John Wizards - Muizenberg

Song written, produced and performed by John Wizards.
Video by Sebastian Borckenhagen.

Taken from the single "John Wizards - Muizenberg" (Planet Mu, December 2013)
http://www.planet.mu/discography/ziq337

And from the album "John Wizards" (Planet Mu, September 2013)
http://www.itunes.apple.com/us/album/john-wizards/id675223278

Fresh from supporting Jagwar Ma on a UK and European tour, the Cape Town band John Wizards drop the lush 'Muizenberg' as a single. Taken from their critically acclaimed and eponymous debut, the track exudes southern hemisphere sunshine with a warm guitar figure sending a gentle bounce through the track. Lead singer John delivers a gentle falsetto before the track drops into a scuffy bass coda.
Beatmaker extraordinaire Seiji turns a gentle piano line that you barely notice in the original into the centrepiece of his mix, running rhythmic, crunchy kicks and snares alongside bubbling filtered effects.

On the flip The 2 Bears create a thing of beauty. A slow, rippling mix that's absorbed all the sunshine of the original, turning it inside-out and building the track up gently over a slow house beat, before dropping in gentle repeated vocals over the epic nine minute timespan.

More from Cartoonist Sebastian Borckenhagen http://www.vimeo.com/55153470