Steve Dyer’s ‘Confluence’ Homecoming Tour
The 'Confluence' tour to KZN is a homecoming after a long absence.
STEVE Dyer’s ‘Confluence’ Homecoming Tour will travel to five venues in KwaZulu-Natal next week. On 28 February at 8pm he will perform at Le Aperitivo at Gateway in uMhlanga. The tour is supported by Concerts SA Music Mobility Fund. ‘Confluence’ is Dyer’s sixth album under his own name and is a soundscape of diverse influences to mirror how societies are evolving and how different cultures, belief systems and people have increasingly greater interaction with each other. At the core is the sonic reflection of Dyer’s journey through his homeland, South Africa, and the influences, both personal and otherwise, that are shaping this journey.
Whatever the setting, Dyer’s intention remains the same: to give a contemporary African voice to improvised and structured music. Pietermaritzburg-born Dyer completed his music degree at the University of Durban in 1981.
Refusing military conscription he then left South Africa and stayed in Botswana, the UK and Zimbabwe. In 1993 Dyer returned to study in the Durban music department and then relocated to Gauteng, where he now resides. The ‘Confluence’ tour to KZN is a homecoming after a long absence.
Dyer said: “Many of the sounds that inform what I compose were and are influenced by the early period in my life. This, together with my musical experience since leaving Durban, is what I look forward to sharing with KZN audiences. I am grateful to be joined by some young talented musicians, as well as my long-time friend and musical colleague, Andile Yenana.”
Funded by Concerts SA and Connect ZA, the Mobility Fund is administered by Concerts SA at The SAMRO Foundation.
Concerts SA is a joint South African/Norwegian project housed under the auspices of the Stakeholder Hub within the SAMRO Foundation. Concerts SA also receives technical support from Concerts Norway.
