Krakatoa on The Singemonkey

August 29, 2022

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:29:12 +0000

We’re back at that chillest of surfer beach bars Sunday afternoon - The Striped Horse @thestripedhorsemuizenberg

We’re in good form again. We have new material. The craft beers will be cold and the vaabz will be warm.

June 20, 2022

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:31:08 +0000

Now with the correct month - I’m a dozy fool.

It’s been two and a half years! We’re a six piece band now and get to knock out some baller surf-guitar classics like the Hawaii Five-O theme tune.

The Striped Horse is a great place for it - just by Surfer’s Corner with an open fire and a thick list of craft beers.

May 10, 2019

Fri, 10 May 2019 19:33:28 +0000

Surprise show with smooth and synthy headliners, @emergermusic, at Mercury live on Sat, 18th May. Also @coriander_colin. Strange bedfellows make for strange and magical nights. This isn’t the official event thingy, obvs. We just wanted to make sure you Krakatoa people got a heads-up.

February 25, 2019

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:34:58 +0000

I literally got every detail of our weekend gig wrong - except the venue. It’s on SUNDAY the 3RD at 3PM.

To be fair it wasn’t all my fault. Plz pass on to interested parties. .

February 22, 2019

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:24:15 +0000

I don’t know what time it’ll be and I misspelled Muizenberg. But it’ll be a reverb-soaked spectacle.

October 23, 2017

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:42:29 +0000

In Krakatoa’s first year, @sad_ivan left to live in England for a while on September 11, 2001 (I remember the exact date for some reason). So now I had to play all the guitar and he thoughtfully tabbed our this beautiful surf instrumental called, Roamin Bison, for me - and even added some helpful advice at the bottom.

Good thing too, since both of us have long since forgotten how to play it. It’s on our soundcloud though if you want to search and listen.

October 14, 2017

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:36:23 +0000

So pumped to be playing with The Ratrod Cats at The White Rabbit on Sunday afternoon on the 29th. Surf and rockabilly go together like fire and dynamite.🔥 .

October 10, 2017

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:50:32 +0000

You are the first to get a tiny teaser of our new song, Calypso - named after the Sea Witch from the Odyssey. I shot a little bit of video of @sad_ivan and Kane recording some demo tracks at my house and put a very early rough demo of the song as soundtrack.

I’m starting to take Instagram a little more seriously, as some of you might have noticed. I’ve been meaning to learn to edit video for years. But this is the first piece I’ve ever shared. Trust me, it will get better! This Cack-handed attempt will be my benchmark (it would have been awesome if I’d managed to post it in wide rather than square format for starters)

September 28, 2017

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:09:54 +0000

The surf rig is almost perfect. But it’s the nature of electric guitar players to tinker. This old Japanese Fender has the right pickups, the right pick guard, and - almost - the right bridge. Worthy of fronting Africa’s longest running surf instro band, Krakatoa.

link in bio.

September 25, 2017

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:45:15 +0000

Ivan’s hand printed shirts for the band. No mass production. Made with love… or at least less hate than usual.

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