Happy Ships Cape Town, South Africa
" the mix of technology and anti-technology..several lovely old analogue synths .. effects pedals and drum machines... of
pots and pans and a plethora of kiddies toys. “Not so much Dada as Gaga” one critic said
... at least a year between performances, we were well marketed and anticipated so that people came there expecting a wild and unpredictable time. They got it!"
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Happy Ships recommends:
Own Affairs
by Kalahari Surfers
this album came out of the same period and from the same studio
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Sankomota's first album - from Lesotho banned in apartheid SA - this is a classic
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the beginning of the Afrikaans revolution
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Portland shoegaze that plays, as the best representatives of the genre do, with huge, hollow atmosphere against intimate observations.
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