Kidz Rage !

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Last month at SuperDubPressure in Brighton I had the lovely experience of catching this wicked duo performing live. A dj and a vocalist, who both smashed the dance up!

Here’s a snippet from their MySpace profile:

Dokkebi Q are an electronic dub punk group formed at the later end of 2006 by visual artist and vocalist Kiki Hitomi and electronic beat conductor Gorgonn. While living in the inspirational place Dalston, East London, they found a mutual appreciation and understanding for ‘black rebel music’ which has formed the basis of the Dokkebi Q sound. With Gorgonn’s attacking DSP mashed and hybridized together with Kiki’s bewitchingly smoky and dreamlike vocals, Dokkebi Q bring forth their own ‘roots’ from the indigenous Ainu tribe, Japan, Korea and the UK. “Dokkebi” is a mythical being taken from Korean folklore, mischievous in nature and with the power to wield and travel in the form of fire. They are the judgment of nature born of society’s hunger for manufactured commodities. In the form of their street style pop songs Dokkebi Q bring the real world illumination of the beast to the human race. Fire!!!!

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DOWNLOAD THE LIVE RECORDING HERE:

http://www.pixelfactor.org/mixes/Dokkebi_q_Pixelfactor_Mix.mp3

Dokkebi Q Interview – December 2007

EF: What does Dokkebi Q mean?

Dokkebi means goblin, ghost and monster in Korean. I am half Korean and almost half Japanese and bit of Russian girl. As I grew up in half Korean in Japan till age of 20th, sometime I had to hide I am half Korean that time (not now anymore tho) cos of the racial discrimination, I always wanted to show my identity. Then when I moved to England, I always said that I am half Korean. Now I formed a band with Gorgonn, I wanted name our band something relating to Korean.

We added “Q” with Dokkebi cos sound very good. There is a animation called “OBA Q” in Japan. OBA means Ghost in Japanese. So we thought it is funny called us Dokkebi Q = Oba Q!!

Also when we do more experimental stuff on the stage, we will call ourself Dokkebi E. So that people will know what we will play for the night!

EF: Where are both yourself and Gorgonn from originally?

We are from Japan. I am from Osaka and Gorgonn is from Chiba in Japan. We are both living in Dalston, London now.

EF: How did you and Gorgonn link up, where did you meet?

I was looking for flat mate and I put advertisement in Japanese food super market and then Gorgonn contact me and he came to see my flat. I thought he looks wicked, cos I never seen Japanese boy who got that long long natural dread locks. We talked a lot that time about music. I was really into reggae and he was more break core person. I wanted have new input and he introduced me lots of new music. I introduced him to roots stuff from reggae and now we both work together something in between.

EF: What kind of sound do you guys push? On your profile it says electro-punk, but after seeing you live….i would say your music stretches past those boundaries…any comments?

We wanna make something new. We called our sound mutant hybrid gumbo dub. Our background is very unique. Gorgonn used to be in the hardcore band, and then he was making break core and now I got really into 80’s digital dance hall or new roots. I listen to everything too. Love Japanese old school songs, Enka (it is really sound reggae!! and beats is almost Dubstep!) I love funk, soul, pop song, tribe song, reggae, dance hall, death metal, hip hop, break core and so on. I wanna do more experimental voice performance but also I want sing gooood too, like Etta James!

Therefore we will push our sound more hybrid mixture and my vocal will be always catchy but strange input, like all kinds of stinky foods! You know what I mean? People like stinky stuff. Like blue cheese or garlic, or salty fry fishes and stuff. When you taste them first time, you are so surprise and you can’t tell you like it or not. But later you will get addict to it!!! My voice performing, singing and melody are like that kind of STINKY FOODS! Gorgonn is the big chef who can make and mix the stinky gumbo hybrid soup!

EF: Please define “heavy space-echo to northeast London kebab house sounds”?

Haha, Gorgonn used to eat kebab all the time when he moved to east London!! Now I brainwashed him and he eats healthy foods like jap sea weeds!! But I guess he meant his heavy -echo sounds are coming from the consuming lots kebabs.

EF: Can you tell us more about the Ainu tribe?

Oh yes. Gorgonn’s grand dad is from Ainu tribe. Ainu tribe lives in very north part of Japan called HOKKAIDO. They are now part of Japan but they used to have their own land like Native Americans. But Japanese occupied and took their land away. It was used to be terrible racial discrimination. It is getting better now but still there are. Ainu people are looks very different. They look bit Polynesian; their eyes are big compare Japanese. Their hair is curly and very black. They have own language too. They are very different from Japanese face. I love their tribe music so much. Their tribe patterns on textile are very similar to American native ones. Very beautiful tribe. When I saw Gorgonn first time, I was wow! Beautiful boy. Beside he had long dread and looks not very Japanese face too. I felt he is very special and good musician by my instinct. He said his grandpa looks like Lee Perry!

EF: Up until now, where is your most favorite place or city to perform in?

