Something Personal..

When I started off this blog essentially it was about just blogging and nothing more, but along the way I’ve learnt not only about our imaginary genre but more about music as a whole but more importantly about the people who are grey patch’s, people like me who do not fall in the black and white area but outside of both.

In the middle of nowhere but end up somewhere… people who love to explore, venture and just live life with no rules or boundary on the artistic side.

Along the way we meet people that may not be like us but love and enjoy certain things that we do and that alone then makes them like us in a way. During this blog I found my writing skills, and how I write makes me a very comfortable blogger, so I have found my comfort zone through Kwai-core… a genre for weirdoes and grey heads.

I would have really liked to take upon a project whereby we were required to actually make a song that would sound like kwai-core, with the dance moves and all and actually plan a little event where by we invite people and perform I know that you bloggers would be interested.

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Mathambo’s musical style is also abstract and dance inspired. His beats are mixes of western classics and innovative African sounds. For instance, his hit single Control is a remake of Joy Division‘s hit, She’s Lost Control.
Moreover, his first album entitled, “Mshini Wam” is derived from Umshini wami, (my Machine) also known as Awuleth’ Umshini Wami (Bring me my machine gun). It is a popular Zulu language “struggle song” used formerly by members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress during the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. 

Yet, Mathambo transforms the meaning of “My Machine” into his way of expressing a new wave of African electronic music.

Recently Spoek Mathambo had a 2page article on the magazine Hype and has released a new album which is hitting the under ground market hard, he is the talk of the under ground world.

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Korect Bo' Grey patch heads...

More good new for us weirdo's during a chat with my high school buddy, I told about my blog and she found this very interesting because she is into "under ground music" and she told me about "Spoek Mathambo" who is a recent musician, that is produce music similar to Kwai-Core and he recently realized a album of which I’ll be sure to upload some of his music. I have searched for his picture and the way he dresses says a lot about him and Yeboo he would be a ideal Kwai-Core musician.

Then on the other hand there is "Malume Koolkat" who also doe's something similar to "Spoek", we live and we learn grey heads. However the sad news is that I’ve been researching both musicians and have found very little information on Malume Koolkat, but if you google him on youtube you will find some of his music which is as good as finding information on him.

Please do watch out for more information on Spoek and do comment and follow my blog, for I can’t lead this blog alone, your precipitation is very important to me.

Aaaiy aaaiy Grey patchies.

Spoek Mathambo is Kwai-Core

Spoek (Ghost) Mathambo is the thrilling new South African artist who is transforming the idea of African culture and the western perception of it. He is a culture shock artist, who utilizes the darkness and beauty of Africa to highlight

Spoek is a new South African artist who is transforming the idea of African culture and the western perception of it. He is a culture shock artist, who utilizes the darkness and beauty of Africa to highlight his music. Not to mention, his sound is electronic, grimy and futuristic.

Mathambo stands aside the underrated Kenna, as well as the politically conscious M.I.A., with socio-political underlying messages to his music. He has been classified as “Afro-futurism“, defined as “an emergent literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, Afrocentricity, and magic realism with non-Western cosmologies in order to critique not only the present-day dilemmas of people of color, but also to revise, interrogate, and re-examine the historical events of the past” (wikipedia). Mathambo’s work presents all of these elements. With depictions of African neighborhoods, traditional fashion and jewelry, and chilling jump shots of oppressing clips and disturbing shots, he infuses his view of his culture in a way that most people do not acknowledge or understand.