JANUARY 2009
Submitted by Jessica on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 10:59.
Irie, good people of SouthAfrica!
The Tidal Waves wish you a prosperous new year and hope that we can all come to embrace Peace, Love and Compassion for all on the road ahead. Remember that Hard Work never hurt!
A special thank you to all the wonderful supporters on the MK Avontoer – we had an irie time vibing with all of you all the way to the end of 2008! Also, thank you to the organisers DPK (www.dpk.co.za) who did an amazing job.Respect!
Tidal Waves recorded their latest music video in October 2008 in Cape Town, and we are very excited for you to see it. Keep your eyes open for the press release and the music video launch - coming soon!
Tidal Waves are privileged to once again be able to go to Europe in 2009, but this year we are also focusing on bringing Original Music to Original People all over South Africa.
To start off, we are performing in Cape Town from 3 Feb to 14 Feb, please see below for more details. The latest Tidal Waves album “AFRIKA” will be available at all showsfor only R100.00 or you can buy it online at Kalahari.net
We hope to see you at one ofour upcoming shows, and check the website for updated details:
30 January LiveIn Studio Interview on Tuks FM at 12h30 – TUNE IN!
30 January LIVE@ Tuks Jool, Tuks Rag Farm, Pretoria
03 February LIVE@ DPK Dinsdae @ Aandklas, Stellenbosch / www.dpk.co.za
07 February LIVE@ Up the Creek Music Festival, Swellendam / www.upthecreek.co.za
08 February LIVE@ Up the Creek Music Festival, Swellendam
09 February LIVE ON AIR @ RSG Draadloos – TUNE IN!
10 February UNPLUGGEDfeat. Stefan Dixon @ the Waiting Room, Long Street
12 February LIVE@ Zula Bar with Stefan Dixon, Alan Funk and DJ Dubmasta China aka. Raggasoulja
14 Feburary RAKA UNPLUGGED Music Festival, Swellendam / www.dpk.co.za
20 February LIVE at the Captain Stu CD LAUNCH @ the Assembly
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'Tonight was a really cool evening of music, with a little sutin' sutin' for everybody. I don't need to say again how Tidal Waves stole the show, but I will. The Tidal Waves stole the show. Let me reiterate - we're on the MK Avontoer, with bands who feature a lot on the television channel, where the crowds are predominantly Afrikaans and ages mostly end in -teen. Here comes a band, comprising of 4 'bruddas' and one token white dude, who play a rock/reggae fusion, and they are the only band that can get the larger majority of the crowd grooving theirvellies off! The sad reality is that we're a nation of lazy observers. Hardly ever do I see more than the front few rows partying, and the only time the party bug bites further back in the crowd is for a catchy chorus or a hit single. The Waves are a different story. The crowd, all but a handful new to the band, go through a series of emotions during the gig...
1. 'Wat de... Wat maak hierie bruin bra's hier? Gaan hulle kwaito speel?'
2. 'Jis Frikkie, die tjoons is eintlik oraait, huh?!'
3. 'Woah!! LEKKER LEKKER DANS!' And, above all, their lyrics are uplifting. No one can walk away from a Waves gig feeling down. Even a deaf person will sense the positivity in the air and feel the vibrations through the floor and up their legs, coursing through sinew and bones and being released through stomping legs, shuffling arms and broad smiles...
2. 'Jis Frikkie, die tjoons is eintlik oraait, huh?!'
3. 'Woah!! LEKKER LEKKER DANS!' And, above all, their lyrics are uplifting. No one can walk away from a Waves gig feeling down. Even a deaf person will sense the positivity in the air and feel the vibrations through the floor and up their legs, coursing through sinew and bones and being released through stomping legs, shuffling arms and broad smiles...
It was the late Lucky Dube who said, "Musicians have always educated people through music, you know even though now a days a lot of music just talks about sex, women, and drugs. Music, I think, should be teaching and talking to people about important things in life."
The Tidal Waves allow Lucky Dube to rest in peace. '
Press excerpt courtesy of Fear and Loating in the South African Music Scene
Jah Luv!
