Members
dean basson
dylan graham
jaco mans
henry ferreira
justin smit
Biography
Henry, Dylan, Dean, Jaco and Justin have been involved in the music industry for several years. All four have played in various bands like Tidal Waves, Deathgrinder, Brenda Burnit and the Ashes, Stoff, Dif Olie, Backmouth and Duck ‘n Cover.
Die see was formed in 2009 and released their debut album in 2010. Listening to the album, one senses a conversation between Henry’s melancholic singing and Dylan’s atmospheric electric guitar sounds, with Dean and Jaco not only providing a rhythm section, but becoming an integral part in layering the audio landscape of the songs.
Response from shows in their hometown, Pretoria, has been great and they realised that there was a gap in the market for alternative melodic Afrikaans music with a darker feel but without the teenage angst.
They released their self-titled debut album in August 2010 and media response was positive. Loyd Gedye from Mail and Gaurdian says “Their album, which comes in some slickly designed packaging, is a very impressive debut indeed. Ferreira's lyrics are soaked in nostalgia and loaded with images of summer holidays spent at the seaside…” while Anna-Retha Bouwer from Beeld commented “Die klank is melankolies en nostalgies en die lirieke neem jou na ver plekke.”. They also impressed Andries (Brixton) Bezuidenhout enough that he blogged about them after they opened for Brixton Moord en Roof, on the Afrikaans poetry website Versindaba. They had a radio interview on Tuks FM and Barney Simon also played some of the songs on his Monday night Tuks FM slot. With a little bit of support making the album die see can concentrate more on marketing and getting songs play listed on radio. (For more detailed press coverage, see below)
2011 saw them touring to the Freestate, North West and Western Cape, playing several shows in Bloemfontein, Potch, Parys and Stilbaai. They also played the music festival FORR in Mozambique and several shows in Pretoria and Johannesburg. They were also nominated for 2 South African Music Awards.
Record Label
independent
Influences
Weezer
Brian en Dennis Wilson
Mastodon
Lemonheads
Zolnox
Normason
Beatles
Smashing Pumpkins
Koos en Koos
Guns 'n Roses
beach boys
Manager
alet pretorius
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