South African Hip Hop group Die Antwoord
by Hailing from Cape Town, Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for ‘The Answer’) is the rap/rave brainchild of Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi Tek. Ninja raps, DJ Hi-Tek samples everything from mile.dk’s “Butterfly” to Gillette’s “Short Dick Man,” and Yo-Landi’s childlike bordering-on-chipmunk voice ties it all together.
Think ridiculously catchy hooks with a look that is South-African-trailer-trash meets-Lady-Gaga. Interestingly, Die Antwoord may in fact actually be a continuation of previous conceptual music projects, most notably the conceptual rap experience that was Max Normal.
Tagged: Cape Town band, Max Normal, Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er
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But Does It Float: pictures of art with a quote
If butdoesitfloat is a conversation, it is the best kind of online conversation there is. The premise is simple: every couple of days, Dutchman Folkert Gorter of Cargo Collective, LA-based Atley Kasky of Non Projects, or Will Schofield of the illustrative blog 50 Watts posts a series of pictures of art with a quote. The appeal is beautifully simple: the juxtaposition between the words and art –ranging from traditional painting to radical installation –is not merely aesthetically-pleasing but rather cerebral.
Brilliant portrait art by Simon Birch
Though now based in the United States, Simon Birch remains a darling of the contemporary art world in Hong Kong. The majority of his work features immense paintings with figures that seem to be falling or jumping in various degrees of abstraction. Though these pieces deal with themes of transition, Birch has also explored the concept of myth as he expands into installation, reflected in 2010 in HOPE AND GLORY: A CONCEPTUAL CIRCUS, Hong Kong’s largest installation to date. Read more
John Dies at the End: premiered at the Sundance Festival
John Dies at the End, affectionately known by its creator and fans as JDATE, may have started as a free series of chapters about two college drop-outs experimenting with drugs, but it eventually became such a cult hit that it culminated in a film adaptation that premiered in this year’s Sundance Festival. The appeal? A drug called Soy Sauce promising an ‘out of body experience’, a dash of apocalyptical humor, and a plot that seems to go everywhere and anywhere at once.
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Listen to The Republic Tigers track, Golden Sand
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Printed on the softest of black v necks, Nous gardons le coeur in French roughly translates to: ‘We will not lose heart’. The tag also says: ‘We will not lose heart’. Because we won’t.
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