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Malkovich Music

Malkovich Music

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My single "Great Expectations" is currently #2 on the RapAttack AND RapNetwork charts. I got beaten out by Mobb Deep. I can live with that. Download: https://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com/track/great-expectations
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if it's anywhere near 10am PST, click http://theassembly.co.za/radio-player/ to hear South African radio show Ritalin Thieves run an Artist Spotlight on yours truly.
All six of my albums now on CD. Welcoming new arrivals Lethal Vice, Ayatollah Presley and Bankruptcy. Buy the CDs or download free at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com
buy at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com
By surprisingly popular demand: Great Expectations on CD. Order at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com. The download's still free...
The Namibian interviews me for their year-end issue. Thanks to Cindy van Wyk & Martha Mukaiwa. 1. 2013 was … the best year of my life. 2. 2014 will be … the most successful year of my life. 3. Craziest night out while you were in Namibia? The first weekend I landed. Nice to Pharaoh’s to a friend’s house, awake till lunchtime the following day. 4. Who are Namibian movers and shakers, in your opinion? Becoming Phill , Slick The Dick and Black Vulcanite. These are the early glory days of Windhoek’s art scene. 5. Which country do you plan to conquer next? Namibia! Just getting started… See you all next year. 6. What would you spend your last $10 on? The jukebox in Maspiri Bar on E Street. 7. If your house was burning down, what 3 items would you grab? I’m homeless, next question. 8. Wet your pants moment of 2013? When I realized Home Affairs only stamped my passport for the end of July, not the end of August. Read the fine print, folks. 9. Moment that left you open mouthed in 2013? Moving in with a complete stranger 10,000 miles away. Seeing Genova, Italy, the city I was born in for the first time since I was born. 10. Most inspiring person? Me. Traveled to 13 countries in 2013. I did it to death this year. 11. Biggest news story of the year? Iran’s cool new president and the nuclear deal. Going there in May! 12. Weirdest place you woke up in 2013? A cigarette-ridden hostel in Milan, Italy. I don’t sleep in gutters, contrary to popular belief. 13. Favourite Namibian song of 2013? Black Vulcanite, “Fallen Suhn”, Sally, “Boss Madam” and Malkovich & Becoming Phill, “Bedbugs” 14. Hero of the year? Any couple raising their kids together. Like really together. 15. Worst hangover of 2013? In Belgium last month. One of their beers equals three normal ones. Remember that. 16. Most embarrassing moment of the year? Going home to bed at 7pm on Saturdays after DJing Garlic & Flowers because I got drunk at 1:30pm. 17. Funniest rumour about you in 2013? That I only own one shirt. I own three, you jerks. 18. Worst fashion trend of 2013? Same as every year. Bandals. 20. Best book, album, movie, play, song of 2013? I haven’t seen any movies released in 2013. I haven’t seen any plays released since the George Bush administration. I haven’t read any books released since bellbottoms were popular. Best album of 2013 is Great Expectations by me. 21. 2013's biggest fool? The Pope, for offering time off in hell for following him on Twitter. 22. Worst event attended in 2013? No such thing as a bad event. You drink or you leave. Problem solved. 23. Weirdest thing you've found in your pocket the morning after a night out? An empty pocket where my phone used to be. Namibian cellphone thieves. It’s an art. 24. What's at the top of your bucket list? Learning not to fear the bucket.
Hey Atlanta: I'm DJing Corner Tavern on Edgewood tonight. Celebrating the release of Yamin Semali's new album SENIOR DUES featuring Kurupt, J-Live, Count Bass-D and more. 11pm onwards. Bring your fine sister.
HTTP://MALKOVICHMUSIC.BANDCAMP.COM. "yeah, that's right, Malkovich is owning everyone in this game right now, and you better believe it" (HitTheFloor Magazine)
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Atlanta folks: I'm DJing tonight at Corner Tavern, 464 Edgewood Ave SE with Yamin Semali. Free. We start at 11. I downloaded some Duke Ellington. yup — in Atlanta.
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My single "Great Expectations" is currently #2 on the RapAttack AND RapNetwork charts. I got beaten out by Mobb Deep. I can live with that. Download: https://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com/track/great-expectations
Foto: My single "Great Expectations" is currently #2 on the RapAttack AND RapNetwork charts. I got beaten out by Mobb Deep. I can live with that. Download: https://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com/track/great-expectations
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21 april
New music Monday. Download the Great Expectations Bundle from Irangeles hip hop lyricist Malkovich Music. It lives up to it: http://bundles.bittorrent.com/bundles/greatexpectations
Foto: New music Monday. Download the Great Expectations Bundle from Irangeles hip hop lyricist Malkovich Music. It lives up to it: http://bundles.bittorrent.com/bundles/greatexpectations
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27 maart
MALKOVICH ON HIS TOP TEN FAVOURITE SONGS OF ALL TIME

Malkovich is the kind of rapper you want to read.

