de portables – Diep Rivier
‘Diep Rivier’ is a poem by the South-African writer Eugene Marais. We made a song out of it for the Marais tribute festival Geen floue trek of tam, sans gene: Marais, organised in Bruges by het Venijnig Gebroed.
Our original plan was to do a playback-version of the song. But we chickened out and decided to play the song live (although we had never rehearsed it). Quite contradictionary, as most artists will be less nervous when they can fake a performance. I guess we’re not very confident fakers 
Anyway, everything turned out well. We played another classic by Marais: ‘Staan, poppie, staan’, with Wio on vocals. The crowd, which was a little more high-brow than the average rockfan, liked it. And the host of the evening, who announced every artist in ‘Afrikaans’, praised our ‘unusual interpretations’. Another job well done!
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wtf is dit nu weer?
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COMMENT:aartekstje volgt als ik effe tijd heb
the upbeat cheery tempo and happychorus are the exact antithesis of everything this poemn is about! it’s one of the darkest, most terrifying verses ever writ & you’ve turned it into a children’s party jingle…
nevertheless, i also made a musical interpretation of the poem in a poetry film called “eugene’s dream of the absa building”…send me yr details and ill post you a copy
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