Continuing with my love for SA music, last night me and a friends went to a local joint and watched Haezer create gigantic chasms in the dance floor. Haezer is dirty. Really dirty. Distorted flesh eating grinding dirty. It was awesome. The video tries to speak the vibe, but I tried to capture it the best I can. Enjoy.
There’s some footage of last night’s gig. They opened with the legendary Enter the Ninja. Now where they the R75 worth? A short but resounding yes. They own the stage. The music is unique. It’s fresh and their experience from their previous acts shows. Really good diction. They perform, and that’s what they do best. They live their characters and aren’t afraid to overstep boundaries – ie Ninja’s cock swinging in Spongebob undies or Yo-landi’s overt sexuality. It’s different and an experience. Oddly enough the swearing didn’t bother me that much. I thought it would, but it felt part of their act and weren’t forced. Would I go see them again? Yes, the vibe is just insane.
A surprise of the night was also DJ Solarize, Leon Botha, the progeria survivor, doing the dopest classic hip-hop turntablin’ DJ set.
I listened to the official World Cup 2010 tune, Waka Waka by Shakira featuring Freshlyground. At first I was quite excited starting to listen…
But then I was like…
And then I thought of…
Lark, one of me and Simon’s favourite local South African bands consists of an orgy of the most insane creative talent. South Africa’s rare gem and probably the only act in the world to do nintendo-electro-glitch-opera. Minds are always blown. So after the success of our Don’t Touch Me on My Studio remixes, we decided to get some more music action going. Enjoy! And also please visit Lark and listen to more of their music. It’s just insane.
Ok, so here’s the deal. Die Antwoord rocked Coachella. The reviews so far have been good. And just by looking at that vid, it seems pretty awesome. The Internet made these guys. Die Antwoord is a rare example, not only for the international scene, but also the local scene.
They came out of nowhere, they became famous due to their “hype” not the normal route of bands getting fans via live gigs and slow generation of word of mouth. Die Antwoord skipped the queue, but to the international stage. The anticipation for live acts will definitely maintain them for a while, but will they keep their “weird zef freshness”?
In honour of South Africa’s first proper meme. Check the video first. Me and Simon decided to sample it and make some tunes. Enjoy!
Lack of blogging here is due to: Confused LaoWai, Social Mandarin (my other projects) and then some of these great social things. I wish I could’ve said my blogging was cut down due to having a girlfriend, but alas not yet. I’m big on going to gigs. So here’s a taste of where I’ve been.
Lark @ Ramfest 2010
I’m sorry I just couldn’t leave yet. This is too good, but I feel like the silly band going backstage, waiting for an encore and then coming back on stage. My apologies. I said I was coming back only next year. Anyhoo. Check that video. Horrible? Right? No… really it’s horrible right? This got me thinking. Say you have a house party or jig going on and you want the people to leave, what do you play?
For a Google Wave desperation we had to write a song about: “Boris the eccentric Bolivian botanist who inexplicably loses his beloved wife Beatrice during a game of Hide and Seek and after years of mourning this loss eventually finds solace in goat farming”. Lyrics to follow.
On September 14, Muse finally released their highly anticipated fifth studio album, The Resistance. The trio of rockers hailing from the UK, Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme, had become household names in the alternative rock industry for their consistent boundary-breaking albums and live performances.
