Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Peak is a 2007 Best SA Music Blog finalist!
We are very excited at Peak, due to the announcement that Peak People has been nominated as a finalist for the 2007 SA Blog Awards in the category of Best SA Music Blog! Now it comes down to votes! Go to the 2007 SA Blog Awards and vote for us!
Only one vote is allowed per email address, with a minimum of 3 votes in different categories, after which a confirmation email will be sent for you to reconfirm that you are real...
So send this link through to as many people as you can, and we will look forward to bringing you lots more stories about the exciting artists that come through our doors!
And, finally, thank you to all those who nominated us - it was totally unexpected, but thoroughly appreciated!
14h41 UPDATE: OK... it seems I have moved from Best SA Music Blog to Best SA Entertainment Blog - am still trying to confirm, but that shouldn't stop the votes from rolling in! Hmmm - always did want to stand for some kind of election! LET THERE BE MUSIC (and ENTERTAINMENT) for the MASSES!
15h52 UPDATE: OK... I am back on Best SA Music Blog folks! So feel free to vote - or have I already said that?!
Labels: classical, electronica, finalist, jazz, music, SA Blog Awards, Soweto Gospel Choir, traditional, world music
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Kalahari Surfers and Friends for Red Bull
Yesterday we stuck our heads in at the final rehearsal in Cape Town between Warrick Sony from the Kalahari Surfers, Dizu Plaatjies (Ibuyambo), Lulu (Lungiswa Plaatjies pictured right with Warrick)), Xolani Gongxeka and Xoliswa Tom for another very exciting international project. At a time when South Africa is once again making an impact on the international stage – congratulations to the Soweto Gospel Choir for their Grammy Award for Best World Music album – it is exciting to feel a part of marketing these exciting projects from our country to the rest of the world.
This South African world music ensemble had come together before setting off for Salzburg Austria today at 17h00, to perform at Red Bull’s Hangar 7, for three performances – on the 16th, 17th and 21st of Feb. They are going to be joined in Austria by artists from Zip Zap Circus, and will be collaborating for one spectacular Aerial Scarf act, bringing together all the South African influences.
They have been invited to perform there as part of the exhibition titled – Turbulence – Art from South Africa , with exhibits by artists Sanell Aggenbach, Conrad Botes, Nicholas Hlobo, Ledelle Moe (pictured left is Heads: Collapse II, 2004 - Concrete, steel, oil), Samson Mudzunga, Brett Murray, Johannes Phokela, Lyndi Sales and Joachim Schonfeldt (the exhibit lasts from 17 February to 11 April 2007). And there is some amazing material out on show! We naturally are very excited to be involved with the mixing of musical styles again; the Kalahari Surfers electronic sound combined with traditional percussion, drumming and vocals, bringing together the old and the new.
All these artists have incredible experience with this kind of project, having done similar things with Juno Reactor, the African Dope crew, and other genre’s like Jazz, Gospel and . Add to this ensemble Inka Kendzia, who as VJ will be projecting African images and animation to the music, and I guarantee that the audience is going to be blown away! (I will be doing a feature in Inka as soon as she returns!) .
This rehearsal video is a little dark and grainy, and the music is very much in its infancy stages, but it gives you a good idea of how these artists compliment each other. There is also a very interesting little interview with Dizu for French TV5’s Mondomix – and I will be getting some more footage later this week of other shows!
Take it easy folks!
Labels: Aerial Scarf, African, African Dope Records, Dizu Plaatjies, electronica, Inka, jazz, Juno Reactor, Kalahari Surfers, Soweto Gospel Choir, traditional, world music, Zip Zap
