Thursday, January 4, 2007

VIA AFRIKA


GENRE: AFRICAN CROSSOVER

MEMBERS: Rene Veldsman (lead vocals & bass guitar), Lukas Crous - AKA Luislang (vocals & keyboards) & Kitty Cooper AKA Spider Wider (vocals & percussion) & Michelle Rowe (dancer & percussion).

DATES:

DISCOGRAPHY: VIA AFRIKA (1984)- RPM Records (catalogue number unavailable), SCENT OF SCANDAL (1985) - RPM Records (catalogue number unavailable) -still available on CD on re-release by Retrofresh (catalogue number Freshcd156), VIA AFRIKA CD - re-released by Retrofresh (catalogue number Freshcd 107)-still available!

SINGLES TO REMEMBER: Via Afrika, Hey Boy.


USEFUL LINKS/CONTACT:
You can contact Rene on: playplay@iafrica.com

(In memorium Lukas Crous - passed on 2002)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

what happened to Lucas - i didnt know he was dead! such a good soul.

Ian MacFarlane said...

One of my favourite local bands - Love the remixes on the re-released CD of VIA AFRIKA (hows the percussion?) from Retrofresh. If you are a fan, do yourself a favour and get a copy!

SAM said...

My most favourite band first heard at
Rita,s club Cape Town 1983.

Very happy to find the cd once more.
really cool.
best wishes to all involved.