Ike Moriz (En)

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 ...

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 (...

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...

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.