Afrikaans – Dans Republic.
“Two bands, one song. It’s edgy, if you’re smooth. It’s hard, if you’re soft. It’s rock, if you’re pop.” – Jezebel.
Dans Republic started out as many other great projects started – in a bar. The guys from Foto Na Dans met Tamara Dey from Flash Republic while promoting her band’s CD Launch at a bar in JHB. Jagermeister flowed and before long a firm friendship was formed.
A while later, at the SAMA Awards, Victor Edward from music channel MK asked the guys from Flash Republic to consider a collaboration with a rock band. They thought it a great idea and suggested Foto Na Dans. And so Dans Republic was born.
Back in Cape Town, the two bands met up and started discussing how to make it all a reality. The main challenge was merging Rock-Dance-Afrikaans-English into one track. Ideas were thrown around and it was decided that the song would kick off with a remix one of Foto Na Dans’s unreleased tracks.
Remixes & reworks were bounced between Foto Na Dans and Flash Republic over a period of 3 months. Eventually, at the end of August, both bands got a chance to enter a pre-production studio together. Three days, eight bottles of Jagermeister and a lot of chemistry later, a hit-single-ready-for-studio was born.
Studio time was booked and Afrikaans was recorded at Jazzworx Studios in Jo’burg. The track has just been playlisted on national radio station 5fm and looks to be a hit!
Download the mp3: Afrikaans – Dans Republic
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