MGMT -
Super Music Group 
mgmt@supermusicgroup.com

Booking -

BRAD OWEN   
bowen@teamwass.com 
KALLE SMITH [UK + EUROPE] 
kalle@pitchandsmith.com

http://www.facebook.com/EarlyHoursOfficial

The sun is rising for Early Hours... South Africa’s youngest rising stars.

The band emerged out of the collective dream of three youngsters: Jake Bennett, Adam Rothschild and Benson Joubert. A dream to put their hearts into pop music, and share it with all the world.

The band's vibrant and spirited sound has been described as a unique blend of britpop and afrorock. They do not care what time of night or day, when inspiration strikes, they will see it through until the Early Hours.

The band rapidly rose to national prominence after winning Converse’s Get Out Of The Garage competition in 2014. International acclaim soon followed as they became the first South African artist to reach one million streams on a single track on SoundCloud. The band’s 2017 single “Smells Like Summer” reached #1 on the Indie Rock Chart on the popular music streaming platform. In addition to the above, their debut EP [released independently] has garnered over 5 million streams online.

The “First Light” EP was written entirely by Bennett (lyrics) and Rothschild (music) and recorded at the tender ages of 19 with award- winning producer, Brendyn Rossouw. The tracks were then mixed in Australia by Jean-Paul Fung [Last Dinosaurs] and mastered by Grammy award winner, Joe LaPorta.
One can see that this cross-continental sensation have their sights set on reaching fans across the globe...

Batuk, the globetrotting bodyrocking group from Johannesburg are back with a new 7-track EP titled Move!, an ode to the township roots that shaped them. The EP is a charged take on alternately midtempo/kwaito grooves, hi-energy beats and township funk. Manteiga’s charged flows and Mathambo’s beats will have everyone busting out their special dance moves. Following their debut album, which took a pan-African approach with the sounds and collaborations, Move! EP and their upcoming Kasi Royalty album are about proudly representing a range of vibrant South African township sounds.

Batuk has performed in Belgium, Burkina Faso, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Kenya, Mozambique, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Swaziland, Switzerland, Uganda

For bookings requests, remixes and enquiries sj@sjn-agency.com

I am neither afraid of showing my emotions nor to include them in my music - Stimming

Few people bring a truly original sound to house music. At a relatively young age, Hamburgs Martin Stimming did just that, demonstrating a sophisticated yet accessible sound that is beyond his years.

Two years after hooking up with Solomuns Diynamic Music, his 2008 breakthrough hit Una Pena made the electronic world sit up and take notice, and before long acclaimed labels like Freerange, liebe*detail, Buzzin´ Fly, Green and Poker Flat were snapping up his work. 2009 saw him release his immaculate debut album Reflections to great acclaim, cementing his reputation as one of the most exciting new producers of his generation. 

His second album, Liquorice, eschews the normal kick-clap/snare template by and large to explore more interesting and progressive territories, but always with that trademark magpie-like sense of texture, emotion and discovery. 

His productions are filled with a multitude of his own unique, charismatic field recordings, and he never uses the same sample more than once. 

2010 saw him pick up an award for Best Newcomer at the Ibiza DJ Awards, following on from his live show (Stimming does not DJ) stunning the crowds at the islands legendary Pacha, and the finest danceries around the world Πfrom Berlins Panoramabar to Sao Paulo´s D-Edge, Brussels Fuse, London´s fabric and Paris Rex, and plenty more beyond. 

Remixes for the likes of Sascha Funke, Claude VonStroke, Deadmau5, Stephan Bodzin and Tom Novy to name but a few have further spread his influence amongst the discerning house and tech community, and cemented his reputation as one of the scene´s most exceptional producers.

Clearly, Martin Stimming is a precious talent indeed. But then again, not everyone loves liquorice...

1/3 of Misc. Emcee/Hip-Hop enthusiast. musical being. shares love with all things genuine. 461-438 collab
Misc. records

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