WATERSLANG Composed by ALEX VAN HEERDEN, Magnus Johansson and Derek Gripper originally released in 2017 on the Hemisfär Album, now gets new life with a fresh rework by Berlin based band - DARKER THAN RED
A1 WATERSLANG - DARKER THAN RED (6:39)
B1 WATERSLANG - DARKER THAN RED - DUB
B2 WATERSLANG - HEMISFÄR ( Alex van Heerden )
Vinyl Only Release
/// For Fans of Animal Collective, Nico Carstens and Aphex Twin ///
Catalog Number : RR0032
ALEX VAN HEERDEN
A South African jazz/electronic/ethnic musician and producer born in Port Elizabeth, Alex van Heerden learned to play the trumpet as a means to avoid the school's military training lessons. Soon, he found himself playing jazz in the local "coloured" townships and has since moved to Cape Town.
He regularly travelled to Sweden to collaborate with Håkan Lidbo or pianist Magnus Bank and has also performed in Hong Kong and Norway.
He was killed in a vehicle accident just north of Cape Town on January 7th, 2009 at the age of 34.