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      GoldFish is an electronic duo originating from Cape Town, South Africa, now residing in San Diego, California consisting of Dominic Peters and David Poole. They create dance music containing elements of house, pop, jazz and African music. The band has released a number of albums, including their latest If Summer Was A Sound (available on Vinyl) and previous albums: Late Night People, Three Second Memory, Perceptions of Pacha, Get Busy Living. and their Debut album Caught in the Loop (available on Vinyl). They were named "Best Pop" at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2014. Their 6th album If Summer Was A Sound is out on 29 September 2023.


      History




      = Founding and early years

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      Dominic Peters and David Poole founded GoldFish in Cape Town, South Africa. The two jazz musicians had first met while studying music at college. After the 2006 release of their debut album Caught in the Loop, the group went on to open for artists such as Fatboy Slim, Mr Scruff, Audio Bullys, Stereo MC's. Basement Jaxx, Faithless, Paul van Dyk, and Pete Tong. GoldFish was nominated for the Best Alternative category at the first MTV Africa Music Awards 2008 but did not win.
      They released their album Perceptions of Pacha on 29 August 2008. In 2009, they set a new South African Music Awards record for most nominations, with eight nominations including Best Duo or Group and Album of the Year, winning Best Engineer and Best Dance Album. Their album GoldFish spent three weeks on the Dutch Albums Top 100 chart, peaking at No. 44 in 2012.


      = Recent touring and releases

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      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.
      Their 2013 album Three Second Memory reached No. 89 on the Dutch Albums Top 100. GoldFish was named "Best Pop" at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2014. 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.


      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.


      Members


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


      Awards and nominations




      Discography




      = Albums

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      = Singles

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      = Remixes

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      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




      External links



      GoldfishLive.com
      Goldfish on Twitter
      Goldfish on YouTube

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