Music video for "Narrow Escape" featuring Hilton Schilder on vocals. Since his tenure with the Genuines from 1986 to 1993, Hilton Schilder has assembled a rich and eccentric solo and collaborative discography. Here are some selected recordings to seek out and investigate:
► The Hilton Schilder Group - No Turning Back (2003)
1. No Turning Back (H. Schilder)
2. For Tony (H. Schilder)
3. Cole (H. Schilder)
4. Mr. Cool is in the Lounge (H. Schilder)
5. Tone Nails (H. Schilder)
6. View from the Top (H. Schilder)
7. Why? All this Time (R. Jansen)
8. Red Rock City (G.S. McKenzie)
9. Patricia (H. Schilder)
10. Tesna (H. Schilder)
11. Email to the Ancestors (H. Schilder)
12. Why? Come on World (R. Jansen)
► RockArt - Future Cape (2006)
1. Oom Jaap Jaap se Stamboom (H. Schilder, A. van Heerden)
2. Nuwestraat (H. Schilder, A. van Heerden)
3. Groovy Groovy (H. Schilder)
4. Russel (H. Schilder)
5. Changes (H. Schilder)
6. Fourth Eye (H. Schilder, A. van Heerden)
7. Bitterlewe Intro (H. Schilder)
8. Bitterlewe (A. van Heerden, A. Bongelo)
8. Feeling Like a Stranger (H. Schilder)
9. Ladies' Night on Car-Atom (H. Schilder, A. van Heerden)
10. Druiwepiek (H. Schilder)
11. Bitterlewe Live (H. Schilder, A. van Heerden, A. Bongelo)
► The Iconoclast - Live at the Bird's Eye (2008)
1. Sweet as Hani (H. Schilder)
2. Langarm (R. Ekes)
3. Homer (H. Jephtah)
4. Cuba Castro (H. Schilder, N. Scalliet)
5. G's Tension (G. Beuerle)
6. Pang Salie (H. Schilder)
7. St. Lucia Draai (H. Jephtah)
► Hilton Schilder - Live at Bridgetown (2009)
1. The Healing (G.S. McKenzie, H. Schilder)
2. Elements of Surprise (H. Schilder)
3. Tesna 5 (H. Schilder)
4. Mammie 1 & 2 (H. Schilder)
5. Tesna 3 (H. Schilder)
A lightning-speed inventory of protest and defiance is mashed with theatrical satire and cut against biting realism to create an inspired piece of art of great cultural significance. The Genuines “Struggle” video is the work of filmmakers Joëlle Chesselet and Craig Matthew of Doxa Productions and appears in the documentary Mama Goema. Garnering cult status for its high energy performances, these are the band's complete recorded works:
► GOEMA (Shifty Records, 1986)
Recorded at Shifty Studios (Johannesburg - June 1986)
Produced & Engineered by Lloyd Ross
DRUMS: Ian Herman
KEYBOARDS, VOCALS & PERCUSSION: Hilton Schilder
GUITAR: Gerard O'Brien
BASS & VOCALS: Mac McKenzie
A1. Troubled Dreams (G.S. McKenzie)
A2. Pictures of You (G.S. McKenzie)
A3. Shadows Lengthens (H. Schilder, D. Lynnejutzen)
A4. Goema (G.S. McKenzie)
A5. Observations (G.S. McKenzie)
A6. Struggle (G.S. McKenzie, R. Jansen)
B1. 20th Floor (G.S. McKenzie)
B2. The Edge (G.S. McKenzie)
B3. Let's Walk (G.S. McKenzie)
B4. Narrow Escape (H. Schilder)
B5. The Dancer (G.S. McKenzie)
B6. Do It Right (G.S. McKenzie)
► MR. MAC & THE GENUINES (Shifty Records, 1987)
Recorded at Shifty Studios (Johannesburg - July to October 1987)
Produced & Engineered by Lloyd Ross
BANJO & HUMMING: Sam "Mr. Mac" McKenzie
GUITAR: Gerard O'Brien
DRUMS: Ian Herman
BASS & VOCALS: Gerald "Mac" McKenzie
KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION & VOCALS: Hilton Schilder
BRASS ARRANGEMENTS: Robbie Jansen (Alto Sax) & Tony Cedras (Trumpet)
A1. Baba Riebab/Vrot Tamatie (Traditional | The Genuines)
A2. Beetle (Traditional | S. McKenzie)
A3. Desperately (G.S. McKenzie)
A4. Captain McKenzie (H. Schilder)
A5. Hies Ôs Weer (G.S. McKenzie)
A6. Ou Kleine Jannie (H. Schilder)
A7. Won't Discuss It (G.S. McKenzie)
B1. Moonbeams (S. McKenzie)
B2. Maanskyn (Traditional | The Genuines)
B3. Blikkie Se Boem (Traditional | The Genuines)
B4. Ek Het 'n Bra (H. Schilder)
B5. Ja Soe Waar (H. Schilder)
B6. Do It Right (G.S. McKenzie)
B7. Mr. Mac Plays On (S. McKenzie)
► CHASING THE VOODOO (Provogue Music, 1991)
Recorded at Tango Studio (Eindhoven, Netherlands - November 1990)
Engineered by Frank van Donkersgoed
Mixed & Edited by Peer Raven
GUITAR & BACKING VOCALS: Gerard O'Brien
VOCALS & BASS: Mac McKenzie
DRUMS & BACKING VOCALS: Karriem Darries
SPECIAL GUEST: Louis Raubenheimer
All Songs Composed by G.S. McKenzie
1. Ozone Layer
2. Love Song
3. Me & My Baby
4. All About
5. Fire of Life
6. Hope & Despair
7. Woman is...
8. Slow Slow
9. 21st Century
10. I Love a Scandal
11. Bridges
► NIGHTS WITH THE CAPE GYPSIES (Mountain Records, 1993)
Recorded at Milestone Studios (Cape Town - 1993)
Produced by Murray Anderson
Mastered by Helge Halvé
ELECTRIC BASS & VOCALS: Gerald "Mac" McKenzie
ELECTRIC GUITAR: Gerard O'Brien
ACOUSTIC PIANO & SYNTHESIZERS: Hilton Schilder
DRUMS: Vincent Pavitt & Jack Momple
SAXOPHONE & FLUTE: Robbie Jansen
1. Jompass (H. Schilder)
2. Bulala Ekabe (H. Schilder)
3. Slow Slow (G.S. McKenzie)
4. Night with the Cape Gypsies (G.S. McKenzie)
5. Wie is Frank? (H. Schilder)
6. Wave After Wave (G.S. McKenzie)
7. Chris is Slams (H. Schilder)
8. National Explosion (G.S. McKenzie)
