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The Sound of Water
With musical gestures that traverse an emotional range from Hendrix to Bach, THE SOUND OF WATER takes the listener on a journey that transcends the accepted notions of what a guitar can do. Compositions by Brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti, Heitor Villa Lobos and Derek Gripper, on solo guitar with voice. Derek Gripper's most compelling offering to date. |
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Eparadesi nkosi uzube nam
A solo recording of Madosini’s original songs and instrumental works for isitolotolo, uhadi, and umrhubhe |
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Rising
A live recording of Derek Gripper with master tabla player Udai Mazumdar from India. Some new and some previously recorded compositions from Gripper brought to life by a great tabla virtuoso. |
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Gemoedsrus - Gramadoelas
Psychadelic ‘vatrappers’ Gramadoelas’ final recording completed just before founder Alex van Heerden’s untimely death in January 2009. An impossibly funky mix of tradition with contemporary beats and samples. |
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Kai Kai
A guitar recording of Derek Gripper’s New Cape compositions. Intimate and explosive guitar playing by one of the Cape’s foremost guitarist/composers |
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Ale!x
A live recording of the final collaboration between three Cape musicians whose work together spans over twenty years. Alex van Heerden (trumpet, accordion, voice), Derek Gripper (guitar, voice) and Brydon Bolton (double bass). |
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Ayo
An intimate and trance-like solo guitar recording of compositions by Derek Gripper spanning the years 2004-2008. |
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Prayers and Dances II
A spontaneous studio performance of Bach’s Second Sonata and Partita for solo violin. Derek Gripper finds the roots of rural Cape church music in the secular offerings of J.S.Bach. |
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Blomdoorns
Derek Gripper’s solo debut on a specially designed eight-string guitar. A minimalist evocation of Cape-style melodies which has now become well-known through the TV series “Going Nowhere Slowly.” |
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Sagtevlei
The now-classic debut collaboration capturing the timelessness of vastrap and goema liedtjies in this masterful recording which the Mail and Guardian dubbed “avant-goema.” String quartet with trumpet, accordion, mouthbow and voice. |