New Academics

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New Academics
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Background information
Origin Cape Town, South Africa
Genre(s) Funk Rock
Alternative Hip Hop
Jazz Fusion
Years active 2004-Present
Label(s) Seed Music
Website Official Website
Members
Joe Penn
Dave Baudains
Martin Labuschagne
Brendon Van Rooyen


New Academics is a four piece Funk Rock band formed in Cape Town,South Africa. They are currently based in Johannesburg. They are known for their mixture of Afro-beat, Jazz,Hard rock, Funk and Hip Hop in their music and have built a solid a following in South Africa and Europe with their debut album City of Strange.

In 2008, the New Academics were nominated for a SAMA (South African Music Award) in the category of "Best Alternative Album".

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[edit] Members

[edit] Current

Joe Penn - Vocals/Saxophone
David Baudains - Guitar
Martin Labuschagne - Bass Guitar
Brendon van Rooyen - Drums (2007 -)

[edit] Previous

Howie Combrink - Drums (2005 - 2007)

[edit] Discography

2006 - "City of Strange" - Seed Music/Sheer Sound