De portables’ new album “T.I.M.” is set to be released in September. We know that’s a long time to wait. Therefore every now and then we’ll be posting outtakes, alternate recordings & songs that didn’t make it to the album. The first one was “Postrocken met den Dirk”. Another song you won’t find on the new album is “Op Safari met Jean-Michel Jarre”.
It’s quite an old song, really. In fact, this one dates back to the summer of 2001. To be able to record it, we had to listen very carefully to a live recording of our Pukkelpop set that year (which we’ll probably post one day as well).
If you’re wondering what the title is all about: we have no idea. It must have something to do with Jürgen’s keyboard skills. But the ‘safari’ thing? We forgot. But you know what they say about the summer of 2001: “If you remember it, you weren’t there!”
