Promises

The wait is finally over. After Tamara Dey gave us some Disco Therapy and made all our lives
a little better, she now delivers a brand new treat for our ears, "Promises", released through
David Gresham Records.

Tamara has had a long love affair with "Promises", the much loved and self-penned Brenda
Fassie anthem. As a huge Brenda Fassie fan, she was honoured to be invited to sing it at one
of Brenda's memorials after her sad and untimely passing. She has since included it in her live
sets over the years, always dreaming of reimagining and releasing it herself.

Tamara and her co-producers, Gary Van Riet and RJ Benjamin have paid much reverence and
respect to the song in their journey to bring to life a modern, house-infused, afro disco
interpretation of this classic.

Dey and Van Riet not only wanted to deliver a banger of note but wanted to utilize the
enormous musical talent around them here in South Africa. RJ's soaring strings, guitarist Zam
Boney's infectious African guitar licks, drummer Isaac Klawansky’s addictive percussion,
topped off by award winning young jazz saxophonist Godfrey Mntambo's soulful sax hooks,
these artists all helped take the song to new and incredible heights.

Collaborating with the SAMPRA development fund on the production of her latest music has
helped Tamara finance the mixing and mastering of this release. The single was mixed and
mastered at the brand new and renowned Jazzworx studios by Robin Kohl, assisted by
Gregory Nottingham, further taking the production onto a world class level.

Tamara feels that it couldn't be a more important time for this song to come back into our
lives. In recent headlines on the front page of the Star newspaper, it read, "Promises and
more promises!". She feels like many of us, that as a country we have been made so many
promises that haven't been kept. There is no better time for this song to remind us of our
tenacity and fighting spirit as a nation. She hopes that with the release of "Promises" we will
all be inspired to take a feather from Brenda's "beret" and unapologetically use our voices
without compromise. This also gives us the opportunity to remind ourselves as South Africans
that we can all do more to celebrate our local icons and maintain an ongoing love and respect
for their incredible contribution to the music universe.

Tamara is currently working with her team to produce a music video as well as a nationwide
tour to uplift all who hear and see her.

Tamara is extremely proud and excited to have the opportunity to honour Brenda in this way,
sharing her unique version of this iconic song with her legions of fans, while introducing a
timeless classic to a new generation!