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30 August 2010
Die Antwoord + Aphex Twin = Next Next Level Shit
I tried ‘splaining to you back in February why Die Antwoord were onto some next level shit.
In that blog post, my proposed RIYL (recommended if you like) list of comparative artists included Vanilla Ice, Kool Keith, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Zomby, Aphex Twin. At the time, even I found that list of comparisons a bit much. But here we are, a few months later, and “Weird Al” has been added to an ATP Festival curated by the dramatic post-rock sad sacks in Godspeed! You Black Emperor. And now Aphex Twin has officially collaborated with Die Antwoord.
The evidence (via Pitchfork):
No there’s nothing groundbreaking about Die Antwoord’s contribution to the track — but still, one begins to wonder, what is the artistic world coming to. Or rather, one begins to take great joy in the open-mindedness with which visionaries of different emotional tenors are joining hands. Just goes to proove it takes some next level shit to recognize next level shit.
Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: Aphex Twin, Die Antwoord, Great New Music, Next Level Shit, South African, The Problem With the Avant Garde