The former lead singer of the dynamic, hilarious group DJ Ossewa, Pieter Rischmuller, AKA Piet Pompies, wearing the brown bulbous hat, decided in 2014 to spread his wings, discover new horizons, experience new adventures and sing the world on fire, entertaining audiences with his foot-stomping, pulsating, body-swinging songs and witty, sparkling stage personality.
Pieter Rischmuller is not only singer/ songwriter, radio personality and prankster, but also a TV presenter at net-afrikaans.com, and an outstanding auctioneer and MC for all occasions as well as a keen golfer, and also well known in the fishing world. He made his debut as a radio presenter in 1996 and later also sports commentator, before taking on the music industry in 2003 with the band, DJ Ossewa.
In 2014 Piet Pompies decided to conquer the world on his own steam, with songs such as Briljantjie, Lyf is soos ‘n lovesong, Fynbos, Engeltjie, Hard to get, and Hoop. His first solo album titled “SOLO” came out October 2014, and is played on several radio stations across the country. His english songs “Show me more” and “3 Words” are also played on radio stations around the world. The song “3 Words” was Pieter’s first fully-fledged Country song, and made huge waves in the USA in particular, and was nominated for an international award.
In 2018, his next album was released by VONK Musiek under his real name, as Pieter Rischmuller, and once again Pieter Rischmuller alias Piet Pompies, put hits on the album. 4 of the album’s songs were already No.1 on several radio stations’ Hits Parade.
Look out for new songs like “Just Bring Your Sussie”, “My Harlequin”, “Fox Dance Tonight”, “Summer Time”, “Goodbye Is Just for Now”, “Supercalifragilistic”, “Rock Hard for Your Case”.
In his 30 years in the entertainment industry he has written many popular songs, and in 2021 Pieter Rischmuller decided to share his passion for Country music with the world as well, with great success.
Pieter Rischmuller decided to show the world that much more is in him than just the upbeat party songs for which he became famous for. Already, he’s made for a mind-shifting song that speaks to your soul, with his own creation “Cry on my shoulder” already available on digital form, as well as Youtube. The song has already received international recognition and is played worldwide. Then he also recorded another nice merry party song with his namesake Pieter Smith ( Stukkie vd Merwe), entitled “Whose Brannewyn”.
IN 2021 he received recognition for his music at the Afri-Indie independent music awards, by being nominated as Best Male Artist for 2021, and in the same year Pieter received 5 Nomination for the South African Country music awards, and walked away with 3 Awards for his songs Rodeo, Jag op Tulbach, and Country Girl. The latter hit made huge headlines at Country music radio stasis all over the world.
Pieter entered the Television Market in 2021 as presenter of the programme Twakpraat met Piet Pompies, and then in 2023 the programme HoekToe on the afrikaans pay channel Net-Afrikaans.
In 2022 Pieter will release a number of new songs again. Almost There, Anything, Boshoff Afrikaners, and Christmas Star. “Anything” received the Afri-Indie Award in 2022 for the Southern Rock single of the year, and Pieter also received the Afri-Indie Award for Best Southern Rock Music Video, as well as Best Southern Rock Live Act for 2022. “Anything” was also well received by radio stations around the world, and also made it to the “Charts” on several radio stasis in the US. “Anything” also received the award at the SA Country Music Awards, as best Male Country Single for 2022.
“Christamas Star” was Pieter Rischmuller’s first Christmas song, which he wrote, and recorded with the popular SA Country group WEST. The song has also been heard on radio stations worldwide.
“Boshoff Afrikaners” is still on hit parades in SA in 2023, was at No 1 on Rosestad Stereo for 7 weeks in Bloemfontein, and even held the No 1 position in Mpumalanga on Radio Laeveld. “Boshoff Afrikaners” was also nominated for an award for best Afrikaans song by Afri-Indie for 2023.
In 2023 Pieter Rischmuller was again nominated by the Afri-Indie Awards in 6 categories. One of the nominations is for its latest release titled “Oh yes”.
He has made the transformation from Piet Pompies to Pieter Rischmuller successful and strategic, and his music is available on all digital platforms. Listening to his wide variety of music, his success around the world, and attending his performances, one can see why he is regarded as one of South Africa’s music legends by audiences across the country.
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