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Die Kind Is Nog Jonger – Ingrid Jonker – VA (LP Ltd Ed)
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Ingrid Jonker is one of South Africa’s most celebrated (and tragic) poets.
With the 50th commemoration of her untimely death in 1965 (committing suicide by drowning), her daughter is spearheading an exciting music project to not only reinvigorate Ingrid’s timeless words, but also preserving it via a wide range of artists and their brand new song recordings exclusive to this collection.
Ingrid Jonker’s passion, humanity, expression and grasp of language speaks volumes across many divides, with her words still as relevant and moving today:
> Nelson Mandela read from her poem “Die Kind” (The Child) and talked about her during his address at the opening of the first democratically elected parliament on 24 May 1994;
> The success of Chris Chameleon’s first Afrikaans album “Ek Herhaal Jou” consisted entirely of lyrics from her poems and contributed to its success and having him break into that market (2005);
> “Black Butterflies” is an acclaimed international autobiographic film on her life, released in 2011;
> 2015 one of the seven footbridges crossing Nelson Mandela boulevard in Cape Town were named after Ingrid Jonker –
> 2015 and 2016 has seen various plays linked to Jonker, and “Vlam In Die Sneeu” (Flame In The Snow) was published, a book containing the love letters between Ingrid Jonker and acclaimed writer André P. Brink.
Ingrid’s daughter Simone and her husband Ernesto Garcia Marques of Sound Action, conceived a musical dedication to Jonker with this compilation of musical adaptations by a wide range of hand-picked South African and international artists, titled “Die Kind Is Nog Jonger” (The Child Is Still Younger).
Vinyl LP Track Listing :
2. Tonia Möller – Man En Vrou
4. Daniel Eeuwrick (feat. Piet Botha) – Aan Uys Krige
5. Jim Neversink – Bitterbessie Dagbreek
6. Terminatryx – Ontvlugting
2. Kalahari Surfers – Klein Hande (Die Sestigers Remix) Different to CD version
3. Anne Van Schothorst – Ek Het Gedink
4. The SlashDogs – Lied Van Die Graf Grawer
5. Zaria – Begin Somer
6. Francois Breytenbach Blom & Ingrid Jonker – Die Kind
New life is breathed into Jonker’s moving, lyrical, inspiring, dramatic and passionate words, by a diverse range of musicians, including veterans, established artists, imports, expatriates, award winners and some newcomers; the adaptations covering an invigorating scope of styles and moods, from Pop, Rock, Acoustic and Blues, to Folk, Ambient, Avant Garde, Electronic, Alternative, Punk and more.
Some of the 3-dozen artists include Afrikaans legends like Anton Goosen, struggle era stalwarts Kalahari Surfers, Ivan Kadey (of National Wake), Falling Mirror and Jennifer Ferguson, expatriates Tribe After Tribe (USA) and Juliana Venter (Germany), Voëlvry era bands like Die Naaimasjiene, Gereformeerde Blues Band & Khaki Monitor’s Tonia Möller, and Dirk Ace (whose Trippy Grape went on to releas a slew of bands), The Sighs Of Monsters (UK), Dutch harpist Anne Van Schothorst, SAMA winners like Lark’s Inge Beckmann (also of Beast), Somerfaan (also of Battery 9), and Francois Breytenbach Blom (known for bands K.O.B.U.S. / V.O.D / Die Kruis – with special guest Theo Crous also of K.O.B.U.S. and the Springbok Nude Girls).
There are historic ’70s and ’80s heroes The Radio Rats and Wilde Junge (aka Wild Youth), acclaimed groups like Terminatryx, The SlashDogs, The Rambling Bones, (Moodphase5ive’s) Ernestine Deane, and Jim Neversink (now residing in Denmark), with the rest of the impressive artists encapsulating Tim Parr & Ingrid Jonger (aka Simone), Daniel Eeuwrick, (feat. Piet Botha), Beeskraal Revival, André Van Rensburg, mike dickman, Victor Wolf, The CapTn (feat. Julie Hartley), Eckard Potgieter, Mavis Vermaak, Stefan Strydom & Gert Vlok Nel, Zaria, The McClones, Abraham Van GeenBybel, and Andrew Kay.
(Some of the songs incorporate spoken word archive recordings of Ingrid Jonker reading her poems).
Ingrid Jonker (1933 – 1965) is die skrywer van drie digbundels:
Ontvlugting (1956), Rook en Oker (1963) en die posthume Kantelson (1966). Kantelson (1966) is saamgestel deur Jack Cope en is ‘n sameflansing van gedigte geskryf voor haar tragiese dood in die see by Drieankerbaai en het verder ‘n paar ouer gedigte uit ‘n vroeër periode.
Ontvlugting (1956) bestaan hoofsaaklik uit Opperman-tipe gedigte gewoonlik in paarrym. “Ontvlugting” is die mees bekende gedig uit die bundel en bevat ‘n aantal temas wat algemeen in haar poësie voorkom en uiteindelik ook vooruitwys na haar eie dood in die see. Na ‘n reeks vereenselwigings met ‘n hond en ‘n seevoël wat beeld word van die spreker se alleenheid en eksistensiële honger word sy uiteindelik as “lyk” in die see by Gordonsbaai uitgespoel (In haar lewe het die digterres by Drieankerbaai verdrink.)
In Rook en Oker (1963) word in Surreallistiese verse soos “Swanger Vrou” die temas van spel, regressie, vereenselwiging en die dood verder voortgesit. In “Die kind wat doodgeskiet is deur soldate by Nyanga” word die kind paradoksaal nie net beeld van die dood nie, maar word die kind ‘n reus wat “reis deur die hele wêreld” sonder ‘n pas. Die gedig het belanrike beeld geword van die verset teen Apartheid.
In haar laaste bundel Kantelson (1966) word die tematiek van die dood verder gevoer in die oënskynlike religieuse gedig “Op die pad van die dood” waarin die eenwording van teenoorgesteldes “Christus” en “Judas Iskariot” verenig in die eie dood van die spreker wat “gedaal” het “tot die uiterste klankbodems van God.” Taal, lewe , dood smelt alles saam in die “werkwoord van die liefde, Judas Iskariot”
Die gedigte in Kantelson (1966) wat nadoods verskyn het en ongelukkig nie deur haarself saamgestel is nie, bevat gedigte wat verband hou met haar verhoudings met André P. Brink en Jack Cope. Die gedigte word dan meestal opgedra aan of André of Jack soms aan altwee: Soos “Ook mos mens” dit stel “hy’s net ‘n ander vorm/ van jou my bokkie”
Van die gedigte in Kantelson (1966) is gestroop, bestaande uit een woord of twee woord-reëls, met verwysings na Spanje waar sy gereis het met André P. Brink Daar is verder gedigte wat haar finale ontnugtering met die lewe uitspreek:
Anne Myers, Eckard Potgieter, Andrew King, Salomé Theart­Peddle
African, Alternative, Art Rock, Dub/Reggae, Electronic, Funk/Soul, Indie, Jazz, Pop, Punk, Rock, South African, World
3 reviews for Die Kind Is Nog Jonger – Ingrid Jonker – VA (LP Ltd Ed)
Renato – 24/05/2017
LAUNCH SHOWS ARE BEING PLANNED Stay Tuned For Updates 6 March 2016 Die Hartseer Kind A play about Ingrid Jonker’s life.
Shop Admin – 22/06/2017
westsluts.com – 09/11/2017
The poem which stopped me in my tracks though, was ‘Die Kind’ by Ingrid Jonker.
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