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Name: Mulatu. Age: 66
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Mulatu Astatke. Mu laaa tuu. As. Tat. Ke. It took me a while to pronounce it. For the people who know the man: great. For the ones who don’t, let me be so kind to introduce you. Mulatu Astatke is the Godfather of what people call Ethio-Jazz. Word is that Ethio-Jazz is created by Mulatu Astatke and therefore […]
The Groupie Trick
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Feest In Het Park, 15/08/2009 While taking a bath I was thinking about the lessons I’ve learned with N.E.R.D. 1. A backstage pass isn’t necessarily a one way ticket to Polaroid heaven. 2. You have to be bold but polite, persistant but not pushy. 3. Groupies get inside. Or at least girls who carry that […]
One for All, All for one Polaroid.
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Lokerse Feesten, 07/08/2009. It doesn’t hàve to be difficult. Sometimes the hustle isn’t necessary. Sometimes, you just have to depend on your instincts. Simple. Baloji for example. Baloji is a Belgian artist and just released his first solo album, an autobiography called ‘Hotel Impala’. He was scheduled to perform right before N.E.R.D. and I hoped I could […]
When the MC came, to live out his name.
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Ancien Belgique (Brussels), DATE. My first gig in the AB. In my humble opinion the coolest concert venue in Belgium. Especially for anything in an urban atmosphere. If you are a true artist, I believe you can create magic in that place. I saw Jay-Z performing there once and it was brilliant. The iron balconies on both the left […]
D-O-double-G = N.O.P.E.
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Vorst Nationaal (Brussels), date. Where do I start? It was a freakin’ disaster. Here’s the story. Connection wise things started already on the wrong foot. Nobody could get me in. Nobody could get me backstage. Universal wasn’t really co-operative either. They basically told me that the only backstage passes they have, were for their own use. I contacted someone […]
Diane, Diane, Die-An?
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Trix (Antwerp), date. Rahzel is coming. Yes, Rahzel the Human Beatbox aka The Godfather of Noize. After missing out on Snoop Dogg ànd Kanye West I wasn’t really confident anymore… (Yes I failed on Kanye so hard and fast I couldn’t even write a story about it) Rahzel wasn’t alone. He came with JSONE, DJ MUGGS (Cypress […]
NERD VS JVT
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Two of my favorite ‘boys-bands’ in the same room. Haha. Just kidding. N.E.R.D. in the AB? I bought my tickets faster than a Busta Rhymes song. The concert was sold out in a blink of an eye. Blink! My raincheck on N.E.R.D. Finally. With the experience I had so far, I was hoping for a […]
My first time – N.E.R.D
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Lokerse Feesten, 7/08/2009. The day of my birthday ànd the day I decided to begin this project. I was nervous. I waited while hanging backstage. I managed to get a backstage pass through a friend of mine. But only for me. My other friends had to wait for me in the crowd. I clearly felt out of my […]