Sheer Sound
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Damon Forbes |
| Distributing label | IRIS (South Africa) |
| Genre | Jazz, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, World, Afropop, House |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| Official website | Official website of Sheer Sound |
Sheer Sound is a South African indie record label formed in 1994 by Damon Forbes.
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[edit] History
Sheer Sound was formed in November 1994, shortly after South Africa’s first democratic elections. The label was initially a home for jazz and world music and fast gained a reputation for its extensive South African and African Jazz catalogue.
By the mid-1990s, a young white music marketer, Damon Forbes, was getting restless with the limited vision of his industry.
"I sunk my teeth into jazz because it carried a world music message for me; it was truly culturally representative.... I just looked at the market and I saw the economics of the people of South Africa changing, due to better access to education.... [And]the workplace was going to change; a lot more black people getting into jobs that are of medium and higher income levels.... With all that, comes the aspiration to listen to better quality music. [So] the market, in the long term, is going to increase."
With what he calls "R1 500 (just over $200) and a dream", Forbes established his own label, Sheer Sound. (Ansell 2005:269)
[edit] List Of Artists
[edit] Singer-Songwriter
- Farryl Purkiss
- Chris Letcher
- Nibs van der Spuy
- Shawn Phillips
- Baz Corden
- Simon van Gend
[edit] Rock
- Wonderboom
- Myepic
- Cassette (Outside of RSA only)
- Bed On Bricks
- Paul E. Flynn
- Martin Rocka & The Sick Shop
- Misled
- Pestroy
- Insek
- Libido
- Gently Scar'd
- Underbelly
- New Academics
- Lionel Bastos
- Elusion
[edit] Afropop
- Jaziel Brothers
- Lesego
- Mina Nawe
- Phinda
- Naledi
[edit] Jazz
- Jeff Maluleke
- McCoy Mrubata
- Winston Mankunku Ngozi
- Paul Hanmer
- Voice
- Louis Mhlanga
- Gavin Minter
- Tony Cox
[edit] World
[edit] Awards & Nominations
[edit] South African Music Awards
[edit] 2008
[edit] Nominations
- Best Alternative Album - Underbelly
- Best Alternative Album - Insek
- Best Alternative Album - New Academics
- Best Male Artist - McCoy Mrubata
- Best Traditional Jazz - McCoy Mrubata
- Best Adult Contemporary African - Jeff Maluleke
- Best Producer - Musa Manzini & Lawrence Matshiza (For Jeff Maluleke)
- Best Adult Contemporary African - Phinda
- Best PopAlbum - Jaziel Brothers
- Best Urban Pop Album - Mina Nawe
- Best Instrumental Album - Tony Cox
[edit] 2007
[edit] Awards
- Best Urban Pop - Lesego
- Best Instrumental - Paul Hanmer
[edit] Nominations
- Best Male Artist - Paul Hanmer
- Best Newcomer - Lesego
- Best Instrumental Jazz Album - Paul Hanmer
- Best Instrumental Jazz Album - FourForty
- Best Adult Contemporary Album: English - Chris Letcher
- Best Rock Album: English - Wonderboom
- Best Rock Album: English - Chris Letcher
- Best Alternative Music Album - Martin Rocka and the Sick Shop
- Best Alternative Music Album - Prankster
- Best Pop Album: African - Lesego
- Best Compilation DVD - Oliver Mtukudzi
[edit] 2006
[edit] Awards
- Best Adult Contemporary Album: African - Phinda
[edit] 2005
[edit] Awards
- Best Instrumental Album - Wessel van Rensburg
- Best South African Traditional Jazz Album - McCoy Mrubata
- Best Engineer - Evert de Munnick (Sakhile)
- Best Joint Composition - Sipho Gumede & Ernie Smith
[edit] 2004
[edit] Awards
- Best Male Artist - Zim Ngqawana
- Best South African Traditional Jazz Album - Zim Ngqwana
- Best Producer - Andile Yenana & Winston Mankunku Ngozi (Winston Mankunku Ngozi)
- Best Engineer - Peter Pearlson (Zim Ngqwana)
- Best Female Composer - Gloria Bosman
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Reference
- Ansell, Gwen. 2005. Soweto Blues. New York: Continuum Books. (The history of Sheer Sound taken from this book)
