Only 2 more weeks to the World Cup and already football fans are bravely sporting their Engish Football tops here in the Welsh Capital. Whilst on the other side of the world where kick off is due to take place.... this is happening!
I think far too many people are overlooking the fact that South African duoBiscopeare producing some of the most enjoyable Dubstep bootlegs out there. They've got some great chilled ones in their Lovesteprange, some dancefloor fillers and now something a touch more dark and broody as they take on a classic Nirvana track in a marmite style move that will make you love it or hate it. Not hard to know what side of the jar we're sitting on though.
We recently told you about the excellent South African House compilation, Ayobaness. Well Schlachthofbronx, who have their own (unrelated) Ayoba Remix EP dropping next week have just hit us up with this killer refix of the DJ Mujava track from the EP.
The new school of South African bass heavy party Glitch hop and Dubstep are pretty well represented on these pages but we rarely touch on the House aspect of things except for the occasional riddim ridden by Spoek. Well the scene over there seems to be on fire at the moment as the Kwaito scene gets quieter and the rhythms that are influencing alot of the House and Bass scenes in Europe in many ways could be said to have come full circle. This can be seen in effect throughout this EP from Outhere Records, a German based label with a history of strong African music releases.
We've already told you a little about Ayoba and it's meaning, the spirit of which is captured here by artists like the crazy blinged out man of the cloth Pastor Mbhobho(check the video for his title track) and DJ Mujava whose Township Funk on Warp was one of the biggest club anthems of last year (and the year before come to think of it).
Stream the whole EP at the label's Soundcloud account but here's a taster of the DJ Mujava track. Look out for a full length 13-track compilation due later in the year.
We have to admit we find it hard not to like any of the of the bass heavy, mechanically monstrous beats and rhymes that fire out way from the Cape Town direction. A seriously big and dutty sound combined with seriously good rhymes, yet there's something light hearted about everything that keeps it from being too... well, serious. Not that this has any reflection on the quality, not by a long shot but there seems to be a consistent characteristic of really enjoying making music. None outline this more perhaps than the trio of Narch, Mark Z and Disco Izrael who make up P.H. Fat. We've included a couple of their tracks in the past, plus one or two solo pieces and now they've hit us up with some new tasty tunes to share with you all.
We also have some tracks from a crew who are new to us here but that fit perfectly into our already high estimations of the Cape Town scene. Jam Jaris the combination of producer Soundproof and Bakaman on rhyme duty, who sounds similar to Michael Franti at times with a deep laid back delivery, but then switches up and fires flames on Neck Low, one of the more Dubstep influenced tracks. Here's a couple of examples but there's plenty more on Baka's Soundcloud account.
Plus finally we have an instrumental from a man who's no stranger to this page and who has worked with members of P.H. Fat and Baka in his time. If any emcees are feeling this beat enough to ride it then Liver would be most pleased.
We mentioned in our 2009 round up, the extra prolific nature of Spoek Mathambo, and just to highlight our point here's just a few of the projects that have caught our attention recently which have addded Spoek sparkle to their merits.
First up those bass hungry Bavarians Schlachthofbronx have a new EP out on Man Recordings, they hit us up with the title track Ayoba (a South African slang expression used for general appreciation) which features Spoek along with Gnucci Banana on a tropical hype tip.
Next up, is a new EP from LA based rapper Subtitle, which as well as boasting a beat selection from the likes of Bearmodand Megasoid has this Mochipet produced bass bubbler featuring a killer vocal line up of Cadence Weapon, fellow Briefcase Rocker , Juan Huevos and of course Mr Mathambo himself.
Finally is an EP we discovered at South African music blog Electro Trash from Sweat X(Spoek and Markus Wormstorm). Unfortunately the file is bringing up error messages but it might work for you guys, If anyone has any other links to this EP hit us up.
Seems that some world class players are congregating in South Africa this year, and no it's not football we're talking about. Here's two of their star strikers, Liver and Disco Izrael.
