Kwaito style

Now this is what i would classify as a Kwaito Diva :P

Our Beat

It starts off with a heartbeat.  A simple beat that gets you by nine whole months, a beat that comforts you, defines you. From the comfort of a monotonous beat you are thrown into a world of chaos, a world where you must choose which rhythm to listen to, which beat to embrace. Rhythm is something that will never leave you, it is everywhere.  Rhythm is that deafening ring in a moment of dead silence, it is the hum of cars from a near by freeway or a tick tick tick of a pencil held by an anxious student. Rhythm is found in the tempo of a thunderstorm or the dripping of a loose tap.  It is present in the breathing of two lovers or the laughter of two friends.  The combination of these rhythms gives us a beat, a beat that triggers different emotions, emotions that drive our behaviour.  A beat can characterize an entire country or nation and even bring enemies together. We are a nation that requires very little to make a great deal more, we have a beat that encompasses our heritage our struggle this beat is a part of who we are, this beat is Kwaito.

Like Chalk and Cheese

“As different as chalk and cheese.” This is an old expression and the earliest citation is in John Gower's Middle English text Confessio Amantis, 1390: ‘Lo, how they feignen chalk for chese.’ To this day I’ve never understood why chalk and cheese would ever find themselves in the same sentence or how they’d ever be compatible, in fact they never will be, unless you’re into taking unlikely combinations to another level. If so I may have something that’ll tickle those strange taste buds of yours. Kwaicore. Just like chalk and cheese Kwaicore consists of two of the most unlikely genres of music, Kwaito and Punk. You’re thinking no that must sound like a cats baptism but you are wrong. It’s time to prepare those inquisitive taste buds of yours because you may just be presently surprised. Remember the first time you heard it, the thrill, the sudden rush of anger, the adrenaline rushing through your veins, that spontaneous feeling of wanting to make shit and fuck shit up, that moment when you really don’t give a shit what anybody thinks about you. That’s what punk is all about, the feeling, the raw energy. Now mix that with the catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines, and vocals of Kwaito and you have yourself a new fresh musical sensation that puts chalk and cheese to shame.

Lets throw some Kwaito in the mix

Just dance.

Maria Brink from in this moment

I have to say that this girl is an AMAZING hardcore punk singer. damn girl. who says girls can't scream like guys?

Some punk in my faaaayce

Hardcore punk meets the lovely Kwaito.

Google it. or don't because it just so happens that you'll be greeted with a "Did you mean" . So what do i mean then? ha. wouldn't you like to know?  Okay i'll cut the crap. So imagine Hardcore punk being the emotional screamer that he is goes out into the Depths of Johannesburg one night and meets the girl of his dreams, she's African, catchy, melodic, rhythmic and deep, her vocals are insane and her body moves with the beat, her name is Kwaito.

Hardcore Punk and sassy Kwaito have a baby.

Kwaicore is born.

Imagine it. feel it.

Over the next 6 weeks i'm going to explore the depths of hardcore punk and Kwaito to see if such a melodic monster can be created.

Join the journey.

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