Kinky Robot is an alternative rock band that holds a series of number one hit songs on well-known local radio stations currently.
Kinky Robot with Martin Bester from Jacaranda will be performing at Brazen Head on Saturday, November 28.
This band formed and is based in Johannesburg South Africa consisting of Martin Bester on lead vocals, Pieter Rossouw on lead guitar, Estian le Grange on bass guitar and electronics and Jady van Zyl on drums.
2010 saw the recording of Kinky Robot’s first single, Hobie Beach. Hobie Beach went on to chart on several radio stations across South Africa, which of course at the time was wrapped up in the euphoria of the 2010 World Cup Soccer event. Kinky Robot went to number 1 on stations like Cape Town’s KFM and Johannesburg’s 94.7 Highveld Stereo’s Homebrew chart, MFM in Stellenbosch, Kovsie FM in Bloemfontein, Tuks FM Most Wanted chart in Pretoria and was a top 10 hit on stations like Algoa FM in the Eastern Cape, Jacaranda 94.2 in Gauteng and Northern SA, going as far as number three! It also went onto number 20 on 5FM’s Top 40 chart, SA’s national youth station.
Kinky Robot with Martin Bester from Jacaranda will be performing at The Brazen Head on Saturday, November 28.
The success of Hobie Beach on SA radio, as well as download success on the ‘Nokia Music Store’, got the band included on ‘Now 56’, the country’s top hit compilation CD, amongst various other compilation albums. They closed 2010 with very well received gigs at the legendary Kenton Music Festival and Kenton New Year’s Bash.
2011 opened with the release of Kinky Robot’s first music video for their hit single Hobie Beach. March 2011 they went back into studio and recorded their much anticipated second single ‘Lover of Life’, which enjoyed great airtime and time on the charts.
In April 2011 the band received their first SAMA nomination for Hobie Beach, in the ‘Record of the Year’ category. The South African public voted the song into the Top 5 of that coveted category, ahead of many very popular and established artists. They also performed at the SAMA’s main event before a live television audience, their first television appearance to go with their very first live radio performance hours earlier, on national youth station 5 FM. The year closed with the release of their third single ‘Gravity’.
Get to Brazen Head to see this award winning band live on Saturday, don’t miss out on this opportunity.
