Various Artists: Tassenberg All★Stars

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*Tassenberg All★Stars (alternate cover)*

Tracks

Onder In My Whiskeyglas (Reggae Weergawer) – Koos Kombuis
Blues Vir Louise – Piet Botha
Jannie Cocaine – Akkedis
Oreo Cookie Blues – Delta Blue
Northern Sky (Nick Drake cover) – Jonathan Martin
Rastaman – Mikanic
Swimmin With The Women – Mikanic
Moment – Laurinda Hofmeyr
Rivier – Gert Vlok Nel
Klein Verbond – Theuns Jordaan
Kytie – Koos Kombuis
Die Mystic Boer – Valiant Swart

Recorded live at the Tassenberg Stalteater, KKNK, Oudtshoorn in 2000.

Produced by Albert du Plessis and Dirk Uys,

Release information

CD: August 2000, Rhythm Records, RR/001

Comments

“Blues Vir Louise” and “Northern Sky” are actually both performed live by Piet Botha & Jack Hammer.

This was the first release on the Rhythm Records label.
– Brian Currin

Review

by Brian Currin, September 2000

A live compilation of tracks recorded at this year’s Oudtshoorn Festival. Most of the alternative Afrikaners are here: Koos Kombuis, Piet Botha, Gert Vlok Nel and Valiant Swart. Valiant’s 9 minute ‘Die Mystic Boer’ is stunning. One of my favourites on this album is ‘Jannie Cocaine’ by Akkedis, an anti-drug song they tell us, just in case we miss the point.

The lone female voice on this album is that of Laurinda Hofmeyer with a haunting song called ‘Moment’. I don’t know the band Mikanic, but they get 2 tracks which are pretty good. Other artists include Theuns Jordaan, Jonathan Martin (accompanied on piano by an uncredited Piet Botha) and Delta Blue.