On
the back of the South African edition of Ultra Music Festival G-Star RAW teamed
up with Bridges for Music to present the ‘RAW Conversations’. Two workshops
hosted in Johannesburg and in Cape Town to facilitate knowledge transfer and
inspire positive change through music and education.
Grammy
Award winner Skrillex headlined the workshops together with Riky Rick, both of them
took time to meet and engage with local artists in the underprivileged
communities.
The
‘RAW Conversations’ was proudly presented by G-Star RAW as part of the fashion
brands’ initiative to support upcoming talent and promote educational
initiatives in creative spaces.
Kliptown
Youth Centre in Soweto
The
first workshop took place at the Kliptown Youth Centre in Soweto, South
Africa’s biggest township in Johannesburg. Skrillex was joined on the couch by
South African Hip Hop and former G-Star RAW x Boiler Room star Riky Rick for an engaging interview
that explored each artists journey in the creative industry and how to achieve
your dreams through self-belief, hard work and determination.
The proceedings were kicked off by Euphonik and DJ Lag (the King of a new style of
South African music called Gqom, also former G-Star RAW x Boiler Room) and
ended with an impromptu DJ set from Skillex and explosive performance from Riky
Rick.
Cape
Town Tsoga centre in Langa Township
The second workshop took place in Cape
Town at the Tsoga centre in Langa Township in a space that has been taken over
by Bridges for Music to build their Music and Entrepreneurial school. The
workshop included Cape Town’s biggest hip hop act Driemanskap, prolific drum and bass DJ / producer Niskerone and
local DJ Fosta.
The workshop ended with a back to back set
with DJ Fosta and Siphe Fassie - an 18-year-old artist from Langa who has been
working with BFM since he was 14.
Skrillex has collaborated with G-Star
previously with the Art of Raw campaign film, the film takes you through a
digital step-by-step process of how denim is made while synced together with
the sounds of Skrillex (see below):
G-Star has deep roots in the creative worlds
of art, design, music and movies and maintains relationships with iconic talent
that share the brand’s philosophy.
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