Photo: Mummy Troll
The past week was marked by the arrival of the Russian sailing ship «Sedov» in Cape Town (South Africa). Cape Town — not only the largest port in the entire African continent, but also the cultural capital of the region.
At the Cape Town international studios shoot blockbusters and TV shows, and music festivals are a special variety of different styles and language versions — from the national to the traditional rhythms of rock \’n\’ roll Afrikaans (the language of European settlers formed for centuries in Africa).
Sailing ship «Sedov» travel around the world to mark the 150th anniversary of Russian statehood. And a visit to Cape Town was historic — the first Russian tall ship visited the port! Also for the first time took place and the performance of the Russian rock group in the city. Mumiy Troll has already passed with Sedov no-one thousand miles of sea, and over the past three months has given concerts on board in the ports of Korea, Japan, China and Singapore. Musicians set a goal to tell not only about themselves but also about the whole of Russian contemporary music during the world tour.
Ilya Lagutenko: «A few weeks before the ship\’s arrival, we asked for the support of the representatives of the local music press and radio and met a very welcoming interest. I have prepared several programs for public radio stations Cape Town with stories about the history of Russian rock-n-roll and travel barque Sedov around the world. Multi-ethnic society in South Africa and is going through tremendous changes since the fall of Apartheid. In many ways this is very similar to our Russian reality. However, about Russia and the Russian music here do not know anything. So we really felt musical ambassadors. »
Magazine «Rolling Stone» and the company «Sheer Music» volunteered to light the ship coming into the harbor and organize a mini-festival on its board. In Cape Town, Mummy Troll played together with the popular South African group LONG TIME CITIZEN. Was first performed the song SOS MATROSU, which may become the theme song of the new album. Concert filmed local television, and besides Ilya Lagutenko for an hour answering questions from journalists in the «open mic». This format is extremely popular performances in the world today. Among the guests on board during the concert were from the Russian consulate and a large Russian diaspora in South Africa, as well as the famous African TV personalities, musicians, artists, fashion designers and kinoznamenosti. In addition, the sailboat was standing in the center of the city, and many viewers watched the concert from the embankment, and even the windows of the surrounding hotels.
Russian sailing ship «Sedov» was a few days of the main tourist attraction in Cape Town, for three days, he was visited by several thousand people. Press dubbed concert Mummy Troll «Best Concert of the Year», even despite the fact that the day before the city was playing Metallica. BOAT THAT REALLY ROCKED! — Journalists unanimously named «Sedov» the most rock \’n\’ roll ship worldwide. Who is the most rock \’n\’ roll sailboat sent to Namibia before the end of Around the World only a little over two months.