Zazone, proudly South African Music, Cape Town, SA, June 2004

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 Zazone,com, proudly South African Music, Cape Town, SA, June 2004

"Capetownian Ike Moriz moved to London in 1999 and has been building up his musical talent until now with the release of his debut album `Mirrors and Shade`. Ike's style is unique, but extremely familiar, sounding like a cross between David Bowie and Suede. His band consists of several musicians who've worked with Ike for a while, including Jim Barnes on guitars..."

"...What's very pleasing about the album as a whole is that, although similar to David Bowie, Ike does not attempt to mimic his work (or cover it), but rather release a pleasing sound unique to Ike. `Mirrors and Shade`, the title track, for some reason did not move me as much as I expected it would. I find that `Another Day`, `Fall Into The Sun` and `Flame Blue` are better tracks. `Still` is a laid-back emotive ballad while `Visionary` has a very good rock riff running through the track. `Drowning` is a good track, laced with familiarity..."

"...Overall a good album with a classic sound which should appeal to pop and light-rock fans alike. Some tracks don't quite seem to fit with the others in terms of a common theme, but they do show Ike's amazing ability to cross from style to style easily and keep the listener attracted to the album. A definite keeper, but watch out for future work from Ike Moriz, I think it's going to get even better!"



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