South African trumpeter, vocalist, accordionist, producer, composer, historian and explorer. original frontier rogue.
"I found a musical tradition that was my own, but had been concealed to me. The rhythm of the 'Vastrap'. It is a music that is impossible to play if you don't believe in magic. Me and my accordion travelled across the Karoo, Overberg, Namaqualand. I drove, took buses, hitch-hiked, waiting for and finding synchronous meetings with musicians and other sorcerers" - Alex van Heerden
