Die Antwoord

By Björn, April 27, 2010

According to me (and I’m sure thousands of other proudly South Africans), Die Antwoord is the next best thing to come out of South Africa. Not very popular with the more conservative side of our beautiful and diverse country; I have read some very heated comments on blogs all over the internet.

Die Antwoord | Zef rap rave crew from South Africa

Die Antwoord

Die Antwoord is currently a big hit in the USA. I don’t think they know what hit them! Check out this review after their performance at Coachella 2010. I find it quite amazing that people that don’t have any idea of afrikaans or South African culture find them so mind blowing.

Ninja (Waddy Jones and Max Normal), Yolandi Vi$$er and DJ Hi Tek are pure geniuses. Some of the speculation on Die Antwoord just shows that people ‘just don’t get it’. It reminds me a lot of art critics. They’ll take a painting of a flower and try to dissect what the artist was thinking and feeling at the time when in fact the guy was just thinking, ‘Wow, what a pretty flower, lets paint it!’

Ninja and Yolandi (oh and sorry, all cuedos to DJ Hi Tek too) have taken all the bits of South African culture, no matter how crude, threw it in a potjie, cooked it up and got Die Antwoord as a result. No matter how crude the lyrics, the music is awesome and their live performance is definitely ‘something to write home about’. And to think they launched it all over the internet. It’s pure genius!

I can’t help to feel proud to have these guys in our ring. Ninja, Yolandi, DJ Hi Tek, you go boys (and girl)! Enter the flex, access that inner zef and keep making us proud! Show them what South Africa is all about.

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7 Responses to “Die Antwoord”

  1. On April 29th, 2010 at 7:43 pm Web Service wsdl said,

    Antword will not leave us…. nothing will happen with him or nothing had happened with him….

  2. On April 29th, 2010 at 9:46 pm Björn said,

    Hi web service, I think we’re talking about two different things. “Die Antwoord” is actually afrikaans for “the answer”. It’s a South African band.

    The coincidence however is quite funny, because I can see how you thought the post title was saying, die Antword. Hehe. Now that would just be incredibly mean of me, now wouldn’t it!!?

  3. On May 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pm antony said,

    Uber cool band!!! Luv them very much!!! Found some cool fansite of them here –> http://www.dieantwoordzeflings.com

  4. On June 18th, 2010 at 11:48 am Jonathan Williams said,

    Although the band aswell as the place both excededed previous expetations as we had already been to the first Puma Gear party up in joburg, a group of mates an I were very dissapointed with the level of service from the bouncers employed by this establishment(BALLIZZA) . My buddy (who had had an argument with his girlfriend) had been escorted out by the scruff of his neck, with no hint of any previous discretion other than a couple of loud words with his girlfriend,
    I naturally followed the commotion, only to witness my mate being beaten into the fence railings and getting dragged accross the tar by these behamouths of men,
    for a simple enquiry as to why he was getting this treatment,
    I was subjected not only to a headlock, but to full on punches to my face, knocking me to the ground, and told to leave, these ‘bouncers” were hopped up on roids and were cleary looking for a way to vent there rage, as myself and my mate are not exactly a match for them physically we were taken advantage of,

    is this any way to treat a tourist to your province?
    me, aswell as my friends will never again give patronage to BALLIZZA,
    it might not sound like much of a threat, but there were 12 people in our group, and we all feel the same.
    i would like to corraspond with any person willing to comment on this as far as BALLIZZA is concerned.

  5. On June 18th, 2010 at 11:56 am Björn said,

    Hi Jonathan, there’s an entire post on Balizza here, Balizza Port Elizabeth

  6. On April 5th, 2011 at 12:36 pm Catering Sydney said,

    I am a music lover and I love this band so much… They are jus proud of who they are and where they come from and this must be done by all. Be Proud!

  7. On June 2nd, 2011 at 3:54 pm Grout Perfect said,

    I love their music and I love people who are proud of who they are and where they came from! Cool!

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