Goldfish (band)

Goldfish is an electronic duo originating from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of Dominic Peters and David Poole. They create dance music containing elements of house, pop, jazz and African music.[1] The band has released a number of albums, including Late Night People, Perceptions of Pacha[2] and Get Busy Living.[3] They were named "Best Pop" at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2014.[4]

This article is about a band. For other uses, see Goldfish (disambiguation).

Goldfish
David Poole (left) and Dominic Peters (right)
Background information
Origin	Cape Town, South Africa
Genres	Nu jazz, house, Deep House, Electronica, trip hop, downtempo, electro swing
Years active	2004 - present
Labels	Spinnin' Records,Armada Music, Goldfish Music
Associated acts	Breakfast Included, Dorp, GoodLuck
Website	GoldfishLive.com
Members	Dominic Peters, David Poole

History

Founding and early years

See also: Perceptions of Pacha

One of the group's early logos

Dominic Peters and David Poole founded GoldFish in Cape Town, South Africa. The two jazz musicians had first met while studying music at college.[5] After the 2006 release of their debut album Caught in the Loop, the group went on to open for artists such as Fat Boy Slim, Mr Scruff, Audio Bullys, Stereo MC's.[6] Basement Jaxx, Faithless, Paul van Dyk, and Pete Tong.[7] GoldFish was nominated for the Best Alternative category at the first MTV Africa Music Awards 2008 but did not win.[8]

They released their album Perceptions of Pacha on 29 August 2008.[9] In 2009, they set a new South African Music Awards record for most nominations,[10] with eight nominations including Best Duo or Group and Album of the Year,[11] winning Best Engineer and Best Dance Album.[12] Their album GoldFish spent three weeks on the Dutch Albums Top 100 chart, peaking at No. 44 in 2012.[5]

Recent touring and releases

See also: Get Busy Living

External video
GoldFish – "Fort Knox" (ft. Sakhile Moleshe) – Official Music Video (7 October 2009)
GoldFish – "Take Back Tomorrow" – Official Music Video (8 March 2013)

In 2011, their album Get Busy Living won at the South African Music Awards. A number of their singles have also been used commercially. An advertisement for the Kia Soul automobile featured their track "Fort Knox." Nike recently used the song "Washing Over Me" featuring Morning Parade in the advertisement of the Nike+ App. "Washing Over Me" was also featured in the Castle Lager advert for the Castle Lager Incoming Series. "Washing Over Me" also reached No. 1 on the 5FM Top 40 in July 2012.[13]

Their 2013 album Three Second Memory reached No. 89 on the Dutch Albums Top 100.[5] GoldFish was named "Best Pop" at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2014.[4] On 15 December 2014, GoldFish released a remix of the Wyclef Jean and Avicii song "Divine Sorrow" exclusively through Billboard. At that point the duo had performed at festivals such as Glastonbury and Ultra Music Festival, and in March 2015 they performed at SXSW.[14]

Musical style

They create dance music containing elements of jazz and African music, combining live instruments like double bass, saxophones, keyboards, flute, and vocals with samplers, effects and synths.[1]

Members

• Dominic Peters – production, keyboards, upright bass, bass guitar
• David Poole – production, saxophone, flute, vocals

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Category	Result
2008	MTV Africa Music Awards	GoldFish	Best Alternative[8]	Nominated
2009	15th South African Music Awards	GoldFish	Best Engineer[12]	Won
		Perceptions of Pacha	Best Dance Album[12]	Won
			Album of the Year[11]	Nominated
		GoldFish	Best Duo or Group[10]	Nominated
		GoldFish	Best Alternative Music: English[11]	Nominated
		GoldFish	Best Producer[10]	Nominated
				Nominated
		"This Is How It Goes"	Record of the Year[10]	Nominated
2011	17th South African Music Awards	Get Busy Living	Best Global Dance Album[15]	Won
			Record of the Year[15]	Nominated
		GoldFish	Best Producer[15]	Nominated
2014	MTV Africa Music Awards	GoldFish	Best Pop[4]	Won

Discography

Albums

Albums by GoldFish[2][3]

Year	Album title	Release details	Chart peaks
Dutch 100[5]
2006	Caught in the Loop	Released: 29 May 2006 Label: GoldFish / Pioneer Format: CD, digital download	–
2008	Perceptions of Pacha	Released: 21 April 2008 Label: Pacha / SBME Africa Format: CD, digital download	–
2009	Perceptions of Pacha Remixed	Released: 17 November 2009 Label: GoldFish Format: CD, digital download	–
2010	Get Busy Living	Released: 20 September 2010 Label: GoldFish Music Format: CD, digital download	–
2012	GoldFish	Released: 6 June 2012 Label: EMI Format: CD, digital download	44
2013	Three Second Memory	Released: 15 October 2013 Label: GoldFish Music / Casablanca Format: CD, digital download	89
2017	Late Night People	Released: 6 October 2017 Label: Armada Music / Sony Music South Africa Format: CD, digital download, vinyl	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Incomplete list of songs by GoldFish[3]