Biscope have been busy on the bootlegs of late helping us reintroduce some forgotten favourites into our Dubstep sets. These ones are more for the bar, or that 6 in the morning sunrise vibe and fall into that beautifully soulful realm the South African duo refer to as Lovestep.
Okay we know these are a day late but then again if we had the Monday mixtapes up to listen to then maybe it wouldn't have seemed like such a struggle to get them up in time, it's a vicious cycle. Then again we've heard all the fashionistas saying that in fact Tuesday is the new Monday, M Kat is the new black and Tropical Tech is the new religion, so who are we to argue.
First up Mumdance just sent through this mix he did for Redlight's show on BBC 1Xtra last week. A 30 minutes journey that takes us from his more grimey mind, with the help of MCs Jammer, C Gritz & Diesel into the deeper instrumental depths of his new productions and latest loves; next up the 'post apartheid, post Hip-hop poster boy' Spoek Mathambo, who is possibly the most prolific emcee of the moment, jumping on more bass bouncing beats than just about anyone else, serves up a slice of what he's been up to and what he's been into recently. He's also been blogging hard over at 2faced1; finally we celebrate a new collective of DJ’s, producers, artists and promoters called Get Hype Collective. The members are Jeuce, Pond Life, Toast, Yoghurt Warrior and Dave Verne and the producers of the group have all collaborated in a sick little mix which is waiting patiently for you down below. Also incase you haven't picked it up yet, our boysMonkeyand Curtamoshave provided remixes for the new Toast single Shipwreck, which is out on Robox-Neotech now. Pick it up here.
01. Mumdance - Kerplunk Part 1 02. Shazam & Slater Brockman - Forward March 03. Silencer - Dirtbag 04. P Money - Left The Room 05. Wiley - Wot U Call It? (Tease) 06. Terror Danjah - Bipolar 07. Plastician - Cha (Switch) 08. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx) 09. El Guincho - Kalise (Mumdance Rmx Ft Jammer) 10. Egyptrixx - Everybody Bleeding 11. Agent X - Decoy 12. Mums Of Death (Mumdance & Drums Of Death) - Golden Axe 13. Mumdance, Shortstuff & Brackles - Sick in a Bag 15. Mumdance Ft Badness - Sacrifice Riddim
PRELUDE - SPIKIRI KING DON FATHER DARK NOERD - SMOKING TUSKS (AMAPHOYISA FIXUP) SPOEK + SEKTA - PETER PAN DJ MUJAVA - TUMI GWANGWA DJ MENACE - YON’INDODA ENHLE DJ SKHOKHO - DASHBOARD LOVE SPOEK + DOUSTER - PUNANI M-TECH - ANGIGCENGI SPOEK + URCHINS - TICKETS (KID KAIO REMIX) SWEAT.X + DJ WOOL - RED FOR DANGER MUMDANCE + BRODINSKI - eUROSTARR (SHARKSLAYER REMIX) SWEAT.X - JACK SPOEK + SCHLACHTHOFBRONX - TOO HIGH (PINYIZA FIXUP) SPOEK + XRABIT + DMG$ - BOOTY CALL SWEAT.X - PEAS AND LEAVES SPOEK + JUAN HUEVOS + BUGATI FORCE - wHAT WHAT WHAT PLAYDOE + TOXIC AVENGER + CEREBRAL VORTEX - DOUCHEBAG SPOEK + DJEDJOTRONIC - DIRTY AND HARD (KEATCH REMIX)
Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (Jeuce Rework) Pond Life – Obsidian Toast – Only One Toast - Trouble Synth Girl - Hurricane (Jeuce Rework) Pond Life – Rinsed Out Rasta Jacob Plant – Basslines In (Jeuce Rework) / Toast - Bag Pond Life – Diamond Girl Toast – Daft Step Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (Jeuce Rework) Pond Life - Creep Robot Disaster – Boy (Jeuce Rework) Rafffertie – Antisocial (Toast remix) Toast - Capsule Pond Life – Space Marines Toast - Bag
Whilst the Mix N Blend album is still warm in your players, we have yet more Bass packed goodies from Cape Town with these two tracks courtesy of Dubstep duo Biscope, one of whom is Electro producer Richard The Third. We have a bootleg remix of the soul classic Stand By Me that maybe shouldn't work, but it does so well, plus an original Hip-hop tinted dancefloor track that is bound to do damage.
