Cankun - Mundaka

Cankun - Mundaka from Jónó Mí Ló on Vimeo.

Kewl vid from Jónó Mí Ló.

S4LEM - SiCK (((Nu Vid>>

Oh yeah, new video by witch-hoppers SALEM. Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, you gotta give the niggas credit for totally killing it in 2010 with their evil antics and genre-name controversy(Rape-gaze, WTF?). Internet sensations and ideal meme material, its hard to look past the hype and analyze the art.
I'm interested in these cats for a number of reasons, apart from being on the vanguard of the alternative scene, they represent the depraved beauty of a civilization on the brink of self-destruction. They are an artistic representation of the point at which, globalization, multiculturalism, mass-consumption and information overload collide and frazzle up into waves of shimmering reverb.
This might sound dramatic and bit OTT and I'll admit that essentially they're just a bunch of indie retards who grew up with too much gangsta rap and bad drugs, but I also see them as being the vessels for something much bigger than Pitchfork and rest of the hipsterised bloggosphere. The dark and restless feeling that builds just before something really nasty/weird/life-changing happens.
I dunno, maybe I'm the only fan out there that reads this deep into music that is essentially shoved off as "music for druggies, by druggies". But on a base level the lo-fi imagery is mad dope, the content is lekker NSFW noggal and everybody likes a good horror/sex/violence combo.

Ulrich Schnauss_Electric Independence

Ulrich Schnauss is an electronic musician who makes some far-out ethereal sounds heavily inspired by 90s shoegazer bands like My Bloody Valentine and Chapterhouse. He hasn't had any new work out in a while, so his forthcoming album is much anticipated. In this video he talks a bit about his process, the relevancy electronically composed music and his love for the Oberheim synthesizer. Good 2 know that this magician of the the sonic + electronic realms is hard at work, producing some next level Mp3s to help us transcend this dying planet and reach our post-human destiny.

Mane Mane - Get Over It 3D

Video I discovered via the ROSE QUARTZ blog. Gr8 resource of Lo-fi imagery + kewl Mp3s

Umshini Wam

Not really diggin' waddy's vibe("Ninja" is formally known as Wadkin Tudor Jones, AKA Waddy/Max Normal/Mc Totally Rad). The dude has caused some serious trouble in the creative community here in South Africa, fucking over some big names; Richard de Jager, Nikhil Singh, Felix and Laband and recently Sean Metelerkamp who did Die Antwoord's Zef Side Vid[link] and a recent acquaintance of mine; Wanga AKA Evil Boy[link]. Basically the fucker takes other ppls ideas/skills/intellectual property and exploits it either by using the individual talents of others in his so-called "co-labs" or by directly appropriating the work of others and capitalizing on it.).
The title of this video in particular perturbs me, not for being direct appropriation of our most esteemed president Jacob Zuma, but rather because its using the title of Spoek Mathambo's new single[link] . In my opinion Spoek Mathambo is making the most relevant + interesting + globally acessable music 2 come from SA at the moment and really deserves credit 4 it. But bang, these little punks drop this UMSHINI WAM film and shadow what Spoeks doing under the same title. I just think its so unnecessary, Spoek was one of the few SA artist that managed to come out OK after collaborating with Waddy as a 17 year rapper and has made a sucessful career thus far without being in any way connected to Waddy and his bizarre personal vision. Ripping the title is a real wack move on the part of old Waddy and the gang.
So anyway, why am I blogging this vid if I disagree with Waddys ethics on a base level? Cos its Harmony Korine bitch. Really in2 the style and the "outsider" vibe. Holographic rims, what more could you want from a vid. Something fun 4 the kidz. Looking 4ward to see what sort of reception this vid gets from the global bloggosphere.
P.S. Promise 2 blog some more Spoek Mathambo stuff in the near future.