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Zef! … its taking over the world!

In Uncategorized on March 10, 2010 at 7:01 pm

Been looking into this South African music scene that I think is probably go to take over the indie dance world here in 2010.  Die Antwoord  just played Cinespace (video below) for a secret show and the hype around  them is crazy!  But there is some other dope music coming out on this same tip. Peep out Jack Parrow and   I found this on a board on the interweb (see SA slang, already using it) it sums up this Zef thing pretty well.

The question to Die Antwoord, I believe, is an Afrikaans website called Wat Kyk Jy? (“What are you looking at, mate?”, that ominous last sentence you’ll hear in a pub before waking up on the ground).

The site pays homage to Afrikaans slang and zef ? an Afrikaans term that roughly translates to what we in South Africa also refer to as “common”: clapped-out Ford Cortinas with fur on the dashboard, tight mom jeans pulled up too high, “synth-heavy ringtone rave”, mullets. Zef isn’t a music style, and it’s not limited to any one culture or location, obviously, but www.watkykjy.co.za celebrates it particularly well in Afrikaans (the site was born, incidentally, in Pretoria, 1000km north of CT).

So yes, Cape Town is also full of zef, and what Ninja, Yo-lande and their crew are tapping into brilliantly is zef in the coloured community (the official SA term for mixed-race people) of the gangster-ridden Cape Flats, which would include rap in the street venac mix of English and Afrikaans.

The Flats or SA may not have heard anything like Die Antwoord’s zef-rap-rave before, but having been to a few city centre concerts where the trendy stand around trying to make sense of the new incarnation of Wadkin Tudor Jones, I?ve often seen bergies (coloured homeless people) dancing to it and laughing and totally getting it. And the crew’s gigs in the parking lots of Mitchell?s Plain go down a riot. So yes, they’re authentic. Is Marshall Mathers, if you want to draw a parallel, any less authentic when he’s in character as Slim Shady?

Jack Parow, by the way, does the zef thing, equally brilliantly, from Cape Town’s Afrikaans middle-class suburbs, far, far removed from the slums of the Flats.

And Afrochic? POC and Brasse were seminal Flats hip-hop crews in the 80s and 90s and since you’re obviously not from Lentegeur or Bonteheuwel and can’t relate to them, why slate them?

-Sofeetjie from the Guardian UK.

Peep out some vids. Shit is good and like in any scene there is beef.  The boards are on fire about Die Antwoord’s front man not being as street as he portrays.  

…”ninja” is being held in such high regard.. he was performing with a crew of Mc’s with ten times the ability that has… namely, Isaac mutant(best and most underated MC of our time), Skallywag and Knoffel, i would go as far as to say he rode on the talent they possessed to gain his so called “street cred”, not only is the a vile depiction of how one dimentional and racist the music industry is, but Ninja (aka waddy, aka every name he could think of) has the indecency to tatoo himself in the style of a Poolsmor prisoner… this article doesnt tell of how, when he goes to places like mitchells plein he needs to use concealer to cover his “hardcore tats” , cos if he didn’t the real gangster would probably beat him up and rape him. he’s not doing anything new either… he is doing what elvis did and what eminem did, except he has no respect for his roots. i hope he gets caught in the streets, then we can see how much of a ninja he really is! …

he shoulda stuck to being max normal!

I am sure there is mad music going on and these are just some of the vids I found. Its all new to me so please let me know if I missing out on the new shit.

Bonus video

Crystal Skullzz

In music on March 10, 2010 at 3:53 pm

Crystal Skullzz made of pure danceraprock crystal and according to scientists it must have taken over 150 years, generation after generation working all the days of their lives, patiently rubbing down with sand an immense block of danceraprock crystal until finally the perfect Crystal Skullzz emerged.

It is at least 3,600 years old and according to legend was used by the High Priest of the Maya when performing esoteric rites.

The Crystal Skullzz have always been here.

DUTTY HOT SMALL AND SWEATY-Bludsharks Afterhours.

In denver, music on February 18, 2010 at 12:30 am

DUTTY HOT SMALL AND SWEATY IS ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF
EVERY MONTH. HELD IN THE TRADITION OF THE NYC LOFT PARTY.
WE HAVE A DOPE UNDERGROUND VENUE DOWNTOWN.
BRINGING YOU 3 OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC PARTY
ROCKING DJ’S TO COME TOGETHER IN THE MILE HIGH.

