The Rudimentals - Ska/Punk Band, Musicians,  Function Band, Party Band. 

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Any music loving Capetonian and most well-informed South Africans will be offended if you try and tell them about The Rudimentals…EVERYONE knows and loves the Rude Boys! The Rudimentals are one of the few bands that can share the stage with any performer and get the audience instantly hooked into skanking. The 9 Piece band (10 including Zinzi the Boss Lady) launched their debut album More Fire in 2003 and have been spreading the ska-seed across the country.

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The Rudimentals were the first band to bring a brass section into the Native Noise Acoustic Collection, they proved that they can think and play out of the box by introducing the concept of unplugged skanking tunes.

ACCORDING to murmurs on the streets, The Rudimentals are paving the way to a new South African sound. They have blended the essential, tried and trusted elements of Ska with both rural and urban African music. With its roots still firmly planted in the Jamaican dance halls of the 60's, the band have fused ingredients of the local, like Zimbabwean cultural music and Goema, with the familiar back beat of Ska. This contemporary combination makes the music both accessible and fresh. The wicked final product being African Ska.

Like Ska music itself, the band has a long and gregarious history, as one would expect from eight musicians, each with their own story to tell. The founding members of the band were bass player, Barry Clausen (a former member of Tundra, along with Damian Staz, now from Freshly Ground, and Namaqua), guitarist, Etienne Harris (Tundra), drummer, Duane Heydenrych and keyboard player, Milandro Mapengo. This crew met and glued with Zimbabwean talent Teboho (Teboes) Maidza, a born and bred artist who learned a trick or two from performing with the likes of Andy Brown and Oliver Madzukuzi. Out of this highly talented gathering rose The Rudimentals.

“More Fire?topped the SA Rock Digest charts and their first single, “Gangsta? enjoying extensive radio airplay on both national and regional radio stations and also topped the Mp3 charts, for most downloaded song. “Gangsta?managed to hold that position for seven consecutive weeks. A further single, “Noh TV? stormed the charts and soon attracted the attention of national television with its accompanying video, which managed to acquire a bronze National STONE award, for best directed video.

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