Ike Moriz (En)

Ball of HOPE 2025, The Westin Grand Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, 10 May  2025 Ike Moriz, multi-lingual singer, actor, producer and songwriter, studied music and acting in South Africa, Germany and Holland. He spent 5 years in London, fronting rock bands, performing in musicals and running his own record label before returning to his favourite country South Africa in 2005. Ike has created 20 albums, his songs are played worldwide, and he has had several of No. 1 hits. Every year Ike goes on sold out tours to Germany, the next one 'Stars and Skulls Tour' is in late June. Enjoy listening to this acclaimed international SA singer for the first time at the Ball of HOPE. Ike Moriz Swing Band: The Ike Moriz band consists of: Willie van Zyl - Clarinet & Saxophone; Nick Ford - Double Bass, Vuyo Nkasawe - Piano, Matthew Keswell - Drums, Monique Hellenberg on backing vocals

After his Dragons album tour last year, Hout Bay singer Eike “Ike” Moriz is on the road again, performing at concerts in Hamburg, Germany this month. The singer, songwriter, producer has lived in Hout Bay since 2007 when he moved from Johannesburg. Besides his concerts and album releases, the 51-year-old offers guitar, piano and singing lessons as well as studio recordings and productions. Growing up near Hamburg, Germany, there was always music in the family home. Ike’s parents, Kai and Waltraud Moriz, were jewellers, but his mother played piano, sang and composed songs for friends and family. His grandmother was a concert pianist and his grandfather was an opera singer, among other professions. Early in life, Ike started playing the piano and joined in the singing or made up his own songs. Even after studying music and doing music degrees in Dresden, Rotterdam and Cape Town, his routine has not changed, except that now his two children are playing and singing along too. Ike ...

Die Burger, Mariana Malan,   Cape Town, SA, 03.03.2007: "Elana sing saam met Ike” Die televisiepersoonlikheid Elana Afrika maak môre har debuut as sangeres op die verhoog. Sy tree op as agtergrondsanger vir die bekende sanger Ike Moriz in sy konsert wat in die botaniese tuin Kirstenbosch gehou word.  Moriz is pas terug van England, waar sy twee albums "Mirrors & Shade" en "Play Me" baie gewild is. Hy vertel dat hy en Afrika mekaar leer ken het toe sy verlede jaar vir die televisieprogram “Jip” met hom n’ onderhou gevoer het. Later het hul paaie weer gekruis toe albei by ’n partytjie was waar die tydskrif FHM sy "FHM Sexiest Woman In The World 2006 - The Movie” bekend gestel het. Sy lied “Hey, Hey-Hey, Hey” is daarin gebruik. “Ek het gehoor hoe Elana saam met ’n ander lied van my sing, en het gehou van wat ek hoor. Ek het haar toe gevra of sy nie lus het om saam met my op te tree nie. Ons het in der waarheid so goed...

Cape  Argus, The Good Weekend,   Top20+, Lyntina Acmes  Cape Town, SA, 03.03.07: ‘Ike Moriz & Elana Afrika' (caption: Ike Moriz and DJ Elana Afrika perform at Kirstenbosch tomorrow. For a chance to win one of five double tickets to any Appletizer Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch see the bottom of the list.) Indie pop-star and actor Ike Moriz will be performing with DJ Elana Afrika on vocals at the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert at 5.30pm tomorrow. Tickets are R40 for adults, R30 for students (with student card) and R15 for pupils. Call 0217998783/8620.

Cape Argus, Tonight, Evan Milton, Cape Town, SA, 28.02.07: 'Rock on at these gigs'  (caption: SUMMER SOUNDS: Ike Moriz heads the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert Series.) Gauteng-based indie-popper and “Heat” headliner Ike Moriz styles the Appletizer Summer Sunset Concert by assembling around him an excellent local cast including Gorm Helfjord (g, Golliwog, Melanie Scholtz), Greg Schoeman (g, The Sunshines), Emelio Gassibe (b, Plush) and Mike Horne (d, Flat Stanley, Louise Carver) - and with guest vocals by 5FM DJ Elana Afrika (Sun, Kirstenbosch Garden, Rhodes Ave, …)

