Doesn't matter, had sex.

Doesn't matter, had sex

I like to think of Rusko and the Kwaicore movement as the chap on the left. Dead. Well pretty dead or at least soon to be dead. Unlike that fella on the left, he's done. 

Why a Praying Mantis? Well the movement of Kwaicore achieved a sort of fame or success (sex) and now seems to be heading for certain doom (being eaten mid orgasm).

Right, now that I've rid myself of that crass humour lets move on promptly. I think Kwaicore was a definite success even if it does not maintain its hype. It is impressive for anything to create something out of nothing and get a ball rolling in this world of hamster concentration spans. 

run. eat. drink. pee. drink. run. kill genre. run. sleep.

Truly one cannot blame society for getting bored with its toys when it is the most spoilt child in the family. With the amount of music we are submitted to daily how can we even digest what is being spoon fed to us? It is just sad when underground genres such as Kwaicore aren't raised to their potential and get picked last in  'Radio play's' dodge-ball team.

But whatever sells, right?

Could this be a fad?

Transient?

^

That is a picturesque wheat field, majestically and wheatily blowing in the wind.

Look at it go.

Soon the wind will stop blowing and it won't look so whole-wheatily majestic. This is the similar effect that sudden fame and hype has on things in this world. Its just the way society copes by flushing its system off all the 'suddenly famous, suddenly irrelevant' material. Could Kwaicore be said material? Possibly.

As much as the hype launched Kwaicore off and most likely confused Google with all the sudden traffic to and from sights it could die quicker than it started. If artists don't pick up on the trend then there will be no material to catapult the genre to further success as much as Rusko can create amazing tracks and continue repping the crazy new music style it will eventually die. 

But wouldn't you love to still hear that partnership of Mandoza and Bring Me The Horizon?

I can just imagine their name up in lights.

Bring Me The Tender

Who started this hype?

His name is Rusko

This man is the OG of Kwaicore. The father of the movement. The water to the well. The syrup to the cough. The lace to the shoe. The note to the wallet. The cork to the bottle. The knife to the fork. The milk to the cereal. The moustache to the dictator. 

When the whole world was zigging he decided to zag, no thats lame. He was the salmon swimming upstream, no he isn't that much of a hipster.
He is simply a guy who had a bastard son with his muse of music.
The bastard son, Kwaicore.

Check out alegendofkwaicore.blogspot.com to see more about Rusko.

Why Kwaicore?

 Kwaicore funk mosh

Why choose? Have the best of both gigs

If you are a music fundie or just generally interested in music you might really question this blend between kwaito and hardcore. I don't blame you. I am very much into my hardcore music and actually played in a band back in the day. Naturally I was sceptical about kwaito being thrown into a breakdown brimmed mixing bowl but I considered it for a moment and, boy, there is something here. I get excited about the potential to connect two completely different social groups. Can you just imagine the combination of kwaito kids moshing and hardcore kids getting down with that township funk. Potential for a vibe? I think so.

Hardcore and Kwaito's love child - Kwaicore.

So, like, what is kwaicore bru?

Let me capture your imagination for a minute - The birth of Kwaicore. Deep in Soweto, somewhere inside Thabiso’s shebeen sat Mandoza and Bring Me The Horizon. Together they formed the unholy patronage between Kwaito and Hardcore – Kwaicore: a blistering blend of bass and breakdowns on the cutting edge of culture in South Africa. 

The culmination between kwaito and hardcore is probably one of the more unique combinations the genre machine has seen in a long time (that is if you exclude Celtic death metal). Kwaito is definable by its slower tempo, emphasized bass and R&B or rap type vocals. This genre is related to the Apartheid struggle in South Africa and the rise of Nelson Mandela. As much as kwaito represents this rags to riches idea it also represents a brotherhood and community, this is where it connects to hardcore.

 Hardcore is very much a brotherhood. It is all about community and having each other's back while flipping a bird at The Man. You can see how the two genre's might meet and generate offspring.

This is a documentary of the coupling between kwaito and hardcore. Kwaicore is here bitches.