SI...... SIBOT

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D78abjIV2z8mD6I58JjyBaBVRH01D41cSU69b7ceoigFlkyOC4y52Y4Eq9TV6-KLY3dRJFcydJ9v1GIcsQCtzF9z5Qp5t2gzMcUs38RBdC_C_qa0KAmQorC40utNOu6eQxZOyZkjROM/s1600/Sibot_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="532" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D78abjIV2z8mD6I58JjyBaBVRH01D41cSU69b7ceoigFlkyOC4y52Y4Eq9TV6-KLY3dRJFcydJ9v1GIcsQCtzF9z5Qp5t2gzMcUs38RBdC_C_qa0KAmQorC40utNOu6eQxZOyZkjROM/s1600-rw/Sibot_2.png" title="sibot" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Very few South African musical exports are as talented and prolific as SIBOT.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Even before being crowned South African DJ Battle Champion 2002, this versatile DJ / Producer has been involved in many ground breaking collaborative projects.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A household name in todays electronic scene both at home and abroad, Sibot has become the reference and bench-mark for any up-and-coming local musician/DJ in the game.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Having set the bedrock for his career in 1998 with SA Hip Hop Band Max Normal, he has featured in multiple acts including Playdoe, The Real Estate Agents, Closet Snare, The Constructus Corporation and Chromoscience.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> An absolute musical icon – Sibot’s career has always pushed the envelope, always maintaining his core ideals.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His directions have been multiple, blurring the boundaries between Hip Hop and Electronic Music, between live and DJ.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sibots Genre-less style has lent itself to advertising and party atmosphere alike.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Live, Sibot has performed most major festivals in South Africa and countless gigs, from street parties to corporate awards ceremonies. Internationally the has been invited to festivals such as Sonar – Spain, Pukkelpop – Belgium, Printemps de Bourges – France, Paleo & Elektron – Switzerland, Glastonbury – UK and Splash – Germany and countless club gigs all over UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland all the way to The Reunion Islands.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One would be hard-pressed to find other musicians with this much talent and drive. As a solo or collaborative artist Sibot stands out from the rest as one of the few people to lead the way as South African Music in all its forms.</div> <br /> <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Connect:</span></b><br /> <ul class="sc-list-nostyle sc-clearfix" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="web-profiles__item" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><div class="sc-truncate" style="overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><a class="web-profile sc-link-light" href="http://www.sshadoworkss.co.za/" rel="me nofollow" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="sc-social-icon sc-social-icon-personal" style="background-image: url(data:image/png; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; 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height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"></span> MySpace</a> </span></div> </li> <li class="web-profiles__item" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><div class="sc-truncate" style="overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; text-decoration: none;"><a class="web-profile sc-link-light" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sibot" rel="me nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="sc-social-icon sc-social-icon-lastfm" style="background-image: url(data:image/png; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"></span> Last.fm</a> </span></div> </li> <li class="web-profiles__item" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><div class="sc-truncate" style="overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; text-decoration: none;"><a class="web-profile sc-link-light" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thugplugger?feature=mhum" rel="me nofollow" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="sc-social-icon sc-social-icon-youtube" style="background-image: url(data:image/png; background-position: 50% 50%; display: inline-block; height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"></span> YouTube</a> </span></div> </li> </ul> <div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;"><br /></span></span></div> <iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/users/25970&color=ff006d&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> Catch Sibot and Toyota playing at <a href="http://www.thinkinelectronic.com/2014/01/olmeca-tequila-presents-mad-decent.htm" target="_blank">Mad Decent Block Party this weekend </a>

SI...... SIBOT

Very few South African musical exports are as talented and prolific as SIBOT. Even before being crowned South African DJ Battle Cha...

