Auspicious meetings, indeed: the group The Very Best came together when iconoclastic European production team Johan Kalberg and Etienne Tron (aka Radioclit) met singer Esau Mwamwaya when they wandered into his shop down the street from the duo’s London studio. The two bought a bike from Mwamwaya, but quickly bonded not just on cycling, but also music.

There’s no stopping our brothers from Johannesburg ! what with ongoing tours of the US and EU, collabs and shows with the likes of The Very Best, Santigold, Femi Kuti, The Present, Vieux Farka Toure and more, plus a brand new Mystery remix by Osborne just out and the soon come full length ‘After Robots’ to drop …..

Not likely ah but it’s Signed, Sealed, delivered – BLK JKS is yours! Our most loved Jo’burg rockers have just announced a new record deal with U.S. hot indie label Secretly Canadian (also home to Anthony & the Johnsons). To celebrate the new deal, Secretly Canadian is giving away a free download for a limited [...]

We have been having the greatest time following BLK JKS on their maiden voyage to Europe this month. From Eastnor (Big Chill) to Dublin to Amsterdam to Paris back to Dublin to Liverpool and then to Notting Hill Carnival, KSPACE.TV has been the fly on the amp catching the very first breath of new fans [...]

The mud at Mantua festival was fine and all–BLK JKS onstage in full wellingtons!!–but the band felt compelled to return to Ireland for a couple of proper shows to fully illustrate its sound, minus the fog and horizontal rainfall so thoroughly enjoyed at the Ireland festival debut a few weeks ago. Three weeks into this [...]

dateline 9 aug 08 – AMSTERDAM!
Planes, trains and automobiles—BLK JKS made it to Amsterdam late last night, effectively stepping out of the chauffeured Cadillac that squired them from the airport in Brussels (after 2 days of back and forth to Dublin) and on to what is arguably the finest stage in the Netherlands: Paradiso. [...]

AND so begins the KSPACE.TV diary as BLK JKS hit London inna fine style, arriving last night and making some rounds in Shoreditch today. After a brief meeting at the K-Space salon, the band spent the afternoon at a photo shoot (and impromptu basketball game) for a fashion story due out the fall–imagine south Africa’s [...]

NYC LND is making a serious home kitchen out of Cargo in August. Dante Fried Chicken will be the guest chef on August 30, cooking up some good ole New York inspired southern soul food – apricot pecan cabbage salad, sock-it-2-me nuggets, coconut mac N cheese, and more. This is not your typical school dinner [...]

Well they say in New York City that its a chockablock village full of nomadic souls who are on a quest to attain that desired “Make it in NYC” sticker. Ditto for London! Makes perfect sense that these two can be construed as the Ellis Island of musical migrations from around the world. [...]