He’s raw, impenitent and seems to be pioneering an era of existential rap that decries the flash and fashion of the day to zoom in on ...what’s eating us alive.

Ever cerebral, sometimes cynical and unflinchingly candid, Malkovich first found his way to Windhoek through his collaboration with lauded local producer Becoming Phill. The man behind the DJ Premier endorsed ‘Bedbugs’ on Malkovich’s latest album ‘Great Expectations.’

A regular feature in the Kapana Soul Sessions line-up during its heyday at Garlic and Flowers, Malkovich made Windhoek his home for half of last year and is set to return in a couple of months to complete collaborations with Becoming Phill and Black Vulcanite before resuming his role as nomadic rapper.

With musical taste as eclectic as it is intriguing for a rapper intent on making it major while travelling to every country in the world, Malkovich shares his top 10 songs of all time with The Weekender.

“This life isn’t fair. These songs don’t help me accept it. But they help me live with it,” says Malkovich. “I love a whole bunch of songs, but these are family, the ones that stuck with me. Nobody ever loved these songs more than me.”

1. Cesária Évora – ‘Mar Azul’

I don’t play this song. Shuffle plays it on the occasional drunk Sunday, and from her first sigh I’m back home, adrift between worlds. There’s no land in sight to this song. I can’t listen to it too often.

2. Nat King Cole – ‘Nature Boy’

This song finally gave me a dream worth chasing. After 35 years here I know my goal. ‘Nature Boy’ is the story of my young life; now I just have to figure out how the rest of it goes.

3. Pink Floyd – ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’

The night before Hurricane Katrina, the topic along the bar at Igor’s in New Orleans was to leave or not to leave? The air was stiff and heavy; so were the drinks. This song was playing on the jukebox. It was the first time I had ever heard it, synth keys sinking into the wind outside like a UFO was landing on the roof. This song is for my dad, and me, and everyone else trying to find their way out of themselves.

4. Gang Starr – ‘The Planet’

Listening to Guru as a teen was like trying to stare at the sun. He told the simple truths. There’s only one way to grow up. The darkest hour is just before dawn. And sometimes hours last decades.

5. Al Green – ‘Simply Beautiful’

Love after the fall. In the world I’m a man, but in my mind I’m a boy. I knew the rules, but I didn’t believe I could cause that kind of love, and pain. I didn’t know my power, I couldn’t fathom the punishment. I used to love this song for its mystery, but it’s no mystery now.

6. Donald Byrd – ‘Cristo Redentor’

The base chords are time: slow and steady. The horn is you: a constant melody even when you don’t know it. The piano is life’s details, filling in the gaps. And every now and then they all come together and swoop over Jesus’ shoulders down a mountaintop in Brazil. My funeral song.

7. Miles Davis – ‘Tasty Pudding’’

So perfect it’s almost hard to notice. Miles Davis lived the lives of 10 men fearlessly and unapologetically and he is my hero.

8. Stevie Wonder – ‘Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday’

I always know what’s coming when this song begins to echo in my head. In the moment, we can handle anything. It’s the memories that can kill us. A eulogy for those of us who live in hindsight.

9. George Harrison – ‘My Sweet Lord’

A song better than anyone’s valiant attempt to play it. ‘My Sweet Lord’ exists in perfection in our minds, under our breaths. A song I’ve known all my life and maybe longer.

10. Curtis Mayfield – ‘Move On Up’

Everyone has a million sad songs in them. Weakness comes naturally. Joyful music is the antidote, what we need instead of what we know. And it’s harder than it sounds. Twenty years after he released ‘Move On Up,’ falling stage lights paralysed Curtis Mayfield onstage. He died nine years later.

And I only remember him smiling.

Follow Malkovich Music on @malkovichmusic on Twitter and download ‘Great Expectations’ on Bandcamp.com

