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British Council Connect ZA, Livity Africa and Black Mango have collaborated on Kazim Rashid’s ZA takeover.  After thoroughly enjoying his first visit in 2014, Kazim returns to spend time in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, to share his creative practice and experience by connecting with the local scenes. 

Last year, Rashid visited South Africa as part of the British Council Connect ZA ‘Creative Futures’ project, in association with Live SA and part of the Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival. 

Kazim is a renowned A+R consultant, scout and music manager. When not releasing records, Kazim can be found running boutique marketing strategy and production agency endless-love-show, which specialises in video content for fashion and music brands. Most recently, Kazim joined the creative agency, PROTEIN as Creative Director.

Kicking off in Joburg, Kazim is collaborating with Livity Africa, and is based at their inner-city office space in Braamfontein.

(Photo: Kazim Rashid)

Working with the Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference, Kazim will engage with music makers and promoters in the Mother City and Joburg. He will participate in two workshop panels, and features on the main line-up of speakers at the Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference in Cape Town, on September 2015. 

Kazim co-runs THE LOVE BELOW/somethinksounds – labels specialising in soul futurism. Having spent the last four years living in Berlin, he moved back to London to take the position of Head of Marketing for the UK, at seminal electronic music imprint Warp Records, with whom he still works with today in a limited capacity. 

Events to look out for:

3 September: Emerging Promoters Panel by Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference ft. Kazim Rashid  - I/ZA @Ithuba, Johannesburg (FREE)

As part of InnovationZA, Kazim Rashid features alongside upcoming Joburg promoters, in a relaxed environment, to openly discuss the problems facing the industry. The focus of the event is to learn about the challenges in a local context while exchanging ideas towards positive industry growth.

26 September: Bridges for Music Mentor Sessions ft. Kazim Rashid – Guga S’thebe, Langa, Cape Town

Bridges for Music Mentor sessions feature music industry people sitting down with with upcoming producers, artist and promoters who share their experiences, and gather possible solutions for the future.

30 September:  Emerging Promoters Panel by Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference ft. Kazim Rashid – Cape Town

Kazim Rashid and upcoming promoters from Cape Town will gather to discuss the problems problems facing the industry. The focus of the event is to learn about the challenges in a local context while exchanging ideas towards positive industry growth.

30 September:  Brand Music Strategy Panel by Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference ft. Kazim Rashid – Cape Town

Featuring various top ad agency representatives, brands who engage in the music space and artists who run brand communication agencies will join forces to create workable strategies for upcoming music promoters.

Join the experience:  #ConnectZA #InnovationZA

More information

www.breathesunshineconference.com

www.livityafrica.com

Confused?

Here is how it works, for example, if you are attending #CTEMF and want to stand a chance to win tickets to the #YoungFathersZA tour all you have to do is:

1) Like us on Facebook OR follow us @Connect_ZA on either Twitter or Instagram.

2) Then post pictures on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram from the event but make sure to tag #ConnectZA AND #MyExperience. The more pics you post, the greater are your chances to win a pair of double tickets to our next awesome gig.

It’s that simple!

 Terms and Conditions:

· Winners will be selected from all image posts making use of the #ConnectZA and #MyExperience tags simultaneously while at British Council Connect ZA partnered events during the period 2 February till 31 March 2015.

· Participants stand a chance to win 1 double set of tickets.

· Participants only stand a chance to win tickets for an event in the city where they reside or their chosen city where they will be attending the said event. This competition does not include any transport or travel costs.

· Participants must be able to collect their tickets from the British Council offices in either Johannesburg or Cape Town.

o  Johannesburg: 275 Jan Smuts Avenue, Dunkeld West, Johannesburg.

o  Cape Town: 21 St John’s Street, Cape Town City Centre.

·  Winners must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years old.

·  Participants will be deemed eligible to win tickets based on the event organiser’s rules and conditions of access to the events and/or venues of the actual live music events.

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