‘Reeling Skullways’ elevates itself mainly due to its subtlety. There’s no horns blaring, no wob-wob in-yer-face bass ridiculousness and no Day-Glo histrionics. Instead what you get is an album crafted as beautiful machine music with soul – in fact, truckloads of it. Hi-Tek Soul as May">Derrick May would have it. If you know of or [...]

At the Baltimore stop of the Macadelic tour, we sat down with resident spinner & Cincinatti native DJ Clockwork .  Learn more about the dude in our talk below, and follow up w/him  via twitter as the Most Dope crew is set to hit Europe come late May. _______________________________________________________________________________ How’s the tour been so far, nice to be outside? Super good, we we were just outside in Gainesville, FL, that shit was crazy, the outdoor shows are super cool. We’re doing a tour with Wiz in July and August ( dates here ), all our shows are gonna be outside so ...

The Jamla duo drops their first retail project, with the likes of 9th Wonder, Hi-Tek, Raheem DeVaughn, Rapsody and more making contributions. Tracklist and link down bottom. DOWNLOAD: Actual Proof – Black Boy Radio: Extended Airplay (Album)

Actual Proof have come together with Jamla Records and The DJBooth to offer their latest album, Black Boy Radio – Extended Airplay, for digital purchase. 17 original tracks with production from 9th Wonder, Hi-Tek, The Soul Council and more. Sundown & Enigma are two of my favorite emcees and everything they’ve dropped has been mint, [...] Listen: Actual Proof’s Latest Album “Black Boy Radio – Extended Airplay” |

Die südafrikanische HipHop-Crew Die Antwoord werden für zwei Termine nach Deutschland kommen. Nachdem am 3. Februar ihr Album " Ten$ion " auf Cooperative Music erschien, welches wieder mit einer außergewöhnlichen Mischung aus Rap, Elektro und Pop daherkam, werden sie ihre neuen Songs nun auch auf hiesigen Bühnen präsentieren. Schon im November letzten Jahres machte die südafrikanische Formation in Berlin und Köln Station, um ihre letzte Platte " $O$ " vorzustellen und lieferten dabei dem Publikum eine außergewöhnliche, verrückte und eindrucksvolle Show. Wer sich einmal von der Performance überzeugen möchte, hat an folgenden Terminen die Möglichkeit dazu: Die Antwoord - Live 2012: 19.06. Berlin ...

The Future Music Festival , at least for the past few years, has been a decent way to wind up the festival season in Adelaide. Sure, the crowd is generally unfavourable to be around, but there’s usually a good line up of artists to balance the bad with the good. 2012’s festival was a different case altogether; I don’t think I’ve experienced a worse day of live music in a very long time. Arriving at Future Music’s new base at Ellis Park, I found myself in a ridiculously large line which extended from the front gates ...

It should already be clear by now that there is no other act on this planet that can re-create the unique sounds of South Africa’s rap-rave heroes Die Antwoord . With two very charismatic emcees – Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er - and one extremely talented DJ/producer – DJ Hi-Tek (not the one from Reflection Eternal) - it’s hard not to take interest in the now-established cult figures. As a sideshow to their appearance at this year’s Future Music Festival tour, Die Antwoord took over the Enmore Theatre and stopped at nothing in leaving their mark on the hyperactive crowd. Having ...

Le rappeur Hi-Tech — à ne pas confondre avec le producteur Hi-Tek — n’est qu’une petite étoile dans le ciel du hip-hop US, une petite étoile mais d’une intensité énorme. Signé sur le label new-yorkais Mass Vinyl Recordings, Hi-Tech ne sortira qu’une poignée de maxis entre 1996 et 1998. C’est le plus remarqué qu’on vous [...]

The South African trio DJ Hi-Tek, Yo-Landi Vi$er and Ninja, otherwise known as Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for “The Answer”) brought its Zef-style hip hop to the sold-out Club Nokia.  It’s hard not to take your eyes off alien-looking Yo-Landi Vi$er with her tiny pale frame and black contacts.  Instead of selling out to a major record label [...]

Die Antwoord Ten$ion [Self-Released; 2012] by Nick RS Rating: Ten$ion is not a bad name for a Die Antwoord album. The appeal of the Cape Town hip-hop duo (trio if you count their perpetually identity-shifting beatmaker DJ Hi-Tek) has stemmed from a sort of cultural dissonance, a subversive slant that the internet intelligentsia quickly couched in terms of “performance art” or even Dada. This particular tension boils down to a question of “realness” vs. “falsehood,” a zeitgeisty little dichotomy that an overzealous writer of pop-crit fluff-pieces might slot into other “discussions” of Adele vs. Lady Gaga or Lana ...

Ritmados, com sons de balada, letras turbulentas e performances hiper criativas o Die Antwoord, entra em cena e acaba de se tornar um dos grupos mais trend do momento. Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja), Anri du Toit (Yo-Landi Vi$$er) e DJ Hi-Tek formam o grupo de Rap-Rave Die Antwoord (Africâner para “A resposta”) que acaba de [...]

On their 2010 debut these South African weirdos occasionally struck a sly balance between Ninja's deranged rhymes Yo-Landi Vi$$er's evil-sexpot coos and DJ Hi-Tek's slippery rave-rap beats The novelty runs dry on Die Antwoord's second album a marathon of overwrought beats and clunky horn-dog-rebel boasts Ninja's idea of an anti-hip-hop...

"Our next guests are a unique rap-rave group from Capetown, South Africa." That's David Letterman, introducing  Die Antwoord 's Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek. The group stopped by the "Late Show With David Letterman" last night to perform  "I Fink U Freaky" , the new single from new album TEN$ION (out today).

South African trio DIE ANTWOORD are back again, this time with the visual treatment for “I FINK U FREEKY.” Finding Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek in a black and white world, dancers gyrate to the up-tempo and spastic style we’ve come to expect from them. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, DIE ANTWOORD continue to [...] Read more at Hypebeast.com