Showing posts with label tecktonik. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tecktonik. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2009

(iridescent lilac)

I was shopping for nailpolish online @ sephora at 2am (shut up) when I came across THIS product labeling.


This made my brain a little explody:

* Its crazy how much sense the colors make. Of course reggaeton is copper, bellydancing a plummier purple while discos a bit brighter. Of course hip-hop is electric hot pink (what other color would it be?), tecktonik is a day-glowier hip lighter pink shade. Of course zouk is cloudless sky tropical aqua, pop is shiny tangerine. Genres as aesthetics, brands, easily recognizable, lifestyles, the tribes we fall into, with even our own entire color schemes.

* Sephora is hipper than I thought or Nuwhirled is hipper than I thought. Actually, Sephora is French, so its a color palatte of whats maybe cool to listen to in Paris? Granted theres no like, cumbia colored nail polish, but still. I'm curious if this is exactly aimed at hipsterish girl fucks like me who get a kick out of zouk nail polish or diaspora chicas. Whose $$ talks?

* Errr, I actually like the colors of the genres of music I like more. My favorite colors are not just my favorite colors, but the product of some giant marketing scheme aimed exactly at me and my assumed intrests and experiences. Geez, I had no idea i was that obvious.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

media linkz

I'm going to miss all these songs!!!



Obama coupe-decale created by dj Kadhafi based in the Bronx @ club Zoodo, a center of nyc francafrique. Its website is in french but you can manage. They occasionally bring in some pretty big Ivorian stars, check them out!

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Iran Negah is BACK online! An Irani video site w/ an array of cool vids from revolutionary anthems , beautiful silent documentaries about the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia in 1925, bling cell phone youth culture, etc..

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Some dj went and made a Lebanon repping creamy house track incorporating techtonik moves and using those big yelle letters to spell out BERUIT

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Galsen youth teching and insane skating across Dakar

Saturday, October 4, 2008

kuduro & tecktonik "débark dans la jungle urbaine"

Bondyblog(fr) does a brief write up on some kids mashing kuduro and techtonik. Its old (written in january) but the video is fun.


ohhh French charts.. zouglou dance recently peaked @ # 14 decale gwada hit # 3 this summer. I am not sure about the future of techtonik. Do the the hip androgenous children in kidtonik point to the end or deepening appeal? currently the # 4 spot is discobitch, whose obnoxious electro / terrible english verses i find strangely appealing.

clearly tho,

WE ARE WINNING