Today sees the release of Bittereinder’s brand new video and single ‘Slegte Mense’. The band 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. The original and the new version feature Dutch powerhouse rapper Tim Beumers in top form, and is the first Afrikaans-Dutch rap colab ever, as far as they are aware.
Bittereinder fees 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. Viewers and listeners who know the original track and video will hopefully feel equal parts nostalgia for the memory and excitement about the new, which is pretty much how Bittereinder feels about it.
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.”
Check out the video for Slegte Mense below.
