The Colour Blocking of December – Let the cacophony begin!!!!
October 30, 2012 by Featured Guest Writer
So, we can attribute the Hurricane Sandy like fad of colour blocking that has swept across pop culture to the radical youth of Britain in the 1960’s. It’s been said that so gatvol were these lads and lasses of the stale pastel colours that had dominated the 50’s that they decided ba no, enough is enough and started mixing up their colours, sewing on different colours in mostly geometrical shapes and with different pastels on the same garment, as a statement that we are of a different generation. We are individuals and we will be treated as such.
As with all things retro, the fad made a come back and I think it was the summer of 2010 when South Africans jumped onto the band wagon and metropolitan cities burst into a kaleidoscope of colours. It was really refreshing seeing the likes of Siya Ngwekazi and abo Mome no Choc, waltzing around Melville looking like clowns sans the make-up. High fashion was not left behind; you had your Queen B’s and Uyanda Mbuli’s looking pristine and picture perfect in a ribbon of colour. Those were beautiful days, absolutely refreshing. The craze has finally trickled down to my beloved Eastern Cape shem. I over heard a girl the other day saying that if you are not colour blocking this summer then ungum’ka nja (Don’t judge we’re still being introduced to Meek Mills “Amen” this side)
With all this happening, we really need to attribute colour blocking to nature. Nature has been doing this thing since the beginning of time. Every year, after the bland dreary 50’s of winter, nature will revolt, into the fiery, crispness of the 60’s summer. Tree’s find their greens, roses find their red, peaches find their orange and the skies find their blue…I don’t know why it is but this burst of colour for some reason makes us all go mad. DJ Sbu (to the best of his ability) starts screaming “ke DEZEMBA boss!!!”, boyfriends dump their girlfriends, girlfriends hook up with their ex-boyfriend’s best friends, credit cards get maxed out and damn it, does the music sound so good!
And it is this music that I would like to touch on a little bit. The summer months have always provided us with the best of music. It’s a time when all the juniours leave the field so the big boys can play. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t advise any new comers, unless you’re L’Vovo Derango and you’re releasing Bayang’sukela, to even dream of being active at that time. The noise being made by the big boys is too much, you’ll drown in the colour and cacophony being caused at the time. Big budgets go into selling albums and artists at this time so you have to have some weight behind you to be able to compete.
This year, albeit the start of the December cacophony being a bit slow, we have seen some colour coming from a couple of artists. Vetkoek and Mahoota have come out the blocks running. Their Earth, Wind and Fire triple disc has hits for days and it’s becoming rather difficult to go out on a weekend without hearing one their Uhuru produced hits. They are going to be busier than Tall Ass Mo trying to teach Mome to drive this festive. One other person who has really put his hand in the air is Durban’s head mafiaso, Tira. 4000 has had people spending ridiculous amounts of money just so they sing along to umjita, that song is the return of Drake’s “YOLO” I tell you. Ofcourse he’s loaded the album with other heat seekers like Summertime and James.
I’ve been expecting a lot from guys like DJ Sbu and Cleo but as of yet, they haven’t added anything solid to hue’s of this festive season. Sure we’ve had Qina and that song with Emeli Sanders from the no.1 Knox Man but nothing at the proportions of “Remember When It Rained”. The less said about DJ Cleo’s attempt at electro the better.
Quite surprisingly, Hip Hop has stepped up this year to compete with the traditionally Kwaito and House dominated festive vibe. AKA’s Jealousy should make him relevant till January and the DJ’s have put their hand up as well. Great work is being put in by the likes of Dimplez and Switch. So the bad bhabha’s wont have to act all “ghetto” to have a good time at the clubs.
Gosh, this is gonna be a colourful summer, you have your Moneoa’s for the chilled out park vibes, international guys like Ralf Gum are playing in our space with songs like Take Me To My Love, you have your Lulo Café’s, Kent’s, Liquid Deep all set to release soon. Let’s prepare ourselves for the musical colour blocking of the festive season to begin – let the cacophony play!
By Buck Matyila
** Buck Matyila is the host of Trufm’s drive time show, Homestretch.
beyonce on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 12:54 am
Nyc
petiteekay on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 12:56 am
What a long post… Will try read it later….
lamarOdom on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 1:02 am
Lol @ tall ass Mo giving Mome K53 lessons!
MyThoughts on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 1:22 am
Who’s Emeli Sanders? Or is this a typo?
