ROCK out with Prime Circle at LIVE -The Venue in Stamford Hill on Friday, 13 March at 8pm.
Since they first burst out of Witbank some 11 years ago, Prime Circle’s career has been an inspiration that has spawned hundreds of garage bands across South Africa, with starry-eyed young rockers hoping that one day they might make it big the way Ross Learmonth, Dirk Bisschoff, Marco Gomes, Neil Breytenbach and Dale Schnettler did.
Their 2003 debut, Hello Crazy World, rocketed to gold status in South Africa, with Live This Life (their 2005 follow-up) following suit. Singles such as Hello, Live This Life and My Inspiration earned heavy rotation on South African radio.
The year 2008 saw Prime Circle release All or Nothing, which raked in for Prime Circle then first two African Music Award nominations of their career, for Record of the Year and Best Rock Album (English). To date, their first single, She Always Gets What She Wants, has received more than 789 000 YouTube hits – the most-viewed South African rock song ever.
Jekyll & Hyde, unleashed in 2010, was mixed in Los Angeles by Kevin Shirley. New York-based Sterling Sound mastering engineer, George Marino, laid the final touches. The first two singles from the album Breathing and Turning in My Sleep were each nominated for the SAMA for MTN Record of the Year in 2011. In March that year Prime Circle won the Best International Breakthrough Act at the MK Awards.
The band released their fifth studio album, Evidence, in September 2012. The first single, Time Kills Us All, debuted on regional and national radio in South Africa to widespread acclaim. The 13-track album featured the masterful recording wizardry of Theo Crous.
In May last year Prime Circle released their sixth album, Let The Night In, before embarking on one of their biggest European and South African tours.
Ross Learmonth said: “Without the fans we would be nothing. And I don’t ever want to do anything else. Creating music for a living is a privilege, and we never forget that.”
Because of the length of Prime Circle’s performance and staging on Friday, 13 March, there will be no support act. LIVE -The Venue is situated at 166 Matthews Meyiwa (Stamford Hill) Road. Tickets cost R150 each from Computicket.
