Bittereinder release Slegte Mense remix video
Pretoria's electro-rap band Bittereinder has been very busy of late working on a third album - while doing that, they've also churned out a series of remixes of some of their earlier works, for which Louis Minnaar has also created new videos...
Fans can expect brand new HD video versions of ‘Slechte Mensen’, ‘Jakkals Trou’ and ‘Solidariteit’ within the next three months.
First up is the release of 'Slegte Mense' as a brand new video and single. Bittereinder changed the name from the original 'Slechte Mensen' (on their 2010 debut album 'n Ware Verhaal) to 'Slegte Mense' for the 2014 remix, in part to make the distinction between old and new, and with the unintentional but notable parallel of Afrikaans being a new Dutch.
Bittereinder feels that the remix video of the song remix has resulted in stronger versions, both from an audio and visual perspective. Video remixes, much like audio remixes, re-use and re-imagine elements of the original in a totally new form.
Louis Minnaar remixed the track in 2013 to improve its ‘live performance’ energy.
“We've been playing this ‘live’ version for more than a year, and felt it was time to release it as a track and new single, based on its power. We basically enhanced the strongest parts of the original track and gave the old beast some sharp new teeth,” said Minnaar.
