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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">January 18<sup>th</sup>, 2012<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">DIE ANTWOORD RELEASE SINGLE
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“I Fink U Freeky”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">from their upcoming album
<b><i>TEN$ION</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img width="360" height="240" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01CCD5F7.D69C7D00" alt="cid:image001.png@01CCD5F7.24C04300"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Johannesburg (SA)…</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Yo-landi Vi$$er takes the lead on Die Antwoord’s<b> new
</b> single “I Fink U Freeky” and it’s glow-in-the-dark rave aura pumping. The full album,
<b><i>TEN$ION</i></b>, hits February 7<sup>th</sup>, 2012, and if you don’t know from Zef by now get on it and<span class="EmailStyle22"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span></b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">JUMP MUDDAFUKKA! JUMP MUDDAFUKKA JUMP!</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://soundcloud.com/press-here/die-antwoord-i-fink-u-freeky">http://soundcloud.com/press-here/die-antwoord-i-fink-u-freeky</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img border="0" width="429" height="284" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCD5F7.D69C7D00" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CCD5F7.24C04300"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“TEN$ION is even freakier and more absurd…yet simultaneously smart and culturally relevant (they capture South Africa's
tumultuous political mood in song).<span style="color:#1F497D">”</span></span></i><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">- Spin<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">No musical act in recent memory has generated such an intensely polarizing WTF?! kind of reaction…There’s no denying the
authenticity of the music or their genuine excitement about making it. Ultimately, Die Antwoord represents something weirdly original—itself a rarity in the pop world today</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">.”
<b> -Interview Magazine<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Die Antwoord has infiltrated culture in a way that would have been impossible 10 years ago… after their trash culture-celebrating
"Zef Side" video hit YouTube in January and quickly launched a swirl of bewildered acclaim the following month, they were hailed as boondocks weirdos, pranksters and evolutionary rap stars…Ninja and Vi$$er are fascinating vocalists and students of hip-hop,
able to modulate their voices, rap in Afrikaans and English, weave in snatches of historical rap aphorisms, dazzle with structure and bleat like wounded goats.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
<b>– Washington Post<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">You remember the first time you heard Eminem’s
“My Name Is” and thought, ‘What is wrong with me?” You thought, “This guy is rapping about the most obscene things and telling me to do everything my parents told me not to do, all in one verse, and I love it!”…. Die Antwoord is for real. It’s dark and it’s
strange, but this release unapologetically lays to rest any questions anyone may have had about their staying power.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">-
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Consequence Of Sound</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">A group of self-proclaimed "zef"
(i.e., white trash) South Africans who rap in English and Afrikaans over rave-style beats? Turns out, that's just what hip-hop needed…Die Antwoord don't dispense with rap clichés — they give them a new accent that's both disorienting and thrilling.”
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">– Rolling Stone</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img border="0" width="454" height="302" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CCD5F7.D69C7D00" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CCD5F7.24C04300"></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Die Antwoord</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""> came together in 2008 in South Africa and consists of Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek.
Their debut album, <b><i>$O$,</i> </b>was first made available February 2010 as a free download on their official website, and the band launched their first music videos, “Enter the Ninja” and “Zefside” on DIEANTWOORD.COM. That month DIEANTWOORD.COM received
over 41 million hits and the server broke. The zef rap-rave crew also plans to hit the States for a U.S. tour beginning February 9 in Philadelphia.<b><i> TEN$ION</i></b> was recorded and produced in South Africa by DJ Hi-Tek with additional production by Ninja.
<b><i>TEN$ION </i></b>is<span style="color:black"> presented by ZEF Records</span>,
<span style="color:black">in association with Good Smile, and distributed globally by Downtown Records and COOP Music</span>, Die Antwoord se rympies sal jou fokken kop skop.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">DIE ANTWOORD TOUR DATES</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
02.09.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre<br>
02.10.12 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club<br>
02.11.12 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">02.12.12 – Washington D.C. - 930 Club<br>
02.14.12 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">02.15.12 – Chicago, IL – Metro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">02.18.12 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater<br>
02.19.12 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom<br>
02.22.12 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">02.20.12 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">02.22.12 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom<br>
02.24.12 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia<br>
02.25.12 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><img border="0" width="193" height="166" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CCD5F8.E41CA530" alt="Description: DALogo5.JPG"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.dieantwoord.com">www.dieantwoord.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.twitter.com/dieantwoord">www.twitter.com/dieantwoord</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#595959">For More Information:
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#595959">Jennie Boddy or Perri Cohen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#595959">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#595959">p: 212.246.2640<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#595959">e:
</span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennie@pressherepublicity.com">jennie@pressherepublicity.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:perri@pressherepublicity.com">perri@pressherepublicity.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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