Three awkward deer mesmerised by industrial-strength headlights - that is what Robin Brink, Matthew Field and Ross Dorkin, collectively known as Beatenberg, looked like as they took to the stage on Sunday to collect their first SA Music Award for Best-Selling Ring-back Tone. "We were taken aback because we'd only been prepped to get the award for best pop album, so when we got the industry award as well it was a major surprise," said Brink.The shock was splashed on their faces like graffiti on a Rhodes statue.Normally one would wag the finger of false modesty at a band who had led the pack in nominations, but Brink said they had learned not to expect too much."Our first major award nomination was for the MTV Africa awards but we deservedly lost out to Mafikizolo," he said."There was so much good music this year that we genuinely wouldn't have minded losing out. Cara Cara [the song that won Record of the Year] is one of my favourite jams."The Cape Town band won six awards on the night."There was a time when we thought of awards as a bit of a novelty. We all wanted to be composers and producers, so recognition was not really important. Now that it's happened it's a validation of all the hard work everyone has put in," said Brink.'The Hanging Gardens of Beaten-berg' is available on iTunes and at music shops..