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Captain Kaiser are back with a new single “Roadkill” and a new album “Belgian Boy” due on 10 October via [PIAS] Recordings.
In eight years, Captain Kaiser has become one of Belgium’s leading punk bands. Still proudly rooted in the Kempen region, their sound equally nods to the undiluted emotion of High Vis and the open-mindedness of Viagra Boys. For frontman Sascha Vansant’s band, punk is not a sound, but an attitude: anything goes, as long as it’s loud and real.
Their new, fourth album “Belgian Boy” released on 10th October is another step forward: even more real, even more accomplished, with even more room for new and unhinged sounds. The logical next step, after the giant leap they took two years ago with “RHYME&REASON”, a chunk of blood-curdling post-punk with which Vansant processed the death of his mother. The band also made a big step forward on stage. “RHYME&REASON” took them to Pukkelpop, Jera-On-Air, sold out club shows in Belgium and Holland and their first shows in the UK.
On “Belgian Boy” there’s more room for light. It’s clear from the moment the chorus sets in on first single “Roadkill”. Vansant leads us around his own head, stopping in a place where his thoughts collide until it hurts. ‘But when I’m driving in this traffic jam inside my brain / I feel I’m getting scared again,’ he sings. The barren dressing of the verses allows the chorus to erupt even more violently. It’s a killer single!
“Belgian Boy” was recorded at Ocean Sound in Giske, Norway, a place where Arcade Fire and Sigrid, among others, have recorded. Record label [PIAS] stayed on board, as did “RHYME&REASON” producer Jay Maas (Defeater). Guitarist Maarten Van Dam passed on the pick in friendship to Quinten Pas (Spare Kid).
Hip-Hop Purists rejoice! Boom-Bap duo, Silent Funk (composed of emcee Rhinoceros Funk and beat-maker Silent Someone) have returned with a serious upgrade! Now re-christened Silent Funk Plus 1 the group have welcomed scratch-master/graff legend DJ JS-1 as a full member.
The first LP in this expanded configuration as a trio, Silent Funk 3: Silence B4 Da Funk will drop on 7/8 in both limited edition CD and digital formats. With this announcement comes the drop of two videos supporting tracks on the forthcoming album. “Broadcasting Live” and “Can’t Ignore Us” are potent slaps of deft sampling, turntable science and authentic NY lyricism.
Watch official video for “Broadcasting Live”: https://youtu.be/ntgHZ4mlIqk?si=kveg5s3tmysodHmx
Watch official video for “Can’t Ignore Us”: https://youtu.be/lYjD8ReWiFY?si=3-x_koxHmpCSAg0i
Lyrically Rhino touches upon the topics of class struggle, racism, exploitation and cultural appropriation by corporate greed but never by sacrificing his sense of humor or dope use of metaphors and inspirations (crediting Peter Griffin of Family Guy for the use of the term “Grind My Gears” several times through the album). Speaking on the addition of DJ JS-1, Silent Someone relayed “all three of us are New York natives so we have known each other or known of each other since the late 90’s / early 2000’s. Having another creative mind like his to bounce ideas off of really makes us feel complete as a group.”
In addition, Silent Funk 3 boasts guest features from Tone Spliff (adding cuts to one track) as well as emcees REKS and Mike Titan. With the chemistry on point, Silent Someone revealed that the trio will soon have enough material recorded for Silent Funk 4.
Silent Someone has laced tracks for such legends as Tame One (The Artifacts) , Sadat X , John Robinson (Scienz Of Life), Craig G and Breeze Brewin (The Juggaknots)to name a few. He also produced the majority of Rhinoceros Funk’s 2016 album, An Aesthetic Act Of Aggression.
Rhinoceros Funk has fifteen albums to his name. In addition to emceeing, he also produces and has been a radio host for over twenty-five years (co-helming the Guerrilla Grooves Radio with Fred Ones). He has conducted 3,000 plus interviews with hip-hop artists including many legends as well as up-and-coming artists in the scene.
DJ JS-1 (JERMS) has toured the globe, supporting Rahzel, KRS-ONE and MC Supernatural. He has released several solo albums, break records, 12” singles and mixtapes over the past 25 years. In addition to his work on the decks, he is a member of the legendary Rock Steady Crew and thrown up over 1,000 graff pieces.
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