Often
dubbed the “hardest working solo artist in South Africa”, Gary Thomas has
recently returned from a highly successful two-month European tour playing
packed out shows in 11 cities across Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany,
England, The Czech Republic and Turkey.
His
new album Midnight Atlas was launched
at a sold-out run at The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in June 2012.
The
Festival magazine, Cue, reviewed the album thus: "He has taken the various
elements of contrasting musical genres and combined them into something
bafflingly brilliant...you have to remind yourself that it is all coming from
just one person” while The Mercury dubbed him “A superb guitarist”.
Gary
Thomas was born in Durban in 1983 and relocated to Cape Town in 2006. After
studying Classical Guitar in school he completed a music degree at The
University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2005, majoring in Jazz guitar. Upon moving to
Cape Town in 2006, he recorded his first album, Wooden Boxes and Thought Hunting, which was officially released in
2009.
2010
saw the release of the hugely successful Contraption
Distoria, with the single Walls and
Floors gaining tremendous airplay on radio and television. The instrumental
track AWDFH, another crowd favourite,
combines intricate finger picking and violently energetic strumming.
Gary
Thomas will appear live at Upstairs @ Spiga on December 28 at 20h00 (doors open
at 18hoo). Entrance R50. Albums will be on sale. Upstairs @ Spiga is situated
at 200 Florida Road in Durban. Bookings on 087 941 4525.
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