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06/10/2009We'd like to thank everyone who came and made the Indietronic Spring Bash such a cool gig. We're happy to announce that we will be jamming on Zeplins Wonderboom's newly constructed stage on Fri 6 November alongside Scenery and Exit Stranger. R40 will get you into the "Rock Out Party". We hope to see you all there for some great alternative SA music, and giveaways. You can see our Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2372703573 and the event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166994802657 24/08/2009Thanks to all of you who came out to make the show with Glass Angels and Menorah such a success. We'd like to announce Runica's first collaboration with the extremely successful Indie party organisers, Indie Fetish. We'll be playing at Full Moon Lounge on Fri 4 September at their Indietronic Spring Bash. Details and the flyer can all be found here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164984256280 06/07/2009Hey. We would just like to thank everyone who came out and made Sun To Moon such a great party at the new venue this year. The crowd was great, and the bands were awesome! Our next gig is Friday 17 July, at Full Moon (ex Cafe Arc) in Hazelwood. R30 gets you in to see Runica, along with Glass Angels and Menorah. You can see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=209994575267 for more details. This should be a great event, and a good night out, we hope to see you there. Runica on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2372703573 Runica on MySpace: www.myspace.com/runicaband Contact Runica: band@runica.co.za Thanks and cheers 12/06/2009Hey all. Thanks for keeping an eye on the site, which will be kept up to date. News is that we have decided to take on 2 gigs in the next month or so. These will both be great events that we cannot wait to play. The first is we got invited to play at Sun 2 Moon again this year. Runica will be appearing on stage at Zeplins on Sat 4 July next to such great bands as Sacrifist, Soil 7t7, Wolraad Woltemade, Laconia, LA Cobra and Mrs B. This annual festival will be held at the new Zeplins venue, at the corner of Lavender West and Braam Pretorius Str, Wonderboom. R50 gets you in, and the party starts at 2pm Check this soon to be updated link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101131589888&ref=mf Then we will be playing at Full Moon Lounge (used to be Cafe Arc) in Hazelwood on Fri 17 July on an alternative and metal live music night there. We will be playing alongside Menorah and Glass Angels, we will link to a Facebook event when it is completed. In other news, the EP is coming along brilliantly. We are spending every available hour in the studio, and it is sounding great! We patiently look forward to the finished product and will keep you updated. Looking forward to partying with you on the 4th and 17th of July. Until then, keep an eye on us here on the website, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2372703573 For bookings or queries, you can Email us at band@runica.co.za 25/05/2009Just a quick little update. We're laying down final tracks on the EP. All 6 drum and bass tracks are laid down. Guitars, then keys and vocals going down from this weekend. Sounding awesome so far, can't wait to get some well-recorded stuff out there. We're still turning down most gigs in order to concentrate on studio-time, but have made a couple exceptions which we'll make known when they're confirmed and details are available, closer to the time. We shall keep you updated and let you know when anything is available. As always, keep an eye on us on Facebook, on the group that has now well-exceeded 1000 members, of which we are very proud. Thanks and cheers 17/03/2009 Well, we’ve been hard at work behind-the-scenes for a little while now, with gearing up for our EP, and pre-production thereof. This is on-going as we speak (“as I type”!), with drums going down in the final mix over Easter. We have put a lot of work into this, and can’t wait to unleash the recordings once we’re happy, we’ll keep you updated about that, and when it can be expected. Our big news is that we got an invitation to play a show that we couldn’t turn down. Runica will be playing on Saturday 4 April at the main opening party for Zeplins’ new venue, Zeplins Rockshack Wonderboom (corner of Braam Pretorius and Lavender Streets). We can’t wait to play this venue, and are honoured to be among the first invited to do so. Also keep your eye on the Pretoria News for a feature on us and this show. We still have some Runica shirts available. If you’re interested, contact the band, leave us a shout on Facebook, or come to us at a gig. R100 will get you a double-printed (with 2 separate shirt designs) male or female t-shirt, in a variety of sizes. As always, you search for us on Facebook and MySpace if you’re interested. We have a Facebook group getting swiftly up to 1000 members, which is great for us, thank you guys for the support! We’d also like to extend a big thank you to Karien Ferreira (ragshiel.deviantart.com) for her endless work keeping this site up and running and updated and for her great photos, and to Riaan at www.burtronix.co.za for hosting the site and for his professionalism and help, and to Sean Coetzer (www.vampire.co.za) for his help in designing the site and his great photos. Hope to see you on the 4th!
