OLD MUTUAL MUSIC AT THE LAKE SERIES presents GOLDFISH

Event: OLD MUTUAL MUSIC AT THE LAKE SERIES presents GOLDFISH and their electrifying sound and Jeremy Loops and Co.

Venue: The Durban Botanic Gardens, 9A Zikhale (Sydenham) Road, Durban
Date: Sunday, 21 October
Gates open: 13:00 for pre-sold tickets, 13:30 for on the day tickets. First act starts at 14:30.
Tickets are available online at www.webtickets.co.za
Tickets prices:  R120 online, or at the gate for R140 on the day
Kids between 8-12 pay R50, kids under 8 are free.
Facilities Available:
All children are welcome at the KidZone for some extra fun and games.
Drinks, cooler boxes and picnic baskets are welcome
Everyone is welcome to bring picnic baskets and blankets.

Secure parking is available on the Juventus ground.  Entrance to all parking is off lower John Zikhale (Sydenham) Road, adjacent to the Botanic Gardens and the Munies Hockey Field also off lower John Zikhale (Sydenham) Road.

BLACKBYRD TAKE OFF

Following the phenomenal rise of the first single “All of Me”, BlackByrd has delivered the goods with a brand new album that has the industry abuzz with excitement.  Released on 15 October 2012, the long awaited, 14 track new album Strong brings original and thought provoking pop to their multitudes of fans.

Having recently signed a record deal with major record label EMI MUSIC, the dynamic trio has been getting cosy with the charts thanks to their inspired and stirring hit single.

The three dynamic young Capetonians that make up BlackByrd; Tarryn Lamb, Samantha Heldsinger and Tamsyn Maker, have spent the past three years working towards this moment when they can fully showcase their talent for the world to see. Produced by music-industry veteran Mike Fuller, the 14 track debut album Strong is an amazing collection of work, filled with real emotion, powerful lyrics and a strong level of genuine spirituality that’s as rare as their combined pool of talent.

“We’ve grown together as a group,” Heldsinger adds.   “Our sound has evolved too.”   “All Of Me” as well as all the tracks that make up their stellar debut are weighted in real content and messages that everyone who hears will share a genuine affinity towards.

Taking their name from the classic Beatles track, BlackByrd are in the process of turning adult-contemporary pop convention on its head, thanks to Lamb’s new-found talent as a critical songwriter. “We’ve all grown, as people and entertainers,” Lamb says. “We’re artists now, and loving every minute.”

“BlackByrd lives through the songs we write,” Lamb says.  “Our music, and how we grow it from here, comes from a collective openness and willingness to be real.  It’s important that what people hear in a track like “All Of Me” reflects who we are as people.”    What you hear on Strong is brutal honestly, raw emotion and an energy that’s profound.

Each time BlackByrd sing the world gets a little bit smaller, while their fan base swells.   Music with integrity is rare, but when these three beautiful and vivacious women do it they steal hearts and charts at every opportunity.

An exciting, life-changing voyage that in its infancy has already seen a groundswell of support for the three warm, engaging, fun-loving and fetching threesome. Their musical crusade now well underway, BlackByrd’s mission “to take on the world!” as Maker says, has truly begun!

Track Listing  for “Strong”
1. Waiting for You
2. All for Me
3. You  Are Beautiful
4. From The Bottom of My Heart
5. Let Me Love You
6. Reason to Believe
7. Keep on
8. Baby Go Slow
9. How Fickle is your Heart
10. There was a Time
11. Still Not Over You
12. Please Mr DJ
13. One Way Lane
14. I Should’ve Never

GOLDFISH BRINGS THEIR ELECTRIFYING SOUND TO THE LAKESIDE

Hot on the heels of a spectacular jazz concert, Old Mutual Music at the Lake brings yet another scintillating, blockbuster music event to the Durban Botanic Gardens on 21 October 2012.

Fresh from a three month tour of Europe and another Ibiza summer residency; South Africa’s proudest electronic export, Goldfish will headline this spectacular concert at the lake. Goldfish has wowed fans all over the world, performing to sold out concerts in Europe and return to South Africa to perform at only a select amount of exclusive gigs, with the Old Mutual Music at the Lake concert at the top of their bill.

Having gotten their hands on a residency to die for, the record breaking 8 time SAMA nominated electronic duo have been based in Ibiza playing the islands’ most prestigious clubs, Pacha Ibiza.

‘We’ve had an incredible year so far with some unforgettable moments on and off stage around the world… There is no better feeling than seeing a massive crowd in another country singing your music back to you…It’s just bizarre and something you never get used to. The hard work is definitely paying off’, says band member Dave Poole.

Accompanying Goldfish as the opening act will be the spellbinding, 28 year old modern day one-man folk band Jeremy Loops and Co. Equipped with multiple instruments, loop station, pedals, a capacity to sing, and beatbox he creates textured tracks that transform convention and allies the fresh with the familiar. His performances centre around crowd participation and collaborations with other skilled musicians, most frequently the lyricist M.O.Lecko, as well as Jaimie Faull on the Sax,  which brings a completely unique and positive sound to SA music.

The rise in popularity of outdoor music venues in South Africa has been phenominal, and the introduction of a series of full day music concerts at the  Botanic Gardens that appeal to young and old by Old Mutual Music at the Lake has undoubtedly been a step in the right direction and has played a major role in the rise to prominence of the Durban Botanic Gardens as the venue of choice for live music in Durban.

The Botanic Gardens have already presented live concerts of some of the most talented and accomplished musicians in South Africa. Old Mutual’s continued association with the Botanic Gardens allows them to ensure that funds are raised to maintain and improve biodiversity at this important public space.

Proceeds from the performances go towards an innovative people and plant development programme, the Garden Window Project, within the Durban Botanic Gardens and the Wildlands Conservation Trust’s Trees for Life initiative which sees community members growing trees to support their livelihoods.

For more information about this and other events at the Durban Botanic Gardens, visit the website – www.durbanbotanicgardens.org.za or call the Info Centre 031 322 4021.

Tickets are available online at www.webtickets.co.za
Tickets prices:  R120 online, or at the gate for R140 on the day.
Kids between 8-12 pay R50, kids under eight are free.  All children are welcome at the KidZone for some extra fun and games.
Drinks, cooler boxes and picnic baskets are welcome

Gates open at 13h00 for pre-sold tickets, 13h30 for on the day tickets. First act starts at 14h30.

Secure parking is available on the Juventus ground.  Entrance to all parking is off lower John Zikhale (Sydenham) Road, adjacent to the Botanic Gardens and the Munies Hockey Field also off lower John Zikhale (Sydenham) Road.

Follow @OM_Concerts and @dbnbotgardens on Twitter for all the action on the day, and ‘Like’ the Old Mutual Music in the Gardens page on Facebook for all the updates and info.