Mix N Blend most definitely live up to their name on new album Look Mom No Hands which just dropped on the fairly seminal African Dope label. In fact when it comes to mixing up and blending the most exciting and relevant sounds worldwide today they are most definitely at the forefront. Like similar genre busting Dance music groups such as Basement Jaxxand Groove Armada, this is feel good fun music and although it won't revolutionise modern music, it means there's not a great deal of ego wanking and is that a bad thing? A number of our favourite glitched up Hip-hop and Dubstep crews come out of the group's native Cape Town and there's a few present here, such as: PH Fat on the Hulk hopping bounceathon Spring Step, which sounds slightly like it should be the theme music for a twisted kids detective series; or Fletcherwho joins them on Shall We Swing, the kind of tune that might have been made if a mischevious time traveller decided to introduce computers and ketamine to a 1930s speak easy, reminding us of acts such as Freddie Cruger or Lucas (of 'The Lid Off' fame, remember him?). We've mainly posted up the crew's Dubstep outings previously and there are a few tracks that represent that here but there's so much more, with big Reggae and Hip-hop influence, Breaks, Drum & Bass, Soul, Jazz and a fair splattering of bass all being thrown into the Mix N Blend pot. You can pick it up from African Dope direct, Juno or Track It Down now.
We also have this super chilled Dubstep-esque remix of the Fat Freddy's Drop track The Raft by the crew (+ SFR) for you to download from their Soundcloudaccount.
That's right people if you're anywhere even close to Notting Hill this weekend then it's Carnival time. Gonna be doing the rounds but mainly camped out with the Chew The Fat and We Fear Silence fellas over at Liquid Nation on Ladbroke Grove for the Sunday. They've got a marathon line up of peeps so make sure you pass through at some point. You will need to print a flyer out though so make sure you grab one from here.
Line-Up:
12.00 – 12.55 - Hey Joe & JP (The Fat! Club & ScenexScience)
161-165 Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, W10 6HJ £2.50 Entry w/flyer / 12pm - 12am
The Recession Procession - £2.50 Entry / All Drinks / Barbeque Food
Speaking of Carnival, I doubt Bavaria has a similar equivalent so it's perhaps a suprise that Bavarian bass heads Schlachthofbronx manage to capture it's spirit so well. Their new digital album drops today joined in unison with a new Vinyl EP Belly Full Of Pills featuring Slushpuppykids (aka South African emcees Big Space and Spoek Mathambo) and it is pure airhorn / whistle blowing, big stack a speaker blasting Carnival jump up music. Here's a taster from both releases.
The next installment of Spoek Mathambo(Playdoe) and Big Space's (aka DJ Snyman) H.I.V.I.P excursions that aim to bring South Africa's finest mixes of 'Afrotech, Zulucore Space Disco, Tribal, UK Funky and Pretoria House' to the masses comes from their fellow Cape TowniteDJ Mastercash. Spoek says he wants people to come visit South Africa and dance, well this is certainly some quality enticement.
Also out of South Africa, check these stunning slices of Electro-pop from Spoek collaborator (on the Moleke Mbembe project)Richard the Thirdfrom his album Third World From the Sun.
We have to give a mention and a big shout out to Glasgow promotions company Mixed Bizness whose blog is definitely one of our favourites at the moment. Here's a couple of their recent goodies repping the Cape Town scene that we've had on heavy rotation.
