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Artist
David Fourie
12+ albums
afrikaanssouth africanAfripop
about
Born and bred in the country, a small town boy with big dreams embarked on a journey with nothing more than hope and buckets full of talent. David Fourie was raised in a middle class home, small town in the South African country side. He started playing piano at the age of 3 and was surrounded by a musical family. At the tender age of 11 he traveled to Switzerland, Germany and the UK to take part in international music festivals. He found a sanctuary in a local church band, first starting off in the choir and gradually working his way up as band leader at the age of 20. Although he gained invaluable experience in the band, a career as commercial music artist lured him to enter into South Africa’s first major Reality TV music contest, called Idols. Approximately 9000 people entered, among them David Fourie who traveled 11 hours by bus to attend the auditions. As fate would have it, this naive boy made it into the finals of the competition and he was part of the elite 10 who would compete in the final round. It was not destined for him and he bowed out in the finals. Determined to make the best of this golden opportunity he negotiated a deal with Sony/BMG to release a single immediately after the competition. It was received to critical acclaim and the South African media noticed with surprise the appearance of this ‘cast away’ on the music scene. His first full lenght album “Land in die Suide” followed quickly with hits parading on various radio stations. Music videos were