Mad Decent Block Party - Major Lazer

<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Major Lazer is an electronic dancehall DJ project created by American DJ/producer Diplo. Formerly a collaboration along with DJ/producer Switch, they parted ways in late 2011. Diplo has since enlisted producers/DJs Jillionaire and Walshy Fire (of Black Chiney) to help with the production and live shows.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13qI7tW-Hkumd8WiBVIDLhiDJxnFNhu5LYdowyVbmH323goeh8KmM7ChkwqIErbs0BWuRBRDQBzj5JZSnZbBaVz8wor6ZRNPNU1-qtw6OGYQoei_V3hAWzLNJRGvgHD4toJl6Fduz3Zw/s1600/majorlazer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13qI7tW-Hkumd8WiBVIDLhiDJxnFNhu5LYdowyVbmH323goeh8KmM7ChkwqIErbs0BWuRBRDQBzj5JZSnZbBaVz8wor6ZRNPNU1-qtw6OGYQoei_V3hAWzLNJRGvgHD4toJl6Fduz3Zw/s1600-rw/majorlazer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Years after the zombie apocalypse ravaged the galaxy, Major Lazer went into isolation after bringing peace and order to Earth. With the help of a mysterious shadow government called Cinco he was cryogenically frozen as a safeguard for the future’s wellbeing. Despite a great many years of pursuing peace on the planet, a new threat began to loom on the horizon and the commando was brought out of sleep by the Committee of Five. This intergalactic group faced an opponent that only Major Lazer could defend against: his former superior and commander General Rubbish. Rubbish had come out of deep space hiding with a new weapon…Terror Lazor and was set out to enslave and capture all of Earth’s allies to seize inter-galactic planetary control and then destroy Earth. With dwindling resources to defend Earth and it’s allies, the Committee of Five brought Major Lazer out of cryogenic slumber. He was assigned a partner, the female assassin known only as Knife Fight. Together they set out to FREE THE UNIVERSE, beginning on the fortuitous date of February 19th, 2013.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">After releasing their landmark LP Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do in 2009, the heroic production duo of Diplo and Switch found themselves boldly marching forwards toward the end of the aughts, conquering major milestones. From 2009 to 2011, the twosome toured extensively across the United States and the world, selling out shows and performing at some of music’s major festivals, including Coachella, Pitchfork, Sasquatch, Outside Lands and Falls Music & Arts Festival. In 2010 Major Lazer released Lazerproof, a free download mixtape with pop sensation La Roux, and Lazers Never Die, an EP featuring two new tracks and three remixes, including one by Thom Yorke. Undoubtedly, one of the foremost breakthroughs for Major Lazer during this time was the production collaboration with Beyonce on her massive hit “Run the World (Girls)”, which sampled their track “Pon de Floor. Beyonce directly sought out Switch and Diplo, recognizing the fact that the duo was creating authentically innovative music and further cementing their status as a production team worthy of worldwide mainstream attention. As 2011 turned to 2012, Switch determined it best to pursue his own path, leaving Diplo in full control of Major Lazer.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, as the sole executive producer of Major Lazer, Diplo continues to spearhead the current dancehall revival movement with the upcoming release Free The Universe. The recording includes exciting collaborations with Bruno Mars, Tyga, Flux Pavillion, Wynter Gordon, Shaggy, Wyclef, Ezra Koening from Vampire Weekend, Dev and more. Spin called the LP’s first single “Get Free” featuring Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors, “a meeting point between Jamaica, West Africa, and Brooklyn.” The second single from Free The Universe, “Jah No Partial”, dropped on October, 22nd 2012.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Diplo (AKA Wesley Pentz) has risen through the ranks and has asserted himself as one of the most pioneering producers of the time. Through unending curiosity and exploration of the vast multitudes of the world’s musical heritages, Diplo has managed to seamlessly connect the global underground to the audio mainstream. He is the Grammy-nominated founder, owner and head honcho of Mad Decent records, which has not only garnered widespread critical and audience accolades since its inception, but has also deservedly earned a hefty reputation as a vanguard of groundbreaking releases. As Major Lazer, he recently retreated to Jamaica to team up with producers Ariel Rechtshaid and Dre Skull on the upcoming Snoop Dogg album Snoop Lion “Reincarnated”. Major Lazer was also featured on the title track from No Doubt’s latest comeback album with famed dancehall artist Busy Signal and released an official remix for Hot Chip’s “Look At Where We Are”.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="userInfo__description" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"> <div class="truncatedUserText"> <div class="userText__expanded"> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tags/FREETHEUNIVERSE" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">#FREETHEUNIVERSE</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> ALBUM OUT NOW:<br /> <a href="http://smarturl.it/MLFreeTheUniverse" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">smarturl.it/MLFreeTheUniverse</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="userInfo__webProfiles" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"> <div class="web-profiles"> <ul class="sc-list-nostyle sc-clearfix" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="web-profiles__item" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><div class="sc-truncate" style="overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> <a class="web-profile sc-link-light" href="http://majorlazer.com/" rel="me nofollow" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="sc-social-icon sc-social-icon-personal" style="background-image: url(data:image/png; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"></span> Major Lazer Official</a></div> </li> <li class="web-profiles__item" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><div class="sc-truncate" style="overflow: hidden; 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line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.thinkinelectronic.com/2013/11/mad-decent-block-party-comes-to-south.html?q=mad+decent+block+party" target="_blank">Major Lazer are bringing their EPIC party Mad Decent Block Party to South Africa  </a>Feb 8/9 2014</span></div>

