DE MANNEN BROEDERS - Verteere Heel (Official Music Video)

DE MANNEN BROEDERS debut album 'Sober Maal' is out October 11, 2024 on LP/CD/Digital.

"Verteere Heel" by De Mannen Broeders

As we were writing the album Tonnie mentioned the word "Asem", coming from the
Dutch word 'Adem' meaning "Breath". It struck me as something beautiful to start a song with,
as we all commence our journey in life - with one single first breath.
The air of the 18th century organ filled the church, and we let inspiration run freely.

Asemen. Tot we helemaal verteren. CHVE

video shot and edited by Diana Lungu
at St Martinus church in Gent, BE 2024

actor: Hein Devos

eternal gratitude to our brother and sister,
Hein Devos and Ilona Desmet.

lyrics:

MIN ASEM MIN LEVEN
ME' LIEFDE GEGEVEN
VERTROUW IN ONS
TWEE MAN STERK
GETROUW
EEN LEVENSWERK
TWEE MAN STERK
HET VIER IN GIE
OMARME MIE
VERTEERE HEEL
TE MIN TE VEEL
MIN BROERE GIE
OMARME MIE
TOT IN HET ZERK
OES LEVENSWERK
BEWOARE ET IN GIE
DE WARMTE GODS
DE LAATSTE LACH
DE DAG VOL TROTS

CONSUME ME WHOLE
/CONSUMATUM EST

ME BREATH ME BEIN’
GIVIN’ WAS FREEIN’
‘AVE FAITH IN US
THESE HUMAN BEINS'
FAITHFUL
A LIFE’S WORK
THIS HUMAN BEIN'
THE FIRE IN YE
EMBRACES ME
CONSUME ME WHOLE
ONE SOLE SOUL
BROTHER MINE
I AM THINE
‘TIL WE’RE BURRIED OUTSIDE T’KIRK
OUR LIFE’S WORK
KEEP IT SAFE IN YE
FER OOR SINS ‘E WAS TRIED
HIS GIFT UNTO US
FER OOR SALVATION ‘E DIED

De Mannen Broeders

Tonnie Dieleman
Colin H. van Eeckhout
Pim van der Werken

2024

#DeMannenBroeders #Amenra #RelapseRecords #Folk #World #SpokenWord

[relapserecords]

DE MANNEN BROEDERS is the debut collaboration feat. Colin van Eeckhout and the Zeeuws Flemish folk icon Tonnie ‘broeder’ Dieleman. The former is the frontman for Belgian post-metallers AMENRA, a band known for their overwhelming heaviness both in sound and emotion. The latter is a Dutch folk singer whose music is inspired by his religious upbringing and the rural culture of his Zeelandic homeland, who has collaborated with Baby Dee and Bonnie Prince Billy. When the two met, they felt an instant connection and started to make plans.

“As a creating artist, it’s these encounters that you pray for, ” says Colin. “As soon as you meet someone like that, you know you have to create something together.”

Their connection was deepened as they discovered how much they had in common, from their similar dialects and their strong ties to their homeland, to their leanings towards the spiritual and the melancholic. “My work is all about death and sadness, ” says Tonnie. “For me, music started with my mother dying; my first album is about her death. That’s a strong connection with Colin, too, as he lost his dad.”

The result is the 9-track Sober Maal (which translates to ‘sober meal’ and refers to the practice of eating a simple meal in order to practice gratitude), which is being released under the moniker DE MANNEN BROEDERS. It was written and recorded in under five days at the 18th century church Doopsgezinde Kerk in Middelburg in the Netherlands

Sonically, Sober Maal is a haunting, droning, emotionally rich journey that feels rooted in a bygone world while still sounding wholly original, and has a melancholy air yet retains a hopeful feel. Colin and Tonnie’s vocals blend with the choir and a pared-back selection of instruments including a banjo, piano, hurdy gurdy and the powerful central organ – all intermingling with the sounds and echoes of the church.

“Religion has a negative connection because it has been forced on people, ” Colin says. “Spirituality is something you follow by choice. We like to dive into the ungraspable things in life, the sacred: it needs to be free to interpret.”

[zombiTrout]

It’s almost like Dead Can Dance meets Trial of the Bow.

[TRUE_DEEP]

The incense part struck a familiar chord because it is something i practice on a regular basis ... olibanum is also my favorite and brings back memories (both good and bad) from days past.
Seeing Heine in this setting was kind of weird but also very fitting and he played his part well.

[jensvandepoel]

This is the purest type of music i've ever heard. Much love to Colin and Tonnie!