For a full tracklisting on this killer mix of South African Dubstep and Bass heavy Beats, and for more information on both Liver and Fletcher check the Mixed Bizness blog.
The Wizard behind the Mixed Bizness curtain is Boom Monk Ben who has also just put together an hour of phat funked up beats from the bumpin' to the bashie to the down right dirty, all in the shape of his brand new mixtape.
1. Mooquee - Polar Crunk (Good Groove) 2. Leisure Allstars - How We Roll feat The Good People (Substatic Remix) (Leisure) 3. South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Mad Decent) 4. Santogold - Say A-Ha (Tepr Remix) (Atlantic) 5. Heatwave - Things Change feat Warrior Queen (DJ C Remix) (Soul Jazz) 6. Jokers Of The Scene - Juggle It (Fools Gold) 7. CLP - Party Hardy feat Yo! Majesty (Shitkatapult) 8. A-Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Happiness (Finger Lickin) 9. Jon Ohms - King Of The Boots (Unreleased) 10. James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (DJ Ayers Remix) (Unreleased) 11. DJ TaMeiL - Bump Like This (Unruly) 12. Boy 8 Bit - The Cricket Scores Midfield General - Disco Sirens (Acapella) (Skint) 13. Tittsworth - Broke Ass N*gga (DJ Assault Remix) (Plant Music) 14. Rob 3 - The Chase (Mad Decent) 15. Thunderheist - Jerk It (Big Dada) 16. The Qemists - Dem Na Like Me (Subscape Dub) (Ninja Tune) 17. Mix n Blend - Tantrum feat Sfr & Ej Von Lyrik (Unreleased) 18. Magnetic Man - The Cyberman (Unreleased) 19. SFR - Kwaito Mandla (Unreleased) 20. Schlachthofbronx - Good To Go (Unreleased) 21. 6Blocc - Never Scared (Unreleased)
Gonna be playing a couple of dates withPlaydoeover the next couple of weeks. Definitely one of our favourite groups (see interview here) and we were mightily upset when we were stopped from playing their thought provoking yet damned funky cover version of a Seun Kuti track The Bombs by the over sensitive BBC powers that be. We were also stopped from playing an Astrosnoozeremix of the track Bomb Threat by This Is Radio Freedom. The references to bombs was deemed insensitive with the situation in Gaza happening??!! If anything I think tracks like The Bombs should be played even more but unfortunately we had to put up with that horrible feeling of being helplessly gagged. If you are a DJ please give it as much exposure as possible, we have a radio edit too if you need it just get in touch.
They're currently on tour in the UK at the following places. Catch them if you can.
27 Feb - Cargo, London 28 Feb - Camden Monarch, London 1 Mar Oakford Social Club, Reading 5 Mar - Mixed Bizness @ Glasgow School of Art 6 Mar - Snafu, Aberdeen 7 Mar - The Reading Rooms, Dundee 11 Mar - Lucerna Music, Prague 12 Mar - Fuzz Club, Sheffield 13 Mar - Start The Bus, Bristol with Chrome Kids 17 Mar - Kruger Magazine @ The Social London with Chrome Kids 18 Mar - BBC Introducing @ Bar Four, Reading 19 Mar - Guilford Boiler Roon, London
Got some heavy new tracks from South Africa to play tomorrow night on the show but this remix from Konfab, who should be dropping his debut solo album on Pioneer Unitsometime soon, came just a bit too late, so here tis for you now.
For those who know the original this is "a dubbed-out and warped electronic hip hop hybid with heavy dancehall subs."
Spoek from South African electro rhymers Playdoe just dropped us a copy of his new mix which he originally posted up on his blog a couple of days back. He mixes up some of the fresh new South African Kwaito artists with some classic old skool House / Techno and a few new tracks from UK House producer Geeneus. Killer.
