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Craig McGahey's obsession with music began at primary school in the 70's when he would hold an old tape reorder next to the radio speakers to record the weekly chart shows. At high school it was all about guitars with his university days seeing the launch of his bands Vogon Poetry, Rat Salad and Third Stone. Then came the stint as music compiler and world music DJ for a local community radio station. This was followed by the setting up of Mama Dance ! Music with it's legendary recording studios in the bohemian district of Observatory. Cape Towns most successful record label followed together with the publishing division. With the studios move to the new premises in central Cape Town, Craig has quickly established himself as the person the ad and film companies use when sourcing tracks for their productions or handling complicated music licensing issues.
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Ghetto Child of Slam productions is the most successful producer of African music in Cape Town. He's composed for and produced over 1000 tracks for upandcoming as well as established acts from all over Africa. Equally comfortable with Traditional, Afro pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Kwaito, Ragga and Afro House his music has been used in countless Films, TV shows and Ads. His debut release "Evidence" achieved major video rotation on Channel O and as producer and rapper of the chart topping Afro Pop act "Blue African Skies" demand for his fresh and often cross over production skills keeps Ghetto Child one hell of a busy man.
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Vince Ladd finished his degree in music and journalism in 1994 and began to develop his musical skills by playing in various underground electro acts. Constantly being at the forefront of current musical trends led to a major demand for his skills in the composition of film soundtracks, sound design for Ads and as a producer of local and international artists. He achieved critical acclaim for his debut CD release entitled "Plastic Surgery" and his remixes have been included in compilations released in territories around the world.
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Ben Amato has already become a legend. He is regarded as one of the most prolific composers in South Africa, able to fuse a variety of african and other global flavours into a sound that is uniquely his. His work features on a variety of films, doccies, animations and TV series broadcast and distributed worldwide. His 'Bush Telegraph' African Mood Series CDs are extremely popular both in South Africa and internationally. The short film 'Face Value' ,which he scored,won Best Proffessional Short Film at Appolo Film Festival. As a multi instrumentalist, remixer and producer he has also worked with artists such as Freshly Ground, Busi Mhlongo, Moses Molelekwa, Mabi Thobejane, Jerusha and KB amongst others.
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Joburg-born
Daniel Eppel is a product of Memphis, Tennesse,
and a graduate of Boston's
Berklee College of Music, with a BA (Cum Laude) in Film Scoring and Sound
Design in 2003. He's worked at the award-winning Soundtree Music studio in the UK... but
Daniel's true passion is African and World music.
He's returned home on a serious mission, and has since founded the
innovative Eppelsauce Music. Daniel's
already earned a formidable reputation not only as a "virtuoso on the
guitar" for Kolelo - a crazy
collective of pan-African kwassa-kwassa-groovers - but also as a multi-talented
composer and producer. His sound projects span the award-winning SABC documentary, Betrayal (2005), by Mark Kaplan,
and works by playwright Janni Younge: Dolos (Out The Box Festival
of Puppets, 2006) and Violet Rose Bite (National Arts Festival, 2007. As a regular collaborator with Wild Lemon Film
Productions, Daniel recently scored the educational juggling video for the Amy
Biehl Foundation. Other productions
include Ndiyakuthanda: Songs of Africa
(a compilation of lullabies and folk songs from African refugees), released
to great reviews in 2006.
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