Last month, at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa, there seemed to be a veritable Pop!Tech reunion. Brian Eno was one of the speakers at the design conference and had personally invited Reggie Watts to perform at the closing of the conference.

Watch Reggie try his hand at some traditional African dancing and some “not-so-traditional” moves.

Brian Eno Enjoys South Africa on Vimeo

Reggie recently sent over a video clip of his gallivanting about town with Eno (who is holding up a video camera and in yet another sharp suit) and in the background you can see Alex Steffen and Cameron Sinclair, other Pop!Tech alums.

Watching this clip never fails to make me smile.

And don’t forget to check out Reggie’s Pop!Cast of his amazing performance at Pop!Tech 2006 and a bevy of other Pop!Tech presentations from 2006 and 2005..

AND don’t for get to check out the recording, ANTIBABEL, that Reggie Watts and Yungchen Lhamo made exclusively for Pop!Tech and to promote sustainability in rural Tibet via the Machik organization. You can purchase the CD HERE.

Another one of our favorite blogs, CoolHunting has also done a nice little write up for AntiBabel.

You can see the post here.

Thanks to Leonora Oppenheim for helping get the AntiBabel word out.

The environmental blog TreeHugger has written about “AntiBabel“

You can see the post here.

On December 18th, in the mind-blowingly beautiful Soho loft of world-class designer, Cheryl Heller, our friends and NYC neighbors gathered to celebrate the very first music release from Pop!Tech.

Pop!Tech CEO Thomas LeVine and Producer Beth Cohen

Andrew started off the evening speaking about Pop!Tech and how this amazing project came together. Losang Rabgey, director of Machick - the charity to which 100% of the CD price is being donated- offered a few words about the work that she and her organization do in rural Tibet. And then there was the much anticipated live performance of Yungchen Lhamo and Reggie Watts. Completely improvised and completely amazing, the two artists unique sounds filled the loft space.

Reggie and Yungchen perform live

Projects like “AntiBabel” and Pop!Tech Giving (A website to make donations to the many amazing organizations featured at this years conference) help us to carry out our mission to “amplify weak signals” as Andrew put it. Pop!Tech is dedicated to supporting and calling attention to organizations that are enforcing real change in our word. We encourage you to purchase an “AntiBabel” CD for yourself, your friends and family. Also visit Pop!Tech Giving to make a tax-deductible donation to any or all of the featured charities.

amshied Sharifi, Yungchen Lhamo, Andrew Zolli, Reggie Watts and Losang Rabgey

Thanks to Yungchen Lhamo, Reggie Watts, Jamshied Sharifi, Larry Braverman, David Meinert, Ben Arons, Andy VanDette

And a special thanks to the generous financial support from Banana Republic and Etymotic Research, Inc.

Photos by HeuiChul Kim

(Trumpet Fanfare!)

AntiBabel Album Cover by Hamilton Hughes Design

Here it is…the first ever music release from Pop!Tech. And we couldn’t be more thrilled. Pop!Tech recently brought two of our favorite performers from 2006, Yungchen Lhamo and Reggie Watts together to record “AntiBabel”.

And with the generous support of Banana Republic and Etymotic, Pop!Tech is donating 100% of the purchase price to Machik, the innovative charity directed by Pop!Tech 2006 Speaker, Losang Rabgey.That means that every dollar that you spend on this cd will go directly to building schools and supporting sustainable initiatives in rural Tibet.

So this holiday season, please consider giving a gift - to yourself, your friends, family members, and colleagues — that truly does a greater good in the world.

You can buy copies of “AntiBabel” for just $10 (plus shipping) exclusively at The Pop!Tech Store

The tracks on this album defy description so listen to these samples for a taste<:
World in Transition
Integration

Also, check out the official AntiBabel Press Release

Photos by Evan Sung

Come closer….no, closer….ok i’m not supposed to tell you about this yet but here is a sneak peak…

That’s Reggie Watts and Yungchen Lhamo in a recording studio together.

More to come on this amazing collaboration…so check back often.