After 5 months perfecting the master piece LAME Music finally releases the much anticipated single.Tshwane record label LAME Music reveals its debut single by Trapizz, Fikile Mbalula on Friday 26th August 2016. Praised by DJ Deck Burner as a certified banger with a sick beat and a dope hook, Fikile Mbalula gives the listener an experience that will rejuvenate and lift their mood, leaving them feeling empowered and excited.

Fans can download the song on www.lamemusic.co.za/fikilembalula.

Trapizz is a hip hop artist, a record producer and a king of catchy melodies. His sound makes you want to vibe, dance and have a good time. He is influenced by producers such as Ruff Nkosi, 808 Mafia, Metroboomin and artists such as Johnny Cinco, Aka, Rae Sremmurd and Future to name a few.It’s not in the lyrics that there is a link between the title of the song and Mr. Fikile Mbalula but the essence is that exciting and eccentric way the song makes you feel matches the character of Mr. Fikile Mbalula. 

Connect with Trapizz and LAME Music:Facebook: Trapizz(www.facebook.com/trapizzthando)Twitter: ItsTrapizz(www.twitter.com/itstrapizz)Instagram: ItsTrapizz(www.instagram.com/itstrapizz)Facebook: LAME Music(www.facebook.com/legendsaremademusic)Twitter: Lame_music(www.twitter.com/lame_music)Instagram: Lame_music(www.instagram.com/lame_music) For more information, promo requests or to book an interview please contact:Tumi Moloi – Brand Manager+27 71534 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. alternativelySandiso Ngwenya – Label Executive+27 81 523 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cape Town based StateoftheART, an innovator in the online art world, has been showcasing and selling affordable contemporary art by emerging artists since 2010. This month they launched their new website to support the keen interest in South African art, bringing their works to a global  audience with easy access via the web.

The recent boom in the online art trade, currently valued at around R28bn is forecast to more than double by 2018. At least 71% of art collectors have now purchased artwork online according to the 2014 Hiscox Online Trade Report , with that number expected to rise. StateoftheART founder Jennifer Reynolds says "We want to offer our visitors the personal touch and intimacy of a gallery setting, without the limited selection associated with a physical space. More than half of our customers use a mobile device to browse our online art gallery, perhaps because there is something particularly satisfying about viewing art on a tablet as the tactile experience of holding the device feels almost the same as picking up a painting to look at it more closely."

The great advantage of StateoftheART is that it affords visitors to the site the opportunity to discover and buy affordable fine art that would not otherwise be easily found.  The slick and easy to use website allows visitors to browse and buy high quality art in the comfort of their own home, making contemporary art even more accessible. Works can be bought directly from the website and delivered anywhere in the world. The site offers a 7 day money-back guarantee. To discover the world of StateoftheART, please visit www.stateoftheart-gallery.com

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StateoftheART is South Africa's premier online gallery where you will discover an exclusive selection of carefully curated art by top emerging artists. Our virtual platform is complemented by the brick-and-mortar StateoftheART gallery in Cape Town; an intimate space in which we regularly host exhibitions and where art lovers can view a dynamic selection of works by our represented artists.

For images, information and interviews with Jennifer Reynolds, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

StateoftheART is delighted to present 'Contra Natura' (Against Nature) by Werner Ungerer. This work consists of 18 loose sheets of calligraphy and text, contained in clamp-shell box.   Contra Natura is a short story hand-illuminated in a medieval calligraphic hand "gothic textura quadrata". The digital and the archaic worked hand in hand in the production of this work which took Ungerer two years to complete.

The story follows a modern day priest teaching at a Catholic school. He confiscates an image torn from a fashion magazine from one of his pupils. The image is of a semi-naked man. The Priest is completely taken over by this image and undergoes a crises of faith. He exiles himself to an island retreat in the hope of re-connecting with his faith. In complete isolation, the power of the image grows stronger and its hold over the Priest more intense. As the depression of the Priest escalates we are drawn deeper into his internal struggle and ultimate psychological collapse. In the end he confronts himself and the story takes on a more surreal turn. He survives a violent attack by an unknown assailant (The Devil?) on the beach. He has a near death experience during which he encounters mythical versions of his mother and father. His mother is the Veiled Woman in Black sitting in a dead cornfield in the heat. His father is Legion – a mad prophet sitting on a dune in the desert, overlooking a fallen city. They serve as the Priest’s guide as he travels through the underworld and moves closer to resolve and acceptance or farther away from it.

"The title “Contra Natura” or, Against Nature was selected not only for subversive reasons. It also had a more direct meaning in that I needed to invent a new work-process for myself. I normally work very much on an intuitive level, often abandoning works mid-way and going off on different tangents. With this work I wanted to go against my own nature and submit myself to severe processes of order, structure, tradition and discipline." - Werner Ungerer

Opens at 6pm on the 4th September

04.09.2014 till 20.09.2014

StateoftheART
61 Shortmarket Street (between Loop & Bree)
Cape Town

10am - 5pm week days
10am - 2pm Saturdays or by appointment  

For more information contact Jennifer on +27 (0)724709272 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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