This post though
*reads again*
Nokxie on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 4:37 am
He lost me at the 3rd sentence, what the hell is this person going on about
Only thing I remember is the last line where it says he is a dj at some arb place
snapshot on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 6:10 am
f you are not colour blocking this summer then ungum’ka nja>>>> Lost & confused. What does it mean
snapshot on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 6:13 am
@BuckMatyila
** Buck Matyila is the host of Trufm’s drive time show, Homestretch……………Thank You
Zoe on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 6:20 am
What gaan aan here? I’m a bit lost.
Applepurple on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 6:32 am
sounds like a narration before a movie starts.
Brown Shuga on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 6:34 am
Long but this is actually a nice article, if you are too lazy to read and find out, no need for sarcastic comments, move to the next.
Thanks Buck, counting down to Breeezemba Boss, as I shall call it
Thembalethu on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:00 am
Lmao but this though –» “They are going to be busier than Tall Ass Mo trying to teach Mome to drive this festive.” Done with me! Nice read Buck, long but witty!
Gloss on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:05 am
Since when are excuses made for posts kodwa? For one, yona le colour blocking yakho, is last spring/summer collection. Pastels aren’t bold colours fyi, pastels are PASTEL! Your, Rose pinks, teals, earthy tones. Not abo Mome nabo Tall Ass Mo. They’re more on the skhothane side of fashion, they don’t colour block. Let’s get over this, masi blocke iColour blocking. It’s tired and very few do it right.
fabulicious on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:22 am
BS uyaphoxana kodwa but I hope Lerato learns something today, THIS is how its done!
Writer also lost me in the 3rd or was it 2nd paragraph?
Mind u I have all the time in the world today…maybe I’ll read later
IhateNickiminaj on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:24 am
LOL!
Azande on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:34 am
Walk past this essay kwaaaaaaa lol
Loulou on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:47 am
I love this post Buck! Spot on!
BS could we see more blogs like this? Ke Dezemba ntate! I’ve been at it for a month now!
Solomon.Mahlangu on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 8:11 am
this would be a great exercise for English students.
Buck usafufusa mfana uzokhula ubhale kahle. Thanks BS for giving youngstars a chance.
anyways, Kalawa is the home of hits…kuyafiwa !
Eyh2Jee on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 8:37 am
@MyThoughts: Its Emeli Sande: A musician *Google*
Hahahaha wena uncle @Solomon!
Eyh2Jee on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 8:39 am
AmaBloggers afuna umgosi wona shem do’t worry yourself @BS & BuckMatyila.
Nice piece there!
Solomon.Mahlangu on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 8:49 am
Eyh2Jee this guy had the idea, i execution inkinga. kodwa uzokhula abhale izinto esizozithanda !
MyThoughts on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 9:20 am
Lmao @Eyh2Jee you’re killing me. I know who Emeli Sande is kodwa uEmeli Sanders yena hai cha I don’t know her.
And I dedicate “River” ya ga Emeli Sande to you
Hunt on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 9:46 am
I read 4 lines ngayiyeka this morning.
This is a good article kahle kahle. Introduction is so; how do i put it; English yeses. So detailed; typically a description for a good read on a novel. Interesting…
I feel that the body could have been structured better. I think the pictures are distructing here and there. Good one; especially for me as a local music lover.
My radio station has a great variety of local music let’s colour-block and go to the beach. Ke DEZEMBER bossssss!
Zabe on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 10:20 am
I have no comment ecxept to say WHAT A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN ARTICLE! You played with words,made them colourful wow,nice one!
promisez on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 10:22 am
great piecie this is !
elegnamis on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 1:32 pm
Solomon now that ur person is gone, when am I uvakashing?
PreciousPearl on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 5:31 pm
This is actually a very lovely, good literature read. The sarcasm and comparisons are hilarious, could get used to more of this articles.
lilaclilly on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 11:19 pm
Refreshing Article:)…more like these please.
lolington kwaaa on Wed, 31st Oct 2012 1:27 pm
Aaaaaaaaah man! What a beautiful read!
Very well written, I love the way you play with words! Breath of fresh air!
Neria on Fri, 2nd Nov 2012 12:34 pm
Also loved the piece, think the bloggers are tired cos its Friday mos…mar the piece is not that long! Great read kind Sir…
Smizah on Thu, 8th Nov 2012 9:20 am
Very well written article, great read too… People need to start reading bantu… not everything will be in sms/mix-it language…
Xa bethi ungumnka nja it basically means you’ve been left behind, you’re sooo last season, usele emuva, you’re out of touch…