He also sent us a killer new Playdoe track called The Bombs, it's an interpretation of an Afrobeat track by Seun Kuti (Fela Kuti's youngest...as far as they know) and it is huge... however we can't post it here yet so you're gonna have to tune in to us on BBC Radio 1 next Wednesday when we cover the BBC Introducing in Wales show for Bethan Elfyn. You can listen online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bethanelfyn or if you're in Wales or nearby you can peep it on 99.5fm.
CABARET VOLTAIRE – DECAY SIDELELE - BIG NUZ (SPOEK MATHAMBO 'BELL HOP' REFIX ) IZINJA – BIG NUZ GEENEUS – INTO THE FUTURE BUBZIN - DURBAN FUNK BUJO MUJO - KHOLOI ?? - ANGICENGI CNDO FEAT. BIG NUZ - SEDUCER GEENEUS – NIGHT REMIX DJ SKHOKHO - 04 DJ BONGS - BANGA GEENEUS – YELLOWTAIL (SPOEK MATHAMBO 'MONATE FELA' REFIX) ?? – NO STRINGS ATTACHED CNDO - TERMINATOR CABARET VOLTAIRE – VIBRATIONS RISQUE RYTHUM TEAM – THE JACKING ZONE DJ SKHOKHO – 08 (SPOEK MATHAMBO 'AIDS IN THE HOSTEL' REFIX)
Also from South Africa are this dope crewPH Fat who just hit me up with their new bass heavy track Jabu's Dance Team. Lovin' the drop on this one and these fellas have also just made a track with Spoek, it all slots in to place nicely.
With their Grime like, glitch ridden, ‘neolectro afrobotic’, party rhyme rockin’ take on Hip-hop, Playdoe are definitely one of the most important groups in the Chrome Kids universe, so it’s only right that our first official interview up on the blog should be with them.
Listening to their music is probably the best way to find out where they’re at now but we wanted to find out more about where they come from. So we dig into the past and politics of their home, South Africa. Although we cut it down some it’s still a fair read for the attentionaly challenged so we suggest picking up a copy of their EP ‘Sibot & Spoek Are Playdoe’ which is out now on Try Harder Records (from iTunes or similar) and have a listen while you read.
Alternatively you can download this incredible mix from The Real Estate Agents, another of Sibot’s projects alongside Markus Wormstorm. It’s a beautifully tripped out glitch fest from a live show they recorded in Paris.
Chrome Kids - There’s one or two artists sneaking through out of SA at the moment such as Mujava and Ben Sharpa, Do you feel you fit into the other stuff coming out of there or are you on a different flex?
Sibot -I would have to say we’re kinda different. Mujava comes from a background of like Afro-house, the Kwaito scene from the township. He wrote a beat that got the attention of the internationals and there’s alot of that music happening, we’re not really a part of that scene, we’re doing more like Electro rap kinda influenced by local rhythms from all over the world, stuff like baille and grime stuff from the UK. And obviously coming from a Hip-hop background, we mash it all together and get this kinda hybrid stuff that we’re working on now.
Chrome Kids - You mentioned about Kwaito, many of the articles about Kwaito say that it is angry music, the name itself being derived from the Afrikaans word Kwaai, meaning ‘angry’.
Spoek – No I don’t think Kwaito means angry
Sibot - for me Kwaito’s very specific, you can tell it a mile away just by the tempo and the tone of it – it’s like Anthem based lyrics on top of really slow house. What I was told about how the Kwaito rhythm came about was from early DJs bringing Garage music from the UK on 45s and playing them at 33, really pitched down and slow and then guys started emceeing over it.
Spoek - I think more than Garage from the UK it was a lot of Chicago House coming out in the 80s, but it’s not even such a tempo slowed down thing anymore. Kwaito’s been going for a good 18 years, and anything which has kind of a house beat with Sutu or Zulu lyrics on it, that is Kwaito. A lot of even the rapping stuff, if it’s straight 16 bar stuff it’s still called like Kwai-hop or something cos it’s related to Kwaito it’s just our style of rapping, But it’s very much not an angry or sad music, it’s block party music, like our version of Baile Funk. Just chant based party stuff. With South Africa being such a crazy fucked up country people can have street bashes and have the best time you know, so it’s not angry at all I don’t think (starts singing some Kwaito lyrics) it’s all about dance crazes, it’s a really happy culture.