18/02/2009 Greetings all! If we've been a little quiet the last month or 2, it’s only because we've called off all gigs and offers in order to be able to concentrate on preparing for recording our EP. We have been tweaking and perfecting songs busily in the background, and have already begun pre-production. We are extremely excited to get our songs recorded and out there. We will definitely announce it as soon as we have a recording ready for your ears. Thanks for the continued support! We will keep you updated. Cheers
02/12/2008 Well, huge thanks to all of you who came out this weekend, and made it such a great one for Runica. Both shows (Cafe Arc and Zeplins) were really well-supported, with large turn-outs which is great. And thanks for everyone who bought our shirts, we look forward to seeing them around! That's probably gigs for the year for us finished now, we're going to continue preparing for recording. Stay in touch, and we'll let you know of anything important. Thanks for the support guys, have a good one.
11/11/2008
8/11/2008 Hi. Well, we werent going to do any more shows til our year-end recording, but have decided to make an exception. We will be playing at a Cryptkicker party at Zeplins on Sat 29 November. The party will be held over 3 floors of the club, with some amazing specials and events. Exit Stranger will also be playing. We will wait for the organisers to announce them, but theres some great stuff thats gonna happen. Details to follow with the organisers. We will also be selling whats left of our Runica shirts there, so bring R100 extra if youre interested. Or you can get in touch with me through Facebook. Then the next big thing is our recording, which we will stay in touch about. Look forward to seeing you guys at Zeplins. 21/10/2008 You may have noticed, we havent been accepting gigs for a couple of weeks, and this will continue for a few more. We decided to take some time off in order to write (2 new songs have already been completed!), and prepare for recording at the end of the year. Weve been hard at work in the background! The FaceBook group has been growing exponentially, which is awesome. If you havent joined, click on the FaceBook logo on this sites homepage. If you are there, drop us a wall post, or a picture if you have one. Some Runica T-shirts are still available. Youre welcome to get in touch with me through the FaceBook group, or anywhere, to place an order. Details are there. 13/08/2008 What a weekend that was! Runica opened for UK band Sheep on Drugs in Hartebeesport on Sat, with My Untold Legacy, Dean & The Deadbeats, and Honeybee. It was a great show and a successful party, wed like to thank all involved, and all those who turned out to make it worthwhile. Next up is Café Arc, Sat 30 Aug. The Pedal to the Metal party starts at 8:30, Runica will be first up just before 9. Other bands are great local bands Prevail, Scenery and Dresden Ashes. R30 will get you in, or R20 if youre dressed metal or goth. This party is hosted by Rocking SA. Our first batch of Runica T-shirts has been printed. We will be announcing shortly where and how to get hold of them. The designs are up on the FaceBook group Talking about that, our Facebook group has been generating a lot of interest lately, please check it out and join by going here: http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2372703573 There are lots of cool photos, comments and other stuff there. Join there and drop us a line! We use the group only to update people with news and info, and dont abuse or spam our supporters. Check the Galleries here for our recent shows pictures. There are lots of great new images, captured by Kaz (ragshiel.deviantart.com) to check out. 10/07/2008We're proud to announce that we will be opening for Sheep on Drugs here in SA. Other opening acts include Dean & The Deadbeats and My Untold