Goldfish

About

Goldfish is an electronic dance group hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of Dominic Peters (double bass, keyboards, groove box, production) and David Poole (tenor and soprano sax, samplers, effects, mixing, production, engineering). They create dance music containing elements of jazz and African music, combining live instruments like double bass, saxophones, keyboards, flute, and vocals with samplers, effects and synths. They have opened for many international electronica acts, including Basement Jaxx, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Mr Scruff, Audio Bullys, Paul van Dyk, Pete Tong and Stereo MCs. Their work features many different vocalists, including Sakhile Moleshe, Max Vidima, Monique Hellenberg, Hlulani Hlangwane and the duo's own David Poole. Goldfish received a nomination in the Best Alternative category at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2008. In 2009, they set a new South African Music Awards record for most nominations, with 8 nominations including Best Duo or Group and Album of the Year, clinching Best Producer and Best Dance Album.