ka-NICK REMSEN – “Kube usuku olumatasa, ndoda . . . ngolunye lwalezo zinsuku,” kusho uSteve Aoki—DJ, umdidiyeli, umklami—ekhoneni le-East 4th ne-Broadway eNew York izolo ebusuku. “Kodwa kwaba kuhle. Ukuthola umculo, imfashini neDolobha laseNew York konke ndawonye—ngiyakuthanda ukukwazi ukwenza lokho.”
U-Aoki wayesedolobheni ephathini ye-block, uhlobo. Uvale i-East 4th (kusuka ku-Broadway kuya e-Lafayette Streets) ngosizo lwe-Build Series ukuze ethule iqoqo lakhe le-Spring 2018 Dim Mak futhi alahle i-albhamu yakhe yakamuva, i-Kolony, enesethi yehora nesigamu ubude.
Ukuze izinto zihambe, ibhendi emashayo yahalalisela isixuku—njengoba ulayini uhlakazeka, u-Aoki washaya ama-turntable futhi imodeli yokuqala yaphuma. “Le sizini iqale ngomcabango womhlaba esiphila kuwo njengamanje. Kunesiphithiphithi, kukhona isiphithiphithi. Iqoqo limayelana nokuzama ukuthola ithemba ngaphakathi kwalo—ipharadesi elitholwe, eliphila kuleli qiniso elingavamile,” kusho umklami. Amajakhethi ayisicaba, ama-hoodies, nezikibha—ezinezihlahla zesundu ze-cyborg, anamahlamvu avamile kodwa aneziqu zocingo oluhlabayo—abambe leyo nhloso. Ezinye izingcezu zazinenkulumo ethi, “Izwe labakhululekile, ikhaya labanesibindi,” isiqeshana esisetshenzwe ngemuva. "Lowo mbono awukho manje e-U.S.," kusho u-Aoki. (Okufanele kuqashelwe: Ulethe isitudiyo sakhe sokukhiqiza nokuklama e-States-Las Vegas, ikakhulukazi, lapho ehlala khona-esuka eJapane.)
Lapho ingxenye yombukiso wemfashini isisongwe—ngesikhathi u-Aoki ecula ingoma entsha evela ku-Kolony ehambisana no-Migos no-Lil’ Yachty—ugcine ubusuku buqhubeka, enza ubude be-albhamu. "I-Kolony iwukushintsha ngokuphelele amagiya kulo lonke uhlelo lwami," esho. “Kuyiphrojekthi yayo—izingoma ezihambisanayo zonke. Ekuqaleni kwakuyi-EP, kodwa yavela njenge-albhamu. " Igama layo linenanela yalokho u-Aoki ayekudlulisela ngezingubo zakhe; ukuhlanganisa kanye nokwenza into ebumbene ebusweni obungalindelekile.
YAKHA Uchungechunge Futhi u-Steve Aoki Wethule Umcimbi Obukhoma Okhethekile Wokugubha Iqoqo Le-Spring/Summer 2018 Dim Mak Nokukhishwa Kwe-KOLONY. Bheka ezinye izithombe.
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