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What are your favorite South African artists?
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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
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Goeie dag. I will disclose that I'm not from South Africa nor have I ever been to South Africa but I love your music so much. I became hooked on artists like Seether, 16 Stitch, Cutting Jade, Zen Arcade, Tweak, Springbok Nude Girls, Battery 9, Fly Paper Jet, Brasse Vannie Kaap, and Jo Day among others. Why does your country have so many great artists that no one abroad has heard of? I found out about these artists from old SA music and news sites. Are there any other artists I should check out? Did you listen to these artists? I'd be very curious to know. Thank you!

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johsny lemmy.world johsny@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Saartjie, Chromium, Seether

Pretty much the only ones I listen to regularly.

Die fokken Antwoord has a few gems,

Van Coke has some good ones, probably some more I can’t think of right now.

Stream LM radio, they play quite a bit of english south african artists.

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johsny lemmy.world johsny@lemmy.world
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Oh yes, Fokofpolisiekar has some good ones too, but mostly in Afrikaans.

Don’t listen to Kurt Darren, your ears will get cancer. It is the only music known to man that will kill even Chuck Norris, and look what happened.

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johsny lemmy.world johsny@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Last comment: Thanks for your list, I’ll check out the ones I don’t know.

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Fetus lemmy.world Fetus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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Depending on how heavy you like your music, XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX (just call them Xavleg) are kinda catchy.

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Maerman lemmy.world Maerman@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-28
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Felix Laband is great. Check his stuff out.

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-22
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Die Antwoord

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
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Oh yes, Fokofpolisiekar has some good ones too, but mostly in Afrikaans. Don’t listen to Kurt Darren, your ears will get cancer. It is the only music known to man that will kill even Chuck Norris, and look what happened.

I'll check them out. I like Afrikaans music. It's a very beautiful language. I already have listened to Kurt Darren. I have one of his songs on a compilation CD I think. It didn't leave much of an impression on me either way.

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
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Die Antwoord

It took me years to realize Max Normal and Die Antwood is the same guy.

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-22
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It took me years to realize Max Normal and Die Antwood is the same guy.

I had a moment like that when my friend told me Die Antwoord was in Chappie. I thought maybe Ninja was the robot but no Yolandi and Ninja are just themselves in it lol.

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johsny lemmy.world johsny@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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I'll check them out. I like Afrikaans music. It's a very beautiful language. I already have listened to Kurt Darren. I have one of his songs on a compilation CD I think. It didn't leave much of an impression on me either way.

Yeah, mostly joking about Kurt, it is a south african “in joke” to make fun of his music, mostly because it is very generic.

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
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Yeah, mostly joking about Kurt, it is a south african “in joke” to make fun of his music, mostly because it is very generic.

It's like how I make fun of Imagine Dragons

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
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Depending on how heavy you like your music, XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX (just call them Xavleg) are kinda catchy.

I checked it out. It's some of the best deathgrind I have ever heard. It's immediately going into the playlist.

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