Felix Laband - Ding Dong Thing

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"Deaf Safari is an audio collage of subjects that interest me and speak of the world I live in."

Title: Deaf Safari
Release: 29 May 2015
Cat.-No.: CPT 470-1/-2/-3
Format: 2LP incl. cardboard CD/ CD / Digital

Artist Statement:
Deaf Safari is an audio collage of subjects that interest me and speak of the world I live in.
It is an album composed of sampled recordings from the media landscape that has been the soundtrack to my life over the last ten years.

The most important development in my current music and as can be heard on Deaf Safari has been my understanding of the beauty and power of the spoken word. I have experienced severe indifference to contemporary pop and electronic music as a whole over the last many years, as I have felt that social comment of any relevance has been ignored by music in general.
Deaf Safari attempts to bring sociopolitical comment into my music without taking any specific stand. Sampled outside of musical influence directly from the news; from preacher sermons or from contemporary African documentaries.
I have finally created a story with sound that I feel accurately conveys my personal experience with the African world I live in.

My musical influences on this album lie mostly with local Kwaito house. Deaf Safari is an experiment within certain boundaries of the 4/4 genre, to create my own South African "house" album.
I am proud and inspired about the South African Kwaito house scene.
However, as with my first three albums, "Thin Shoes In June“ (2001) - "4/4 Down The Stairs“ (2002) and "Dark Days Exit“ (2005), I am still interested in making strange and evocative music.

American Roots music from the earlier periods of the 20th century has deeply resonated with me during the making of this album.
The incredible field recordings by Alan Lomax of Negro prison and chain gang work songs, and the beautiful early recordings of artists such as Leadbelly have had a major influence on Deaf Safari.

I am truly excited to release this album and to start performing in the music world again. It has been ten years since I released "Dark Days Exit , and although I have been purposefully absent from the music world, I have none the less never stopped making music.
I feel that I have finally arrived at a mature and challenging stage in my pursuit of making emotional music of relevance.
-Felix Laband (13.02.2015)

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You won’t never be the same after listening to this guy. Period.

clubversivorec
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This song opened up my heart to the point of almost crying. I miss a good cry, and not getting it made me tense again

papajani
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Been living in Australia the past few 15 years. Still find my way back to sobbing . If only everyone could know

Schamoo
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Felix's music make me proud to be South African. Enkosi kakhulu meneer.

Element
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I used to listen to this always when i was 8 years old, when my grandpa turned this on, i rushed to the room and danced, danced and danced. This song has given me so much Happiness and Nostalgia

rblxmac
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Makes me miss Mzansi. But this track reminds me of road trips with the window rolled down, sun shining above and smiles all around. <3

yogasanawithrah
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As i own all his albums, i like that literally none of Felix's albums sound alike. its is a unique quality to his sound and music- to which i think this album is his most accessible and danceable. the use of blues samples, the upbeat eclectic sounding great tunes that range from 4 to 9 minutes in length and the random dialogues that appear here and there make it a fascinating gem from one of south africa's most curious exports that has outlived his past pairings with the notorious waddy jones of die antwoord.

keironhiggspoet
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This track set me to places that i barely knew they could ever exist. Wow!!’

clubversivorec
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This is a real fucking unprecedented lekker tune. Go Felix!!!

coffart
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The Felix is back! 10 points to Gryffindor! Bravo Bravo

Lumosumo
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Yesterday on Tauron Robag plays this at sunrise ;) amazing experience

benq
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Je découvre .... et j'aime TOUT !

LeKILUVU
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No wonder I LOVE this track, look at all that went into it!! Thanks so much for the description, this is so special! Totally inspired !!!! 😄💕🎶

abigailcb
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oh MAN-this is brilliant?!!!!cant wait to see you live on friday-so exciting!!!!

katehutton
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MuY mUy BUENO¡¡¡¡¡¡si que tienes Vuelo FeliX

cesaryapour
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I think the guitar sample is from Nico - These Days

baron
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Did you know, that the guitar pattern comes from "These days" sung by Nico? :)

esztergergely
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''As you know there's been almost a ding dong thing in this case.
They have been apealling and we have been appealing all the time.
I don't think it affects the situation and It is unprecedented that a person has been pursued the manner in which Jacob Zuma has been pursued''

telepolocaster
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Sick track, will remind me of last night climbing a fallen tree, with the moon shining bright, between the clouds alcohol in our veins, conversation in our skulls.

a-frames
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This has been used by one of the celebrities from bollywood as a background music in one of her videos.

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