Year	Title	Chart peaks[13]		Album	Release details
		5FM 40	—
2007	"Coming Home"	—	—	3-track single	Pacha Recordings (22 June 2007)
2008	"Pure Pacha"	—	—	Single only	Pacha Recordings (2008)
2009	"Crusing Through"	—	—	Single/remix EP	Pacha Multimedia (15 May 2009)
	"Fort Knox"	—	—	Fort Knox (Remixes) – EP	Pacha Recordings (15 May 2009)
	"Wet Welly"	—	—	Single only	Pacha Multimedia (3 June 2009)
	"Sold My Soul"	—	—	2 track single	Pacha Recordings (3 July 2009)
	"Are You Lulu"	—	—	2-track single	Pacha Multimedia (3 July 2009)
	"This is How it Goes"	—	—	Single	Pacha Recordings (13 November 2009)
	"Hold Tight"	—	—	Single	Pacha Recordings (20 November 2009)
2010	"Just For Tonight"	—	—	Single	Pacha Recordings (8 January 2010)
2011	"Let's Do It Again" (with Freshlyground)	—	—	Single	Freeground Records (15 July 2011)
2012	"Washing Over Me" (feat. Morning Parade)	1	—	GoldFish	GoldFish Music (2012)
2013	"Take Back Tomorrow"	—	—	Three Second Memory	GoldFish Music (2013)
	"Just For Tonight"	—	—	2-track single	Pacha Recordings (11 March 2013)
	"Soundtracks & Comebacks"	—	—	Remix EP	Pacha Recordings (11 March 2013)
2014	"Choose Your Own Adventure"	—	—	Choose Your Own Adventure – EP	GoldFish Music (17 June 2014)
2015	"The Storm" (with DIMMI)	—	—	Single	SPRS (20 July 2015)
2015	"Heart Shaped Box"	—	—	Single	GoldFish Music (2015)
2018	"It Was You" (with Zeeba)	—	—	Single	GoldFish Music (2 November 2018)

Remixes

Selected remixes by GoldFish, with date of remix release[3][16]

Year	Title	Original artist	Release details
2011	"Get Busy Living (Remix)"	GoldFish	GoldFish Music (9 February 2011)
2014	"She Moves (GoldFish Remix)"	Alle Farben	B1 Recordings (2014)
	"Divine Sorrow (GoldFish Remix)"	Wyclef Jean and Avicii	Billboard (15 December 2014)[14]
2015	"Feels Like This (GoldFish Remix)"	Lexer	Warner Dance Labels

Further reading

Interviews and articles

• "Goldfish Earns Eight SA Music Awards Nominations". Billboard. 20 March 2009.
• "Sleeping with the Fishes". iAfrica.com. 4 February 2011.

Discographies

• Goldfish at Allmusic
• Goldfish at Discogs

See also

• List of jazz fusion musicians
• List of trip hop artists
• List of EMI artists
• List of South African musicians
• List of electro house artists
• List of free improvising musicians and groups

References

1. "Sleeping with the Fishes". iAfrica.com. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
2. "Goldfish Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
3. "Goldfish Discography". iTunes Store. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
4. "2014 MAMA Winners". MTV. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
5. "Goldfish charts". acharts.co. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
6. "GoldFish". MyMusicMatrix. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
7. "Home". goldfishlive.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
8. "First Ever MTV Africa Awards is a hit with Nigerians taking the lead". African Vibes. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
9. "Perceptions of Pacha". AllMusic. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
10. Coetzer, Diane (20 March 2009). "Goldfish Earns Eight SA Music Awards Nominations". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
11. "Nominated Record Breaking 8 South African Music Awards". Goldfishlive.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
12. "SAMA 2009: All the Winners". channel24.co.za. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
13. "Goldfish Bag Another No. 1 – Top 5fm charts". goldfishlive.com. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
14. Buerger, Megan (11 December 2014). "Exclusive Premiere: Hear GoldFish's Remix of Wyclef Jean & Avicii's 'Divine Sorrow'". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
15. "2011 SAMA Nominations". SAMA. BaasDeBeer's Blog. 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
16. "Goldfish Remixes". discogs. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

External links

• GoldfishLive.com
• Goldfish on Twitter

Audio and video

• Goldfish on VEVO