André van Rensburg

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When he was 6 years old, André van Rensburg strung a guitar string to a plank of wood, attached the other end to his bedroom window bars and yanked the string until it broke. His musical vision has changed little since….After leaving school he moved to London and Paris for a year, writing his first material. On his return to South Africa he formed the band ‘Supernature’. Supernature recorded 2 albums (released independently) and was infamous for their intense theatrical live performances, often ending in chaotic noise.André then teamed up with Brendan Jury and Trans.Sky (who collaborated with Brian Eno, the Orb and Jamie Catto from Faithless). They later formed the band ‘Ohm’, which recorded 2 albums for the British independent label M.E.L.T.2000 (previously known as B&W Records and now as Blue Room Records). Ohm toured London and Holland to great reviews. The band had a unique blend of rock and middle-eastern melodies, techno beats and ambient guitar work.In 1999 he joined one of South Africa’s most well-known and popular underground industrial groups, Battery 9. This was an industrial band/theatrical live act that included scrap metal percussionists and a painter on stage. He recorded one album with the group, ‘Sondebok’ (South African Music Awards winner of best alternative rock album in 1999), released by BMG in 2000. In 2004 he also released an album with Battery 9’s vocalist Paul Riekert as “Die Menere”, reinventing American country music in an Afrikaans idiom. The album, ‘floukop’ was reviewed as a breakthrough in Afrikaans alternative. A second album is in progress at this time.André has also done numerous Sound Installations in art galleries in South Africa and composed extensively for experimental theatre, dance & film. He currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.His 1st solo album ’Concrete’ was released in 2007, he is currently working on a second solo album (featuring, among others, Chieko Mori and Yuko Ikoma), due for release in 2008.Concrete is for purchase online at http://cdbaby.com/cd/andrevanrensburg or www.itunes.com.
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