Gary Thomas presents: MOODSHIP - Cape Town EP Launch
Thu Apr 18, 20:00 - Thu Apr 18, 23:00
The Slave Church Museum
ABOUT
Gary Thomas: Moodship – EP Launch with special guests
After a year and a half of writing and recording in Durban and Cape Town, critically acclaimed musician Gary Thomas is ready to launch a series of EP’s into the world under his new collaborative artist name, Moodship.
The Cape Town EP Launch concert is the first in a larger South African tour, the first nationwide tour since 2015.
SPECIAL GUESTS TBA!
NATURAL HUGE CATHEDRAL REVERB!
GUITAR!
“Moodship is basically my new artist name. It will serve as a band name for all things solo, collaborative and trio based”
TICKETS:
R80 Online
R100 At the Door
Since his last SA tour, Thomas lived in and performed 30 concerts across Europe, began the ongoing process of recording his new musical outfit ‘Moodship’ and most recently won an Ovation Award at this 2018’s National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Press:
"A virtuoso display of left- field indie- folk mastery" - Rolling Stone
“Incredible...Remarkable” - Muzikalia (Spain)
“Manipulating guitar strings so that they converse in a new language…a psychedelic one-man anti-folk jamming machine” - Cape Argus
“An uberdextrous wunderkind... a rare breed of genius” - 24.com
"One of the most original and followed indie-folk, acoustic musicians in the country" - Whatson.co.za
“Spellbinding, epic soundscapes of surrealistic intensity. The Durban-born Capetonian is as renowned for his relentless touring schedule as he is for rupturing the mould of the conventional singer-songwriter” - Mail & Guardian
"The man is a genius. He takes sound and bends it in ways that I would never have thought possible" - City Press
"Phenomenal... Bafflingly brilliant...So incredible you have to remind yourself that it is all coming from just one person. Masterful – Cue