ÉVoid

éVoid was a three piece 1980s rock band from South Africa. The band featured the brothers Lucien and Erik Windrich on guitars, keyboards and vocals along with Wayne Harker on drums.

eVoid became the most successful and influential of the white South Africa punk bands to take up African inspired images and sounds in their sonic rebellion against apartheid.

History

éVoid was formed in the South African town of Brakpan in 1977.

The band had their first success in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where they held a residency during the final days of Rhodesia and the birth of a new country. In 1979, their single Magicia reached number 4 on the Rhodesian music charts.

The band's self-titled debut album was released in 1983 and resulted in success. In order to avoid mandatory conscription, the band departed for London in 1985. Their second album, Here Comes The Rot, was released in 1986. A third album on cassette was released in 1993.

In 2008, after a lengthy hiatus, the Windrich brothers released a new eVoid album Graffiti Lounge, with the album receiving positive reviews.

Present Day

The former lead singer of éVoid currently works as a music teacher at Kingsbury High School, London.

Discography

• éVoid (1983)

1. I am a Fadget
2. Taximan
3. Inda Inda Indaba
4. Junk Jive, Part One
5. Shadows
6. Dun Kalusin Ta Va
7. Urban Warrior
8. I am a Fadget* (Alternate Version)
9. Shadows* (Alternate Version)
10. Jiving to the Weekend Beat*
11. Race of Tan*
12. Jeremiah and Josephine*

Bonus tracks are indicated by *. All songs written by Lucien and Erik Windrich except lyrics on "Taximan" by Karl A Windrich and "Inda Inda Indaba" by Lucien, Erik and Karl Windrich.

• . . . Here Comes the Rot (1986)

1. Dance the Instinct (6:00)
2. Fashion War (5:13)
3. Under my Feet (3:54)
4. Sgt. Major (3:36)
5. Altar Pop (4:03)
6. Shelter Me (4:19)
7. Sangoma (5:02)
8. Shuffle in the Dust (4:56)
9. Winter (4:37)
10. Here Comes the Rain (2:52)
11. Kwela Walk* (2:52)
12. Telem and Godon* (6:15)
13. Civil Servant* (4:27)
14. Shoes* (4:21)
15. Ordinary Life* (4:07)

Bonus tracks included on the Fresh Music digitally remastered re-issue (2001) indicated by *. All songs were written and arranged by Erik and Lucien Windrich.

• A live version of "Junk Jive" was released on the "Concert in the Park" collection in aid of Operation Hunger (1985).
• éVoid limited-release cassette tape (1993)

• Graffiti Lounge (2008)

1. Mix It Up
2. Under Blue Skies
3. Riding the Sky
4. Echo
5. iKologi
6. Retread
7. Language of Love
8. Junktion
9. Not in my Name

External links

• Fresh Music has clips of some of the best known éVoid hits