Benguela

Brydon Bolton (double bass), Alex Bozas (guitar), Ross Campbell (drums). The name Benguela was taken from the cold current running up the West Coast of Southern Africa and reflects both the flowing nature of the music as well as being geographically representative of where the band came together and the climate in which they live. The instrumental band have been playing improvised music together since 1996 and have released five full albums. Every performance is a once off, spur of the moment creation and depends on the audience, environment and what kind of mood they’re in as to whether the music is ambient or angular. Their last collaboration with Tony Cox (4) won the SAMA award for Best Instrumental Album 2008. They have also collaborated with cultural anarchist Koos Kombuis and internationally renowned poet Breyten Breytenbach. They have played most of the festivals around the country including the North Sea Jazz Festival ‘03, Oppikoppi ‘98 & ‘01, Splashy Fen, Up The Creek and the Standard Bank Grahamstown Arts Festival ’99 & 05 as part of the New Music Indaba.