Touring Istanbul

I'm in Istanbul right now for the first time and it's amazing! I'll post more of my pics on the blog later on as I make my way to Cape Town. Beautiful city with an amazing history. The architecture is absolutely mind blowing!

It's here: Ashtray Electric & Gazelle Music Video

After months of work, here is Ashtray Electric & Gazelle new music video called "Release". The animation music video we also did for this song will get a later release, I'll keep you posted on that!

HDR - Next Level Of Photography

HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a post-processing of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.

Trey Ratcliff is best known for this site, StuckInCustoms.com, which has become the #1 Travel Photography Blog on the internet with around 350,000 visits per month.

Trey is even nice enough to add a tutorial on his site on how to get pictures like these. If you're into photography this site is a must!

Ashtray Electric & Gazelle Music Video Release

Its finally time to release the much anticipated new music video from Gazelle and Ashtray Electric. On Saturday, 11 December, 2010 Gazelle and Ashtray Electric will take the stage at The Assembly in Cape Town to bring you this amazing piece we've been working on for the past 4 months. It will also go on MK (South Africa's version of MTV) and online around the same time. Up until then I'll be releasing the making of footage for your enjoyment.

Major Concerts Hitting South Africa 2010/2011

Photo: Kings Of Leon by Brendon Weyers

When it comes to major artists touring South Africa... we've been left in the dark for a long time. Only over the past few years South Africa has become a major stop for artists to come play, for bands such as Metallica, Korn, Muse, The Offspring, Billy Talent, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Counting Crows and few more. But 2011 is going to be one of South Africa's biggest years when it comes to big concerts. The reason for this could be a few things but the most important reason would be the FIFA World Cup South Africa hosted back in June. The success of this worldwide known sporting event proved South Africa is capable of hosting major events. New stadiums were also built during preparation for the World Cup and these stadiums need to be filled. Solution = Big Concerts.

2010/2011 promises a very entertaining line-up with the following acts:

Public Enemy
3 December, 2010 - The Alex Theatre, Johannesburg
4 December, 2010 - The Alex Theatre, Johannesburg
6 December, 2010 - Travel To Cape Town/Press Conference
7 December, 2010 - The Assembly, Cape Town
8 December, 2010 - Atmosphere, Cape Town

The Beach Boys
5 December, 2010 - ICC or Beach Arena, Durban
6 & 7 December, 2010 - Grand Arena, Cape Town
10 & 11 December, 2010 - Sun City

Rammstein
9 February, 2011 - Grand West Arena, Cape Town
11 February, 2011 - Coca Cola Dome, Johannesburg

U2
13 February, 2011 - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
18 February, 2011 - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Neil Diamond
2 April, 2011 - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
5 April, 2011 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
8 April, 2011 - Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth
11 April, 2011 - Green Point Stadium, Cape Town

Roxette
11 May, 2011 - Grand West Arena, Cape Town
14 & 15 May, 2011 - Sun City

Kings Of Leon
26 October, 2011 - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
29 October, 2011 - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Coldplay
5 October, 2011 - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
8 October, 2011 - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Get your tickets HERE

Check out 30 Seconds To Mars talking about their tour experience in South Africa and what roll South Africa played in the making of their brand new album; This Is War.

2010 Top Ten albums as by Andre Pienaar (Ashtray Electric)

Photo: Ashtray Electric by Brendon Weyers

Ashtray Electric lead singer, Andre Gideon Montgomery Pienaar (Yes, that's his full name) recently named his top ten albums of the year. Do you agree?

1. Jonsi – Go
2. Interpol – Interpol
3. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
4. Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
5. Grinderman – Grinderman 2
6. Deftones – Diamond Eyes
7. Mt. Desolation – Mt. Desolation
8. Xui Xui – Dear God, I Hate Myself
9. Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
10.Yeasayer – Rhapsody Music

Thanks for the post we-are-awesome.com