Chrome Kids - So how does your music relate? Would you say that’s party music too?
Sibot – Yeah I like to think we can make people party. I love Kwaito, I’m really influenced by it and I make some stuff with other producers in South Africa just cos I love the rhythm but I don’t really come from that background and so I don’t really think I can call what we do Kwaito, cos it’s not the same tempo, it’s not the same background or not the same anything really. The stuff we make is a lot more upbeat, a lot more broken stuff. I’m crazy about rhythms, I like testing different types of rhythms so our music’s all over the place, different triplets and 16 bar shuffle stuff.
Spoek – That was a big thing when I started working with Sibot. I was coming up as an emcee and I thought I could bend my head around stuff, but his rhythms and his sense of rhythm would always fuck me up, and this is years and years of trying to sit on beats and not falling on them properly you know, and then eventually getting it better.
Chrome Kids -So he helped to push you as an artist as well, just riding those different rhythms?
Spoek – Yeah, it got heavy and tricky at a point when I was like 17. But I was young and I think I got better at it definitely.
Chrome Kids - You explained there that Kwaito isn’t really your background, but what are your backgrounds musically? Where does your sound come from do you think?
Sibot – Well as far back as like the beginning of High School, I was into Pearl Jam and Nirvana and had a luminous yellow electric guitar, and I’d learn all the licks, and from there I got into Hip-hop and deejaying cos I was interested in what all the hype was about. And then I got big time into scratch deejaying and Hip-hop producing. I was strictly Hip-hop, going into battles and that kind of stuff but then eventually I found a way to just laugh at myself and not take it so seriously, and that’s when I started not giving a fuck about what I make and just made whatever I felt like on that day. Take a rhythm from some crazy West African 6/8 type of influence and turn it into electronic music in my own way. It’s like, whatever’s out there I’m open to now.
Spoek – Sibot and I come from different parts of Johannesburg and totally different backgrounds and what not. So for me, being Black South African, I grew up on Kwaito, all the early tunes. It’s the most commercial music for young people standard. And then there was also church music, going to church and other kinds of African music from my family in Polokwane. I grew up around that naturally and so it’s definitely an influence, but my brother put me on to Hip-hop when I was like 4 or 5. He was 10 years older than me and it was all NWA, Ice T, Father MC, KRS One, and I was young so I grew up on it pretty hard. After that though I discovered there was a lot more in the world which kinda added to my angles. Then the last couple of years I discovered that Rock music isn’t just a white boy thing and that I can get into whatever I want. But a big influence was actually avante-garde Jazz and abstract jazz stuff, just breaking pattern and not having to be so strict and formulaic with what you do. And then on the flip side of that, understanding patterns and respecting them and the funk that can come out of just a straight loop.
Chrome Kids - Going back to Hip-hop, I remember South African artists like Prophets Of Da City breaking through over here, but were you getting to hear local Hip-hop there too?
Sibot - Before my Nirvana faze I was big into early Hip-hop like Big Daddy Kane, and POC was out then. They had their videos on TV with all the international stuff. I don’t think I particularly liked it, just because I could pick the accent out and I was kind of into the American stuff, but what they were doing was amazing.
Spoek – I once did a show with their Beatboxer and for me it was a huge milestone, to bridge my kinda young spasticness with an old school established beatboxer, and hanging out meeting Shaheen. So yeah they were a huge influence, but also they were from Capetown and the Cape Flats and Sibot and I are from Johannesburg. At that point Capetown was a world apart.
Sibot – Johannesburg had nothing, the Grafitti and everything was in Capetown and I used to see it on TV and kinda just be like ‘what the fuck is that?’ Really intrigued by what was going on there.
