Van Pletzen maakt unieke feel good dancemuziek. Het Zuid-Afrikaanse producersduo, bestaande uit Peach Van Pletzen en Matthieu “Nik Nax” Auriacombe, scoorde al een aantal hits, zoals ‘Jy Bly Stil’ (met...

Van Pletzen have never shown much interest in subtlety, and their forthcoming fifth album BENAAIHILISM appears set to continue that tradition with the volume turned further upward. The title itself is an invented Mengels word, merging benaai with nihilism, and signals a collision of excess and unease: hedonism on one side, existential dread on the other. For the duo, benaai points to life lived at full pace. It is the language of parties, indulgence and celebration. Set against that is a more uneasy current, with the album exploring meaning, purpose and the suspicion that none of it may matter much at all.