Our visit here was a zef-zen neon-manga energy explosion!"It was also YO-LANDI'S "ultimate shopping experience," says NINJA. "There are beautiful ancient Zen temples and a lot of good fortunes and spirits", says Ninja."The Japanese understand fuck-all what we are rapping about, because they don't even speak English, but they understand us on a deeper zef-zen level."We at least know a few Japanese words like konichiwa (hello there), arigato (thanks a fuckin lot) and karimashta (i understand perfectly what you just said) – so we all got on like a house on fire! Sometimes it feels like DIE ANTWOORD was made in Japan and programmed in South Africa, and now we are back home here in Japan. ($O$ is finally getting released on the 5th of October 2010.)Ī person would think that NINJA, YO-LANDI and VUILGEBOOST would be exhausted by this point, but don't believe it. BBC Radio 1 have been playing their hit single "Enter the Ninja" heavily – After the radio station played the single for the 1st time they received so many requests to play it again that on the 3rd day they announced that it was "record of the week". Their record label, Interscope, released a short-clip of 5 songs last month, as an appetite-wetter for their debut album $O$ and the reactions have been very good. NINJA says, "The Japanese don't understand what we are rapping about, but they understand us on a deeper zef-zen level."Ī rollercoaster, this is what DIE ANTWOORD'S world tour is. Marilu Snyders wrote: "Welcome welcome! See you in the front row, from Sasolburg (South Africa) to Osaka, that's how we roll!" Non Nonnon from Tokyo wrote: "In my home town Tokyo? Yatta! Yippeeee! Go to a public bath, check out convenience stores with doors that play music and sit on a funky washlet." And from Derry Ireland, Kevin Kegadeth O'Kane writes: "Them crazy japs are gonna loooove you mentalists." Within half an hour there were interesting comments from various parts of the world. "Flame on! Konichiwaaaaaaaaa!" said NINJA on DIE ANTWOORD'S Facebook group (that is now got over 106 000 followers) one day before their arrival in Japan.
In July they performed in Poland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Serbia, Germany, Hungary, Chicago, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia and New York. This was part of the Summer Sonic music festival where performers like Stevie Wonder, Jay Z, Taylor Swift, Guns n Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, The Offspring, Tribe Called Quest and 30 Seconds to Mars also performed.ĭIE ANTWOORD'S performance at Summer Sonic was part of their world tour that started in June in South Africa. These are the words of NINJA from the Cape Town's rap-rave group DIE ANTWOORD live and direct from Tokyo where he performed last Sunday with YO-LANDI VI$ER and DJ VUILGEBOOST after a performance the day before in Osaka. And here you get these little Japanese girls that run on your back to massage you!" 'You have to eat everything with chopsticks, even your Rice Crispies! And we stayed in these fancy hotels with heated toilet-seats my friend – the toilet seats have even got a bum-spray button that you can push and it washes your bum clean. THEUNIS ENGELBRECHT spoke to them afterwards. The Cape Town group DIE ANTWOORD performed in Japan last week. NINJA and YO-LANDI VI$ER during their visit last week to Tokyo, Japan. ZEF ZENA feature about DIE ANTWOORD IN JAPAN published simultaneously in every single Afrikaans newspaper in South Africa on Saturday the 14th of August 2010. Kou jy nog daai kak? Mooi.ĭele van hierdie kom uit 'n Sasolburg chick se bek uit. Mense het dit al klaar 2 jaar terug getune. My piel maak so beweging.ĭit maak ook nie saak of jy dink hulle gaan verdwyn na 'n jaar of twee nie. Jy mag nie Just Jinger noem nie, want hulle speel by die Barnyard. Wys ons iemand wat oor die hele moederfokken aarde ge-travel het in twee maande. Jy is welkom om Charlize Theron en Sharlto Copley te noem, maar gee ons nog 'n voorbeeld. Wys vir ons iemand uit SA wat bereik het wat hierie tjommies bereik het. Dit maak regtig nie saak wat jy dink nie. Dis maybe tyd om jou eie kak met chopsticks te vreet. Hierie is vir al daai naaiers wat heeltyd skiem Die Antwoord gaan dit nooit maak nie (nog steeds). = English understanding people, please start reading where the pictures start.
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