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6 New Songs You Need to Hear: Die Antwoord, Erick the Architect & More | Musique Digs 668

Six new songs worth hearing this week. Musique Digs Part 668 moves from Die Antwoord’s unruly rave-rap to Erick the Architect, figaro and Golden Bug with Truus de Groot.
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Orange Zef vehicle artwork for Die Antwoord's HIPPIE from the ZAMA ZAMA album

Artist: Die Antwoord

Tune: “HIPPIE”

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Die Antwoord turn “HIPPIE” into a blunt, gleefully repetitive rave detour. ¥o-Landi’s sing-song hook floats through a haze of escape and intoxication before Ninja enters with the harder counterpoint, giving the track its familiar clash of sweetness and menace.


Orange Zef vehicle artwork for Die Antwoord's MISFIT from the ZAMA ZAMA album

Artist: Die Antwoord

Tune: “MISFIT”

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“MISFIT” arrives with a warning that it is loud and proves it immediately. A hammering electronic pulse drives ¥o-Landi’s refusal to be pushed away, while clipped interruptions from Ninja and Zef Kid keep the track confrontational, funny and deliberately unruly.


Orange Zef vehicle artwork for Die Antwoord's ZAMA ZAMA title track

Artist: Die Antwoord

Tune: “ZAMA ZAMA”

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Die Antwoord’s title track plays like a deranged game-show victory lap, bouncing between computer announcements, “winner” chants and rapid Afrikaans-and-English exchanges. “ZAMA ZAMA” turns the duo’s whole world into a loud, strange competition where swagger, absurdity and heavy electronic rhythm all receive the prize.


Red-tinted desert motorcycle scene from Erick the Architect's No Doubt I'm In Love visualizer

Artist: Erick the Architect

Tune: “No Doubt (I’m In Love)”

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Erick the Architect sounds completely unguarded on “No Doubt (I’m In Love).” Buoyant percussion, shimmering synths and disco-reggae warmth frame a love song about saying exactly how you feel, giving the Flatbush Zombies co-founder a breezy summer groove without sanding away his lyrical character.


Gold necklace spelling Yours against a pale background for figaro's single

Artist: figaro

Tune: “Yours”

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figaro keeps “Yours” intimate and bruised, circling that miserable moment when two people keep looking at each other and asking what went wrong. The fragile vocal and soft-focus production let the heartache breathe, making every small admission land a little harder.


Illustrated UFO carrying a reclining passenger on an orange background for Golden Bug and Truus de Groot's Sans Soleil

Artist: Golden Bug & Truus de Groot

Tune: “Sans Soleil”

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“Sans Soleil” is a slow-motion electronic UFO suspended somewhere between dub, psychedelia and post-punk. Golden Bug layers drum machines and synths with Anggie Obin’s cosmic flute and Max Blum’s gritty bass, while electronic pioneer Truus de Groot gives the strange machinery its human pulse.

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