Legacy, with Barney Simon as emcee. Check the Facebook group for the event and the Sheep on Drugs site. More info can also be found on the Sheep on Drugs event page or the Where angels fear to tread group. This great event will be at Stones, Hartebesspoort Dam, Xanadu X-ing on Sat 9 Aug. Transport and accommodation options are available on the FaceBook group. Come and support great international alternative music. Also see the Gallery for new pics uploaded here. Looking forward to seeing you. 04/07/2008Greetings. After a great Sun 2 Moon, this is whats happening We are underway organising an EP. This will be a great step for us, and open many more doors. We will announce when it is ready and where it can be listened to or purchased. We are also getting a batch of shirts printed, so please keep an eye out here and on FaceBook and MySpace for updates. This will also be announced when ready. Also, please see the Gallery page here on the site as photos from a few previous shows have been uploaded. 24/06/2008Greetings all. Well, were gearing up for Sun 2 Moon this Saturday at Zeplins. An incredible line-up of bands and other entertainment. Well be on the mainstage about 7, it seems. Check the line-up out on Facebook Another update is were about to move into the shirts part of merchandising. We will begin to advertise images and prices and availability as soon as the orders have come through. Plans are underway to getting a Runica EP out, so keep your eyes out for further developments. As always, check us out on Facebook or Myspace for updates, news and other features. Hope to see you on Saturday. 29/05/2008We just got notified that the venue for Fri's Terminatryx album launch will now be at Zeplins Nightclub, and not at The Rockshack anymore. Please take note! Sat's gig will still be at Back 2 Basix. So here are our dates coming up: Fri 30 May, Terminatryx Album Launch, Zeplins Nightclub, Pretoria. Terminatryx, Runica and Plasticoma will perform Sat 31 May, Terminatryx Album Launch, Back 2 Basix Nightclub, near Melville, Johannesburg. Terminatryx and Runica will perform. Then... Thanks a lot, hope to see you guys coming out to support SA alternative music. Please join the Runica Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2372703573 or befriend us at www.myspace.com/runicaband 05/05/2008What a great weekend this long one was for Runica. Wed night saw an awesome show at Cafe Arc. This was a kind of warm-up to the competition-gig coming this Fri, to see who'll play at the Birthday Bash. We thought it was the actually battle, though! Please come check out the show on Fri 9 May, as crowd support will be the factor deciding who gets this great opportunity. Then on Sun evening we played at the Attrition Party at RockShack Centurion. We hadn't played that RockShack before, and had a great time there. We'd like to thank Alex from Attrition for all his work, and look forward to the next one! Coming up, we have the Battle of the Bands this Fri, as mentioned above, and then will be supporting Terminatryx on the Pretoria and Jhb legs of their album launch. On Fri 30 May at Zeplins RockShack Centurion, and on Sat 31 May at Back 2 Basix. Entrance is R30. Other ways to stay in touch: *Our MySpace Have a good week ahead. 29/04/2008We have a Battle of the Bands at Cafe Arc this Wed 30 April (aka Tomorrow!). Bands will be judged on crowd reaction, so we need you! As you know, Thurs & Fri are public holidays. Doors open at 7, we will be on around 10ish.
07/04/2008There have been a lot of updates and new gigs organised in the last 2 weeks, here is a rundown:
We hope to see you at these shows. There are more gigs being planned as we speak, but they will be made public when details are confirmed. As always, you can check the site for updates and details, or see us at on our Facebook group or MySpace. Hope to see you guys there.
