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It really makes me wonder where the world is going. It amazing to think of the work that has gone into making something like this. Im not really sure what to think beyond that. Leaves me with a strange feeling.
I saw/ heard some of this guy at a the london electronic dance festival this year but don't really remember much and now sort of wish I'd paid more attention.
Im not sure how a serious he takes himself??...at first it seems real deep but then he appears to look a bit stupid with his head band and scrawny tattoed frame dancing around....surely it must be a bit "tongue in cheek" especially at the end where he says "all up in the internet an' ****" but upon reading some info maybe not.
the vocals from the girl are uncomfortable at first but ultimately exciting for me!
heres something interesting I read
"The "Enter The Ninja" video also features Leon Botha, a prominent Cape Town artist who is one of the world's oldest survivors of progeria."
and when following the link for progeria we find this page
It really makes me wonder where the world is going. It amazing to think of the work that has gone into making something like this
if by this you mean you dont understand/like it, fair enough!
but to suggest music/videos/art like this is some strange new direction the world is heading in is a rather odd claim.
at least this kind of thing is expressive, creative, original (perhaps) and challenging even if its not to everyones liking (and its not really to my liking)
the more worrying issues for art, music, culture, creativness, the "worlds direction" is the constant churning out of uncreative, unispiring, souless, lifeless drones who pretty much plague the music industry to its very core right now and all in the name of BIG BUCKS!!!$$
quick fix POP! american idol, pop idol, X factor and every other single show like this and every wannabe artist that aspires to this kind of drivel.
Die antwoord is hip hop with a concept (eminem style) commenting on society in a creative way. maybe it hits the spot with some and misses by miles with others but so what. they are daring!they also gave thier first album away for free!!! cool? or stupid? Stu
the more worrying issues for art, music, culture, creativness, the "worlds direction" is the constant churning out of uncreative, unispiring, souless, lifeless drones who pretty much plague the music industry to its very core right now and all in the name of BIG BUCKS!!!$$
Hey where is the swimming pool full of bitches wiggling? The big car, the champagne, the gold chain?? And the ridiculous gansta_Scarface attitude?
At least this Antwoord seems to have something to say (well maybe?). They have an original graphic imagination. I saw another clip and the girl looks more crazy than the ninja...
if you want to be scared, look at this, i laughed so much
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"The most important part of Flamenco is not in knowing how to interpret it. The higher art is in knowing how to listen." (Luis Agujetas)
I want your soul - come to daddy! Yes the payoff was at 3:55 with the scream... my god people dance to that though? I thought dancing to Laurie Anderson "O Superman" was weird, but this was weirder.
The scream reminded me a bit of the scream in Tenacious D movie when the guys head explodes. A classic.
Yes that DDR Butterfly is so similar! How in the world did you find that? But I think appropriating things from different artists in rap and electronic music to make something interesting is very common, just like Flamenco!
And that progeria stuff, what a terrible disease. That Leon Botha guy featured in the video has done some interesting stuff though.
Very interesting all around... I think die Antwoort are performance artists myself, and they are making calculated statments.
Yes that DDR Butterfly is so similar! How in the world did you find that? But I think appropriating things from different artists in rap and electronic music to make something interesting is very common, just like Flamenco!
i remember it from when i was younger and i would go to the arcade and bust a move on the dance dance revolution machine to try to impress all the mad fly hunnies in there.
it's alarmingly similar. i mean.. you've got ay ay ay, butterfly, and samurai all in the same song. what's the chance of that happening by coincidence? it's not different enough to be original, but it's not similar enough to be an obvious spin off of the ddr butterfly song, so it's plagiarism in my book.
flamenco is inherently improvisational so the rules are a little different, imo.
but anyways, still an interesting and entertaining video.
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