{"id":1220,"date":"2011-03-24T15:09:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T13:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2012-04-02T00:01:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T22:01:52","slug":"bittereinder-album-launch-klein-libertas-stellenbosch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/bittereinder-album-launch-klein-libertas-stellenbosch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittereinder album launch – Klein Libertas, Stellenbosch"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wed 09 March 2011<\/div>\n

Back in October last year I was mindlessly enjoying some terrible videos on MK (a hobby of mine) when a strange, new one came on<\/a>. The track’s unusual, organic percussion grabbed me immediately and before the video had gotten halfway I’d already decided that I needed to buy Bittereinder’s album ‘n Ware Verhaal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to the present and the band have really begun making a name for themselves. As their hometown of Pretoria is pretty far away, I was really excited when I heard their Bitter Begin Toer included a few venues in Cape Town. The first was Ramfest – as I mentioned previously<\/a>, it really wasn’t a great timeslot and generally didn’t feel like it was being taken too seriously as the band were putting a lot more emphasis on their second CT gig, their album launch happening that Wednesday in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n

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Bittereinder at Ramfest 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

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Die Klein Libertas Teater is a really cool venue, I hadn’t been there before but it’s the kind of place I’d gladly go back to if it wasn’t so far away…Happily, the locals came out in their droves for a much better crowd than at Ramfest. But that was to be expected – it was Bittereinder’s night and the people who were there had come for them.<\/p>\n

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They weren’t the only performers on the roster though – first up, Tumi reprised his Ramfest performance with the backing of Isochronous and Yesterday’s Pupil. I thought his music had worked well on a hot and lazy Saturday afternoon, but in the dark club with smoke and lights, it worked even better.<\/p>\n\n\t\t