Unmmm, so far we did only had only 5 gigs…! We still can’t tell where our fav is. But we got booked to play Superdubpressure in Feb 2008 in ROOM 1. So it will be a heavy 30k sound system! I cannot wait to play in big good sound system! Anywhere they have heavy heavy bass, we will be there rocking out! All about the bass!

EF: What do you like / dislike about London?

I like London a lot. Mixed races. Everyday I see many different stuff. So interesting. I almost love everything about London except weather…I love sunshine. But here is not many sunny days. However that why I can appreciate a lots the sunny day. And people are look so happy when it is sunny. Oh, I am writing new song. It will be heavy reggae song. It is called “English weather boy”! It’s about a man who changes his mind many times as like English weather. It’s a heart breaking love song!

EF: What is your most favorite British food, and least favorite?

Oh I love British food so much! I cannot choose one…banger and mash, baked beans, mush peas, black pudding, fish and chips, steak and kidney pie, jam rolly polly, bread pudding and all kind sweets except rice pudding…i thing eating rice for sweet is bit wrong for me as a jap.

EF: What do you miss about your homeland?

Fresh sea foods. Fresh red meat. My dad used to have steak house. So I am so fussy about good meat. In Japan they feed beer to cows and massage their body to make good tender meat. (Don’t mean cows go to pub and get pissed and go massage place though…!)

EF: How old are you guys?

I am 35 years old and Gorgonn is 25. He is my son!

EF: Please tell us a little about your homeland scene? The clubs, nightlife and general vibe?

I have not been back so long, so I don’t know much about the vibe over there now….but I guess Japan is such a music country. They dig all kinds of music and they like new stuff. The underground scene is big and so creative, lots new interesting stuff coming out!!

EF: Top 3 dj’s:

(Gorgonn)

1. Dj pika pika pika
2. Mark Iration
3. Dj 100000000

(Kiki)

1. Iration Steppas
2. ROKO
3. Kamelion Crying Hands

EF: Top 3 Producers (any genre):

(Gorgonn)

1. Neurosis
2. Anthony red rose
3. Mark Stewart

(Kiki)

1. Gorgonn
2. EYE (from Bordums)
3. MIke Patton

EF: Top 3 Tunes:

(Gorgonn)

1. fucking hostile (Pantera)
2. jamaican colley (Linval Thompson)
3. acid police (Boredoms)

(Kiki)

1. I Walk On Gilded Splinters (Dr. John)
2. Suspended Animation (Famtomas)
3. Stebenus Thema (African Head Charge)

EF: Anything you wanna let us in on for the future?

Yes we are releasing 12 inch soon. Hopefully in the end of this year or beginning of 2008! Including the killa tune, “Black Vomit” and “Hard-core Cherry Bon Bon”!

EF: Thank you guys for your time and the wicked mix!!

DOWNLOAD THE LIVE RECORDING HERE:

http://www.pixelfactor.org/mixes/Dokkebi_q_Pixelfactor_Mix.mp3

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Up n coming gigs:

February 14 2008 - Platform 1 @ Corsica Studios, London (Elephant & Castle)

February 15 2008 - SuperDubPressure @ Concorde 2, Brighton

February 21 2008 - Venue unknown, Liverpool

March 12 2008 - SXSW festival @ Austin, Texas

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Bookings: info(at)3qreq(dot)com

http://www.myspace.com/kikihitomi

http://www.3qreq.com

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This sounds quite interesting as i know 2 people who are heavily into audio warfare…..

Blissfully unaware that it’s up against a generation raised in the sensory madhouses known as techno clubs, the Pentagon is reportedly working on a non-lethal weapon that utilizes light and sound to sicken and disorient targets. Like Homeland Security’s “pukelight,” the so-called Distributed Sound and Light Array Debilitator being developed by Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory is meant to induce a feeling of nauseousness, in this case combining light patterns with “aversive noises.” So yeah, like we said, sounds pretty effective unless you happen to run into a group of insurgents hardened by years of all-night raving and the accompanying neurological damage.

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Many people have asked over this blogs life….”what is Kidz Rage!”

This is the term used by one of my best and dearest friends Queen Rage….aka Nikki Sixxx…aka Nikki or just plain Nicole!

She originally coined the term Kidz Rage from her days on tour and hanging around lot (i would assume)….Kidz just simply RAGE! Party on…..keep the good vibes rollin……keep truckin!

One thing i appreciate is that Nicole and I have been friends since a very young age…have gone through alot together….sometimes not spoken for a few years, but all in all when we do speak or message its like we never missed a day. This girl has been there for me throughout some of my tougher times in recent life regardless if she was thousands of miles away….its alot more than i can say from most of the associates…or friends as some call them spread within my endless old contact lists and crews from Cali.

Really just dedicating this blog post to her….and the original gangsta Kidz Rage blog!!!

Giving credit where credit is due

Love you Nikki!!

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Poison Dart Video - The Bug & Warrior Queen….what more needs to be said! A totally sick video and tune!

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