I know I'm the only person here that actually think these two are amazing, so regardless I'm going to be posting anyway.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:47 pm
by greginchains
Damn, that was a wild video. Don't know whether I liked it or not, but I couldn't stop watching. Might even view it again.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:21 pm
by orangeshoeskid
I've liked them for a couple years now. Not something I listen to everyday but I do keep it in my mix of usual listening.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:31 pm
by HappyDad
I think I really need to listen more carefully to them. I only listen to some singles (Enter The Ninja, I Fink U Freeky ...). The videos can be disturbing but you can't stop watching/listening to them.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:48 pm
by rival
If anyone was going to start a Die Antwoord thread, it'd be Hawke.
Thanks man.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:27 am
by hawke000
I'm actually pretty surprised after posting originally, I've had a few people tell me they were pretty interested in these guys. This is the chronology off the top of my head. If you do like what you see, feel free to explore yourself, there's a lot out there.
I recommend if you do take this little journey hunker down, it's a LOT of material
"Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for "The Answer") is a hip hop group from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of three members: Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek."
I can't find a lot of sources I've read over the years but this is basically how it went. Ninja and Yo-Landi were in a LOT of art projects together probably working for about 10 years straight when finally all of their styles and experiments came together that made the most sense to them, hence the name "The Answer." (Ninja actually has lyrics / images tattooed onto him from die antwoords past present and future creations.) They worked for about a year doing photo's with pro bono photographers, did a few videos and put it online. In November of 2009, a couple of months passed and nothing happened. Depressed, they were about to give up until a website hosted their video as a "meme," something funny to pass the day. This actually hit America's "Attack of the show." In February the internet went NUTS to the point their South African server for their website hit their limit within a few hours. 10,000 hits per minute. They had to buy, from their own pocket (poor enough as it was) a new American server to keep up the demand. After a week and a half or so, they got a million offers from every record company they could think of until they decided interscope was right for them.
Zef Side is one of those videos that introduced the band. It pretty much has everything you need as an introduction about where they are coming from, geographically and stylistically:
Happy Dad posted this already but I might as well since I'm on a little historical journey. This was the video that went viral fast. It's called "Enter the Ninja."
You will see they use the word "ZEF." A LOT. In Afrikaans, there is a lot of slang terms especially among the lower class.
"It's associated with people who soup their cars up and rock gold and shit. Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style."
They started with a few lower viral stints with local bloggers:
They also did a stint of mini interviews to explain to people what was actually going on because like most getting into them, they don't really know what they are looking at or experiencing:
It wasn't long until their next video came out sponsored by Interscope of course, hence the production value. The first reaction to most people is "What the fuck am I watching?" Well there's a little story behind it that dives into some of stupid south African culture they protest against.
EVIL BOY:
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:45 am
by HappyDad
Thanks a lot for that post! I listenned to Ten$ion yesterday, it's really good. I will now watch all the vids from your post! I think I'll try to buy their stuff on wax. Their website says the Ten$ion vinyl was released february 7th (last year? can't find it).
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:53 am
by hawke000
HappyDad wrote:Thanks a lot for that post! I listenned to Ten$ion yesterday, it's really good. I will now watch all the vids from your post! I think I'll try to buy their stuff on wax. Their website says the Ten$ion vinyl was released february 7th (last year? can't find it).
$0$ was never released on vinyl but you can buy the tension LP on their website on feb 28 I think.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:23 pm
by orangeshoeskid
That was a good comprehensive write up on them. I had seen most of the videos but was glad to watch them all again. I think they might have come through nashville a couple years ago but I missed them. Looked at the their 2012 tour a few weeks ago and it doesn't look like they are coming this way.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:11 am
by 7th_son
This group is haunting me, literally. There is something really interesting going on here, but it's hard to put my finger on it.
Great info D, thanks!
They were on Kimmel last night too.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:47 pm
by hawke000
7th_son wrote:This group is haunting me, literally. There is something really interesting going on here, but it's hard to put my finger on it.
Great info D, thanks!
They were on Kimmel last night too.
Welcome to the begginning Adam. I'm serious it will get into your blood stream if you've gone this far. There's no way around it.
To Everyone Else:
From Jimmy Kimmel Fatty Boom Boom. You can watch the whole show at Jimmy's website:
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:43 am
by 7th_son
This may not go over well with everyone here, and let me say for the record I am not generally a fan of this genre, but I have been on a Die Antwoord mission and have reached ground zero as it were, and I must say, I could draw significant comparisons between Die Antwood and The White Stripes. Not in terms of musical style obviously, but in terms of the presentation, commitment, and talent that perpetuated their "brand". Only to the extreme. I'm not sure I should elaborate per se, I would just encourage people to follow this rabbit hole if you are interested in some serious next level shit. This "group" is extremely talented, interesting, artistic, and very much avant guard in my opinion. Happy to support them.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:45 am
by hawke000
7th_son wrote:This may not go over well with everyone here, and let me say for the record I am not generally a fan of this genre, but I have been on a Die Antwoord mission and have reached ground zero as it were, and I must say, I could draw significant comparisons between Die Antwood and The White Stripes. Not in terms of musical style obviously, but in terms of the presentation, commitment, and talent that perpetuated their "brand". Only to the extreme. I'm not sure I should elaborate per se, I would just encourage people to follow this rabbit hole if you are interested in some serious next level shit. This "group" is extremely talented, interesting, artistic, and very much avant guard in my opinion. Happy to support them.
Yeah, I was afraid to say that on here
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:53 am
by 7th_son
hawke000 wrote:
7th_son wrote:This may not go over well with everyone here, and let me say for the record I am not generally a fan of this genre, but I have been on a Die Antwoord mission and have reached ground zero as it were, and I must say, I could draw significant comparisons between Die Antwood and The White Stripes. Not in terms of musical style obviously, but in terms of the presentation, commitment, and talent that perpetuated their "brand". Only to the extreme. I'm not sure I should elaborate per se, I would just encourage people to follow this rabbit hole if you are interested in some serious next level shit. This "group" is extremely talented, interesting, artistic, and very much avant guard in my opinion. Happy to support them.
Yeah, I was afraid to say that on here
You officially have carte blanche authority on recommendations for me. I know you will abuse it, but I don't care.
Re: Die Antwoord
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:55 am
by hawke000
7th_son wrote:
hawke000 wrote:
7th_son wrote:This may not go over well with everyone here, and let me say for the record I am not generally a fan of this genre, but I have been on a Die Antwoord mission and have reached ground zero as it were, and I must say, I could draw significant comparisons between Die Antwood and The White Stripes. Not in terms of musical style obviously, but in terms of the presentation, commitment, and talent that perpetuated their "brand". Only to the extreme. I'm not sure I should elaborate per se, I would just encourage people to follow this rabbit hole if you are interested in some serious next level shit. This "group" is extremely talented, interesting, artistic, and very much avant guard in my opinion. Happy to support them.
Yeah, I was afraid to say that on here
You officially have carte blanche authority on recommendations for me. I know you will abuse it, but I don't care.