Chrome Kids - Was there ever a rivalry?
Sibot – Later on, Jo’burg was way behind I think. Jo’burg’s such a spread out place, there’s no central cluster or unity between artists. You can’t just ride your bike to the guy’s house cos everybody is from so many different places.
Spoek – He’s totally wrong about that, totally wrong. Soweto’s like the biggest ‘community’ community, Diepkloof guys and Dobsonville guys will have like benches and parties. I think things flip, Capetown understood Hip-hop first but once it translated to Johannesburg, like right now if you go to Johannesburg, there’s Sunday sessions every week and there’s strong new artists, young artists, old artists, really killing it.
Sibot – We would have to go into central Jo’burg to get a Hip-hop party and that was cool, really centralized. There’d be emcee battles, but there was nothing between Capetown and Jo’burg at the time from what I saw. Maybe like POC guys would come to Jo’burg for a couple of years and they would do some mic sessions and there’d be the occasional battles, but I think only later on there was competition between Jo’burg and Capetown.
Chrome Kids - A lot of people I know say that South Africa’s a very political place. Would you say that goes for you guys as well or are you trying to move away from that and concentrate on trying to bring the party?
Spoek – No, I want to make music, I want to talk about stuff but a while ago I kinda got bored and disgusted by heavy handedness and getting force fed people’s issues and ideologies so I like to make smart and digestible messages not heavy political, I know that might sound kinda wanky. We come from a really really charged environment where every single thing is political and it’s a spore to the music.
Sibot – We’re forced to be political in a country like that, you have to have a point of view. Growing up in a country like that you’ve been made aware of what kind of country you come from and its history. You’re ingrained in it whether you like it or not. But something which I always believe in is that I don’t like to go up to a party and then force feed people political stuff and try and give them a message, because I don’t like to think of music as being that kind of thing. People like to come out here and forget about their problems and not be force fed other people’s problems.
Chrome Kids - So what’s your vibe on the political situation at the moment with Mbeki stepping down. How do you see the future with Motlanthe and Zuma? Do you think it’s going to get better at all? Or is it just going to get crazy?
Spoek – Kind of a pessimistic view is that it will go crazy and that Zuma’s gonna mean the end of our country and there’ll be civil war but I don’t know, all we can do from this point of view is hope that it’ll be cool. That Motlanthe will hold it down, that Zuma will get prosecuted, cos I think he’s a crook and he should not run our country.
Sibot – No he should not but I think that everything will be fine, and the reason why I say that is cos there’s so many hands in the pot at the moment from all the biggest companies all over the world, and all the big countries. There’s so much invested in our country that it’ll be hard for it to speed wobble out of control at this stage.
Spoek – Yeah but the point is that we might think that big countries are like these benefactor figures but the UK government in a weird sort of way are supportive of Zuma and invited him to their house of Government. He’s a dodgy character but they had a beef with Mbeki so they were playing them off against each other even before anyone won. If you look at civil wars around the world they have been supported by these big European supposed…
Sibot – I don’t mean that what’s happening isn’t being supported, it’s just that the country’s got so much invested in it, as one of the fastest growing economies, that those businesses are gonna make sure that shit doesn’t fall apart. And that’s my belief is that when you’ve got so many people involved and they can threaten to pull and push stuff to influence the country then they’re gonna do that.
Spoek – But I think that’s a bit naïve. Look at the Congo, look at Nigeria, look at the big corporations that have their hand there, look at the minerals. When certain people get into power there’s no way of shaking it. I mean diamonds are worth a lot, oil is worth a lot to a lot of people but still things go haywire, because of power, because of maniacs and dictators.
Playdoe have a bunch of new tracks ready to drop so keep checking back on their MySpace. Here’s a little exclusive we got from Sibot, something a bit different from him as he drops on a Dubstep tip with an intense but bouncy jump up track.
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