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‘Badman’ video by KWAAI featuring Driemanskap and Kanyi

In December last year, a group of Swedish musicians came to South Africa to record an album project called KWAAI. The aim of the project was to bring together some of Sweden and South Africa’s finest rappers and producers to create a collaborative album and, later this year, a tour of Sweden. Naturally your boys Driemanskap got all up in the project and did what they do best – kill ish!

The first offering from the project is a track called, ‘Badman’. It features Syster Sol, Mofeta, Kristin Amparo, Cleo, Driemanskap and Kanyi. The beat is by Khosh, who also produced Izulu Lelam, Driemanskap’s first offering from their forthcoming album, Hlala Nam, which drops later this year.

The video was only released last Friday and already has over 15,000 views on Youtube! Check it out below…

Stay tuned for the forthcoming KWAAI album (June 7th) and peep the website: kwaai.nu

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Download Badman for free

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Driemanskap collaborating with Mr Cat & The Jackal on SABC2′s Jam Sandwich

Jam Sandwich

Tune into Jam Sandwich this Wednesday 6th Feb at 22:00 to catch Driemanskap and Mr Cat & The Jackal collaborate on a track made specifically for the show.

For those of you that don’t know, Jam Sandwich is SABC2′s ‘reality’ documentary series where musicians from different background are put together to collaborate on a song.

Jam Sandwich opens the door on how musicians work, how they create and what they are really capable of. The viewer gets to witness everything that happens when music is created. The entire creative process; conversations between artists, the choice of song, the laying of the tracks, the rehearsals, the jams, the fights and the successes – it’s all documented and shown to the viewer.

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Pioneer Unit and Jarring Effects to collaborate on ‘Cape Town Effects’

CTFX

We’re really excited to be working on a new project with our friends at French label, Jarring Effects. The project, ‘Cape Town Effects’, is a cross-continental collaboration between music producers, musicians, emcees and visual artists. The project is due to be released in May 2013, along with multiple European tours, workshops and exhibitions. The show will debut at the highly prestigious Nuits Sonores festival in Lyon.

We have been working with Jarring Effects since 2005 when we released music on ‘Cape Town Beats‘. Since then, we have released 2 full Ben Sharpa albums (‘B. Sharpa‘ and ‘4th Density Light Show‘) as well as contributions to various compilations. Jarring Effects have also facilitated numerous international tours.

‘Cape Town Effects’ is a celebration of Jarring Effects’ 10 years of involvement with Cape Town’s independent music scene and we are proud to be part of it. The project features Led Piperz (Dub Invaders, High Tone), Dplanet (Pure Solid), Big Space, Jaak, El Nino (Driemanskap), Konfab, Tebz, Ben Sharpa & spo0ky (Pure Solid). The project will be overseen by Jarring Effects’ studio boss, Lenfant (R;zatz).

We are currently recording at Red Bull Studios in Cape Town. Big up to Richard, Steve, Jake and Ivan as always!

Also, a big thanks to Aki from Eastern Acoustics for supplying us with a whole host of pro audio gear, including some beautiful Focal Twin6 Be monitors, for the duration of recording.

Check out the Cape Town Effects page on the Jarring Effects site.

Follow our progress on the official Cape Town Effects Tumblr (English and French).

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Rattex collaborates with Jack Parow on track for Eksie Ou Special Edition

Eksie Out Special Edition - Jack Parow

Spaza rapper Rattex recently featured on a collaboration with Jack Parow for the Special Edition re-release of his smash hit album, ‘Eksie Ou’. The track, titled, ‘The Future’, is a banging joint that’s guaranteed to get clubs and festivals going wild.

The special edition of ‘Eksie Ou’ features 6 new tracks including 2 remixes, as well as a one of a kind drinking game for 2-8 players, real dice and a 12 page comic book! It’s a real collectors item.

Eksie Out Special Edition on Kalahari.com

Eksie Out Special Edition on Look & Listen

Eksie Out Special Edition on iTunes South Africa

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Ben Sharpa & Pure Solid feature on JFX Bits #5

JFX Bits #5

After releasing and touring their ‘4th Density Light Show‘ (4DLS) project, Ben Sharpa and Pure Solid once again collaborate on an electro-bass hip hop track featuring Ben’s sister, Tebz, which has come out today on JFX Bits #5.

French independent label, Jarring Effects, have been putting out their ‘JFX Bits’ compilations for 5 years now. They feature a wide array of hip hop, dubstep and electronic productions by some of their favourite artists. Available as an exclusively digital download, the ‘Bits’ concept was brought about to help uncover and expose artists whose work often goes under the mainstream radar and therefore doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

JFX Bits is always free to download, but that is not a reflection of the quality of the music, or the work that has gone into it. 30 artists, 2 art directors, a graphic designer and a sound engineer worked for several months to realise this project.

You are welcome to download the project for free, or you can make a donation if you wish. You can also increase your involvement by sharing the download link with your network of friends and family.

>>> JFX BITS #5 DOWNLOAD PAGE <<<

Please note: the page is in French. To download, click the green button that says, ‘TELECHARGER LA JFX BITS #5′. To donate money, click the yellow button that says, ‘Faire un don’.

