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New Academics Origin Cape Town, South Africa Genres Funk rock
Alternative Hip Hop
Jazz fusionYears active 2004-Present Labels Seed Music Website Official Website Members Joe Penn
Dave Baudains
Martin Labuschagne
Brendon Van RooyenNew Academics is a four piece Funk rock band formed in Cape Town, South Africa. They are currently based in Johannesburg. They are known for their mixture of Afro-beat, Jazz, Hard rock, Funk and Hip hop in their music and have built a solid a following in South Africa and Europe with their debut album City of Strange.
In 2008, the New Academics were nominated for a SAMA (South African Music Award) in the category of "Best Alternative Album".
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Members
Current
Joe Penn - Vocals/Saxophone
David Baudains - Guitar
Martin Labuschagne - Bass Guitar
Brendon van Rooyen - Drums (2007 -)Previous
Howie Combrink - Drums (2005–2007)
Discography
- 2006 - "City of Strange" - Seed Music/Sheer Sound
- 2009 - "The Apple"
Categories:- South African rock groups
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