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GOODLUCK

Genre

Live-Electronic-House

Band Members

Ben Peters - Production, Beats, Electronic Percussion
Juliet Harding - Production, Singing, Song Writing
Matthew O' Connell - Live Synths, Saxophone

Hometown

Cape Town

Record Label

Sony (South Africa)
Ultra Music
Armada Music

About

We make live electronic music from our hearts to your ears. New single out via Sony Africa & Armada (rest of world). Video: http://bit.ly/BackInTheDayVid

Biography

In just over 4 years GoodLuck have gone from knowing very little about electronic music to recording their sophomore album outside. In the desert. Using only the sun to power their infectious beats. Off the back of a debut album that spawned a record breaking number of top10 singles in the the history of South Africa, the trio - lead by Producer Ben Peters, threw caution to the wind and strove to create a follow up record that they felt could continue in the footsteps of their incredible first attempt.
Taking their irresistible blend of electronica, jazz and pop and creating a sound that is thoroughly their own, the band packed up their state of the art Cape Town studio and headed into the Namibian desert to record their second album - CREATURES OF THE NIGHT.
A feat so ambitious that they were asked to present a master class at the acclaimed Amsterdam Dance Event discussing their recording and production process on how they adapted unique and abstract environmental sounds into a commercially successful album. This included their recording and sampling of Zebras and the ocean and an incredible use of the Fish River Canyon to create the "most expensive delay in the world". The band have crafted a record that not only shows their innate ability to think outside of the box - in this case quite literally, but also to write beautiful, relevant music that their fans can't get enough of.
As always, thinking of their fans, the band chose to create a documentary of this adventure, embedding 7 camera crew to capture every achievement and failure of this extraordinary endeavor. The 90 minute film, This Might Sound Crazy premiered in Amsterdam to rave reviews and is included as a bonus disc with the Creatures of the Night album.
Their list of achievements and conquests reads like an artists wish list, 9 top 10 radio singles, 5 Number 1 hits, 5 SAMA [South African Music Award] award nominations, a top 10 iTunes Netherlands hit with 'Taking it Easy' and over 500 performances around the world. Yet, as their fans know - the artists who make up GoodLuck - Juliet Harding (lyricist and vocalist), Raiven Hansmann (keys and sax) and Ben Peters (producer and sampling), are too down to earth to let the enormity of their success change who they are. As they put it - "we are the nerds of the music industry!", living out the adventure of their lives it seems hard pressed that such a monica should be fitting to describe this phenomenal band, but their humility and approachability makes it surprisingly apt.
Now Ben, Jules and Raiven are set to take things a step further by challenging audiences from around the world to take interest in a modern sound that is being hailed as truly African with the ability to cross over internationally. Never ones to follow the norm, GoodLuck are set to continue trailblazing around the world one high octane performance at a time!

Music Videos
2011 Taking it Easy – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHNK_R_5mi0
2012 Hop on Hop off – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsYf2Nq7odQ
2012 London Sixteen 66 – http://vimeo.com/34015202
2012 Stars in my Eyes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrsah3l0AEw
2013 Harlem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG2Wxoa-7M0
2013 Electro Thing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txntnokq3wA
2013 Disco Sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGrO4vzt79I
2013 The Vision - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ymGzPLrqU
2014 Trickery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7WG1aL78Q
2014 Figure of 8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqWDrABA8ng

THIS MIGHT SOUND CRAZY [12 min version] -http://youtu.be/v4gBaUwQ9fI
THIS MIGHT SOUND CRAZY [24 min version] - http://youtu.be/PphaSIHecQc

General Manager

Damon Forbes SOUTHAFRICA & Row Weber INTERNATIONAL
[email protected]

Influences

Basement Jaxx, Nina Simone, Shirley Bassy, Goldfish, Morcheeba, Faithless, Trente Moller, Mr Sakatumi, Jazz

Press contact

[email protected]

Booking agent

Natasha Burger - [email protected]