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I know you've heard the murmurs, the whispers on the street and the silent drums that beat through the city. It's on the tip of everyone's tongue and at the back of everyone's mind. It is a movement that is spreading from instrument to ear drum, from voice boxes to elite crowds attempting to exile the elitists.
A revolution is on the rise, we are gathering our forces armed with our voices and instruments of melodic assault. It is the genre that speaks of collaboration, unity and the coming together of our beloved Durban stone city.
This is kwaicore. The music genre with an agenda. It is a collaboration of many generations of collaborative music and is mainly a mixture of Kwaito and Hardcore punk rock.
The word Kwaito actually originates from the Afrikaans word "kwaai" which means "angry" or in the more colloquial sense "cool". The name shows the integration of the oppressed and the oppressor and the genre led a post apartheid township subculture into the mainstream. So that puts the "Kwaai" in Kwaicore.
The word Hardcore was used to describe a person or movement who was intensely loyal. When punk rock came about, the word hardcore was put in front of it to give meaning to tracks with particularly explicit or aggressive content. The genre also pioneered through oppression and developed a lifestyle to match the in your face, no fear lyrics of political uproar. The core of this new developing genre is this:
We are not afraid to speak our minds.
Listen to our music.
Hear what we have to say.
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Organised sound - Kwaicore
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antigenre,
durban stone city,
freedom,
hardcore punk,
kwaicore,
kwaito,
Music,
political uproar,
revolution,
soul
A revolution is on the rise, we are gathering our forces armed with our voices and instruments of melodic assault. It is the genre that speaks of collaboration, unity and the coming together of our beloved Durban stone city.
This is kwaicore. The music genre with an agenda. It is a collaboration of many generations of collaborative music and is mainly a mixture of Kwaito and Hardcore punk rock.
The word Kwaito actually originates from the Afrikaans word "kwaai" which means "angry" or in the more colloquial sense "cool". The name shows the integration of the oppressed and the oppressor and the genre led a post apartheid township subculture into the mainstream. So that puts the "Kwaai" in Kwaicore.
The word Hardcore was used to describe a person or movement who was intensely loyal. When punk rock came about, the word hardcore was put in front of it to give meaning to tracks with particularly explicit or aggressive content. The genre also pioneered through oppression and developed a lifestyle to match the in your face, no fear lyrics of political uproar. The core of this new developing genre is this:
We are not afraid to speak our minds.
Listen to our music.
Hear what we have to say.
.
We bring you the bleeding soul, the revolution, the anti-genre and the South African spirit and rhythm. The compassion and trials through a new music blend of Kwaicore!
What is it?
It's fresh from the oven, hot off the presses, from their mouths to your ears it is the blend of two genres that could bring two cultures together. Taking things to a whole new level and crossing new divides, a couple of 031 rebels have decided to bridge the gap between hardcore punk rockers and the pantsula peeps from down town. The two music genres hardcore punk rock and Kwaito may seem like chalk and cheese but the unlikely combo just might work. I cannot wait to watch this sensational sound at work.
Why is it?
Everybody knows about apartheid, the serious downer that everyone avoids talking and reading about unless low and behold someone posts a racist comment on Facebook (trolling shortly ensues). So its come to light that segregation still exists among us and it is up to us Durbanites to stand together and eliminate this. Apparently you're not allowed to enjoy Kwaito if you're a Punk rocker, sorry for you if you wanted to get your Pantsula on. Also you cannot walk through the streets of Soweto (Kwaito's birth town) blasting the new hardcore "Demonology and Heartache" song without being the victim of merciless laughter and ridicule. Kwaicore brings these two genres together and by doing so brings crowds of people together who all have one things in common, they're love of music.
Check it!
The genre is still very new and the artists are still working out the kinks but the raw sounds include incredible drum solos, cool kwaito beats mixed with insane shredding on guitar and vocals that will speak to every molecule in your body.
For now here are some rough cuts from other kwaicore supporters:
Punk rockers
Local townshippers
In the mix - Kwaicore
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Labels:
antigenre,
bleeding soul,
collaborate.,
emotion,
Facebook,
funk metal,
hardcore punk,
kwaicore,
kwaito,
punk,
punk rockers,
township
We bring you the bleeding soul, the revolution, the anti-genre and the South African spirit and rhythm. The compassion and trials through a new music blend of Kwaicore!
What is it?
It's fresh from the oven, hot off the presses, from their mouths to your ears it is the blend of two genres that could bring two cultures together. Taking things to a whole new level and crossing new divides, a couple of 031 rebels have decided to bridge the gap between hardcore punk rockers and the pantsula peeps from down town. The two music genres hardcore punk rock and Kwaito may seem like chalk and cheese but the unlikely combo just might work. I cannot wait to watch this sensational sound at work.
Why is it?
Everybody knows about apartheid, the serious downer that everyone avoids talking and reading about unless low and behold someone posts a racist comment on Facebook (trolling shortly ensues). So its come to light that segregation still exists among us and it is up to us Durbanites to stand together and eliminate this. Apparently you're not allowed to enjoy Kwaito if you're a Punk rocker, sorry for you if you wanted to get your Pantsula on. Also you cannot walk through the streets of Soweto (Kwaito's birth town) blasting the new hardcore "Demonology and Heartache" song without being the victim of merciless laughter and ridicule. Kwaicore brings these two genres together and by doing so brings crowds of people together who all have one things in common, they're love of music.
Check it!
The genre is still very new and the artists are still working out the kinks but the raw sounds include incredible drum solos, cool kwaito beats mixed with insane shredding on guitar and vocals that will speak to every molecule in your body.
For now here are some rough cuts from other kwaicore supporters:
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| Punk rockers |
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| Local townshippers |
