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Foto Na Dans / Flash Republic Collaboration

Dans Republic - Afrikaans

Dans Republic started out as many other great projects started – in a bar. The guys from Foto Na Dans met Tamara Dey from Flash Republic while promoting her band’s CD Launch at a bar in JHB. Jagermeister flowed and before long a firm friendship was formed.

A while later, at the SAMA Awards, Victor Edward from music channel MK asked the guys from Flash Republic to consider a collaboration with a rock band. They thought it a great idea and suggested Foto Na Dans. And so Dans Republic was born.

Back in Cape Town, the two bands met up and started discussing how to make it all a reality. The main challenge was merging Rock-Dance-Afrikaans-English into one track. Ideas were thrown around and it was decided that the song would kick off with a remix one of Foto Na Dans’s unreleased tracks.

Remixes & reworks were bounced between Foto Na Dans and Flash Republic over a period of 3 months. Eventually, at the end of August, both bands got a chance to enter a pre-production studio together. Three days, eight bottles of Jagermeister and a lot of chemistry later, a hit-single-ready-for-studio was born.

Studio time was booked and Afrikaans was recorded at Jazzworx Studios in Jo’burg. The track has just been playlisted on national radio station 5fm and a video chronicling the collaboration (shot by Morgan Dingle) will be released shortly.

Watch this space… More to come!

Foto na Dans was formed when vocalist Le Roi Nel joined Theuns, Dirkie, Neil and Alex, who previously played in a band together. It took seven years in and out of projects for the members to finally find the right combination. Foto na Dans is the result of creative self-expression that has not heeded to commercial influences, finding and establishing their own new significant sound in Afrikaans.

“To those who have never heard Foto na Dans, one may be inclined to liken them to Muse, with electronic elements blended in perfectly with progressive rock and a dash of a more sophisticated classical sound…” Jarrad Nelsom, www.futurespace.co.za

Flash Republic is the collaboration of three of South Africa’s most prominent dance music talents – Tamara Dey and two of the country’s top DJs, Ryan Dent and Craig Massiv. Their music is best described as electro-tinged and soul-drenched House music.

2009 has been Flash Republic’s most successful year to date. They have signed to leading independent label, Just Music, the South African home of Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi and some of the world’s biggest dance artists & producers, such as Fedde Le Grand, Roger Sanchez, StoneBridge and Martin Solveig. Various singles from their new album have been licensed to major compilations across Europe, including France, Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden.

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