Nils van der Linden of Iafrica.com described the album as "the kind of slick but dark electro rock you'd expect a fan of New Order and Joy Division to make".
[3] "The Knife" was chosen as the album's first single, and Carlin enlisted South African cinematographer Rob Malpage and producer Warwick Allan to make the music video.
[citation needed] The release of the album and the national success of "The Knife" meant the band were "causing quite a stir" according to Music Industry Online.
Though he was reluctant to assemble a touring group,[3] he recruited Alan Shenton (guitar), Andrew Maskell (bass), Rob Davidson (keyboards) and Darren Leader (drums).
In total, 'Collected Memories' produced 7 Top 10 singles and achieved numerous # 1's on the biggest National and College Radio stations around South Africa.
The EP, which features selected tracks from their debut 'Collected Memories', was mixed in London at Metropolis Studios by the acclaimed producer / mixer Cenzo Townshend.
They visited: Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein, East London, Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Knysna, Stellenbosch, and finished up in Cape Town.
In November 2011, Zebra & Giraffe went into studio as a three-piece (Greg Carlin, Alan Shenton, Mike Wright) with Grammy Award-winning producer-engineer Darryl Torr at his recording facility in Greenside, Johannesburg.
The album, entitled The Wisest Ones, was mixed by Will Brierre and Mark Needham in Los Angeles and was released in South Africa in July 2012.
The single was released with music video, which was directed by Ross Garrett and produced by Cat Lindsay and Grant Risseeuw for Velocity Films.
[5] In August and September 2008, Z&G played with pop folk band Dear Reader (formerly known as Harris Tweed) on a nationwide tour, "O' The Places You’ll Go".
[6] The tour encompassed performances in various South African cities including Pretoria (Tshwane), Johannesburg, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, George, Knysna, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban.
In August 2011 the band embarked on a nationwide tour entitled "The Haal Asem Kwagga Toer" with fellow Afrikaans rockers Van Coke Kartel.