Based: Cape Town

Ben Peters — Producer/Beats/Electronic Percussion

Juliet Harding — Vocals/Production/Songwriting

Matthew O’Connell — Live Synths/Saxophone

Born and raised in Cape Town, GoodLuck is one of the most exciting live-electronic bands who have consistently smashed out top 40 radio hits and high-energy live shows since 2011. As one of the country’s most successful exports, the band has been touring the world with a clear focus to use their music as a force for good & to spread happy, joyful energy around the world.

Since 2011, the duo Jules and Ben have been making music that brings people together and keeps dancefloors moving, without taking themselves too seriously. With 29 x Top 40 radio singles, 12 x reaching #1 on. the charts, and thousands of live performances worldwide. They’ve sold out shows across South Africa, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Namibia and Vietnam, and have shared stages with some global heavyweights including Pharrell Williams, Groove Armada, KYGO, Martin Garrix, Lost Frequencies, Basement Jaxx, Jungle, Robbie Williams and more.

The band founded and produces their own festival experiences, including Get Lucky Summer and the music-and-safari phenomenon Beats in the Bush, together welcoming around 25,000 people annually into spaces built on fun, joy, inclusivity and shared celebration. You’d understand why there’s such ardent support when you see their live show. This is what really sets GoodLuck apart. It’s not about standing back and watching. It’s about being part of it. The energy is high, the connection is immediate, and the response is always the same. People dance. A lot. There’s a rawness and joy to the show that feels rare, especially on big festival stages.

In many ways, GoodLuck remain a beautifully rare thing… an act with mainstream success and underground credibility, equally at home on major festival stages and intimate, soul-driven experiences. GoodLuck are experienced, trusted and easy to work with, but still hungry, still excited and still deeply connected to why they started. They make music to lift the room. They play shows to bring people together. To leave festivals happier than they found them. As GoodLuck prepare for the next phase of their career, the band keeps true to the core of who they are and why they exist. “We know that if we keep writing great songs that can help people through all the chaos in life and if we can keep us all dancing… everything else will fall into place.”

ACHIEVEMENTS

GoodLuck’s high-energy live shows are redefining the possibilities of live electronic performance while reviving the art of storytelling through dance music. Their pioneering tech setup features drum machines, synthesizers, electronic percussion, saxophone and vocals. GoodLuck have risen to fame in South Africa as one of the most celebrated pop bands their achievements include the following:

• 12 x #1 charting radio hits in South Africa & 29 x top 40 charting singles
• 4 x Gold Selling Records (for Back in the Day, Be Yourself, Taking it Easy &Fading [ft DJ Ganyani])
• 1 x Platinum Selling Record (for I’ve Been Thinking About You)
• +160 million streams on Spotify & Apple Music
• SAMA AWARD (South African Music Award) Winners – Best Pop Album 2017 and 6 x SAMA nominations since 2015.
• Top40 Radio Airplay hit in The Netherlands (for Be Yourself)
• Releases on Armada Music, Spinnin’ Records, Ultra Records, Selected Music, Chill Your Mind
• First African band to perform Global Citizen’s Together at Home Concert series in 2020 lockdown alongside Chris Martin, Christine & the Queens + more
• Presented masterclass at ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) on recording electronic music using samples from nature.
• Sold out +700 cap venues in Berlin, Amsterdam & Den Haag, +1000 cap venues in London, 2000+ cap venues in Hanoi and +5000 cap venues Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban & Plettenberg Bay
• Official opening act for Pharrell Williams SA tour 2015
• Toured with Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Sam Feldt, Martin Garrix, Robin Schultz, Black Coffee, Fischer, Nora en Pure, Jungle, Robbie Williams and many more