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Putting the mental into Rudimental

By Ruth Cooper

10 Mar 2009

Ok so the Rudimental's aren't mental or rudimental for that matter they are a fully developed and well formed band that do South Africa proud with their unique infectious upbeat blend of jazzy-afro ska. The only thing that was a little mental at their past Sunday Kirstenbosch concert was one of their very proud fans who could be seen leaping about in a Rasta shirt as if he was on gummy berry juice.

The Rudi's have always been a band that you can very happily get down and groove to as well as doing a fair but of dancing themselves so it seems fitting that they have added some quite sexy and athletic hip hop dancers to their performances. The dancers jived and gyrated during many of the songs and even ended off doing a very pretty dance with some colourful scarves for the encore.

Due to the overcast weather and Argus Cycle Race the crowd was slightly smaller than one would expect for a Rudimentals concert. Where usually you would find yourself sharing picnic blanket space with your neighbours there was a quite a bit of breathing room and a fair amount of green grass patches could be seen. Not that this stopped the Rudimentals in any way from putting on an upbeat and colourful show for those who braved the less than happy weather and post Argus fatigue and was the perfect way to end the weekend.

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