Chris Chameleon is one of South Africa’s most progressive stars. He has been on top of the hip and funky music movement as a member of Boo!; he has cracked the contemporary English pop market; and continues to do the same with Afrikaans music, like very few other cross-over musicians have been able to do before him.
With Chris travelling so much over the last few years since going solo, people need to remember what a powerful ambassador this man is to South Africa. Not only does he leave his audiences feeling the elation of having had a musical massage after his shows, but he is also going forth and educating so many people about all the beautifully descriptive elements of the Afrikaans language! A language that has historically been mostly associated with oppression and apartheid. Continue reading ‘Chris Chameleon shows the colours of Afrikaans on tour’
This morning I was woken by one of the loveliest young artists that we have on our books, Martelize, who was placed 7th at the 2005 Idols competition. She’s popped into our offices to bring us a copy of one of her newer tracks, Eendag, and to see more of how the Peak family works.
She still has much work to do on her career, but I like the way she thinks about her own future, wanting to keep firm control of who she signs with, and what she puts out on the market. Continue reading ‘Martelize gives SABA shout-out’
Anke Pietrangeli, who we should remember as the 2003 South African Idols winner, popped in for a visit recently with her manager Des, and it was refreshing to hear that she’s been a busy babe! I love meeting these spunky artists that are clear about where they’re heading, because the South African music industry is pretty tough to make a living in, never mind striving for success! Maar Anke vattiekakie. She’s cool. Continue reading ‘Anke Pietrangeli, the not idle Idol’
I am very excited! I have just received a copy of Chris Chameleon’s newest DVD – “Flight of an Extraordinary Alien” – released by Rhythm Records and distributed by Select Music Distribution… and it is awesome!
Chris Chameleon who has always been one of Peak’s favourite artists, appeared at Mercury lounge on Thursday the 11th of last month, and the Peak’ers went off to enjoy some of his SAMA winning tracks with about 120 other eager fans. That’s because we couldn’t make the show that was recorded for the DVD, that was filmed on the 2nd of March this year in Stellenbosch. There were over 1000 fans there for the recording, and apart from a really top-notch production, I can see that it was a highlight in Chris’ performing career. He was enjoying himself!
Continue reading ‘Chris Chameleon’s Flight of an Extraordinary Alien’
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about this concert, but got blixem’ed (in all my excitement) because it went out before the official press release and so I was asked to remove it. But I did keep it, and now that the official release is out, I can let it all hang out again!
Here’s the scoop! We have finalized the line-up for the 94.7 Highveld Stereo Afrikaans concert, in association with Rapport newspaper, to be held at the Sun City Superbowl on 23 June 2007! They have united some of the hottest names in the Afrikaans music industry to bring listeners a rock concert they’ll never forget. Continue reading ‘94.7 Raw Rock Concert With Rapport’
Chris Chameleon is one of South Africa’s most progressive stars. He has been on top of the hip and funky music movement as a member of Boo!; he has cracked the contemporary English pop market; and continues to do the same with Afrikaans music, like very few other cross-over musicians have been able to do before him.
With Chris travelling so much over the last few years since going solo, people need to remember what a powerful ambassador this man is to South Africa. Not only does he leave his audiences feeling the elation of having had a musical massage after his shows, but he is also going forth and educating so many people about all the beautifully descriptive elements of the Afrikaans language! A language that has historically been mostly associated with oppression and apartheid. Continue reading ‘Chris Chameleon shows the colours of Afrikaans on tour’
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