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Cassette was nominated for 3 x MTN South African Music Awards in 2007 including that for Best Group, and ended up taking the award for Best Rock Album with their debut album, Welcome Back To Earth. The band has collaborated with local legends such as the Mahotella Queens, Zubz and Vusi Mahlasela and has supported international artists such as Pink, Evanescence, Eagle Eye Cherry, Blof and many more. At the request of Nelson Mandela, they also opened the 46664 Concert in December last year.
.... They have had 6 major national hits in South Africa from their first album including ‘Tracy’, ‘Beautiful Smile’, ‘Sometimes’ (featuring the Mahotella Queens) and ‘AI’. They have also had a national hit with a cover of the Boomtown Rats hit, ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’. They have produced three music videos, two of which have occupied the number one spot on MK89’s music video charts, while the video for ‘Sometimes’ reached the number one spot on MTV Base. ....
....Their internet viral adverts for their music (and for the Cassette brand) have had more than 2 million international viewings online with three of these having been licensed by the BBC and German national TV for flighting in the UK and Europe.....
Cassette has toured Europe extensively and in Jan 2008, became the first SA rock band ever to tour Japan. In November, 2008 Cassette were nominated for an MTV Award for the BEST LIVE ACT in the world and played at the ceremony along with Kelly Rowland in Abuja, Nigeria on November 22, 2008.....
Cassette is known for their often-outrageous live performances and their dedication to entertainment. Their recent protest against Zimbabwean dictator, Robert Mugabe, during their headline slot at Oppikoppi Festival and a Guns 'N Roses spoof in front of a 40 000 strong crowd are examples of this.
They have currently finished work on their second album with Grammy Award winning producer, Darry Torr and mixing engineer, Mark Needham (who has worked with The Killers, Chris Isaak and many more.)....
Cassette recently signed to EMI.
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Member Since: 22/02/2006
Band Website: www.playcassette.com"www.playcassette.com
Band Members: Nathan Waywell (bass); Jane Breetzke (keys); Jon Savage (vocals); Andrew Wessels (drums).

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Influences:

Influences: Kings of Leon, The Killers, Dave Matthews, Radiohead, Coldplay, The Cure, New Order, Johnny Clegg, Arctic Monkeys, Queen, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Jeff Buckley, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Amersham, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Fokofpolisiekar, Ben Folds, living in South Africa, James Brown, Led Zep, Springbok Nude Girls, Jimi Hendrix, Tina Turner, Nirvana, Rufus Wainright, Smashing Pumpkins and millions and trillions more.

Sounds Like: Cassette at YouTube

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NEW ALBUM OUT MARCH 2009

SOMETIMES

TRACY

Record Label: EMI
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

South African National Charts

Hello there.My name is Nathan Waywell.I have been a muso in SA for around 15 years.In South Africa we have a huge variety of musical styles so the charts on our National POP Station, 5FM, are notoriou...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:42:00 GMT

A brief history by Toast Coetzee

The Times They Are A Short-Changedby Toast Coetzee 2007 There was a time when you could hang out with Cassette, like they were just, you know, your mates. Youd call Jon or Jane (now a unit, so often ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:38:00 GMT

Freedom Day(Right Now)

Viva!!Quite relevent actually because Cassette and SA band Tidal Waves have been working together on a song titled Right Now. The song is the result of the television series called Jam Sandwich which ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:43:00 GMT

R.I.P. Lucky

  Last night Lucky Dube was shot dead during an attempted hijacking, in FRONT of his children.This is an absolutely outrageous loss for the world and makes us all incredibly sad and angry at the ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:05:00 GMT

Sometimes Video

The new Cassette music video was directed by the London-based South African director Scott Jackson.His attitude toward music videos is very similar to Cassette's so it turned out to be an excellent ma...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:26:00 GMT

Biog June 2007

Cassette were winners of the 2007 South African Music Awards for Best Rock Album, and nominated for 2 other categories including Best Group / Duo. They have had smash hit singles on South African radi...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:17:00 GMT

drumming is a pain in the arse!!

Im on a roll!! Ok so this one is for the drummers out there.. I think that sitting on your arse all the time is bad for your physique!! What I want to do is develop a new "orthopedic" drum set up.. I ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:52:00 GMT

TRACY music video - is it a pile of shite?!?

Ok so this is Andrew from the brand "CASSETTE". I have been rather quiet of late due to unforseen quietness but have decided to up the ante and start some blogging.. Ok so here goes: On the topic of t...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:15:00 GMT

Ode To Confusion

Harris Tweed are friends of ours because they are nice people. When we recorded our album C and D were busy working darn hard on theirs and how wonderful it has turned out. When I saw them play on a q...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:01:00 GMT