Studio Blog

Once again this year in March we provided our services to Jungle Filmworks who produce Star Quest. Star Quest is a reality TV program that Nigerian Breweries PLC sponsor. Thirty six contestant get chosen from auditions held right across Nigeria to participate. They have to form 6 bands, each consisting of 6 members, and compete to win a recording contract of 1,5 million Niara.

We are responsible for the final mix of the show, as well as the audio for the live broadcast of the grand finale.

Carel Burger our senior engineer in Lagos, made a video of what was happening "behind the scenes", which you can watch below.

The annual UCT Rag Launch your band competition took place over March / April, giving musicians a chance to get out there and perform to a crowd.

This year’s winners were awarded an opportunity to record at Sound & Motion Studios as well as perform at the live music festival Rocking the Daisies.

The final took place at Quay Four with the evening being headlined by Prime Circle. The 2 finalists battling it out were Nogapsbetween and Escaping Larry. With Jenna from Sound & Motion, Craig from Rocking the Daisies and Clyde from Synergy; the bands were judged and with a mutual decision, Nogapsbetween were announced this years winner!

Sound & Motion will be having the guys in studio in July. More pics and news to follow.

For the past 6 months, Sound and Motion JHB has been working with Jasmine Jagger and her producer Marko Benini (Isochronous) on her debut album.

The pop rock album, features live instruments including drums and strings, making use of our superb live room, as well as plenty of virtual and analogue synths. Working with Jasmine and Marko was a great experience; the results are full of energy and are sure to blow you away.

The album is still to be released, so keep an ear to the ground......

We have always had an excellent relationship with Mnet/DSTV and were thrilled to get the opportunity to work on Season 3 of "Tinsel," broadcast primarily in Nigeria but in many territories in and even out of Africa. 

Recently we have also had the pleasure of supplying "Foley Services" to the broadcaster, which is so much fun and a facility we normally only offer for film, so it's been a blast. 

What's foley?  Every time someone slams a door, or sits down, or uses a glass that makes sound.  Much of the time for TV shows the original set sound is used, but this is not the case when you have a show dubbed...so we've had our team running around the Cape Town and Joburg studios acting out the actions of the actors!  Check out these photos.

Last month Sound and Motion  teamed up with Sharlto Copley (District 9’s Wikus van de Merwe) working on his latest production, a satirical short film about crime in South Africa. Although Sharlto is better known for his acting roles in movies such as District 9 which received 4 Oscar nominations and 7 BAFTA nominations, he is also a producer, writer and director and this latest short film is sure to entertain.