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Straatligkinders is a multi-award winning rock powerhouse from Potchefstroom, in the North West of South Africa. This rock group, who sings in Afrikaans, a native language of South Africa, formed in August 2006 and has changed the music scene in their country ever since.

Straatligkinders – who needs no introduction consisting of Bouwer Bosch (vocals and guitar), Benjamin de Jager (guitar), Hein Kruger (bass) and Ruan Kruger (drums), have made seven music videos, topping video charts on MK Top 10, an youth music channel in South Africa similar to MTV. They have also been playlisted on MTV Africa with their collaboration on Desvalido with African Hip Hop giants Koldproduk. Desvalido was featured as main downloadable track on the Nokia Music Store in September 2009, the video also spent four weeks at number one on the MK Top 10, topped campus hit parades on TUKSfm, MATIESfm and PUKfm, also getting a campus hit of the year nomination at the MK Awards.

Straatligkinders have previously been nominated for awards such as two ATKV awards, seven VAMT awards, four MK awards and a few Huisgenoot Tempo awards. They became winners of one ATKV award for best newcomer in 2008, three VAMT awards for Best Alternative group in 2008 and 2009 and Best Spiritual album in 2009. They also became Group Of The Year and Campus Hit Of The Year in 2009 at the MK awards topping bands such as aKING, Dirty Skirts, eF-eL and City Bowl Mizers. All of these awards were voted for by the public.

In their three year existence Straatligkinders topped online networks way above their competitors on websites like Facebook.com where they currently have 24 440 fans, more than aKING, Fokofpolisiekar, Die Heuwels Fantasties and Zebra & Giraffe. On MySpace.com they also top bands like aKING, Fokofpolisiekar, Die Heuwels Fantasties and Zebra & Giraffe with 214 756 views.

Since 2006 Straatligkinders released an online only EP, Maak jou oë toe en jou hart oop (2007), a ten-track LP, Bloeisels (2007), and their latest full-length release in 2008, Sweef soos 'n vuishou, which features the singles Die Vrae op jou arms, Gewonde Standbeeld and Desvalido.

In the same month as the launch of Sweef soos 'n vuishou Straatligkinders featured on 7de Laan, a South African TV soap, where over 3 million people watched this episode. They performed two songs from their second studio album. Straatligkinders also featured on TV shows such as Glitterati, Kwela, GO Rock, Amp, Studio 1, MK Live, MK Unplugged, My MK Celeb and JIP.

In January 2009, 5fm, one of South Africa's biggest commercial radio stations, featured a live recorded set from Straatligkinders in an hour long show on DJ Catherine's 5fm LIVE. 5fm also put Desvalido, a rock meets hip hop meets Afrikaans meets English track, on their High 5 at 5 chart in September 2009. This track changed people's perceptions about language barriers in music. Desvalido features vocals in both Afrikaans and English and breaks away from the lyrics only happening in one language at a time in our country.

Straatligkinders is currently working on a new album to be launched in mid-2010 and will feature a cover of a multi-platinum selling pop hit, Kaptein, by Afrikaans pop artist Kurt Darren. The music video for Kaptein will be the first single from the not yet named full length album.