PRIVATE, INTIMATE AND ALL ABOUT MUSIC.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
TO NOT LET YOU IN FOR ANY REASON.
THIS WILL REACH CAPACITY FAST SO GET HERE AT 12.
GUEST LIST BY EMAIL duttyhotsmallsweaty@gmail.com

JAH ROCKER:

HIFI-MR SMITH’S San Francisco CA.-POSITIVE ROOTS Los Angeles CA

Jah Rocker Throws down the tuffest jams known to man.  With residencies in San Franciso, Denver, Los Angeles and Mexico this selectah knows how to get any crowd up and on their feet and moving to the beat. His riddims find their origins in roots reggae, house, hip hop, punk, rock and electronic.
JAHROCKER.COM

MAX KLAW (CO, LV, NY)

DENVER DIGGERS, THE JUMP OFF!, BODY HEAT, BLUDSHARKS, DVS SHOES, ELECTRIC EYEWEAR

Max Klaw is a one hard working DJ. He is asked to perform at clubs and events in Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Aspen, Vail and Salt Lake City regularly. He holds residency’s in Denver at Beta (voted #1 “Best New Club” Club World Awards Top 100 Clubs, #6 Dance Club in the world, #1 in the US) and his own wildly successful parties “The Jump Off!” and “Body Heat”
MAXKLAW.COM

GINGER PERRY

T6, Lipgloss, Body Heat, Bludsharks

Ms. Perry will rock your face off with her amazing energy, record selection and great attitude. Ginger rules.

The Jump Off! Vail video.

In music on February 15, 2010 at 3:54 pm

Serious, this party is so fun.  I think its the combination of ski bar locals, shreds, outta towners, lurkers, the awesome staff and the music.   We party hard when The Jump Off invades the valley. I shot this video last week and it came out shitty but FTW.  Its a party on the mountain.  See you up here!

Die Antwoord – South Aafrikan rap-rave. This is some next level shit.

In music on February 9, 2010 at 10:52 pm

And in case you didn’t know much about them, here you go, via their homepage:

20 FUN FACTS ABOUT DIE ANTWOORD

1-NINJA, YO-LANDI and DJ HI-TEK made all their music, music videos, video stings, photos, and this next-level interwebsite all on their own with the help of some good friends.

2-NINJA was in many weird rap groups before DIE ANTWOORD: The Orginal Evergreens, Max Normal, Fantastic Kill, and Total Confusion on Planet Phunk to name a few. Then one day NINJA tapped into his inner zef and discovered DIE ANTWOORD.

3-NINJA has a secret fairy forest tattoo on left arm that he covers with bass.

4-Just to clear up the rumors: NINJA and YO-LANDI are not in a relationship. They are just good friends. NINJA says: Relationships are fickle, like the relationship you are having with your body.

5-Yo-landi’s mom cuts her hair, but she gets her hair dyed at SCAR HAIR. Yo-landi says: It’s always important to remember your roots.

6-This next fun fact is dedicated to all the confused retard people out there who hate DIE ANTWOORD but can’t stop watching their interweb videos every single fokkin day of their boring lives. DIE ANTWOORD put Puma & Jagermeister logos onto this next-level interwebsite because Puma gives DIE ANTWOORD free clothes and free shoes and Jagermeister gives DIE ANTWOORD free dop. Puma and Jagermeister did not give us money to make DIE ANTWOORD. DIE ANTWOORD was created from nothing using alot of blood, sweat and tears.

7-NINJA likes Dolfins.

8-YO-LANDI likes sexy boys with no front teeth.

9-DJ HI-TEK likes his PC Computer.

10-ZEF is a unique South African term that has been around for fuck knows how long. This term was made famous 10 years ago by a next-level interwebsite called WatKykJy.com.

11-NINJA, YO-LANDI and DJ HI-TEK started DIE ANTWOORD because of WAT KYK JY?

12-JACK PAROW is DIE ANTWOORD’S duk gang$ta kung-fu panda chommie.

13-The 1st time NINJA saw JACK PAROW’S fat rap cap he got goose bumps.

14-YO-LANDI rocks more bling than C3PO.

15-YO-LANDI’s best friend is KIMPOSSIBLE who lives in Mitchell’s Plain.

16-DJ HI-TEK is a shape-shifting alien from another dimension.

17-NINJA does not sit like a doos with a koki pen and draw every single one of his tattoos on in the exact same identical place every time he has to be in a photo or a music video or a rap show you fuckin idiot, or wait…maybe he does. Jissis!

18-DIE ANTWOORD are busy blowing up faster than the speed of light because they are the freshest, most futuristik rap-rave crew in the world.

