Ishaaq “Izzy” Martin is a Namibian born, singer, songwriter and multi-instumentalist 

This mostly “self taught” musician stands out with a variety of styles ranging from soft, delicate, even fragile, to raw powerful emotion.
 All tempered with the unique touch of a music-lover influenced by the rich vastness of musical history.
He fuses Jimi Hendrix with Bob Dylan, to suddenly medley Stevie Nicks with Queens of the Stone Age, mixing musics, and sounds with numerous influences like Alchemy.

Having started music at the age of 3 with the piano, and tutored by his grandmother he started playing in the church. Eventually growing tired of both piano and worship music he quit music until picking up the guitar 9 years ago aged 17. Writing his first song with a long-time friend and fellow musician, he was part of a guitar trio and bitten by the songwriting bug.  At 19 His first full band experience was with a short lived whk metal band before moving back to the coast and towards hard rock. In Walvis Bay he was instrumental with Oliver Binneman, in forming “Desert Daze” a driving psychedelic hardrock- garage band with sounds similar to Royal Blood or Highly Suspect performing a collection of overdriven covers and explosive original music. Later joined by Tyron Roetz on Rhythm. 

After 3 years with Desert Daze disbanded he formed a guitar duo with Tyron Roetz performing acoustic originals and covers when in 2015 a mutual friend introduced them to Hip Hop MC and spoken word poet Lorenzo Nomad Beukes, leading to the formation of his current band/musical project “Wakambi” an idealistic band refusing to be pigeonholed, leaping from reggae to jazz to blues to funk to rock and mixing and matching as they see fit accompanied by Tyron Roetz and the lovely miss Tara Jaf (Drums) as of Namrock 2017.  

This charismatic quartet had recently finished recording their debut E.P. (early production) “#BDC” in preparation for recording their first full length debut album.

Izzy (with Wakambi) has since performed 
Swakopmund- Ted X
Walvis Bay-The Lemon Tree
Windhoek- Winner of the Namrock best new rock band 2017
Windhoek- Sound For Sight Festival
Swakopmund- 125th Birthday Bash|
Promoting their E.P. “#BDC”
Windhoek – The Boiler Room.
Windhoek – Take Note Spring Festival. 
Swakopmund – The Locker Room. 
Walvis Bay – The Yacht Club.

VERKRAG is a solo project, hailing from South Africa. "VERKRAG" is an Afrikaans word meaning; Rape, (raped, raping), violation, assault, ravishment.

By combining horrific and atmospheric sounds and dark Black and Death Metal riffs, VERKRAG openly portrays the feelings of insanity and despair. Lyrical content include themes like rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia. These acts however are not promoted, but merely portrayed through the eyes of the deranged killer. It is a journey into the mind of the psychotic.

A group comprising of members not content to be confined to any one genre. Unafraid to try an non commercial variety of music this industrial fueled metal band is up for anything left of center. Fronted by lead vocalist Zurika Cilliers with permanent founding member Don Olsen. Non permanent members include and have included Lance Von Buddenbrock (Gorous)/Jeremy Van Heerden/Alex Trapani/Ockert Van Coppenhagen. Collaborations with various vocalists include Jenny Modemann (Cruel Treatment)/LadyAxe (South Africa)/Dean G. Smith (Deangersmith/Brothering/Odyssey)/ Yuri Zager (Arx/Monk).

Followers of LadyAxe