  {"id":469,"date":"2026-03-16T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=469"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:40:04","slug":"harold-cecil-seas","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/people\/harold-cecil-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold Cecil Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Harold Cecil Seas is a retired performer of namastap and popular music genres. Mr. Seas credits Mr. Tobias Dirk as his musical mentor and inspiration. He launched his music career in the early 1990s alongside Namibian musician Mano in their duo Power Beat. Their first album, <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Hosza Vrydagaand<\/em>, was released on cassette in 1994 and features original compositions of Mr Seas. Mr. Seas now resides in Vredendal near the border of the Western and Northern Cape provinces, and rehearses music in his home studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" data-id=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2026\/03\/IMG_9180-1024x1365.jpeg\" alt=\"Harold Seas\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2026\/03\/IMG_9180-1024x1365.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2026\/03\/IMG_9180-512x683.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2026\/03\/IMG_9180-320x427.jpeg 320w, 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