concepts. Complex lyrics float over smoky beats, reminiscent of the psychedelic hip hop currently pouring out of California. In fact, they even describe Cape Town as ‘the place where real psychedelic and extra-terrestrial music is at’. Their space fantasies are kept grounded in earthy humour, such as a hashtag used on their Facebook page- #WillRap4MoneyIAmVeryVeryVeryGood.

    Having spread their message through Cape Town, 9:EM are now looking to export. They recently announced  their ‘FIRST FUCKING PARTY IN JHB’ Held at Khona Daa Café on the 29th of April RealOnezzzAndFriendzzz is set to ‘feature live debuts of songs from the ‘Bree St EP’ by GREEKGOD and NINETY4. Aside from the debut of the Bree St EP, Yung Makhap$ will be accompanying them onstage to perform some 9 Ether and Ostrich Camp cuts, and we’ll also have guest performances from our good friendzzz Jay Beatz and Jusst Peace to round out the performances of the night. silkylavender also makes his DJing debut on the night. So all the familia in Joburg, please do come through !!!!’.

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