EMOJI
Music and piano by Coenie de Villiers.
All sounds – percussion, string-work, melodic riffs – on this track created by two hands and one Yamaha grand piano, and filmed whilst the actual recording was taking place.
No other instruments were used.
Recorded at Milestone Music, Cape Town.
Video by Hanne Koster and final mix by Anja Steyn.
Desert Conversation
Coenie de Villiers joined by Leon Gropp in the studio during the actual recording of the song.
Lyrics by Coenie de Villiers, music by Coenie de Villiers and Leon Gropp.
LUISTER
Coenie de Villiers joined by Simon Witbooi, aka Hemelbesem; music and production by Coenie de Villiers, lyrics by Hemelbesem.
In this experimental video, a team of final-year AFDA media students (Johannesburg), shot the song in real time on seven cell phone cameras, breaking every television rule in the process: crossing the line, reversing the action, becoming part of the story.
The edit was assembled in post-production by a team under the direction of Marnus Maritz.
NOTTING HILL
A song expressing the longing that South African expats experience when living abroad.
Music and lyrics by Coenie de Villiers.
Video by Brendon Keyser.
WINDMEUL VAN JOU HART
An extraordinary rendition of the Michel Legrand composition with Afrikaans lyrics by Linette Retief.
Arrangement and production by Jaconell Mouton who conducts the string symphony orchestra at Milestone Music, Cape Town, South Africa.
Video by Hanne Koster.
MISKIEN
Lyrics by Coenie de Villiers, music by Gabriel Faure: Pavane, Opus 50 (1887) in an arrangement and production by Jaconell Mouton.
Duduk solo by Turkish duduk maestro Gürkan Çakmak and recorded at Matrix Studio, Athens Greece.
String symphony orchestra recorded at Milestone Music, Cape Town.
Video by Leon Human and Nicolette Nolte; graphics by Ronel Moodie.
The Mercedes Benz is a 1958 Ponton limousine.
WONDER BO WONDER
Coenie de Villiers and Die Heuwels Fantasties collaborated in the creation of this song which went to number one.
Music and lyrics by Coenie de Villiers, Hunter Kennedy and Pierre Greeff.
Off the Hart van Glas CD by Coenie de Villiers as well as off the Wilder as die Wildtuin CD by Die Heuwels Fantasties.
COENIE DE VILLIERS & DAVE KOZ ON SANTORINI
A short clip shot on Santorini during the recording of the Dave Koz solo on the track Forbidden Love off the album EMOJI by Coenie de Villiers.
As the initial studio booking fell through, Dave Koz was recorded in his hotel suite.
Also present Jaconell Mouton, the music director of the production.