MyCityByNight: Is there any significance to the Madame Zingara name? Richard Griffin: The name seemed fitting for a bunch of crazy bohemian type hippies. The name Zingara comes from the Italian word for gypsy and Madame…well that’s me as the confirmed queen! The Madame Zingara tale started a long, long time ago. In the distant [...]
Category: "Interviews"
Chad Saaiman| Interview
Its been a fairly hectic journey for the very talented Chad Saaiman since overcoming a botched hijacking in Jozi earlier this year. After giving him a bit of time to get back on his feet and fighting fit we thought it best to catch up with this local muso to chat about Idols, Ari Gold [...]
Interview | Dre’ama (Teknotribe)
While slamming it on the Psy-floor at Ultra fest earlier this year MyCityByNight bumped into the mooiness psy DJ Dre’ama, after a good stomp session we took the opportunity to ask a few questions… Wowzers! Dre’Ama you are a super hot psy DJ, you play a killer set too! When and how did you get [...]
Aidan Bennetts
Having shared a rather tasty cognac with Top Billing star and local heart-throb Aidan Bennetts we decided to catch up and get a little bit deeper into the serious matters of TV hand-gestures and fan-licking. Here’s what transpired during our chat with one of the coolest guys around… MCBN: You were born in Jozi, spent [...]
Interview| Double Adapter (JHB)
MCBN: How did you guys come up with the name Double Adapter? Dan: ha ha, this dreaded question. we are not quite sure. My nick name at high school was adapter for a while so my buddy Danny claims he came up with it. More then likely its the fact that our surname is [...]
Interview| Vaishiyas (Germany)
South Africa holds a steadfast reputation as the darker scent of evil when it comes to psychedelic trance music. We proudly bang scream and kick our way to the front of an aggressively charged dance floor and are prone to letting the night time horrors overwhelm us. That’s why, when the rumours of a [...]
Interview| Emerson Todd (NZ)
After making my way through the Hippo Boutique just off Kloof Street, I found myself in the Red Bull Suite interviewing one of the most chilled and laid back people I have ever met. Emerson Todd, originally from New Zealand yet now residing in Berlin, got chatting about the Love Parade incident last year, the [...]
Interview| Chemogen
If there’s one thing most Capetonians love, it’s a good outdoor party. During the summer months, the city’s inhabitants flock to various outdoor venues to soak up the world class psytrance on offer. With dance floors surrounded by majestic mountains, open fields and flowing rivers, the music is rivaled only by the scenery. [...]
Interview| Neelix (Germany)
Neelix Interview MCBN: How long have you been an unbelievably awesome and totally gifted dj for? Neelix: I started DJing in 1996 but honestly only for two gigs… then I decided already to produce my own music. I started seriously to produce music in 2001, I bought my own computer and my first keyboard. [...]
Interview| Perfect Stranger (Israel)
Perfect Stranger is gracing our shores and will be dominating the stage alongside Neelix and Vaishiyas and a host of Cape Town’s finest at the Love and Light festival in early April. Perfect Stranger began his trade in the early 90’s and has been in the game for a long time, travelling the [...]
Interview| Mix n Blend
MIX N BLEND MCBN: How did you guys meet up and create the end product we see today, Mix n Blend? MnB: Kev n I basically blew up a chem lab together in standard 7. We knew Ross from school and when we got to Cape Town just got into messing around with music,joined [...]








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