PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Elfstedentocht Part One

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In April 2013 we were approached by the organisers of the Explore the North festival in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. They asked if we would use some footage of the Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), the world's biggest ice skating race, and write some songs around it. So we did. A transcript in English is below
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Contains footage (C) Fries Film Archief. Used with kind permission. Written and produced by Public Service Broadcasting. Drums recorded by Gregor Reid at Fonica Studios, Glasgow.
"Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour on Friday
Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour to be a superhuman effort
January 18th, 1963
An ice-skating marathon that is unparalleled
5.30 in the morning
300km through a Friesland only the strongest can cope with
Newspaper: Elfstedentocht: Tough, Tough, Tough
The starting signal is given for the Eleven Cities Tour
But what everyone is preparing themselves for..
That is the Elfstedentocht
The twelfth Eleven Cities Tour
Temperature: 16 degrees Celsius below zero
A brutal tour of more than 200km
But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
550 professional skaters
Around 9,500 leisure skaters
Skaters from Sweden, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium
But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
Sneek
IJlst
Sloten
Stavoren
Hindeloopen
Workum
Bolsward
Harlingen
Franeker
Dokkum
Leeuwarden
But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
That is the Elfstedentocht."
J. Willgoose, Esq. and Wrigglesworth sample old public information films and archive material and set them to new music. Live, the films are screened simultaneously as laptops are fiddled with, drums are pounded, theremins are wafted at, guitars are bashed and banjos furiously plucked. Teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future.
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[@sydswiersma9855]

Great! Thanks for remaking our footage into this new sensation. Best regards from Frisian Film Archive.

[@masterugie]

18th January 1963; today 60 years ago. Epic event i guess and epic song. Can't stop listening to it.

[@appie82]

My grandfather participated 7 times and my father 3 times. Seeing this is fantastic!

[@timlittle61]

Another killer track from PSB. That driving guitar riff is just tone heaven!

[@kernicterus1233]

Still my favourite PSB track.

[@9307derek]

18th January 1963. The day I was born. Destined to love PSB!

[@malwill54]

PSB do it again. Even without subs the visuals and music are superb. Language is no barrier when things are this good.

[@cillian1983]

This rocks so hard , god damn! I love this band !

[@andreawaterstreet3901]

This is so freaking cool. One of my favorite bands doing a take on one of my current obsessions-Elfstadentocht. How cool would it be if climate change lets up and allows Friesland to have an Elfstadentocht-and PSB sneaks in as one of the many bands playing along the route. I’ve already made a promise to myself to immediately get on a plane no matter what if they announce an Elfstadentocht-here’s hoping!!!

[@Zowiezowiezo]

This is so cool! Let's hope we can have another elfstedentocht soon!

[@FortitudoDei]

This is the legendary 1963 tour known as "The Hell of '63" when only 69 skaters (out of c.10,000 participants) managed to finish due to the extreme conditions; -18c combined with high winds means the wind-chill temperature must have been insane.

[@altec337]

+FortitudoDei Dutch people just do not give a fack!!

[@billgoold4052]

So cool. Great music and learning combined. See these guys if you ever get the chance.

[@ZacariasIracheta]

Killer heavy guitar riff

[@carlmcdonnell5491]

Excellent. Gig soon. Can't wait.

[@mikem764]

So good at the Forum, great show, lads on top form - and we got balloons!

[@TomVfan]

Another gem!

[@Marcells44]

Oh my god that riff

[@WickedMuis]

The description has a few errors in the translation, but nevertheless a fantastic song!

[@chiu20044b122]

It's good to see you expanding into other languages.

[@GoonerMetalhead]

Verbazingwekkend! :)

[@GrungeJeff]

What a ride! Yeah!

[@WorldReport2015]

Ik heb er zin an

[@Flur1]

See you in Dublin soon chappie's.

[@hasanovuc]

I don't believe in this. Only 316 likes for this song, it is more than this eventually.

[@alecwyn4349]

Hou me tegen!

[@darragh2511]

Fantastic! Love it! d-_-b

[@Lynneheal]

Thanks for sharing some kool musicians

[@Xombigod]

Twanging guitar riff!!!

[@timlittle61]

Another killer track from PSB. That driving guitar riff is just tone heaven!