BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE BAND:

CASSETTE RECEIVED NOMINATIONS FOR 3 MTN SAMA'S (SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC AWARDS) IN 2007 INCLUDING BEST GROUP OR DUO, AND WALKED AWAY WITH BEST ROCK ALBUM AWARD FOR THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, WELCOME BACK TO EARTH. THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL LEGENDS SUCH AS THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS, ZUBZ AND VUSI MAHLASELA AND HAVE OPENED FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SUCH AS PINK, EVANESCENCE, EAGLE EYE CHERRY, RONAN KEATING AND MANY MORE.

FIVE MAJOR NATIONAL HITS HAVE COME OFF OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, 'WELCOME BACK
TO EARTH' TO DATE, INCLUDING BEAUTIFUL SMILE, TRACY, SOMETIMES (FEATURING
THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS), AND WHICH REACHED TOP 10 STATUS ON 5FM'S NATIONAL
TOP 40 COUNTDOWN. THEIR LATEST SINGLE, AI, IS NOW ON HIGH ROTATION NATIONALLY
IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE BAND HAS INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED 3 MUSIC VIDEOS
IN THE PAST YEAR, TWO OF WHICH HAVE OCCUPIED THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON MK89'S MUSIC VIDEO CHARTS, ONE THAT HAS REACHED THE NUMBER SPOT ON THE MTV BASE WORLD CHART SHOW AND ALL THREE HAVE ENJOYED NATIONAL TELEVISION SCREENING ACROSS THE BOARD. THEIR INTERNET VIRAL ADVERTS FOR THEIR MUSIC (AND FOR
THE CASSETTE BRAND) HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 2 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VIEWINGS ONLINE, WITH THREE OF THESE HAVING BEEN LICENSED BY THE BBC AND GERMAN NATIONAL TV FOR FLIGHTING IN THE UK AND EUROPE.

IN AUGUST 2007, CASSETTE EMBARKED ON THEIR SECOND EUROPEAN TOUR FOR THE YEAR, (WHICH TOOK IN 6 COUNTRIES ACROSS EUROPE) IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM'S INTERNATIONAL RELEASE THROUGH ROUGHTRADE RECORDS. SINCE THEN, THE ALBUM HAS BEEN RELEASED IN A FURTHER 30 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE THROUGH RYKO (WARNER BROS). CASSETTE, RETURNED TO EUROPE IN NOVEMBER FOR A 3RD TIME,
HOT OFF THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY'LL BE ONE OF THE POPULAR BANDS PERFORMING AT NELSON MANDELA'S "46664" HIV/AIDS BENEFIT CONCERT ON 1 DEC 2007 WITH PETER GABRIEL, ANNIE LENNOX, LIVE ETC. CASSETTE IS CURRENTLY GEARING UP
TO TOUR JAPAN ON A 4 DATE TOUR IN FEBRUARY 2008.

LOCALLY, THE BAND IS SIGNED TO MAJOR RECORD LABEL, SONY BMG AND HAS BEEN LABELLED BY ELLE MAGAZINE AS 'THE MOST EXCITING ROCK BAND IN SOUTH AFRICAN
BY FAR.'
CASSETTE IS KNOWN FOR THEIR OFT-TIMES OUTRAGEOUS LIVE PERFORMANCES AND THEIR DEDICATION TO ENTERTAINMENT REGARDLESS OF VENUE SIZE!

QUOTES:

"JUST BEAUTIFUL" - ELLE MAGAZINE
"ONE OF THE BEST ROCK ALBUMS TO COME OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA" - SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
"THE BEST LIVE BAND I HAVE SEEN IN MANY YEARS!" - DAVE THOMPSON, SONY BMG AFRICA
"WE ALL UNANIMOUSLY AGREE THAT THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST ALBUM WE HAVE HEARD COME OUT OF SA - EVER!" - SCOTT JACKSON, DJ, RADIO SA, LONDON

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