22/09/2023
ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT
Gracing our ears pre rugby from 6:45-7:45
ROBBIE PERROT
Not much is known about Robbie Perrott.
In 2013, tracks started appearing on a Soundcloud profile by the same name. The songs first circulated amongst Durban boets: “Keegan have you checked this oke? Doos lekker.”
In 2015, Blake from Umhlanga moved to UCT and in O-Week successfully bedded India, a Fishoek flowerchild who found Blake’s unapologetically masculine dance moves (e.g. the Swak Hand) endearing. “Death to Cool” came on shuffle mid-liaison. Rapture ensued. Soon every cute alternative Cape Town girl was listening.
For a few months in 2018, this internet persona seemed to briefly take human form. Robbie was sighted playing in gardens, bars, and festivals around Cape Town. At Smalltown Beat he performed a cover of Suede by Anderson Paak dressed in a hot dog suit. Then he disappeared.
In 2019 about 200 Korean people started listening to his Soundcloud and actively commenting on the tracks. This author does not know Korean, so cannot speak to the meaning of these comments.
In May 2020, Robbie released Hypersleep, his first full length album. Then he disappeared.
Several eyewitnesses reported seeing Robbie playing guitar and singing with London drummer, at a house party in Roehampton earlier this month. The tunes were described as “slinky and tight”, “moving and grooving”, “spritzy”, “magik”, “effective”.
The only other facts we could gather about him is that he uses cherry flavoured Zambuk, and likes to write about himself in the third person.
Robbie and Waz have promised to perform at Bok Day. We do not know what to expect.