Mad Decent Block Party - Major Lazer

Major Lazer is an electronic dancehall DJ project created by American DJ/producer Diplo. Formerly a collaboration along with DJ/producer Sw...

All Night to Dance With Das Kapital

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ff0072; color: white; font-size: x-large;"> INTERVIEW </span></h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> </h4> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: x-large;">DAS KAPITAL DANCES ALL NIGHT WITH US</span></h2> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As one of the biggest DJs in South Africa Das Kapital continues to headline festivals and club nights across the country, bringing a party vibe allied with his excellent technical skills. His brilliant DJ sets, crowd reading ability and infectious energy ensure that nobody is left unmoved.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Previous highlights for Das Kapital include remixes for Waxhole USA, Neon Records & MOS Australia, Universal USA, F! Records / Soul Candi in South Africa and Mixmash (Netherlands); he has also written music for Hollywood film trailers and USA TV shows as well as for a number of brand campaigns.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As owner of Do Work Records, he has been heavily involved in bringing through the next generation of South African electronic talent where the label will shortly release its tenth release. Artists include Hendrik Joerges, D_Know, Tyron Woods, Leechi, RVWR and Garcon.</span><br /> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPBGj43R49u8xYkz5Zf9yP7wLHktFQcglrrHiOAiO85gtEr_1tfCNObyOelDTCoKOytRdusg5K0kLOdBoe2LzS42eHxFDSIOMuEcINFpS-3civv6P7bxAmQvzqZmjLMIhH-q2J3tF37k/s1600/Das_Kapital_EPK_Press_Photo_11%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPBGj43R49u8xYkz5Zf9yP7wLHktFQcglrrHiOAiO85gtEr_1tfCNObyOelDTCoKOytRdusg5K0kLOdBoe2LzS42eHxFDSIOMuEcINFpS-3civv6P7bxAmQvzqZmjLMIhH-q2J3tF37k/s640-rw/Das_Kapital_EPK_Press_Photo_11%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>Hello Kyle and a very warm welcome to think IN electronic. Thank you for doing this interview with us. :)</b></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">My pleasure<b><o:p></o:p></b></span><br /> <span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gxLHzhWQLT9TQc-XzZZAQJtJRJLVXXbPfKLNV06nvo330LozYYy1uUFiOrnb5edXSX-lbFdZurZCFU-BnzVf58l5FwsuShw9p6OIE8krHA2ShzKpCWa5-lAo4I8Kj3rbn4ADCh7A4VM/s1600/Das+Kapital+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPBGj43R49u8xYkz5Zf9yP7wLHktFQcglrrHiOAiO85gtEr_1tfCNObyOelDTCoKOytRdusg5K0kLOdBoe2LzS42eHxFDSIOMuEcINFpS-3civv6P7bxAmQvzqZmjLMIhH-q2J3tF37k/s1600/Das_Kapital_EPK_Press_Photo_11%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></a></div> <span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>How you doing and what has been the highlight of playing at vac so far?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I’m great thank you!  So many gigs coming (Plett Rage, Hardwell) and the SynergyLive Takeover for Do Work was immense – so much fun bringing the label to a huge festival crowd who really went for it.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>1.     We noticed your twitter handle has sad faces in it, why the sad faces?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> This is a cool place to start. The answer isn’t really straightforward – I put them up at a time when I really wasn’t coping with how demanding my lifestyle was becoming.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> As I worked through it and found a better routine, I didn’t have a need for them, but I like leaving them there as a reminder to keep working the way I am.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>2.     We know you are from Cape Town - we are from JHB. As a Capetonian what’s the one thing you love about JHB and what’s the one thing you hate about JHB?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I love the fact that the party scene tends to feel a bit more open-ended in Johannesburg. You get a lot of people into very different things in the same places, which means you can really “explore” your music collection.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> The thing I don’t like, at times, is that some of the staple party venues have really self-entitled dickheads frequenting it. I don’t need to stand behind a woman arguing that she deserves more white wine in her already full glass, when she’s paying R16 for it. Get over yourself and go enjoy your night, miss.