New album, international tour and comic for Van Coke Kartel

Both music videos from the album, "Voor Ons Stof Word" as well as "Ondier Kom!" reached the number one position on the MK Top 10, and stayed on the chart for several weeks.

The video for Van Coke Kartel's sixth and final single from "Skop, Skiet & Donner", Man Sonder Missie, will soon premier on DTSV Channel MK, whilst currently enjoying airplay on a number of campus and regional radio stations across South Africa. The video was created by Dames en Here Productions from footage captured at VanFokKingTasties in Hatfield Square 2010 and Thornfest 2011.

New album

The official pre-production on their fourth studio album will start at the beginning of July and, depending on their time schedules, either Theo Crous or Fokofpolisiekar band mate Johnny de Ridder will be in the producer seat. "We have already written so much material, far more than for any of our previous albums at this stage in the process, said Wynand. "There is a huge variety of songs and we are looking forward to sharing these with an producer and getting his input. Ultimately, the album will probably contain about 12 tracks again."

In 2011 the band will also tour extensively, playing in London and Holland in May and June alongside Fokofpolisiekar and Springbok Nude Girls. Upon their return, they will then embark on an acoustic tour in the second half of June. On this tour, the band will be treating fans to acoustic versions of material from their first three albums. In July, they will embark on a full-scale, big production country-wide tour with Zebra & Giraffe. Van Coke Kartel and Zebra & Giraffe will also be collaborating on a track on the forthcoming Van Coke Kartel album.

New comic

Later this month, a Van Coke Kartel comic book, entitled Wie's Bang? will be launched. Wie's Bang? is part of the launch campaign of Van Coke Kartel's forthcoming album, and is the brainchild of art director Marais Janse van Rensburg, of interactive advertising agency WonderMutt. "We did a TV commercial with Van Coke Kartel for another advertising agency last year, to be entered into the Loeries Awards, and the band agreed to do it at no charge. I then undertook to contribute to the band's next album launch campaign if the ad won. The rest is history, and this year we came up with the idea for a comic book centred around Van Coke Kartel, which will lead up to the album's launch. However, the comic book is but one of the campaign elements.

Wie's Bang? will be available for free download from the Van Coke Kartel website around mid-May. Teasers will also be available on the Van Coke Kartel website, WonderMutt facebook page, Says Who and on www.watkykjy.co.za. Go to the WonderMutt facebook page here www.facebook.com/pages/WonderMutt/162311313827983?sk=wall