You can also listen to the project on the Soundcloud player below…

JFX Bits #5 Track List
01 – Shadow Huntaz feat. Skhoo – People in boxes
02 – Dope D.O.D – The Strike
03 – Ben Sharpa & Pure Solid – Quarantine
04 – Oddateee feat Skalla – Gadgets nd Gimmicks
05 – Echo doppler feat Marko MNMS – Musical Collision
06 – Brain Damage Dub Sessions feat Zeb Mcqueen – What you gonna do?
07 – Dub Invaders – Dry invaders
08 – Tetra Hydro K – Decroche (U Stone remix)
09 – Lakay – Dub conception
10 – Mr Zan – La dernière luciole
11 – nÄo – Calibrate
12 – Mat3r Dolorosa – The Way of Samouraï
13 – Sonic Area – Eureka
14 – AlgoRythmiK – Insomnia
15 – Virus Syndicate – Rednek
16 – Ruby My Dear – Canzone
17 – Gameboy Physical Destruction – Planet 93 (Stazma Too Many Dead Punxxx remix)
18 – Signal² – Devil Devil Devil
19 – Sibot – Corner
20 – Thavius Beck – Do the doo
21 – Kptn Nemo – My world
22 – Indigenous Invaders – As long as I C
23 – Duberman – The gift

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‘I Remember’ – Ben Sharpa SAE After Dark Session | New Music

G.O.D.s

Back in April, Pioneer Unit was invited to take part in the ‘After Dark‘ sessions at the SAE Institute in Cape Town. Hipe supplied a banger and Ben took care of business, dropping verses on the subject of ‘fallen heroes’.

SAE have released the project which consists of a track and a promo video. The track is called ‘I Remember’ and is dedicated to fallen heroes of all kinds.

Here’s the video…

Here’s the track, it’s FREE to download…

Download from Twitmusic

Download from Kasi.MP3

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Ben Sharpa and Alex Live on RFI | Video

Ben Sharpa recorded this freestyle with Alex for Radio France International while on tour in Réunion Island for IOMMA festival. Alex is a rapper / singer from Réunion who fuses traditional Maloya music with hip hop. Maloya is one of the major music genres of Réunion, usually sung in Réunion Creole, traditionally with a purely percussion accompaniment. Check it out…

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Ben Sharpa and DJ Cadik in Budapest

Ben Sharpa and DJ Cadik

Ben Sharpa recently returned from Budapest where he performed at Sziget Festival with DJ Cadik. The photo above was taken on a boat on the Danube river on their way to the festival. The building behind them is the Hungarian Parliament.

Cadik is a stalwart of the Hungarian electronic underground party scene. He’s a producer, promoter, radio DJ and live performer. Ben and Cadik have been working on collaborations which should be out soon. Watch this space.

While Ben was at Sziget he also ran into Gas Lamp Killer so they got their pose on…

Ben Sharpa and Gas Lamp Killer

For more about DJ Cadik, check out his Tumblr

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Dplanet, Ben Sharpa and KONFAB feature on historic Jarring Effects release

FX100

Our friends at French independent music collective, Jarring Effects, are about to release their 100th project, FX100. Instead of releasing the usual retrospective to celebrate this symbolic event, JFX have created a 3 disc collection of exclusive tracks, unexpected collaborations and remixes that bring together the vast majority of artists who have made up the ​Jarring Effects catalogue over the years.

FX100 is a box set created in the image of Jarring Effects, consisting of meetings, ‘confrontations’ and a mixture of genres. Each of the three CDs that form this collection represents a facet of the label’s musical identity, where dub, hip-hop and music that is harder to classify meet to form a single entity.

Pioneer Unit first worked with Jarring Effects back in 2007 when they released Cape Town Beats, a compilation that featured Ben Sharpa, Kuti Kult and Rato. Since then, the label has released The Sharpaganda Theory: Lesson 1 (on vinyl) and B. Sharpa, both by Ben Sharpa.

We were extremely excited to be asked by Jarring Effects to contribute music to FX100. Ben Sharpa collaborated with Thavius Beck and Dplanet worked with K-the-I???. Dplanet also contributed a collaboration with KONFAB.

You can pre-order FX100 for just €30 (R288). The 3 CD box set comes with a 40 page booklet and a t-shirt. For serious collectors, a vinyl edition is also available.

Pre-order FX100 at Ulule now!

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New Music | Tumi Vs. Dplanet

Tumi from the V

Tumi aka T from the V aka Tumi from the Volume aka The Poet MC and Dplanet go H.A.M. on this heavyweight street banger. The track features hard, warped synths, window-shaking bass and Tumi’s vicious vocals.

“I’m on my J.O., flow fresh not a day old, you can see me in The Star tonight – Galileo.”

To download the track, click the small black arrow on the right hand side of the music player below: Dplan – Tumi by PioneerUnit

Catch Tumi and the Volume on Saturday night (18th June) at The Assembly in Cape Town. Click here to buy tickets.

Follow Tumi on Twitter: @tumifromthev

Follow Dplanet on Twitter: @Dplanet

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