Hectic doesn’t really begin to describe it. Although, of course, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I used to get my comfort from sleep, but that seems to have become a distant memory of late, so in both my spare seconds, I’ve been trawling the interweb and popping into local “record” shops on my nappy-seeking visits to Pick n Pay, for musical inspiration and salvation.
First off, for you non-Saffas, a wonderfully catchy summer hit released smack bang in the middle of winter by Cape Town’s electronica specialists, Goldfish. I will warn you that you will be Ooh-ahh, Ooh-ahh, Ooooh’ing for the rest of your day if you click on the youtube link below. This Is How It Goes is taken from their new album Perceptions of Pacha, which is seemingly widely unavailable to download anywhere online.
Watched? Enjoyed? Yes, I know. It’s perhaps a little too trendy for some of my older readers. I recognise that about 90% of you are now closing your browser windows in tears. It’s ok – it happens a lot when people read my stuff.
And while Fleet and Globus will surely be checking out Goldfish further, they won’t be too annoyed to be reminded about the brilliant Fuzzbox and their lead singer, Vickie Perks. Here she is and they are, in top form back in 1989, in a video directed by and starring Adrian Edmondson.
Still brilliant. In a mildly chedderesque fashion.
Vickie Perks is now lead singer of the imaginatively named “Vix n the Kix”, who, according to her myspace page are touring South Africa in October this year (TBC). This seems slightly bizarre for a band that appear to have been no further than Wolverhampton and Stourbridge of late, but hey – if you’re coming to Cape Town, Vickie, I’ll make the effort. Just let me know where and when.
* Visiting from South Africa?
YouTube videos “no longer available”?
Of course they are – it’s just dearest Telkom playing tricks on you.
Refresh a few times or use the direct URL to play them.
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Thanks for sharing some of SA’s talent!! I must confess I do miss hearing SA bands, and I stumbled on Watershed a couple of years back while visiting family in Germany. Of course, I mentioned before that I’ve recently seen The Parlotones in action. More, more… I wanna hear more!
You know me too well! Love the Goldfish track!
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Hmmmmm music…a nice break from the monotony of work.
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Not sure if Goldfish is my cup of tea. But they played at our Christmas party last year. All 35 of us. Embarrassingly, the local DJ from Wellington got more people on the dancefloor.
I heard that they’ve been asked to mix Pacha’s latest compilation CD (which was previously done by Pete Tong, nogal)
Roni » I think your dancefloor story says much more about your colleagues than about Goldfish.