Jason van Wyk Afrikaans pronunciation: ; born January 10, 1990 is a composer, music producer and musician from South Africa. He is best known for his electronic and experimental compositions and has been releasing records since the early 2000s. Contents 1Life and career 2Discography 2.1Albums 2.2Soundtracks 2.3Singles 2.4Remixes 2.5Miscellaneous 3Film & Media 4See also 5References
Arnoldus Christiaan Vlok van Wyk 26 April 1916 – 27 March 1983 was a South African art music composer, one of the first notable generation of such composers along with Hubert du Plessis and Stefans Grové. Despite the strict laws imposed by the Apartheid government during his lifetime, van Wyk’s homosexuality was ignored by the
Watkin Tudor Jones born 26 September 1974, better known by his stage name Ninja, is a South African rapper, songwriter, record producer, and director. Jones is part of the rap-rave group Die Antwoord. Jones also has had a number of acting roles, including a self-styled role as Ninja in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp film Chappie. Contents 1Early life 2Career 2.11993–1996: The Original Evergreen 2.22001–2002: Memoirs
Hilda Semola Tloubatla born 1942 is a South African mbaqanga singer, and the lead singer of the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens. Tloubatla was born in Payneville, Springs in South Africa before moving to kwaThema township in 1951 as a result of (what was) the apartheid government’s ‘Group Areas Act’ in the country. Early life Tloubatla first began her music career by recording at
ZP De Villiers Theart born 27 May 1975 is a South African singer, songwriter, and the lead vocalist for Skid Row. Theart first garnered attention as the original singer of British power metal band DragonForce. Theart was also hired by Riot Games for the voice of Karthus in the songs “Deathfire Grasp” and “Last Whisper”
Joseph Shabalala 28 August 1940 – 11 February 2020, born Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, was a South African singer and musician who was the founder and musical director of the choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Contents 1Early life and career 2Rising to stardom 3Later life and death 4See also 5References 6External links Early life and
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga c. 1873 – 18 April 1905 was a South African composer, who is best known for writing the song “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” (English: “God Bless Africa”), which, in abbreviated version, has been sung as the first half of the National anthem of South Africa since 1994. Previously, it had been the official anthem of the African National
Charles Segal born in Joniškis, Lithuania in 1929 is a classically trained jazz and commercial pianist, and composer. When Charles was 2, his mother, mandolinist, Riva Segal, brought her two sons, Louis and Charles, to escape the Holocaust from Lithuania to Cape Town, South Africa. They travelled from Germany on the ship, the SS Adolph
Koos Ras Jacobus Adriaan Gerhardus was born on 4 August 1928, on a farm named Paardekop in Northern Natal Province in South Africa. As a young boy he often visited his father’s neighbour (name unknown), who taught him how to play a “Konsertina”. Ras was famously known as a comedian, singer, composer, writer and businessman.
Trevor Charles Rabin /ˈreɪbɪn/; born 13 January 1954 is a South African musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a variety of artists. In 1972, he joined