Ike Moriz (En)

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 (...

  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."

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...

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...

  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. `...

David Bowie , New York, USA, June 2004 ,  review of Ike Moriz's debut album 'Mirrors And Shade' (2004) Click here and listen to the official  "MIRRORS & SHADE - June 2004ALBUM MEDLEY"  (2.8Mb), that has just been voted  " Featured Original Music of the Week "   at davidbowie.com (every week since 7.6.04)!  https://web.archive.org/web/20040808025437/http://ikemoriz.com/featuredoriginalmusicoftheweekbowie.gif  

Magic Mushroom Records , Holland, May 2004 ,  review of Ike Moriz's debut album 'Mirrors And Shade' (2004) After his great Singles  Fall Into The Sun  and  You Could , now his debut album  Mirrors & Shade : Mirrors & Shade opens with the hauntingly good song Another Day,  Ike' s voice is as good as it gets and the recording is sublime , to be honest, we couldn't' stop listening to it. Along with a bunch of new songs, the songs You Could (thrill me, kiss me, kill me, ...), Visionary and Drowning are also on this full album release, AND RIGHTLY SO!!!  Ike and his band are spot on  and all we can say is: A Big Congrats from us to Ike and his team !!!

Dale Olivier, Matchbox Radio24, London, UK, May 2004,  review of Ike Moriz's debut album 'Mirrors And Shade' (2004) After much anticipation and hard work the debut album " Mirrors and Shade" from IKE MORIZ has landed on planet earth. Featuring the worldwide hit singles "Fall into the Sun" and "You Could" that topped many charts from The SA Top Ten, Matchbox Radio 24 Chart to Halo Radio in The Netherlands. "You Could" was actually voted as "Song of the Week" by Bowie himself. The songs were also featured on over 100 Radio stations worldwide and put Ike on the map as  a bonafide Indie pop star .  This album features 11 tracks of  pure emotional glamour pop . The new single and title track " Mirrors and Shade" is dark, infectious, melodic and has a massive chorus that sticks in your head and never leaves. "Still" that was featured on UK SKY TV for  millions to see is an incredible pop ballad that is  cleverl...

Indiepop  Spinzone , Pennsylvania, USA, May 2004 , review of Ike Moriz's debut album ' Mirrors And Shade' (2004) Hip-ometer Rating ~ 9.4 Ike Moriz - "Mirrors & Shade"  Ike, if you didn't know,  could best be described as  South Africa's answer to David Bowie  and this is his debut LP. At first I thought he committed a faux pas by putting all the songs from his first 2 EP's on this album. Because who will buy them when they can get everything here? However, by and large they are all mixed differently and not just the music, as the vocal tracks are redone as well. That essentially makes them all new versions, so it's interesting for people who were aware and it still leaves reason to get the original ep's if you like it. This was particularly clear on the track  Fall Into The Sun  which I always liked, but I think  I prefer this new version even more . That pretty much is the feeling for most of ...