Cherry Vinyl - Band - Cape town

 

This Cape Town based band started out in May 2008, premiering onstage at the V&A Waterfront shortly following their establishment. With the support of manager J.P. de Klerk it wasn’t long before Cherry Vynil was playing consistently at many other area hotspots, like Long Street’s Zula Bar and Jackson Hall at Grand West Casino. The band is honored to say they have shared the stage with South Africa’s beloved Freshly Ground at the V&A Waterfront in December 2008.

The band also takes pride in the opportunity they received to perform at the Klein
Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) 2009 among many other prestigious
and respected South African musicians. With an abundance of local and national
venues on their music resume, Cherry Vynil has no limits on their performance
flexibility and is always looking for new venues and audiences.

Hugo van Niekerk , The beat of the band found himself behind a set of drums at the early age of 10, playing for his church on Sundays. Living in a small town with nearly no drumming resources around hardly posed a problem for Hugo, though, as he taught himself to be a well-adept percussionist over the course of time. He stayed faithful to his drumming career
with the church band for 10 years before leaving to England once he finished school. There, he took up studying guitar at the Guitar Institute in London.

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After exploring the UK for two years Hugo returned to South Africa and studied sound engineering at Cape Audio College, graduating in the top three of his class. With genres blues and rock reigning over his music preferences, Hugo looks up to drummers like Buddy Rich, Steve Jordan and Carter Beauford (of the Dave Matthews Band).
While he may be the softest spoken of the group, Hugo radiates a sweet demeanor and a cool, collected stage presence. According to Hugo, who often references music for life insights, playing the drums is much like living: the more you do it, the better you become. Hugo plans on playing music—and living—indefinitely.

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Marchant van Wyk, A thoroughbred Capetonian, this health-guru band member must be eating something right to be able to play the bass guitar like he does. Marchant studied at the University of Stellenbosch where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Science. He continues to work in the health field today mainly as an aerobics and fitness trainer, and also a part-time masseuse.
Though he began his relationship with music on the acoustic guitar at age 16, the now 25-year-old rocks the bass guitar as if he knows nothing else—smooth, skillfully and undeniably charged with passion. His interest in music extends vastly beyond his own band’s tunes, however, as Marchant harbors a mindful of music knowledge. With a deep interest in and awareness of music (especially South African music), the bassist keeps an open mind and open ears to all sounds young and old, far and near.

Vickus Horne, For a guy who can now be found humming, strumming, bobbing, or tapping at almost all times of the day, Vickus’s connection to music was muted for many years by a different passion for performance: acting. He first picked up a guitar at age 19 just before commencing his theatre studies at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa. Once he was infected with music, though, there was no prospect for recovery.
Vickus continues to act with a professional agency in Cape Town but focuses on deepening his knowledge of music, from studying guitar part-time with jazz guru Alvin Dyers, to constantly indulging in the many live sounds and vibes the Western Cape has to offer. Vickus is also the music director and youth leader at Corpus Christi Church. His biggest musical influences are the Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, the John Butler Trio, and Counting Crows; all jazzy, jiving, and straight from the heart, Vickus’s biggest goal as a musician is to produce music as authentic and soulful as that of his idols.

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Cherry Vinyl - Band - Cape town