Image/Logo from www.dieantwoord.com

Die Antwoord is an insane bubble-gum techno zef hip hop trio from South Africa that is not only bizarre, but incredibly addicting (thanks to their brilliant songs/marketing).  I knew as soon as I saw this video, I was going to be writing about them. Ninja is the lyrical swordsmith and Yo-Landi is the butterfly, sweetening the lyrical cut.  DJ Hi Tek makes his next-level beats on “…like a PC Computer.”  (As if we needed to know that minor detail, but then again we’d never know that because the DJ never speaks a word…ever.)  Their flavors are dirty, offensive, and brilliant. 

Check out this video and start getting completely obsessed with them.
Die Antwoord – Zef Side.

To be thoroughly frightened, offended, and somehow continually curious, check out their website here: http://www.dieantwoord.com/  Some of their content may be inappropriate for certain audiences and younger viewers. Some content is explicit.  User discretion is advised.

V-Studio 20 image courtesy of www.cakewalk.com

This is an interesting little piece of gadgetry from the peeps over at Cakewalk.  I sat through the rather dry videos from www.cakewalk.com and I’ve condensed it for you.

Here’s what it is:
- An computer recording interface with connections for a Mic, guitar/bass, or stereo ins for a synth.
- A Control surface for their bundled software, Guitar Tracks Pro 4
- A COSM guitar/bass modeling engine, hardware-based, no-latency instrument processing
- Built-in guitar tuner, 48V phantom power, built-in stereo microphone, re-amper, headphones jack, outputs to feed powered monitors

We use Cakewalk/Roland/Boss products in our studio here and do love them (Calkwalk/Roland/Boss are all the same company).  If you are looking for a cool little solution to record some tunes on your netbook, then this might be the solution for you.