Zambian rock band Witch captivated local audiences in the ‘70s and spearheaded the now historical genre Zamrock. Their sound fuses influences from the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Purple as well as African rhythms. Lead singer, and sole surviving member, Emmanuel ‘Jagari’ Chanda banded with Dutch musician Jacco Gardner in 2016 and together formed the now six-person strong band that will be performing songs from Witch’s five-album catalogue.
The Brother Moves On (TBMO) joins the local headline showing and describe themselves as a South African performance art ensemble from Johannesburg. TBMO’s sound has been described as a “tradition-trouncing trans-Atlantic Afro-centric futuristically ancient fusion that jackknifes between off-world spectral dub-metal, hyper-rhythmic rock psychedelia, indie-township and astro-afro-free-jazz.”
Other artists joining the bill include Msaki, a singer-songwriter from East London, show describes her style as ‘indie Afro-folk’; she has a unique and distinctive identity that draws from her Xhosa tradition and weaves together global elements that form an authentically fresh sound.
The Cape Town artist stable is coalesced by high-energy garage outfit Runaway Nuns; disco-punkers Julia Robert; recently formed psychedelic garage act Them Fads; and groovy beat-dropper DJ duo Holy Funk.
This year, Endless Daze has entered a partnership with non-profit organisation The Beach Co-op to further improve the environmental footprint of the festival. Additionally, there will be an agenda to reduce the amount of waste generated at the festival, especially when it comes to plastic and an increased effort will be made when working with the food vendors, the bar, and the waste management team to help achieve this.
Endless Daze will also be inviting festivalgoers to take part in a beach clean-up at the festival, coordinated by the Beach Co-op and using the ‘dirty dozen’ methodology, which entails counting and recording the top 12 most commonly found items on the beach.
To celebrate the partnership, and further generate awareness of this mission, there will be a beach clean-up and pre-party in Cape Town during International Coastal Cleanup month in September.
Phase 2 | General presale tickets | R750 now on sale via nutickets.co.za
Phase 3 | Door tickets | R900