  24.COM, South Africa, October 2006 “Play Me” is getting much play It’s the first single from his second album   and “Play Me” has become a hit of its own glamourous accord. Ike Moriz too   SA by the horns with his second album. The South African indie-pop star released the first single off it called “Play Me”, which got major airplay both locally and internationally. After five years in London he had returned to South Africa to promote and launch the new album as well as perform for his fans. His new single has received a positive response. You can decide for yourself. Experience Ike Moriz live on Saturday, 21 October at 5pm at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre in Cape Town. Free entry. And on Sunday, 22 October at 5pm at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Silvertree Restaurant , Cape Town. Comments: Melanie says: Gorgeous Both Ike's looks and sound are gorgeous! What a great international sound for a southafrican pop star! Awesome. I'll su...

  Cape Argus, John Monsoon, Cape Town, SA, 4.10.2006:  " TICK, TICK, … BOOM " "There is a rumour in the air that Cape Town music is about to ignite a fuse that will send SA music into orbit. It's  a music explosion   not seen (or heard) for at least a decade . We gathered some of the Mother City's  finest minds in music to see who is holding the matches." ... ""only really in the last  four years that indie rock has started to make its big global come-back and even in  the late 90s modern music just never had the sorts of bands that it has now," so it's  not too unusual that Cape Town bands are pushing the envelope and being noticed. "Ironic," says Ike Moriz, the well-selling solo artist, "Cape Town used to be known for its cover bands!" ... "Moriz is passionate about his home town but also under no illusions that he sells more CDs in Gauteng, because "it's just the way it is". Cape Town bands are als...

  Tonight Music, Cape Argus, Cape Town, SA, 14.09.2006 (caption: INDIE IDOL: Ike Moriz launches the video for his latest single at Opium on Friday.)  "Cape Town's CD launches continue   with Ike Moriz and Madame Afrique. Moriz has been dubbed "South Africa's indie idol", and rightly so. Moriz cut his teeth on local music and drama productions and then headed to London where he signed to Mosquito Records. He launches a Tarantinoesque video for his new   single, I Feel Real (Friday, Opium, 6 Dixon Street, De Waterkant,   Greenpoint, Cape Town, R50, 10pm)."

Sara Jane Boden , Represent, Johannesburg, SA, 04.09.2006 , "SA rock artist Ike Moriz back in South Africa ” WATCH THIS FACE – and it’s a gorgeous face at that – ladies you’ll love SA’s next big Rock boy, step aside Arno, IKE MORIZ is here. Welcome back to SA Ike, we’re glad you’re home, we wish you all the best in your musical dreams… COME ON FANS – give Ike lots of love. See IKE’s website  here . Capetonian Ike Moriz comes from a very artistic family of designer…s & musicians. He was exposed to theatre, literature, music and art from an early age. Already during his secondary school years, he showed a great talent for writing, acting (Sybil Sands agency, CT) & performing. After a short flirt with modelling (Elite Models), psychology & business studies, the young artist started his career by studying music (Jazz performers) at UCT. His fascination with International Pop/Rock & Jazz drew him overseas, where he absolved part of his course at two colleges of music (...

  FHM Magazine, Hagen Engler, South Africa, March 2006 issue, CD review of “Ike Moriz - Play Me" “This dude wears his influences with about as much subtlety as a man wearing one of those hats you can drink beer from. which is not a bad thing if you like beer. Or rather, if you like your indie pop with large doses of seventies Bowie via nineties Suede you'll dig this. Ike hails from the Cape but has spent time in the UK perfecting his British accent and pop sensibilities. He also acquired a taste for eye-liner, but don't let that put you off, this cat writes a fine tune. Listen to it when wearing velvet and drinking martinis! Tracks to download – Play me, Light is dark and The sad songs. "

