vinyl digz
VINYL DIGZ BEGAN WITH A SHARED PASSION FOR ART AND MUSIC AND A DRIVE TO BUILD A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE THEMSELVES. the event was first produced in 2011 by cross colours and partner pierre-estienne IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. Vinyl digz was established IN AN EFFORT TO CELEBRATE VINYL LIFESTYLE WHILE UTILIZING ITS MANY ARTISTIC ELEMENTS TO UNIFY URBAN CULTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA. WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE DIGZ, EVERYONE IS ON EQUAL FOOTING; THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALL ABOUT POSITIVE ENERGY AND A shared PASSION AND CURIOSITY FOR MUSIC. vinyl digz is about creating a comfortable space for people to have a great time being themselves.
Vinyl digz events are located in the soul of any city, featuring local and international dj's, record collectors, musicians and artists. Whether hosting an art exhibition, live music, lyric, screening, fashion or all at once; vinyl digz is all about partying with a purpose: Promoting cross-cultural connections between people of all walks of like, coming together to celebrate the universal language of artistic expression supported by the warmth of vinyl.
“VINYL DIGZ IS AN EVENT BEST DESCRIBED AS THE LOVE FOR THE LOVE OF VINYL. ”
“VINYL ART IS A BIG PART OF THE EVENT AND IS CLEVERLY USED AS PART OF THE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN. GIANT ARTWORKS OF CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS ARE PLACED ALL OVER THE CITY CENTRE. ”
“SELECTORS WAXING AN EARFUL OF SUNDRY SOUNDS; SANCTIFYING SOULS OF STRANGE SOLDIERS WHILE SOLIDIFYING NEW AND OLD RELATIONSHIPS. ”
“...A PLACE TO GATHER WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AND LISTEN TO EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF GENRES...THE SELECTORS COULD BE PRETTY MUCH ANYONE WITH A PILE OF RECORDS, AND EACH EVENT FEATURES A HAND-PICKED PLAYLIST OF DANCEABLE GROOVES FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT. ”
“VINYL DIGZ IS THE SPACE THE UNCLE YOU GENERALLY DESPISE IS WELCOME AND WHERE CAPE TOWN WOULD BE PERCEIVED AS THE MOST RACIALLY INCLUSIVE CITY. ”
“THE EVENT SEEMED TO ATTRACT A PARTICULAR BREED OF CAPETONIAN - NOT THAT IT WAS EXCLUSIVE, BUT RATHER THAT IT CELEBRATED INDIVIDUALITY.
THE CROWD WAS SPECTACULAR, FROM THE MAGICALLY RICH-SKINNED AFRICAN MUST-BE-A-MODEL TYPES TO THE BAREFOOT CARAMEL BEAUTIES SHOWING OFF THEIR ETHNICITY WITH CHUNKY BEADS AND COLOURFUL TURBANS ENSHROUDING RUNAWAY CURLS. YOU COULD BE ANYONE, AS LONG AS YOU WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT EVERYONE. ”
“THE EVENT HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING ONE OF THE FEW INCLUSIVE PARTY EVENTS, BRINGING TOGETHER VISITORS OF VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND IDENTIFICATIONS. ‘HAVING A PLATFORM LIKE VINYL DIGZ OPENS US UP TO COLLABORATION. THIS CITY IS FULL OF CREATIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO COLLABORATE. THE MORE WE REVEAL THE POWER OF COLLABORATION, THE MORE WE ARE PUSHING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.’”
“A REFRESHING FEATURE OF THE VENUE IS THAT IT IS NOT AN ESTABLISHED CLUB VENUE.
THE VENUE OVERLOOKS THE BUSTLING INNER CITY AND RUNNING FROM 1PM-1AM. A BRING AND BRAAI AREA AND THE JUICE PRESS, A STEVIE WONDER-THEMED JUICE BAR, ROUNDS OFF THE VERY HOMELY AND WARM ATMOSPHERE AND TAKES THE MUSIC FAR AWAY FROM THE TRAPPINGS OF THE RIGID CLUB SCENE. THE BUILDING HOUSES A BACKPACKERS AND THEREFORE ATTRACTS A DIVERSE RANGE OF PEOPLE, BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL. ”