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When these two cool good looking young guys, still in their final year at school, approached me to take some pics for their new CD, “RetroElectro” I had no way of knowing that Andrew and Brian Chaplin (as locnville), now based here in Constantia, South Africa, were on the brink of making music history.

They tried to explain that their new CD was not really a CD in the true sense of the word, but a virtual CD and that’s where they really got me lost!

So, whatever, I thought, we are going out on a shoot with two fabulous young guys, who incidentally are twins, and I still can’t work out who the Brian and who the Andrew is. (Their dad explained that when they were born they couldn’t decide on names, so called the first one beginning with an ‘A’ and the second with a ‘B’, hence the Andrew and the Brian).

We made the plans, they knew exactly what kind of look they were wanting, I made some more suggestions about backgrounds and various locations and after a session of ‘male grooming’ by well known specialist Sue Berry, we set out for a ruined old building near the Tokai forest, the Arboretum, and the rest of the surrounding area, shooting as we went.

It was an awesome day of sunshine and fun and I have followed their amazing progress through the music scene and the fans throughout South Africa. Locnville are now doing the rounds in summertime Germany, and gearing up for a mega gig at Carnival city at Grand West, Cape Town.

What these two guys did was quite amazing. They released this album exclusively on a cell phone messaging platform and sold more than 500,000 units!

They then went on to develop the The VirtualCDT, a brand new form of online music distribution, a way to ensure that the artists, and not all the middle men involved, receive their fair share of the purchase price of their units.

Going ‘green’ like this cuts down on travel, transport and shipping costs, production costs and the associated carbon foot print. This unique approach also has features like Twitter and RSS Feeds. I was wowed by this incredible new technology coming from two young entrepreneurs, handsome, gorgeous and charming and also incredibly unaffected and really humble about their rock star status!

Thank you, Andrew and Brian for involving me in this first project of yours!

Wishing Locnville loads of success in the future!

“Retro Electro” is the debut album from SA New Age/Hip Hop duo, Locnville. Sample tracks can be heard here:

http://www.myspace.com/locnville

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