Beach ball of death is the epitome of unplanned chaos. You think you've got all the shit down, you know the rules, but the rules change at any given time, You got to work with what you got, even if it all comes crashing down, thats the Joy of improv,that unexpected accident, you've seen that spinning icon, everything you worked on for the last 8 years just crashed and died. Its how you make use of the urban debri that counts.

Beach ball of death is a creative improvised platform which has allowed me to explore electronic music using very basic software, experiment with the re sampling of objects, as well as record live drum samples, and fuse it together with electronic sounds. I do not consider myself to be a musician. I am an artist that, is a dabbler, explorer and a wanderer. I have ventured extensively down the path of the resampling  of found objects to create musical 'metaphor' that can be worn, by this i mean functional art. I have a series of belt buckles called 'making tracks' as well as other 'mash-ups'.
I have established connections with musical genres that translate into the belt buckles i have been making. 

Thank you too all those artists out there that have inspired my thinking, or have allowed me to down load there awesome tracks.






Max is a guitarist, composer and guitar teacher. Best known for his twice SAMA nominated original contemporary jazz group Tsunami, and as a member of SAMA winning acoustic pop groups Henry Ate and Karma. He is based in Durban, South Africa and presently performs with his wife Nikki Mikula on bass guitar along with various configurations of musicians. He teaches guitar at the Open Air School, the Durban Music School, and St Henry's Marist College in Durban.
Career Highlights
1984-1988 The Believers : composer and guitarist. Original pop group. national touring, radio and TV performances. Released album ‘The Believers’ on EMI Records 1987.
1995-1998 Momba: composer and guitarist. Original afro-jazz group. Performed for Nelson Mandela at his 87th Birthday celebration in Cape Town. Released track on compilation album ‘Journey Through the Townships of Cape Town’ on New World Records 1997.
1998-2003 Henry Ate/Karma: guitarist. Original acoustic pop group. Toured nationally and internationally. Radio and TV performances. Released albums ‘Karma’ on Primedia Music 1999 and ‘Torn and Tattered’ on EMI Records 2000. Both albums received SAMA awards for Best Pop Album.
2000 Composed and produced soundtrack for feature film ‘Pure Blood’ Directed by Ken Kaplan, released by Bioscope Pictures 2000.Won ‘Silver Unicorn’ award for Best Film Soundtrack at the International Film Festival of Fantasy and Horror in Estepona, Spain.
2001-2005 Tsunami: composer, performer and producer. Original jazz/world music group. Toured nationally. Radio and TV performances. Released albums ‘Tsunami’ 2001 and ‘From Clay’ 2003 on Gallo Jazz. Nominated for SAMA Award ‘Best Contemporary Jazz Album’.
2013 Die Lemme with Arno Carstens: guitarist. Original pop/rock. Released ‘Rigtingbefok’ 2013 on Sjambok Music.


Matt Vend and The Tender 10, is the solo project of South African born singer/journalist/songwriter/traveller and nomad Matt “Beard” Wilson who has been playing music in bands since 1999, from the “tender” age of 14. His projects include the long running Sibling Rivalry, which managed to gain a loyal and cult like following throughout South Africa and even parts of Thailand being one of the most i
nfluential punk bands to come out of Durban in the last decade. The short lived but extremely well received Tubby Wilsons which delved into both Matt and fellow writer and musician Yusuf Laher’s affection for nostalgic pop and punk music and Durban’s first folk inspired punk/rock ‘n roll band Car Boot Vendors which is still very much alive yet just on hiatus whilst Matt is doing some travelling and work on his solo record. 
He is no stranger to the studio and has recorded collectively over 50 songs with the various projects he has been involved with, including guest appearances with Fruits and Veggies (Durban afro/reggae misfits), Misled (Joburg’s finest new school hardcore/punk band) and Blaq Hitler (Durban MC and hip hop producer).
 He is now finally delving into the production side of making music, recording and producing his first solo offering which will be out early 2012. He has been doing a few shows in and out of Bangkok over the last few months and will be embarking on an adventure through Vietnam early 2012, busking and playing shows from Hanoi to Saigon. Although recording is a big part of this musician’s repertoire live is where he shines, with literally hundreds of shows under his belt across South Africa and Thailand appearing on every stage imaginable from street corners and dingy bars to major festivals. 


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