Today Lenny and I met with Louis Fourie, a South African Namibian who found us through the African Music Collective, and wanted to chat and to see where we can collaborate. His call was one of several in the last week that have caught our attention, and so we met up with a very likeable man, with an infectious laugh, for breakfast at the Mug & Bean.
He’’s from the Canyon Nature Park, a 600km farm along a 120 km stretch of the Fish River Canyon in Namibia, where he has some exclusive guest cottages. Continue reading ‘Music in the desert’
I speak quite often about South African artists going back to their roots when creating a new generation of music. We have the perfect country to be able to develop this new style - where the old lives so close to the modern way of life.
Robert Trunz, from MELT, and Pops Mohamed went with Dick Jewel & Norma Fletcher to the Kalahari in 1995, to record the and film !Ngube, Anna, and Marcela Goute. This family of San/ Bushmen/ Hottentot/ Khoi-Khoi or Khoi-san still practice a trance-dance that goes back to the first memories of their culture, making this the oldest form of trance music in the world! And the result was the first CD, Bushmen of the Kalahari (BW2128) presented by Pops. Continue reading ‘Bushmen of the Kalahari - modern trance’
I first came across Thandiswa Mazwai as vocalist ‘Red’ from the South African super-kwaito-stars Bongo Maffin.
This outfit was one of the first real cross-over groups to make Kwaito more accessible to the white audiences, with catchy beats and really some cool chorus lines, getting them loads of air time on major radio stations, and with their international exposure through tours.
We had chance to see her in action as part of the first 46664 concert in Cape Town, while there with the Pondo’s, Women Unite and Red Zebra drummers; we booked her for the Woolworths ‘Be More You’ campaign; Lenny was at her presentation to the WOMEX delegates in Newcastle U.K. last year after she had been nominated for a BBC World Music Award; and at this years Cape Town International Jazz Festival. Continue reading ‘Thandiswa ‘just sings’!’
Here he is. Alex Nel!
Angie popped in for a cup of tea this morning, and let all Peak’ers have a go at remembering what its like to cuddle with a new-born baby.
Alex was perfectly well-behaved and didn’t even hurl on any of us! Which of course only makes him all the more welcome here - been there, dunnit, and had the t-shirt puked on!
At the same time I was very pleased to finally meet Minau Wegner, Shune Narodien and Ana Drury from Sure Travel, based at Bayside Centre here in Table View.
They took their lunch hour to pop through, bring Angie some presents and enjoy a cup of tea with us. Well done ladies - full marks for Client Relations!
060830 Update: I felt so bad I had forgotten everyone’s names, I asked Minau to send through the other ladies names, and I got the list of everyone at the Bayside branch - so apart from the mom’s mentions above there’s also Julie Novak, Charnel Geldenhuys, Carol Andrews & Elizma Coetzee… Thanks for the good work ladies! (I don’t always speak to them myself, but I know Peak’s happy with the service!)
Alex and Angie will be popping in every so often - I know she is keen to stay in touch with all the excitement happening at Peak. And today was no different!
We’re very excited to be assisting a young man through the Reach for a Dream Foundation - more on that later - and we are planning overseas trips for loads of South Africa’s best in the near future… but more about those later! That’s Alex!
Today Lenny and I met with Louis Fourie, a South African Namibian who found us through the African Music Collective, and wanted to chat and to see where we can collaborate. His call was one of several in the last week that have caught our attention, and so we met up with a very likeable man, with an infectious laugh, for breakfast at the Mug & Bean.
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