Red Bull SoundClash – Tumi and the Volume Vs. The Dirty Skirts

Two bands, two stages, one crowd. It’s no holds bar at the Red Bull Soundclash on Saturday the 22nd of August at the Carlton Centre Sky Rink when two bands from different corners of the genre rings slug it out to win the favour of the crowd to be crowned champion. For one night only, the larger than life hip-hop band, Tumi and the Volume step into the ring with the non-nonsense indie rockers, the Dirty Skirts to perform head to head and mic to mic over four rounds of musical mayhem.

Each band will have their own stage at either end of the arena and will showcase their musical prowess throughout each round. For every round, the bands contest for points, determined by the crowd via the applause meter. The band with the most points after all rounds will be crowned king of the South African Red Bull SoundClash.

a) Warm Up – each band plays 3 of their own songs to pump up the crowd

b) Round 1: The ‘Cover’ (creative round) – DJ Kenzhero cuts in a well known song and each band plays a cover version of the song in their own style.

c) Round 2: The ‘Take Over’ (spontaneous round) - Tumi and the Volume play one of their hits and on cue from the hosts, The Dirty Skirts take over the song in their style and then vice versa.

d) Round 3: The ‘Sound Clash’ (innovative round) - DJ Kenzhero determines a musical style (eg. Reggae, punk, funk, etc) for each heat then cuts in a song for Tumi and the Volume to pick up from in the pre-determined style. The Dirty Skirts will then pick up the same style and ‘attack’ Tumi and the Volume who will then ‘respond’. This round ends with each of the bands ‘melting’ the song into one of their own tunes.

e) Round 4: The ‘Wild Card’ (mystery round) - Each band plays one more song together with their invited special (secret) guest for the last opportunity to gain the crowd’s affection.

With such furious competitive creativity, the bands from opposite ends of the musical spectrum will end up literally colliding head on to forge a new sound never heard before; a beautiful mutant concoction of their two sounds together. But only one band will remain standing at the end of the fourth round and with the most crowd applause they will be crowned the victor of Red Bull Soundclash.

What: Red Bull Soundclash
When: Saturday, 22nd August 2009
Time: Doors open at 20H00, Clash starts at 22H00
Where: The Sky Rink, Carlton Centre
Band 1: Tumi and the Volume
Band 2: The Dirty Skirts
Host: TBC
DJ: Kenzhero
Tickets: Available from Computicket
More info: www.redbull.co.za/soundclash

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Wow, sounds epic! I vote Tumi and the Volume!

The Dirty Skirts are included in MusicReview’s 20 coolest South African Band names.