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>3.     Tell us who is Das Kapital? What inspired the name and how did you end up in music specifically electronic music?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> “Das Kapital” is Kyle Brinkmann for a part of every day. The name came about when I was 17, reading a lot of political, economic and philosophical texts. It’s Karl Marx’s book, first published in 1861, criticising the construct of capitalism in Western society.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> There’s a ton of irony in using the name of that book - heralded as the origins of modern communism – as the pseudonym for a music project, but I liked it for a ton of reasons, so stuck with it.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I started producing music to have tracks to rap over (I started writing lyrics when I was 12 and 13), and as I got deeper into the production side, it became the thing that I put all my time into. Because I started on my old home PC, the music was always electronic, and as I improved and upgraded, incorporating evermore live sound into my tracks, the electronic roots have stayed true.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>4.     DJing is very different from producing. Which came first for you, and how did you get your big break?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Production came first, by a long shot. I started DJing about 4 or 5 years after I started writing tracks. I got my first club set at Fiction during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, having played a lot of house parties in the years before. It really just spiraled from there – Good people heard my sets, liked what they heard and pushed my name further, and with that, I grew as a performer and artist.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>5.     For your age you have achieved a lot how does this make you feel do you ever get overwhelmed by it? I mean, having a track featured in international movie release "21 Jump Street" trailer, and on American TV shows is something most can only dream about.</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> If anything, I’m aware of my age because of how much more I want to get done.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I look at a lot of my achievements as things to smile at, but the moment you become satisfied or overly self-congratulatory is, to me, the moment you become inert; tame – If you don’t see the need to better your work and constantly surpass yourself, you’ll stop moving forward.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>6.     If you could pick any place in Cape Town to describe your music, what place would you pick and why?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Brilliant question, and really tough to answer. I guess I’d say somewhere overlooking the sea, really high up, in winter, at night. There are a lot of emotions that could play out there across the spectrum, so I think that’s perfect. That’s where a lot of the inspiration comes from at least. Thanks to everyone that’s supported the music, the label, our artists and the movement we are building. This is a team effort, and I’ll rep my team to the death of me.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>7.     When producing where do you draw your inspirations from are there any producers you turn to for advice?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I listen to a lot of music, with very little regard for genre specificity. I take cues from outlying genres and what I FEEL needs to be written, and combine them.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> It’s always an adventure, but I go in with at least one idea or movement that needs to happen, and let the rest of the parts fall into place.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAg7uWW_8EsepDwYbwTbeZ97nzlVCABeAvakeBto7O0_9eGzfoLmO4ovfsrMnUMlMBDPY0cyPY1RtxRJ2MtHeU7q1eIkoi3hQHkNYkXfQW-tM4yUQx5BeQy_rcqXg1ujJ1JG85IMOnM8/s1600/558959_704351309577095_666792685_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAg7uWW_8EsepDwYbwTbeZ97nzlVCABeAvakeBto7O0_9eGzfoLmO4ovfsrMnUMlMBDPY0cyPY1RtxRJ2MtHeU7q1eIkoi3hQHkNYkXfQW-tM4yUQx5BeQy_rcqXg1ujJ1JG85IMOnM8/s400-rw/558959_704351309577095_666792685_n.png" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>8.     You are on the line up for Mad Decent Block Party. What about MDBP stands out the most for you?