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Is there anyone who doesn’t love NuL? The band NuL have now released their third offering!!!! Aptly titled Drie. I remember sitting in my office, come lounge, come kitchen, for the first time (no it is not true, that all things hurt for the first time) listening to Twee, NuL’s previous album, and jumped up and down at the prospect of getting this band involved with One F Music – if I had to abduct them myself this was going to happen – I know people who can make this happen but as it turned out my task was much easier. So Paul and I went to the Bohemian and saw them – fell in love with what they were doing live and invited them to tea / bourbon party.
We became immediate Rampokkers and will be to sepulchre. This album Drie courses through my alcohol filled veins with the fury of an atom bomb! If you do not know NuL – what planet do you live on? They are just about as revolutionary as they come. Not just the stance they take on guerilla tactics by giving their music away for free to whomever wants it for download off their site, but also the industrial sound they have which is seriously lacking in the scene in South Africa. And so we soldier on…. I listened to Drie for the first time yesterday – no pain again, just pure joy – it rings true with my own levels of anger, and lard knows I like venom. Their social commentary cannot be missed – so you freak out with anger that you feel about the state of the nation, the stupid people in it and the love of South Africa with the Aloe Mandala printed on the c.d itself, the Aloe is a theme throughout the cover design. As much as I appreciate the download thing making music more accessible to people I love hard copy and Drie contains the brilliant artistic design of Niel de Lange – the Video Joggie. There is a remix on Drie of Kokaine Kop Kosie, which features on Twee, a favourite among NuL fans world wide. The instrumentation is brilliant and Adriaan (front man) tells me that there was very little messing about with the final takes on the songs on the album – some of them are the original takes not like we all know can take up to 30 tries to get right if the guitarist is pissed – Dawid certainly wasn’t – he cooks like Satan, to get his stuff done just right, hardly any takes through processes that take away the autehnticity of the take, theirs are the real thing. The answer remix of Kokaine Kop Kosie, the original incarnation, is called Kokaine Kop Kosie - Kom Af, and cuts right through you – no salf te smeer. If you have ever come down – don’t on this song…otherwise please send photos Hierdie is ‘n klomp bitter bliksems but you dance you ass off. Great beats – great sound, great guys and girl Mystic Bohemia track three on Drie, is a powerful song with bass that hits you – well you know where, we are all adults, no need to elaborate – with a guitar sound to boot, F**k it is so good. Pissed off as it is – gotta love it – I agree with every word spoken on this song, damn bastard cops! It took me right back to the club raids we have had in the recent past. O wee, o wee die SAPD, het ons verskree in ons local Kafee, my baby betas, en haar ontklee, my ‘n back hand teen die oor gegee. They go on to say that there was a small bust by the cops for two joints with jat rolled in them (poor people who can’t afford chronic, hee hee ) while – In die loop van die selfde nag, is vier mense vermoor, 18 vrouens verkrag, die arme polisie se hande was gebind, hulle was doenig met die dinge van ‘n kind… damn if that doesn’t say it nothing will. I love that about them – they are not afraid to say exactly what they want to, stuff people feel but are afraid to say have a voice with NuL. Track 11 on Drie, titled Elektro - Berzerk speaks of the same, and one of my “personal favourites” – says she climbing out the Strepsils ad – Adriaan’s deep voice is a sensual playground – Se my, my vriend as jy vandag moet sterf, het jy jou lewe self geleef? Het jy jou tyd geslyt aan ‘n ander se jolyt, of het jy op die hoe wind gesweef? Was jy die hoof karakter in jou eie bestaan? Of was jy net ‘n ekstra op jou stel? Wys my al jou stories, laat ek deur hulle blaai. Wys my jou geheime, laat ek hulle bietjie oorvertel. Vernietig jou remote, verskeur jou
koerant, buite jou vensters le ‘n ongerepte land, trek aan
jou pantserdrag, jy is niemand se klerk, vaar die wereld in, Elektro berzerk. So for those of us who’s genes are made up of english mad dogs and South Africans, we can with all sincerity say we love them – and now is your chance to hear the insurrection, get some anger out and become an ardent fan. Drie will stand out in South African music as something to aspire to, not the usual mediocrity we are dished up to accept. The rest I am afraid you will have to check out yourself – I have already let the cat out the bag. Whoo hoo!. Indeed! Another Bourbon down www.onefmusic.com Clair Cantrell – onefmusic |
