Founding and early years Dominic Peters and David Poole founded GoldFish in
Cape Town, South Africa. The two jazz musicians had first met while studying music at college. After the 2006 release of their debut album
Caught in the Loop, the group went on to open for artists such as
Fatboy Slim,
Mr Scruff,
Audio Bullys,
Stereo MC's.
Basement Jaxx,
Faithless,
Paul van Dyk, and
Pete Tong. GoldFish was nominated for the Best Alternative category at the first
MTV Africa Music Awards 2008 but did not win. They released their album
Perceptions of Pacha on 29 August 2008. In 2009, they set a new
South African Music Awards record for most nominations, with eight nominations including Best Duo or Group and Album of the Year, winning Best Engineer and Best Dance Album. Their album
GoldFish spent three weeks on the
Dutch Albums Top 100 chart, peaking at No. 44 in 2012.
Recent touring and releases In 2011, their album
Get Busy Living won at the South African Music Awards. A number of their singles have also been used commercially. An advertisement for the
Kia Soul automobile featured their track "Fort Knox." Nike recently used the song "Washing Over Me" featuring
Morning Parade in the advertisement of the Nike+ App. "Washing Over Me" was also featured in the
Castle Lager advert for the Castle Lager Incoming Series. "Washing Over Me" also reached No. 1 on the
5FM Top 40 in July 2012. Their 2013 album
Three Second Memory reached No. 89 on the
Dutch Albums Top 100. GoldFish was named "Best Pop" at the
MTV Africa Music Awards 2014. On 15 December 2014, GoldFish released a remix of the
Wyclef Jean and
Avicii song "
Divine Sorrow" exclusively through
Billboard. At that point the duo had performed at festivals such as
Glastonbury and
Ultra Music Festival, and in March 2015 they performed at
SXSW. ==Musical style==