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I am excited for one reason – I am playing an awesome party with a lineup of stupidly talented people (both local and international). It’s not often that I’m so sure of both my place in a lineup and the place of those around me.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I’m really looking forward to sharing the stage with old friends and new friends alike – they’re all veritable artists in their own right.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>9.     Major Lazer (Diplo), Dillion Francis and Flosstradamus make for a pretty sick lineup. Who are you looking forward to seeing, and which one of them do you look up to?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> All of them have been influential to me for years. Flosstradamus used to rep the Chicago footwork sound hard, and recently really came to represent the face of “Trap” music, which is closely linked to my musical roots in Hip Hop production.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Dillon Francis has been a fantastic producer for years, whether it be his Dubstep, his Electro or his 112BPM stuff. I’m really excited to meet him, because he’s a character, and I love when that comes across in someone’s music. As for Major Lazer, I’m really looking forward to meeting Jillionaire, seeing the whole show, and playing alongside Diplo again. It’s a no brainer.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>10.  This year you started your own record label. In your opinion, what sets your label apart from other record labels out there?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Do Work is really multifaceted, and that makes it hard to pin down. I think that’s what makes it work – We do a lot with our music, in terms of targetting tracks to places where they need to be heard, and pushing the talent of our artists forward.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> We get really hands-on with the tracks we sign, working with the artists directly to push their tracks and their abilities to levels higher than even we expect sometimes. Stylistically, all that we care about is “great”. We have everything from Techno, to New Wave Hip Hop (I think I just made that up but it’s a real thing), to Electro and Progressive and Deep House, to whatever works. We care about music that means something to someone, and pushing that further.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> *self-wank over*</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>11.  Growing up what was your favourite cartoon to watch?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> I will give you my top 3, because I FUCKING LOVE cartoons:</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> 1.     The Magic Schoolbus</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> 2.     Batman (the 90s one)</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> 3.     Spiderman (the 90s one)</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> 1<b>2.  When you not “Doing” music what would we find you doing?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Honestly, in the little time off I have, I try my utmost to see friends, eat good food, and do exciting and fulfilling things.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>13.  What are your predictions for the sound of 2014?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> 90s Hardcore is making a massive comeback right now. I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s going to be integrated and reinterpreted by producers. Otherwise, there are a lot of sounds drowning the sonic landscape right now, and I’d very much rather let those drain away than become bigger. I want to see growth, and I know a lot of my contemporaries want to as well. Here’s hoping NEW is direction we all head.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <b>14.  Any last message for fans and what s next for Das Kapital?</b></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Watch this space, because the best is still on the way. As much as I’d love everyone to know all the details, I need to play a lot of this close to my chest.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Thank you so much for taking time out to do this interview with us, We look forward to catching you play sometime soon in Johannesburg.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> Thank you ladies. I’ll see you soon.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div> </div>

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