As published in The Weekender: http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=10772&page_type=story_detail Meer weergeven
Foto: MALKOVICH ON HIS TOP TEN FAVOURITE SONGS OF ALL TIME Malkovich is the kind of rapper you want to read. He’s raw, impenitent and seems to be pioneering an era of existential rap that decries the flash and fashion of the day to zoom in on what’s eating us alive. Ever cerebral, sometimes cynical and unflinchingly candid, Malkovich first found his way to Windhoek through his collaboration with lauded local producer Becoming Phill. The man behind the DJ Premier endorsed ‘Bedbugs’ on Malkovich’s latest album ‘Great Expectations.’ A regular feature in the Kapana Soul Sessions line-up during its heyday at Garlic and Flowers, Malkovich made Windhoek his home for half of last year and is set to return in a couple of months to complete collaborations with Becoming Phill and Black Vulcanite before resuming his role as nomadic rapper. With musical taste as eclectic as it is intriguing for a rapper intent on making it major while travelling to every country in the world, Malkovich shares his top 10 songs of all time with The Weekender. “This life isn’t fair. These songs don’t help me accept it. But they help me live with it,” says Malkovich. “I love a whole bunch of songs, but these are family, the ones that stuck with me. Nobody ever loved these songs more than me.” 1. Cesária Évora – ‘Mar Azul’ I don’t play this song. Shuffle plays it on the occasional drunk Sunday, and from her first sigh I’m back home, adrift between worlds. There’s no land in sight to this song. I can’t listen to it too often. 2. Nat King Cole – ‘Nature Boy’ This song finally gave me a dream worth chasing. After 35 years here I know my goal. ‘Nature Boy’ is the story of my young life; now I just have to figure out how the rest of it goes. 3. Pink Floyd – ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ The night before Hurricane Katrina, the topic along the bar at Igor’s in New Orleans was to leave or not to leave? The air was stiff and heavy; so were the drinks. This song was playing on the jukebox. It was the first time I had ever heard it, synth keys sinking into the wind outside like a UFO was landing on the roof. This song is for my dad, and me, and everyone else trying to find their way out of themselves. 4. Gang Starr – ‘The Planet’ Listening to Guru as a teen was like trying to stare at the sun. He told the simple truths. There’s only one way to grow up. The darkest hour is just before dawn. And sometimes hours last decades. 5. Al Green – ‘Simply Beautiful’ Love after the fall. In the world I’m a man, but in my mind I’m a boy. I knew the rules, but I didn’t believe I could cause that kind of love, and pain. I didn’t know my power, I couldn’t fathom the punishment. I used to love this song for its mystery, but it’s no mystery now. 6. Donald Byrd – ‘Cristo Redentor’ The base chords are time: slow and steady. The horn is you: a constant melody even when you don’t know it. The piano is life’s details, filling in the gaps. And every now and then they all come together and swoop over Jesus’ shoulders down a mountaintop in Brazil. My funeral song. 7. Miles Davis – ‘Tasty Pudding’’ So perfect it’s almost hard to notice. Miles Davis lived the lives of 10 men fearlessly and unapologetically and he is my hero. 8. Stevie Wonder – ‘Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday’ I always know what’s coming when this song begins to echo in my head. In the moment, we can handle anything. It’s the memories that can kill us. A eulogy for those of us who live in hindsight. 9. George Harrison – ‘My Sweet Lord’ A song better than anyone’s valiant attempt to play it. ‘My Sweet Lord’ exists in perfection in our minds, under our breaths. A song I’ve known all my life and maybe longer. 10. Curtis Mayfield – ‘Move On Up’ Everyone has a million sad songs in them. Weakness comes naturally. Joyful music is the antidote, what we need instead of what we know. And it’s harder than it sounds. Twenty years after he released ‘Move On Up,’ falling stage lights paralysed Curtis Mayfield onstage. He died nine years later. And I only remember him smiling. Follow Malkovich Music on @malkovichmusic on Twitter and download ‘Great Expectations’ on Bandcamp.com As published in The Weekender: http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=10772&page_type=story_detail
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20 maart
The Namibian asked me to name my top ten songs of all time. This wasn't easy. Cesaria Evora, Nat King Cole, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, George Harrison, Al Green, Donald Byrd, Stevie Wonder and Gang Starr, welcome to the mile high club.
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11 maart
#4 most added record this week on RapAttack and RecordBreakers charts.
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14 februari
Happy Valentine's Day. Here's me, rapping over Alice Coltrane's entire "Love Supreme". From the forthcoming mixtape "Pre-Boarding". Download it, it's free.
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4 februari
if it's anywhere near 10am PST, click http://theassembly.co.za/radio-player/ to hear South African radio show Ritalin Thieves run an Artist Spotlight on yours truly.
Foto: if it's anywhere near 10am PST, click http://theassembly.co.za/radio-player/ to hear South African radio show Ritalin Thieves run an Artist Spotlight on yours truly.
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30 januari
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27 januari
All six of my albums now on CD. Welcoming new arrivals Lethal Vice, Ayatollah Presley and Bankruptcy. Buy the CDs or download free at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com/
Foto: All six of my albums now on CD. Welcoming new arrivals Lethal Vice, Ayatollah Presley and Bankruptcy. Buy the CDs or download free at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com
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18 januari
By surprisingly popular demand: Great Expectations on CD. Order at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com/ The download's still free...
Foto: By surprisingly popular demand: Great Expectations on CD. Order at http://malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com. The download's still free...
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