szenario arts in collaboration with GRIOT signs for European publishing of “Laduma!” by HOT WATER, South Africa.
“Laduma!” (South African equivalent for “Goal!”) is an original AfroPop song, recorded in Cape Town and is South Africa’s football song for the world.
HOT WATER has made 32 international versions of this song: About 2 minutes into the song, Nik Rabinowitz (South African Comedian of the Year) commentates in your own language with your own soccer stars.
Bandleader Donovan:
“Our objective is to get the world to shout “LADUUUUUMAAAA !!!” in the future when a goal is scored and of course to celebrate each country’s efforts and their teams soccer stars.”
“…Hot Water must easily be one of the most exciting music projects to come out of South Africa recently” – The Citizen
Stylistically Hot Water’s music incorporates elements of traditional African music (such as kwela, mbaqanga, maskandi and kwasa kwasa) with folk, blues and indie-pop rock. They have mixed a brew that somehow manages to capture an authentic and unique South African feel and flavour. Southern African music has a natural instinct for celebration and Hot Water’s live performances have a magical way of spontaneously warming any event. Combining unusual instruments from South Africa and around the world, this cross-over collaboration creates a show at every performance, cutting across boundaries of age and culture.
South African singer, song-writer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, facilitator and band leader, Donovan Copley, has a talent not only for creating uplifting and authentic South African music…he has the knack for bringing together a consistently evolving group of musicians from very diverse backgrounds with an ever-fresh musical result that leaves audiences feeling inspired and proud to be South African.
A Gateway to the Soul and Spirit of South Africa.
And fo
r the foreign audience, Hot Water opens a gateway to the soul and spirit which Africa and South Africa has to offer. In a world in crisis Hot Water’s music brings space, perspective and insight as well as inevitably drawing people to their feet.
Hot Water’s Live performance is a dynamic and often spontaneous tapestry of inspired songs from one of their two albums…and their upcoming third album. Donovan compares the band to a wheel, seeing himself as the hub in the centre while the band and collaborators hold and help the whole wheel spin.
Hot Water creates a space where people from any background have the opportunity to relate on common ground.
szenario arts and GRIOT provide labelcode and subpublishing services as well as live marketing for the European approach of Hot Water.
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