Cornelia Le Roux, Die Burger, Cape Town, South Africa, 27.02.2006: “Ike verras aspirant-joernaliste by koerantkursus" (DIE BURGER, bl. 4 AKTUEEL, Maandag 27 Februarie 2006, KAAPSTAD). Die Burger en Media24 het Saterdag hul eerste skoolkoerantkursus van die jaar in die Wes-Kaap aangebied. Altesame 40 leerders van derskeie laerskole in die Noor delike voorstede is by  die  Laerskool Parow-Noord tou wys gemaak in die skryf van berigte, fotografie, bladuitleg en ander koerantkunsies. Hulle het ook hy eie nuus- konferensie gehou met die op komende sanger Ike Moriz, wie se liedjie "Play Me" dees dae op die radio boer , as ge heime gas. Soos wafferse nuushonde het die jong klomp hom gepols oor sy loopbaan en sy liefdeslewe. Skole wat belang stel in die NSP, kan in verbinding tree met die Wes-Kaapse koördineerder, Cornelia le Roux, by 021-4063135 of e-pos cleroux@jip.co.za . Ike Moriz vermaak leerders Saterdag by Die Burger en Media24 se skoolkoerantkursus in Parow-Noord. (Foto:...

  Jane Mayne, Cape Times, Cape Town, SA, 06.01.2006 "... Most of the songs are put together with a bare-bones backing which provides a somewhat jerky backdrop that echoes early 1970s Brit bands - This is Moriz's second studio album with Mosquito Records London, recorded after his Mirrors and Shade tour last April (2005), and it perfectly captures his Bowie-esque leanings."

Karin Burger, Kaap-Rapport, Cape Town, SA, 27.11.2005: "Ike Moriz is terug  om te bly" (Afrikaans language) KARIN BURGER,  Kaapstad "Ek het Kaapstad te veel gemis - ek is nou terug om te bly."  Sô gesels die rockmusikant Ike Moriz nadat hy die afgelope vyf en 'n half jaar Londen sy tuiste gemaak het. Hy het in Maart vanjaar Suid-Afrika besoek en net daar besluit hy wil terugkom. Ike is terug Engeland toe, waar hy sy woonstel, motor en ander besittings verkoop het, en op 1 Mei was hy terug in sy geboorteland met net twee tasse.  Sy nuwe CD Play me, is onlangs in Kaapstad bekend gestel en tot die einde van die jaar wil hy op Kaapse gehore fokus. "Vroeg volgende jaar sal ek ook 'n CD-bekendstelling in Johannesburg doen, maar vir nou geniet die Moederstad en sy mense voorkeur." Ike sê hy wil ook volgende jaar die pad vat en al die musiekfeeste bywoon.  Die musikant is geen onbekende in die internasionale musiekarena nie. Vorige enkelsnitte wat wêreld ...

Evan Milton, Cape Argus, Cape Town, SA, 10.11.2005: "Moriz back in SA after rocking the UK" "Ike Moriz is something of a paradox: he's part German and part South African, and the unsentimental precision of the one surfaces as often as the slightly self-deprecating, yet easy-going nature of the other. Then there's this business of making it overseas in less than six years to garner interest from George Michael's recording studio, earn a nod of approval from David Bowie, boast respectable European live-gig and radio impact and then decide to head home to the Cape.  After graduating from our College of Music, Moriz relocated to London in 1999, fronting bands there and in Rotterdam and Hamburg before going solo and recording his debut EP,  Fall Into the Sun  (2002). Back home, its title track hit Stellenbosch's MFM No1 spot. A second EP,  You Could , followed, reaching No.1 on the UK's Matchbox Radio, and the To...

The Capetowner, Cape Town, SA, 10.11.2005  (Ike Moriz - Play Me - album review) "International rock musician Ike Moriz will spills theatrical, edgy pop into Rhodes House at the "Play Me" CD launch on Friday November 11. Based in London since 1999, Moriz has returned to his home in South Africa with a new drive and energy that springs from his exposure to many different countries and life on the road. Moriz has been described as 'Bowie without the glam meets Oasis without the self-importance, teamed with UK chart 'alternative' without the boredom'. Moriz is back with a new 8-track CD: the title track "Play Me" opens softly with "Hey, hey-hey, hey", and picks up tempo with heavier rock guitar in parts. Other tracks include the  dark decadent pop  of "Visionary" and the epic and grand Bowie-esque piano ballad "Another Day". Previous worldwide hit singles have included "Fall Into the Sun" and "You Could...

