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When you think it over, it actually still took a while before two of the greatest electronic dance music artists performed together. Who would’ve thought you’d ever see Ninja in a yellow Pikachu suit with Aphex Twin shouting, “Fok julle naaierrssss”? It just fokken happened this weekend with a whole bunch of crazy fans shouting with them at the LED festival in London. Here's a clip of Die Antwoord performing live with Aphex Twin. Check out Yo-Landi's hook below and what NINJA has to say about it...Yo-landi's hook:
I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BLEED
...I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BREED
LOOK MUM I'M ON THE MICROPHONE
FLOWING ON THE BEAT
"this clip could be called HEAVY FLOW" - NINJA
YoYo zeflings all over the interwebz, wat pomp julle naaiers? All satisfied by the many shows you could have visited the last couple of weeks or are you already down for the next tour? We sure are! But the show ain't over yet...Guess what happens when you mix two of the most original, zef and funky electronic dance acts of this century into one poes cool fokken show? BOOM! That's exactly what will be happening when Die Antwoord shares the stage with their respected grand meister from the overseas; Aphex Twin!! An incredible inventive artist with a great influence in the contemporary scene of electronic dance music.
For those who don't know Aphex Twin...where have you been bru? I guess we actually all know him very well, some us might forgot about their brake trough with the song Window licker. Need a braindance to refresh your zef mind? Take a sip here...
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AMSTERDAM - Het Nederlandse muzikale gabberpunkduo Aux Raus warmde maandagavond op eigen verzoek het publiek van Club Trouw Amsterdam alvast op, maar het publiek ging pas los bij het optreden van de Zuid-Afrikaanse 'rap-rave' formatie Die Antwoord.
Het moment dat de slungelige mc Ninja en de minuscule zangeres Yo-Landi Vi$$er in grote witte capuchontruien het podium opspringen en het optreden begint met de hit Enter the Ninja, zorgt voor een losgeslagen menigte. Dat de corpulente dj Hi-Tek voor dit optreden is vervangen door een slankere stand-in, maakt het publiek niet minder enthousiast.
In een mengeling van Zuid-Afrikaans en Engels worden de raps van een opgefokte Ninja afgewisseld door zangeres Yo-Landi, die haar lengte ruimschoots compenseert door met haar hoge schelle gegil al het geluid te overstemmen: 'Aiaiai I am your butterfly, I need your protect.....
Een kwartier voor Die Antwoord op moet staat de Dancehall al bomvol. De in Kaapstad gelegerde hiphopcrew rond rapper Ninja, rapster Yo-Landi Visser en Dj Hi-Tek moet de internetbom van het jaar zijn, zoveel is duidelijk.
Het cartooneske trio komt op in witgestreepte 'hoodies', met het kapje over hun gezicht getrokken.
Het kinderlijke refreintje van 'Enter the ninja' zingen de meisjes allemaal mee. In dat weirde tussentaaltje dat Engels en Zuidafrikaans door elkaar klutst. Heel grappig.
De tent gilt het uit als Ninja zijn vestje uittrekt en zijn magere blote lijf toont, vol tatoeages.
'Wat kyk jy' blaast kitscherige rave-beats in ons gezicht. De gemaskerde dj van dienst staat als een epilepsiepatient te vibreren.De massa wordt gek.
Het fantastische 'Wat pomp' is oldskool-rap met het smurfenstemmetje van Visser als troef. Ninja gooit zijn pelvis .....
Wat pomp julle zeflings worldwide! While Ninja and Yo-landi still rave their asses off, the zeflings worldwide are already begging for merch, the The Answer movie and new shows. But first, theirs work for them to do. As you might knew already, Die Antwoord was visiting Canada very short ago. ION magazine had the honour to interview them on their past and future goals. The magazine will be out on Canadian streets soon but we can already show the rest of the world the online version of six pages interview and photos. From how the insane chaos began the third of february this year, to the interscope record deal, to the present and futuristic zef storm. Yo-landi talks about the reason she turned down the role in a David Finchers movie and about their up-side-down-flipped-life from a small fishing vilage in South Africa to Business class flights to LA. It's a nice interview you zefling should not be mi.....
The Phoenix in Toronto last night was no place for the weary as Sleigh Bells and Die Antwoord, two of the hardest rap-rave nu-music blog buzz bands, tore the roof of the room like only groups who’ve risen to popularity outside the mainstream truly can. Either band could’ve headlined; in fact, the two acts switched spots only a few hours before the gig, with Die Antwoord coming on last.
But first, Sleigh Bells is something to see.
The duo is Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss and the rugged Brooklyn scenesters dropped beats harder than the G20 riot squad. Sure, Krauss might’ve been singing over recorded vocals (as Gentlemen Reg in the sweat locker pointed out), but the band’s energy felt authentic and fresh. When I walked into the show, security was dragging out a guy with no shirt and as I made my way to the bar, I saw another guy throw a punch at the bouncer before getting sent .....
In Afrikaans, the band name Die Antwoord means "The Answer." But one big unsolved question has followed the South African rap-rave trio since their deliciously bonkers music videos began circulating online months ago -- are they for real?
This is usually a silly debate in the artifice-obsessed world of pop music. But Die Antwoord so perfectly upends every au courant collision in urban, electronica and world music today that, well, larger forces seem at play. The band's founder, Ninja (Waddy Jones, a longtime rap-and art-scene veteran in Johannesburg), is a leonine, flat-topped MC covered in crude prison-style tattoos who's frequently onstage in little more than "Dark Side of the Moon" boxer shorts. The band's producer, DJ Hi-Tek, is a rotund and mute beatsmith fond of marijuana-themed bandanas and cutting tracks on his "PC computer" that he uploads to the ".....
Yo-landi Vi$$er said no. With her peroxide-blonde mullet, squeaky voice and tiny frame, Die Antwoord’s Yo-landi Vi$$er is certainly a unique character. And nobody loves a unique character more than Hollywood movie bosses, who have offered the pint-sized starlet a role in an upcoming film!
Yo-Landi, who along with Ninja and DJ Hi-Tek make up South African rap act Die Antwoord, has confirmed that she was approached by director David Fincher to play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the latest film version of Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Sources reveal David Fincher, who is probably best known for his work on flicks like Fight Club and Seven, was apparently "raving" about the bleach-blonde babe, claiming that Yo-Landi is "exactly who he wants his Salander to look and act like". The character in question, Lisbeth Salander, is a hacker g.....
