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BRAAI SOUND SYSTEM

THE PAGE THEY PHOTOGRAPHED

A collective, not a person

style

  • amapiano
  • gqom
  • heavy log drum
  • shakers
  • sparse dark synths
  • male vocal chants
  • hypnotic repetition
  • township energy
  • south african accent
  • hot

the numbers

bpm
108
key
D# minor
energy
0.77
dance
0.91
valence
0.51
vocal at
7.2s
length
7:59
words
139
clichés
0
language
En

most sung: “photographed” ×12 · “page” ×10 · “never” ×3

lyrics

The label said the sleeve looked messy with all of them on
Forty-one names in six point type across two columns
And it is the only page of that record anybody has posted
Every single time, that page, never the front

The page they photographed, photographed, the page they photographed
Nobody photographs a lineup, they photograph a village
The page they photographed, photographed, the page they photographed
And thirty-seven of them have never met each other

Number twenty-nine is on it. We still cannot find her.
She is in eleven countries in six point type and she may not know.

The page they photographed, photographed, the page they photographed
Nobody photographs a lineup, they photograph a village
The page they photographed, photographed, the page they photographed
And thirty-seven of them have never met each other