The Hilton Schilder Goema Club Album Launch and Live Stream

When our diverse genetics meet to make music, you can hear the sonic layers of the Khoe Mouthbow, the echo of urbanised Marabi, the drums of Malaysia, poly rhythms of Afrika, riffs of Cape Jazz, strains of European ditties and the spice of Asia...coming together in up-tempo happiness.

You cannot stop your foot tapping or your happy smile.

The Hilton Schilder Goema Club.

Where everyone is welcome.

Genius is another way to describe this cheerful composer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, artist, writer and raconteur Hilton Schilder. 

He grew up in a well-known musical family from Wynberg, moving to lotus River on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. 

Encouraged by his father, jazz pianist, band leader and composer Tony Schilder, Hilton started playing drums at the age of 3 years old. This journey culminates with Hilton playing more than 15 conventional and indigenous instruments, internationally, for over 4 decades. 

Besides the encouragement from his family of top performing musicians, his exposure to musicians like Russell Herman and others helped start many trajectories of musical and creative discovery. 

Besides being a solo musician, in the 1980s he founded The Genuines with Mac McKenzie, a Goema and multi genre musician. 

Hilton was also the bandleader of 'African Dream' and 'Iconoclast' with Victor Ntoni, Khaya Mlangu and Vusi Khumalo, and was invited by Robbie Jansen to join the 'Sons of Table Mountain'. With his own bands he has performed at multiple International Jazz Festivals, and has toured with Johannes Enders. 

His album, 'No Turning Back' (2003), was nominated in the "best contemporary jazz album" category at the South African Music Awards. He co-founded the duo 'Rock Art' with Alex van Heerden, an acoustic and electronic minimal jazz album. He has worked with The District Six Band, and The Goema Captains of Cape Town, The Goema Kings with Harold Japhta amongst many others. 

In 2008 he was artist in residence at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland. 

Hilton is a prolific composer and is currently busy with his 43rd album and his passion, The Hilton Schilder Goema Club. 

His compositions and arrangements expand this phenomenal musical journey while passing on the cultural baton to an exhilarating group of professional, session musicians. 

Carlo Fabe on drums and Sean Sanby on double bass complete the melodically invigorating and throbbing rhythm section led by the ebullient Hilton on piano. 

This rhythm section is elevated by a highly professional, well-rehearsed and tightly arranged horn section, weaving energized solos from these irresistible melodies with to share his exciting talent on 2 songs. 

These performances celebrate and remind us of living legendary musicians and bands like Abdullah Ibrahim, Mac McKenzie, The Genuines, The Goema Captains, Ian Herman, Gerard O’Brien, Tony Cedras, Mervyn Africa, Alvin Dyers, Spencer Mbadu, Steven Erasmus, Jack Momple, Allou April and are also reminiscent of the ever-lingering musical spirits of Robbie Jansen, Basil 'Mannenberg' Coetzee, Errol Dyers, Russell Herman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Duke and Ezra Ngcukana...amongst many others.

Join us for the Launch of Hilton Schilders’ latest offering; “Hottie Kulture” on the 19^th November 2021, 8pm. Limited live audience tickets available. Online streaming open for one week.