André van Rensburg
When he was 6 years old, André van Rensburg strung a guitar string to a plank of wood, attached the other end to his bedroom window bars and yanked the string until it broke. His musical vision has changed little since... After leaving school he moved to London and Paris for a year, writing his first material.
On his return to South Africa he formed the band Supernature. Supernature recorded 2 albums (released independently) and was infamous for their intense theatrical live performances, often ending in chaotic noise. André then teamed up with Brendan Jury and Trans.Sky (who collaborated with Brian Eno, the Orb and Jamie Catto from Faithless). They later formed the band Ohm, which recorded two albums for the British independent label M.E.L.T.2000 (previously known as B&W Records and now as Blue Room Records). Ohm toured London and Holland to great reviews. The band had a unique blend of rock and middle-eastern melodies, techno beats and ambient guitar work.
In 1999 he joined one of South Africa's most well-known and popular underground industrial groups, Battery9. In 2004 he released an album with Battery 9's vocalist Paul Riekert as Die Menere, reinventing American country music in an Afrikaans idiom with the album Floukop. André has also done numerous Sound Installations in art galleries in South Africa and composed extensively for experimental theatre, dance and film. He currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.