16/03/2008Firstly welcome to the new site. We have done a complete over-haul. Thank you to Sean Coetzer ( www.vampire.co.za ) and Kaz Ferreira ( www.ragshiel.deviantart.com) for all their hard work and artistic input. We hope you enjoy the new look and new photos. April is gearing up to be a very busy month for Runica. Firstly, we will be playing at Sacrifist's CD launch at Zeplins on Sat April 12 (see event on Facebook for details). We will confirm times and other details when the final line-up is confirmed Then on Sat 26 April we will be playing with Terminatryx at Zeplins. Details are still to be confirmed, and we will make these available as soon as they are available to us. We will then play a show on Wed April 30 th at Café Arc. Then there is a still-to-be confirmed gig at a new, soon-to-be launched music venue on Sun 27 th of April (that Monday is a public holiday). Details and confirmation will be made available as soon as they are organised. If you want to keep up-to-date with what's happening with Runica, please check Myspace and on Facebook. 06/02/2008Runica will be playing at the Ball & Chain Festival on the 16th of February at Zeplins Rockshack in Silverton. The festival will run from 14h00 til after midnight, with Runica and 9 other great SA alternative bands including Hades Factor, Tranquil, TBM and Chaos Theory. Runica will also be playing at the launch of Sacrifist's new album on the 12th of April at Zeplins. More details are to follow shortly upon confirmation. We are also getting close to launching a new look for the website. What you see now won't be there much longer, but is being redesigned in order to make it look even better. Keep your eye out as an entire new look is coming soon. 09/01/2008Happy 2008! Were back after a little break over the exam/holiday/crazy-at-work season. Were busy getting everything together and organising shows and events. There have been a couple of interesting developments that have popped up in the last few weeks that we will announce upon confirmation. It seems like February will be a busy month for us. Keep an eye on the site, as well as on our MySpace Profile and the Runica group on Facebook to keep up to date with us. Hope to see you soon. 06/11/2007Well, we had a great time at the Suicidal Clothing and Plastic-Bat.co.za (our clothing & accessories sponsor) label launches and fashion shows on Fri at Zeps. Both labels put on a great show which were greatly enjoyed by the large crowd that had gathered for the event. We ended up playing quite late on the upstairs floor at Zeplins, which we haven't played before, and had a cool show. The sound was good, the lights were done really well, and we enjoyed it. We'd like to congratulate Emnity, Scarlet Box and Tranquil for their great performances. We're now building up to a show at a private function in Fourways next Sat, which we're really looking forward to. Keep an eye here for new development, we'll keep things up to date as regularly as possible. 30/10/07The band had a great weekend. Thanks to everyone who supported us Friday night, we really appreciate it. Congratulations to "Guy Funk" who won the battle of the bands! The show was awesome with very tough competition,some top acts included 'Hades Factor', 'Mad Love' and"Jeorge". If you weren't at Cool Runnings Fourways on Saturday you missed a fantastic line up of bands. Nevermind - come to Zeplins this Friday night (2 November) for a showcase of alternative clothing lables (Suicide Clothing and Plastic-bat) and an awesome line-up of bands. Check our events page here, and www.myspace.com/runicaband , as well as the Runica group on Facebook (join if you want updates on band news as it happens). Watch the Advert for the fashion show: Fashion Massacre. 09/10/2007Runica have a busy couple of weeks coming up. The Battle of the Bands grand final will be at the Bunker on Fri 26 October, then we'll be playing at the opening of the new Cool Runnings in Fourways on Sat 27 October. Runica will then feature and perform at the fashion show and label launch at Zeplins on the 2nd of November. See events for more info. 14/09/2007Runica have entered into a clothing and accessory sponsorship agreement with plastic-bat.co.za. Check out Plastic Bat for some amazing gear at great prices. Also, Runica will be playing on Sat 27 October at the opening of the new Cool Runnings in Fourways with Arno Carsten's New Porn and other bands. More details to follow shortly. There are also other gigs planned for September, October and November, dates and details to follow as they are confirmed. See the events page for all confirmed gigs. 04/09/2007After a month's break, during which we were hard at work writing new material, Runica is back on the gigging circuit. We have 2 shows on the 23rd of September, a Sunday (the Monday is a public holiday). Both are very exciting shows. First, at 11am, we'll be playing at a benefit show for 7de Laan actor Erik Holm who was in an accident and needs complicated medical assistance not available in South Africa. The show will be at OppiDam in Haartebeespoort Dam, with a huge line-up of bands and appearances at a great venue. R100 will get you in, R40 will get kids in. The event will go from early 'til Midnight, and is for a good cause. After that show, we will hop in the van back to Pretoria where we will be playing an evening show at 9pm for an Attrition party, starting at 2pm at The Bunker in Hatfield, with Durban-based band ANKST (they will start around 8pm). They organised a gig for us down in Durban a few months back, now we've found the opportunity to return the favour. Attrition parties have attracted a large and active following, and the party will be a great one at another awesome venue. More info on these events and other upcoming gigs can be found on the Events page. Hope to see you there 21/08/2007Runica is taking a break currently from gigging to write new material. We are hard at work to bring you new songs for any future gigs. A combined effort from all band members is contributing to Runica's unique sound. See the events page for upcoming gigs in October. Any other gigs will be announced as they are confirmed. The site will be continually updated so come back regularly for news and event updates. |
