New album for 2010
As most of you might know Bong-ra work has been slow due to the work on the 'Here Be Dragons' album from The Kilimnajaro Darkjazz Ensemble. Work has been started and hopefully the new album will be out late spring 2010. So, thats been the reason for little updates the last months.

John Peel 'Kats Karavan' compilation CD
"The most out-there arrangement though is Bong Ra’s frenetic Archie Bunker Disciples, which sounds like a broken Aphex Twin 33 played at 45, backwards, through an over-driven amplifier. Basically like a really angry Prodigy, then." Review from the BBC concerning the John Peel compilation 'Kats Karavan'. Full review HERE.

Bong-Ra vs King Cannibal EP
Work is being made on a split EP on Ad Noiseam 2 remixes + 2 new tunes. This should be out after the summer

Bong-Ra vs Cardopusher = DUBSTYX!
Expect a great dancefloor remix EP with 4 rave / dubstep remixes of the Glowstyx album.

Bong-Ra to remix Therapy?
Yep, will be remixing the 90s screamo band Therapy? for a remix compilation they are to release next year.

New releases coming up on CLASH and KRISS Records!
A new Clash 7" will appear in June. DEFORMER drops huge double dubjungle tunage! And VINCE THE PRINCE (Ra-X) will release an addictive 4 track Ravestep EP called 'Glowstick Gangabang' The vinyl will be available through TOOLBOX RECORDS.

Bong-Ra track on John Peel CD!
At the end of the year, the 'Kick Out The Jams' track off the Peel Session, to be released by Universal Music, will appear on a special 4 CD compilation called 'Kats Karavan : The John Peel Years'. 90 tracks were chosen out of 40 years of Peely, Bong-Ra will appear on the CD with some mildly known musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Nirvana, The Police... ;) Its an honour!

Bong-Ra to remix Therapy?
Yep, will be remixing the 90s screamo band Therapy? for a remix compilation they are to release next year.

New releases coming up on CLASH and KRISS Records!
A new Clash 7" will appear in June. DEFORMER drops huge double dubjungle tunage! And VINCE THE PRINCE (Ra-X) will release an addictive 4 track Ravestep EP called 'Glowstick Gangabang' The vinyl will be available through TOOLBOX RECORDS.

Free Live Album! Köhnen vs Nottelmann
Late 2007 I did a live improv Breakcore/FreeJazz set with Danish super drummer Morten Nottelmann. (See the video on my Youtube). I thought it time to put the whole set as online album to give away fro free. Its some heavy fucked up shit! Everything played live, looped, sequenced, edit on the fly!
DOWNLOAD IT HERE!!

Glowstyx Re-Works : Bong-Ra vs Cardopusher
Expect some super heavy rave/dubstep/breaks remixes of the Glowstyx 'Class Of 92' album to appear end of this year, early next! I will be teaming up with Cardopusher to rework the tunes to killer dancefloor stompers!!

Official MP3 Store!!
After so many emails about the availability of Bong-Ra tracks, i finally finished the official Bong-Ra MP3 shop! Easy payment, very secure and top quality mp3's! Pay via Creditcard or Paypal!
Theres quite a catalogue after 10 years of producing! If you come across any missing tracks let me know!

All Quiet on the Western Front!
There's not much going on at the Bong-Ra front, as some might know i'm really really busy working on my The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble project. New EP, new album, live album, tour in May...so unless i clone myself which would be nice, i think i will be releasing new Bong-Ra stuff no earlier than 2010 ... You'll have to do with the old rubbish! ;)

The Goat of Mendes Live set
I recently did a one off set as 'The Goat of Mendes' in Rotterdam at the Deformer CD presentation night in Waterfont. Mixing old industrial (Godflesh, Pitch Shifter..), deathmetal (Carcass..) and new stuff (Earth, Burial Chamber Trio..) with my favourite dubstep producers (King Cannibal, Broken Note..), also playing guitar feedbacking and parts over it.
I mixed it live with Ableton with the Faderfox LV-1, using fx on the tracks and recording and looping the guitar with the Roland FC-300 pedal and the Boss 500L expression pedal.
Download the mix the artwork HERE!!
Enjoy!

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble "Mutations EP"
Finally after 2 and a bit years the new TKDE EP is coming out on Ad Noiseam!! Really stoked about this EP (8tracks). They are adaptations of 4 tracks off the 1st album and 4 off the 2nd (which will be released in May 2009).
For purchasing info on the EP , get in touch with Ad Noiseam for Pre-order, etc. As the album will be out on limited vinyl too!!

Halloween Compilation
A new Bong-Ra track will appear on the Cock Rock Disco Halloween Compilation album this month. I decided to use Friday the 13th as my inspiration, I had to go with the obviuos of course!.

The Beat Within (Fathme/CockRockDisco Compilation)
The Beast Within - Remixes of the very best campy 80's horror movies ever made Happy Halloween! We have teamed up with Cock Rock Disco to compile a horrific compilation of the very best campy 80's horror movies ever made, remixed by some of the greatest digital grind, metal, breakcore, and electro artists from around the world. Artists including Silon Fist, Terminal 11, Vytear , The Teknoist, Sgure, Toecutter, Duran Duran Duran, Eustachian, Bong-Ra, Captain Ahab, Surachai, Dead Noise, DJ Floorclearer, Droon. Enjoy the ride into hell, because this will be your last! DOWNLOAD HERE!

