With the big move from Sun City to Montecasino in Johannesburg, the stage was set for an exciting weekend of music, entertainment and all-round celebrations. The show did not fail to impress and we were thrilled to see no less than 5 of Hybrid’s valued clients walk away with the coveted awards.

A huge congratulations to the guys from Versus the Wolf, who won a SAMA in the category Best Album Art/Packaging for their debut album Uncovering Faces.

The artwork for their album, which took the form of an impressive Digibook, was done by two of the band members, proving that their talents stretch far beyond singing and drumming. Nicholas Smal was responsible for the quirky illustrations while Rash Ferguson pulled it all together with his outstanding design and layout skills. The end result is a true collector’s item and a definite must-have on any music (or design) lover’s shelf.

We would also like to congratulate Peter Martens & Luis Magalhåes for winning the Best Popular Classical Album award for the second year in a row with their album Beethoven:  Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, as well as Ological Studies, whose album OS Freedom was awarded the title of Best Contemporary Jazz Album. We’d also like to applaud Goldfish, who won the award for Best Global Dance Album with their album Get Busy Living, and well done also to Wouter Kellerman, whose album Two Voices won him the SAMA for Best Instrumental Album.

Once again it’s been an absolute pleasure to see these talented artists get the recognition they deserve. We’re honoured to have worked with some of the best musicians in the industry… Well done to all of you!

We would like to congratulate Die Heuwels Fantasties for winning the Best Alternative Music Album: Afrikaans for their self-titled album.
Well done to Proxy, whose album The Call, won in the category for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.
We’d also like to applaud Daniel Rowland and the Stellenbosch University Camerata who walked away with the SAMA for Best popular Classical Album.

Well done once again from our side, it’s good to see great musicians getting the recognition they deserve. May your success continue to grow and we wish all the best for the future!

Newcomer of the Year
Kyle Shepherd for Fine ART
The South African Youth Choir for the album Birth of the Sun

MTN Record of the Year
Fort Knox – Goldfish

Best Rock Album: Afrikaans
Zinkplaat – Mooi Besoedeling

Best Alternative Music Album: Afrikaans
Die Heuwels Fantasties – Die Heuwels Fantasties

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Proxy – The Call

Best Popular Classical Album
Daniel Rowland And Stellenbosch University Camerata – Vivaldi / Piazzolla Seasons
The South African Youth Choir – Birth Of The Sun
TwoPianists – Brahms, Lutoslawski, Arensky & Copland

Best Traditional Jazz Album
Kyle Shepherd – FineART

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Ivan Mazuze – Maganda

The awards will take place on the 16th and 17th of April at The Lost City at Sun City and we would like to wish all the artists the best of luck from our side. You make us proud!

Best Group
Die Heuwels Fantasties – Sonrotse

Best Solo Artist
Jax Panik – Hit Or Miss

Best Colab
Die Heuwels Fantasties ft. Soweto Gospel Choir, HHP & JR –
Our heritage

Neon
Goldfish – Soundtracks and Comebacks

Campus Hit
Die Heuwels Fantasties – Pille vir kersfees

The competition was tight and the entries consisted of a standard of music previously unequaled in South Africa. Congratulations to Goldfish, the first ever winner in the Neon category. Another big toast to Die Heuwels Fantasties, who won Best Colab as well as the coveted award for Best Group. Hybridmedia solutions is proud to be associated with such talented artists and we have no doubt that you will continue to grow and dominate the SA music scene.

There has been a flurry of activity on the premises as men were grinding, sawing, welding and building well into the night, transforming the cellar-like space of Studio 002 into a contemporary operations centre for the Hybrid team. Finally, after much planning and anticipation, the refurbishing has been completed and we were able to move in over the weekend.

In addition the accessibility of the new location, the bigger space also affords us the opportunity to expand our work force in order to get things done even more efficiently and we are confident that the move will enable us to exceed your expectations in the future.

You’re welcome to drop by and see the new space for yourself. You’ll find us at:
Studio 2 A
Longkloof Studios
Darter’s Road
Gardens

We trust you’ll love our new offices as much as we do!

Hybrid Media in partnership with one small seed is proud to launch onesmallseed d vol. 1

As token of appreciation for your support we thought this could you help you guys get your music out there.

We hope this compilation will help bands promote their music. We would like to thank the bands for giving us their music.

The stremes – she’s a radiohead

Jax panik – talking to myself

Pretty blue guns – pills

Thieve – last day december

Die heuwels fantasties – oorlewing

New holland – waiting.wanting.craving

Aking – the dance

Gazelle – try

Zinkplaat – kleiner as berge

Taxi violence – unholy

Van coke kartel – wat het van ons geword?

The black hotels – episoda

Catwalktrash – its electrical

Tornados – she drives me crazy

Job Spec

DVD-5 (offset printing) & CD (offset printing) in a dual disc (flip tray) super Jewelbox, with 150gsm 4pp booklet & 4c/4c inlay, with a 44pp booklet with 250gsm fibreboard cover with Gold Foiling, in a 250gsm die-cut slipcase with matt lamination.

Product Detail

The compilation has 13-tracks of music, music videos, a 30-minute documentary, a 48-page booklet with photos and the musicians personal accounts, and even some MP3’s that have never been released on CD before.

Disk 1: Audio CD

1. Ashtray Electric   Quite Overstared
2. New Holland   Inside Out
3. Fokofpolisiekar   Ontken altyd alles
4. Lukraaketaar   Passievol
5. Die Heuwels Fantasties Vinger alleen
6. K.O.B.U.S!    Swaar Metaal
7. Tatum    The Parade
8. Jax Panik    Don’t Wanna Dance
9. Foto Na Dans   Natuurlik Verlig
10. Springbok Nude Girls  Spaceman
11. Thieve    Last Day December
12. Van Coke Kartel  Buitenkant 2
13. aKING I Believe

Disk 2: DVD

Documentary: 12 Mile Stone, by Greg Fell en Dean Leslie of African Attachment.
MP3’s: New World Inside (Hunter and Francois’ old band)
– Bellville Rock City
22 Stars (Johnny de Ridder and Jax Panik)
– Still Dreaming
7th Breed (Wynand Myburgh) – Fire Flood
Springbok Nude Girls – Pappa ek wil ‘n popster word
VOD (Francois Blom) – a Beast is Born
Time Spent (Pierre Greeff en Laudo Liebenberg)
– Needless to say
Fokofpolisiekar– Fokn Blades – Unreleased old FPK song
Trompie is Dood (Foto na Dans’ previous band)
– Fluistergallery

Music videos:
Fokofpolisiekar – Ek skyn (Heilig)
Foto Na Dans – Natuurlik Verlig
New Holland – Shine
Lukraaketaar – Om te Kan
aKING – The Dance (One shot alternative take)
Van Coke Kartel – Verdoof, Vergiftig, Verskoon My
Ashtray Electric – The Swing
KOBUS! – Swaarmetaal
Die Heuwels Fantasties – Vinger Alleen
Jax Panik – Cigarettes and Cinnamon