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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">CTEMF and British Council Connect
ZA Announce Brighton’s El.Train as BassXchange UK/ZA 2015 Winner</span></span></b></h2>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Submissions for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>the 2015 BassXchange UK/ZA competition have
been judged by a tough panel including Cape Town Electronic Music Festival
headliners –<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Felix Laband and Four Tet.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">Today, </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 120%;">British
Council's Connect ZA </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">and CTEMF proudly announce
Brighton-born producer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">El.Train</b> as
the 2015 BassXchange UK/ZA winner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 120%;">"It had the most interesting track selection” </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">said
Four Tet during the judging process</span><span style="line-height: 120%;"> “and he'd made his own edits and versions of tracks
to use.”</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">This announcement follows
a 4-week hunt by the </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 120%;">British Council's Connect ZA </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">and
CTEMF who, together with Mixcloud and Red Bull Studio Cape Town launched the
border-defying <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BassXchange UK/ZA
Project in December 2014<b>.  </b></span>The project invites UK-based
producers to submit a DJ or Live mix showcasing their own material. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">El.Train,
real name Luke Nyeke will be jetted off to Cape Town, South Africa from 3<sup>rd</sup>
to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>9<sup>th</sup> February 2015 where he
will be given the opportunity to showcase his music through the Cape Town
Electronic Music Festival Programme, be immersed in one of the globe’s most
diverse and rapidly growing electronic music scenes and be given the chance to
collaborate with South African artists in Cape Town’s world-class Red Bull
Studios.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 120%;">I uploaded my mix
for the BassXchange competition but then thought nothing else of it,” explains
El.Train “when I opened the e-mail to find out I'd won I was so shocked.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I'm really excited to come over to South Africa and
share my music with the people in Cape Town and also to experience South Africa
as a whole.” He says. “My Dad is from Zimbabwe I've visited there a couple of
times but have never had the opportunity to cross the border into South
Africa."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Designed
to be the ultimate cultural exchange programme for an electronic music artist,
the BassXchange ZA/UK project aims to be a <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">career-boosting opportunity for a bright new talent by
offering the unique opportunity to visit South Africa, showcase their music at
a leading local festival and network with the South African music community.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">BassXchange
UK/ZA 2014 winner Murder He Wrote described the trip as “a </span><span style="line-height: 120%;">genuine life-changing
experience” – his visit to Cape Town was the catalyst for starting his own
label, which will soon be releasing music from South African artists.</span><span style="line-height: 120%;"> <span lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;">Listen
to the mix here: </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/lukenyeke/bassxchange-ukza-2015-el-train/"><span style="line-height: 120%;">http://www.mixcloud.com/lukenyeke/bassxchange-ukza-2015-el-train/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 120%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This
project is part of the SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015, a partnership between the
Department of Arts & Culture, South Africa and the British Council.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>

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