19-DIE ANTWOORD raps for the Chosen Ones.

20-Anyone who doesn’t like DIE ANTWOORD is a poes.

Enjoy!

Congorock and Harvard Bass at Beta >video<

In denver, music on February 9, 2010 at 2:29 am

2 of the nicest dudes playing some gnarly electronic music.   You can here me and Rocco talking about the old dude in the dragon shirt that night, classic.  As always a blast at Noise!    These guys gave the sound a proper rogering and the kids seemed to enjoy it.  Gonna miss that night as they are cancelling it at the end of the month.

Jah Rocker x Klaw collabo party is coming!

In denver, music on February 9, 2010 at 12:49 am

Meet Jah Rocker. Straight out of San Fransisco where he holds down 2 weekly party’s at HiFi Lounge and Mr. Smith respectively.

His Bio reads “Jah rocker has been layin it down since the days of the underground. From Santiago, Chile to Chicago, Illinois he connects with the audience through diverse style and technic. You can catch him playing his weekly sets in S.F. or at special events across the western hemisphere. Rootsman loves many styles so you never know what he’ll play or sing. Omar is an accomplished vocalist and also likes to toast on the mic in tradition of the first DJ’s of the Jamaican Sound Systems. He has performed with artists from many scenes such as former Chilean super group La Ley, Mexican electronic act Kinky, San Francisco Dj/Producer Mei-Lwun, Guitarist Pedro Frugone, and Congolese Musician Borrina. He is featured as a vocalist on the Supperclub Addiction CD for the S.F. Producers Michael Anthony and B. Smiley song Big Up Style. WWW.JAHROCKER.COM is the website to refer to for contact, bios and photos.”

This is one of the illest DJ’s I have ever met.  Taking a look at Jah Rocker’s resume is to realize that the world is a big place and we can all get down if we hustle in unique ways.  Anyway dude will rip the shit out of any party at any time, crazy electro dub house hiphop reggae latin reggaeton styles son!  Peep out this nice mix I was just blessed with.

DIGITAL DREAD DISKO

So about once a month we are starting up a new party with Jah Rocker.  Dutty, Hot, Small and Sweaty will kick off next month and will be held here at The D&C compound.  Think of the best time you have ever had in a 800 sq ft. space dancing to ElectroWompDubReggaeBreakPartyShit til the break of dawn and you get the idea.  Allot more info coming but here is some flyer concepts you that will be in the streets soon enough.

Stay tuned and get ready we are about to take this shit to the next level of fun.  See you out.

Steve Aoki and Klaw at The Belly Up.

In Uncategorized on January 27, 2010 at 3:17 am

Shit was bananas!! Aoki killed it, I got to open and close the show. Gave a bunch of shirts out and made bunch of new fans.  Aspen you’re the shit.   See you next time.

Come to Beta Friday for Kill the Noise, Trash Yourself and Klaw.

In denver, music on January 20, 2010 at 12:11 am

Shit is going to pop off this friday. With 2 amazing electronic artist in the lineup.  Come party with us.

Kill The Noise

Trash Yourself

BODY HEAT

In denver, music on January 12, 2010 at 6:51 pm


Get on the guest list now by texting “DENVER HEAT” to 32075.

If your tired of some played out SIA party and want to get into something unique? Well this is the party to be at. This is a great opportunity to Network with industry leaders, Party with some amazing local tequila and Dance to the some of the best DJ’s in Colorado.

2 FULL BARS AND 2 ROOMS GOING UNTIL 4AM.

Proximus Tequila is going to be giving away shots!

We will have the GASTRO CART on site for amazing food all night!!

Tons of giveaways all night from Smith Optics, Never Summer, MeNetwork, Wagner Custom, Denver Diggers, Frank151, Proximus Tequila, Fuse snowskate and more.

Limited Edition T-shirt Design only 25 made!

DJ’s
Klaw (Beta, The D&C, MLM)
Ginger (Good Sunday’s, Table 6)
Mike Disco (Disco Nouveau)
Mike Dee(z) (Beta)
LIVE SET FROM INPUT (Fameless)

Rad Omen “Rad Anthem” video

In music, pop culture on January 12, 2010 at 3:07 am

Not only is this the BEST video I have seen in a long time.  These guys are my clients and I designed their logo and album art.  So I am feeling pretty good right now for all of us.

Check them out here you can download all their songs for free.

NEW STICKER DESIGN

In art, music on January 12, 2010 at 3:02 am