“The future’s here and still the vets persevere,
the Golden Age is resurrecting from the rear,
coming back with boom bap and soul stories,
plus electro for my robot armies!”
Calling all club or radio DJs (commercial or community), bloggers, podcasters and journalists!
Pioneer Unit is dropping two big albums on 15th October 2008; B. Sharpa by Ben Sharpa and Bread and Butter by Rattex.
We’ve put together downloadable promo packs for both albums that include:
- 5 tracks (high quality MP3s)
- Cover artwork
- Document containing production credits, links to press releases and videos
Simply send us an email with information about what you do at your organisation and we’ll send you the download links.
If you would like to arrange interviews with either Ben Sharpa or Rattex, just let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Check out the brand new video for The Government, a cut from Rattex’s new album Bread and Butter featuring Ben Sharpa. The track deals with the government’s failure to deliver on its promises to the people who are still suffering in South Africa.
The beat was produced by Planet Earth who reps Gugulethu, Cape Town. Bread and Butter drops October 15th…
The cover of One Small Seed (click for larger image).
Rattex feature (click for larger image).
Check out your boy Rattex in the latest issue of One Small Seed…
“RATTEX - KEEPINGITREALPOISONOUS
In the gold corner, hailing from Nyanga via Khayelitsha, Rattex Rah is just about ready to take over the whole god-damned city. And he’s got backup: an arsenal of Minora-blade raps in three loxion languages, a battalion of producers and collaborators including Ben Sharpa, Lungelo, Nyambz, Hipe and Dplanet behind him and, of course, a banging soundtrack for the post-coup d’etat party. See you there, yeah?”
Once in a while an artist comes along with the vision and ability to turn a genre on its head whilst taking it back to its roots. Ben Sharpa has achieved this with his debut solo offering, B. Sharpa, an iconic album that pays homage to the best socially conscious lyrical traditions of hip hop whilst innovating a completely fresh sound that Sharpa himself calls ‘robot army music’…
It’s time for the son of the ghetto to light up the nation!!
Rattex fulfills the promise so much South African hip hop has failed to deliver by serving up one of the tightest, most complete and relevant albums of its genre ever released on the continent. Rattex, or Rah to his friends and fans, brings his own unique variety of deadly lyrical poison to the South African hip hop game with his debut solo album, Bread and Butter…
01. Epoch (Ft. Tebs)
(T. Semela)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
02. Callin’ It Quits (We’re Here)
(K. Semela)
Produced by Milanese
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Milanese at Iacon Studios, East Sussex
03. The Eye Seen
(K. Semela)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded at GroundWorks by Shorty Bang
Mixed at Pioneer Unit Studios by Dplanet
04. Ken Illworth (Interlude)
Produced by HueMan (RIP) for GroundWorks
Recorded and mixed by HueMan at GroundWorks, Cape Town
05. Hegemony
(K. Semela)
Produced by DJ Sibot
Recorded and mixed by DJ Sibot at Say Thank-you Studios, Cape Town
06. Check The Evidence ‘08
(K. Semela)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
07. B to the E
(K. Semela)
Produced by DJ Sibot
Recorded and mixed by DJ Sibot at Say Thank-you Studios, Cape Town
08. Into the Black (Refix)
(K. Semela)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
09. Sharpa Dub (Dubwise Special)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
10. Edwin The Hardboiled
(K. Semela)
Produced by Kaptin
Recorded by Rob at City Varsity, Cape Town
Mixed at Pioneer Unit Studios by Dplanet
11. 5ive Fingers
(K. Semela)
Produced by DJ Sibot
Recorded and mixed by DJ Sibot at Say Thank-you Studios, Cape Town
12. Sick ‘N Tired (Ft. Archetypes)
(K. Semela/ S. Dunga/ P. Klaas/ S. Petros)
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
13. Critical Mass
(K. Semela)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
14. Genocide Awards
(K. Semela)
Produced by Kaptin
Recorded by Rob at City Varsity, Cape Town
Mixed at Pioneer Unit Studios by Dplanet
15. Off the Rails
(K. Semela)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
16. Avant Garde (Front Line)
(K. Semela)
Produced by DJ Sibot
Recorded and mixed by DJ Sibot at Say Thank-you Studios, Cape Town
17. B. Sharpa
(K. Semela)
Produced by X-24th Letter
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
18. Ason of Old (Ft. Tebs)
(K. Semela)
Violin: Teboho Semela
Produced by Kaptin
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
19. Statement (Ft. KONFAB)
(K. Semela/ H. Ntoi)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
20. The Disclosure
(K. Semela)
Produced by Milanese
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Milanese at Iacon Studios, East Sussex
Bonus 21. Why (Ft. Wordsworth)
(K. Semela / V. Johnson)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Executive producer: Dplanet
Album due out mid-October 2008. Keep it locked for more info.
For national distribution enquiries, please contact Soul Candi. E-mail: leyton [at] soulcandidistribution [dot] co [dot] za. Call (011) 880 5662.
01. Bread and Butter
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Nyambz
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Nyambz at The Studio Next Door, Pretoria
02. Hamba Nam
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
03. Welcome to Khaltsha
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Hipe
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Hipe at Hiperdelic Studios, Cape Town
04. Love Hip Hop
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
05. My Life
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Hipe
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Hipe at Hiperdelic Studios, Cape Town
06. Vova Kancane
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
07. Ndenza Ka So
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
08. Da Real Shh
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
09. Shona Phantsi
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Hipe
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Hipe at Hiperdelic Studios, Cape Town
10. Hurts So
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Hipe
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Hipe at Hiperdelic Studios, Cape Town
11. The Government (Ft. Ben Sharpa)
(T. Twetwa / K. Semela)
Produced by Planet Earth
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
12. Ngubani Lo Rah
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
13. Get Down (Ft. Kritsi Ye’Spaza)
(T. Twetwa / S. Jonas)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
14. Deadly Poison (Ft. Lungelo)
(T. Twetwa / L. Lubelwana)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
15. Masoja Am
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Nyambz & Rochus (for JC Music)
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Nyambz at The Studio Next Door, Pretoria
16. Nguwe
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Hipe
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Hipe at Hiperdelic Studios, Cape Town
17. Cape Town (Ft. Driemanskap)
(T. Twetwa / S. Kambi / E. Mpengesi)
Produced by Dplanet
Recorded and mixed by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
18. Streets
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Nyambz & Rochus (for JC Music)
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Nyambz at The Studio Next Door, Pretoria
19. Xenophobia
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Nyambz and Ingi Mar
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Nyambz at The Studio Next Door, Pretoria
20. Dankie
(T. Twetwa)
Produced by Hipe
Recorded by Dplanet at Pioneer Unit Studios, Cape Town
Mixed by Hipe at Hiperdelic Studios, Cape Town
Executive Producer: Dplanet
Album due out mid-October 2008. Keep it locked for more info.
For national distribution enquiries, please contact Soul Candi. E-mail: leyton [at] soulcandidistribution [dot] co [dot] za. Call (011) 880 5662.
Check out the brand new video for Bread and Butter, the Nyambz-produced title track from Rattex’s forthcoming album Bread and Butter.
Bread and Butter will be in stores by mid-October. If your local music store doesn’t stock it, demand that they get copies in - don’t take no for an answer!
Do yourself a favour and catch Terror MC ripping the mic live at Club Hot Spot, located on Main Road, Retreat, this coming Friday (5th September). R20 on the door.
Terror has worked on a lot of new material recently, with production from myself, Ameen and Hipe. His album, Dead Streets Scrolls, is due to drop in the first quarter of 2009.
