Estate Living Digital Publication Issue 8 August 2015 | Page 72

i -Tune
South African musicians are making all
the right noises, creating waves both here
and internationally. Here are four inspiring
artists doing their bit to make us all proud.
Locnville

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Although not originally from South Arica,
American-born singers, songwriters and
identical twin brothers Andrew and Brian
Chaplin formed Locnville in 2009, the name
coming from the area in Cape Town where
they grew up. Having spent most of their
time here, the brothers see themselves as
South African, so chose to debut their first
studio album, Sun in My Pocket, in South
Africa first, in February 2010. Their electro
hop music became a major success, peaking
at No. 1 on the RISA South African Albums
Chart and later winning them the award for
best newcomer at the 2010 MK Awards.
The talented brothers, who are actually
related to the late Charlie Chaplin, produce
their own material and are able to play the
drums and guitar. They also own their own
record label called Contra-Banned, which
distributes their music nationally, and have
designed their own clothing brand, Villey
Clothing.

Casper Nyovest

South African hip hop recording artist
Cassper Nyovest has been making musical
headlines since releasing his debut studio
album, Tsholofeloin, in July last year. Named
after his sister, the name translates to mean
‘hope’ and, within an hour of its digital debut
on Mandela Day, Tsholofelo peaked at No.
1 on the iTunes South Africa albums chart.
Casper began work on the album as early as
2011 and featured a number of producers,
including Nigerian composer, Masterkraft
(whose production credits include Wizkid
and Sarkodie), Uhuru (which produced the
award-winning Khona by Mafikizolo) and
The Orders’ Brian Soko (who co-produced
Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed Drunk in
Love). In April 2015, the album was certified
platinum by the Recording Industry of South
Africa, having sold over 40, 000 copies.

Mynie Grové

If you know SA music, you know Mynie
Grové. The acclaimed singer grew up in
a musical family on a farm in the Western
Cape and left her graphic design studies
after she was discovered by German
producer Claude Larson. She launched her
musical career performing for German TV’s
Rundfunk 1, playing a rosewood babygrand
on Signal Hill in a red mini dress and singing
her own composition. Claude later moved