Ladies and gentlemen, chumps and chumpettes, are proud to present to you the third installment of our lovely sessions. Aimed at being a monthly event featuring as many genres as we can stick inside, we’re kicking off our new-look shows by inviting a special Dutch guest DJ: the now Bali-based (, , , ). The event will naturally also feature our resident W_Music spinners and who will be spinning a whole host of records that they happen to fancy. Any fans of rock, soul, reggae, punk, funk, hip hop, blues, psych, techno, house, afrobeat and jazz should take note.
Cafe Mondo
Jl.Kemang Raya.No.72-i
Jakarta Selatan
Indonesia
20.00 - End
Entrance fee: Rp.10.000
No smoking in the basement.
Having migrated from Amsterdam to Bali after a respectable 25 years as a DJ and producer in Europe, Aardvarck is your DJ’s favourite DJ. His long career has seen him collaborate with a plethora of well-respected labels such as Rush Hour Recordings, Delsin, Skudge, Eat Concrete and faux-Brazilian LA-Based collective Mochilla. His position as Amsterdam’s premier avant-garde dance music figure has made him the Dutch go-to-guy for many like-minded producers like The Gaslamp Killer, Theo Parrish, and Mark Pritchard. He is now ready to bring his vast wealth of musical knowledge to Jakarta in specific and Indonesia in general.
In the meantime please do check out his awesome work below:
Aardvarck - Tribute to John ColtraneRed Bull Music Academy Radio Mixcloud
As a small teaser to what people can expect from his eagerly-awaited guest spot at W_Music’s Cliff Notes later on in the month, Aardvarck did his famed chopping and slicing routine to create this eclectic masterpiece: an exclusive ‘Hello Jakarta’ mix involving many exciting things that defines his spinning style. While the mix is too varied to detail all the different genres involved, you can expect a bit of jazz, quite a lot of hip-hop, a few soul skits, some club bangers, a pinch of reggae, a healthy injection of dubstep & jungle as well as a steady flow of funk.
In South Africa, the Aardvark, sometimes called “antbear”, “anteater”, “Cape anteater” “earth hog” or “earth pig”, is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal animal that feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites. Yet in Bali, despite living in his own funky lair, Aardvarck the DJ is one of Holland’s best-known and experienced underground spinners/producers. Having released records on numerous collectives and labels, namely Rush Hour Recordings, Delsin, Eat Concrete and faux-Brazilian LA-Based collective Mochilla, he has also released a host of mixtapes for celebrated publications such as FACT Magazine and Little White Earbuds. Aarvarck’s avant-garde career of hip hop, disco, funk, jazz & new wave goes back more than 25 years and can also count Thom Yorke of Radiohead as a fan!
As part of Whiteboard Journal's internship program, our intern Tania Utomo was granted the opportunity to document one of Bandung's finest luthier Yosefat Wenardi, known for years of perfecting his crafted skills for the brand Secco.
Whiteboard Journal managed to lure Aardvarck to burrow into his crate of vinyl and ended up with a mix of starts with raw club banging hip hop, honest & straight forward dirty south, cocaine rap, weird R&B, Big Boi himself, and progresses neatly into experimental nu-funk, nu-soul, dub, a little bit of jungle and of course some hardcore dubstep.
In South Africa, the Aardvark, sometimes called “antbear”, “anteater”, “Cape anteater” “earth hog” or “earth pig”, is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal animal that feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites. In Amsterdam, despite living in his own funky lair, Aardvarck the DJ, however, is one of Amsterdam’s best-known and experienced spinners/producers. Part of numerous local and international collectives, namely Rednose Distrikt, Viral Radio Amsterdam, Rush Hour and faux-Brazilian collective Mochilla, Aarvarck’s avant-garde career of hip hop, disco, funk, jazz & new wave goes back 25 years. The digger can also count Thom Yorke of Radiohead as a fan!