Cape Argus, Cape Town, SA, 09.11.2005, “Read all about it" "... this week's hottest party  is probably the being held at Rhodes House this Friday, where international rock musician Ike Moriz will take the stage. Moriz spills  theatrical, edgy pop  into Rhodes House (60 Queen Victoria Street) at the PLAY ME CD LAUNCH, sponsored by Chivas Regal Premium Scotch Whiskey. Based in London since 1999, Moriz has returned to his home in South Africa with a new  drive and energy  that springs from his exposure to many different countries and life on the road. He has been described as "Bowie without the glam meets Oasis without the self-importance teamed with UK chart 'alternative' without the boredom..."

Kim Wild, ZAzone.com , Cape Town, SA, 2.3.2005, Ike Moriz live at the Acoustic Café, Muizenberg Can one refer to a gig as being romantic? Well, I just did! It was initially the setting with the low lighting and candles ... and then it was the presence of Ike, a single person that held his own on stage. I must be honest and say that I hadn't heard of Ike until that evening, which is pretty embarrassing considering that I pride myself in knowing what I consider to be a lot of South African bands and artists, especially the very talented, so I don't know how he slipped by me. I'm going to try using the excuse that he has been overseas for the past few years! He does however still say 'Ja' a fair bit which is fantastic to hear and at least we know that he hasn't forgotten his roots; an accent comes across more in his singing than his speech. I have read in numerous places that he sounds like David Bowie and it must be quite annoying to be compared to someo...

Elizma Nolte,  SA TIMES article , London, UK, July 2004: " Making it in London" "Ike Moriz has a claim to fame that few other South African musicians can boast – he has shared a movie set with René Zellweger. The young musician landed a role as a singing piano player in her latest Bridget Jones II movie. But Moriz has far bigger dreams for his music career than a small stint in a Hollywood film. Moriz has been trying to break into the UK music scene and make a name for himself internationally. Competing with the thousands of bands that perform on the London circuit every night is extremely difficult, he admits. Due to the internet and all those big labels also haven’t got the money they used to have. They tend to only go with the sure bets and the Pop Idols."It’s a pity, says Moriz. "There’s so much talent out there – just go to Camden and see. Then you turn on the radio and you think: ‘what’s going on here?’." It’s this amazing wealth of acting a...

  Vicky Smith, Matchbox Records, London, UK, 01.10.02,  review of Ike Moriz's 'Fall Into the Sun' (EP/single, London, UK): Staying in true English guitar pop mode we move onto a very new and fast rising star  IKE   MORIZ  (originally from Cape Town/SA). This enigmatic solo artist delivers the bright and poppy classic "Fall into the sun". This song was recorded with Steve Kent who has in the past worked with George Michael ( yes from Wham). This song is not Club Tropicana but a very poppy and especially catchy song reminiscent of Ike's hero Bowie and a bit like Suede vocally also. Saying that the main strength to this song is the unstoppable and extremely catchy and warm chorus. This very well produced song also comes packed with everything from a string  section on the chorus to dreamy shimmering guitars and falsetto Brett Anderson could never have reached . It also boasts a very uplifting feeling and once you've heard it ...

Matchbox Recordings, London, UK, 01.09.02, review of Ike Moriz's debut single/EP 'Fall Into the Sun' (Mosquito Records London): New solo artist IKE MORIZ releases this great new three track EP. "Fall Into The Sun" EP was produced at  Tin Pan Alley studios by Steve Kent, who has previously worked  with George Michael. Drawn to Ike’s surprising mix of enigmatic  lyrics and catchy melodies, Steve strengthened this paradox  by adding deceptively simple guitar hooks. Based in London, Ike is of South African/German descent. His new style has emerged from his diverse musical experiences, fronting bands in Cape Town, Rotterdam and Hamburg, usually performing his own material. This EP features the title track " Fall into the sun" with it's extremely catchy and bright chorus and Bowie/Suede Esq. feel. Expect loads of falsetto and heartfelt vocals and lyrics from this new class A entertainer. For full tracklisting click above.