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Elton 'Elly Jay' Lodewyk

Prague, Czech Republic

Elton Lodewyk son of Willem and Anne Lodewyk was born in a surburb called Cloetesville,it is situated in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.He is the youngest of 5 children.Elton started playing the guitar and keyboard by hear in church at the age of 10years old with his eldest brother Jonathan who was the lead musician.He began singing at age of 12 when the Primary school music teacher Dalene Basson heard him sing while he was practicing piano in the school hall.,she invited him to a audition for the regional School choir.Since then it was a never end.He toured all over South Africa with the Stellenbosch Children choir including performances for Former President Nelson Mandela.

He attend Luckhoff high school and Cloetesville high where he started his group called Another Vibe, they performed all around Cape town and Johannesburg at big festivals,fashion shows and shopping centres.The first song he wrote ‘Love of my life” was featured on a Compilation ALBUM “Music from the Cape.