New Bong-Ra album for Summer 2009
Apart from he split album with Rotterdam's DEFORMER, i've just started with the new full Bong-Ra album. Its gonna be different, thats all i can say!

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble EP / LP
The EP is finished and the album is almost done, so expect 2 new TKDE releases in the months to follow!

In a Cabin With...
Currently in Iceland recording an album with dutch (rock) singer Maurits Westerik of GEM for a unique project called "In a Cabin With..." . Different, and good fun!
Check the blog HERE

New EP + LP in the making
Its been a bit slow on the production side due to the work on the 2nd The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble album. But the collab with DEFORMER is nearly finished. Work has started on the new 5th Bong-Ra album...hopefully it will be done early 2009.

Bong-Ra back at the Lowlands Festival!
After the stunning performance in 2006. LOWLANDS asked Bong-Ra to return for a 2,5 hour encore!!
Lowlands : Friday 15th of August 2008. X-Ray Tent. 23.00 - 01.30

Summer Holidays!!
Not doing fuck all this month!! Except for some shows...

Bong-Ra 'Vitus Blister EP'(Zhark Int. 12018)
Yes!! Finally the release is gonna be out in July!! Its taken a while but Zhark Records got the vinyl pressed and its ready to hit soon!
Church bells shatter against a backdrop of lightning speed breaks while sinister creatures take shape in deep caverns. Bong-Ra transports the listener back to the demonic rites of the middle ages by summoning four apocalyptic pieces of his darkest work to date on the latest vinyl installment from Zhark International.
Blending high-definition Breakcore with harrowing strings and crushing screams, the 12" kicks off with "Nomina Nuda Tenemus" - a dense ride straight into occulted secrets guarded by Gregorian Monks.
"La Plume De Ma Tante" follows with sweltering bass terror and overwhelming blasts of precision beat sequencing, a must for any Breakcore DJ or Headbanger alike.
The flip side offers a slightly more subtle approach which starts with "Naai De Duivel In Zn Reet". This piece features intensely mangled breaks grinding against bloodcurdling vocal samples and hyperspeed DnB detonations - closing with sliding ambiance leading into the final chapter of this audio incubus.
On "Zumo de mis Cojones Oscuros", Bong-Ra offers a splintered sliding percussive deluge and a tearing mise en scene which harks back to some of his more experimental releases like the "Praying Mantis EP".
Melding classic dancefloor bombast with fiendish aggression and tortured screams - Vitus Blister marks a return to truly malevolent sonics, for both label and artist alike.
Rachel Kozak / Hecate, July 2008.

Tracklisting:
A1: Naai de Duivel in z'n Reet / A2: La Plume de ma Tante
B1: Nomina Nuda Tenemus / B2: Zumo de mis Cojones Oscuros
For audio previews go to the MYSPACE page to listen

Deathstorm 'We Are Deathstorm'
Also with some delay...I'm really proud that the DS LP is finally out! Get your copy at TOOLBOX RECORDS. This release is very limited , so hurry!! Beautiful full sleeve art + transaprent vinyl!
For audio previews go to the DEATHSTORM MYSPACE page to listen

Bong-Ra USA Tour 2008 Revisited
Thanks to everyone who came down to the shows in the US...I had anawesome time.. Will try and upload some pictures as soon as i can!

Bong-Ra USA Tour 2008
The first Bong-Ra US Tour will be going down next month!
Here are the dates :
28 MAY : LOS ANGELES
29 MAY : SAN FRANCISCO
30 MAY : KANSAS CITY
31 MAY : ST LOUIS
5 JUNE : PHILADELPHIA
6 JUNE : NEW BRUNSWICK

New Tracks Online!
I've added a couple of new tracks on the MySpace player, new version of the classic 'Dub Murderer' and a new tune called 'Pee Yourself Aaron'. Also the collab EP with Deformer and Scapu Lox is finished and should hopefully get released after the summer.

"Darkbreaks Vol 1 & 2" Free Downloads!
To celebrate the 10 years since my first release, i'm giving away the debut Bong-Ra 12" releases (Darkbreaks Vol1 and Vol2). Written and recorded in 1996 / 1997, and released in April 1998. Recorded with Protracker on 2 x Amigas 2000.Cutting, pasting, dubbing...Can't believe how i even manage to piece all this together with that equipment.
Some gritty Lo-Fi madness...pre-Breakcore stuff...Oldskool bwoy!!

Köhnen vs Nottelman
I have a small excerpt of one of my favourite live shows ever on my YOUTUBE page. Last November I played an amazing live improv Breakcore set at the Re:Created Festival with Danish free-jazz drummer Morten Nottelmann, a distinguished gentleman with incredible musical talent. Maybe we will be doing more collabs in the future, until then...heres a peak!

New Mix Online!
I've added the Ravetastic "Ra is for Rave, E is for Ebenezer!" Mix from 2006 which appeared on Violent Turd. Nearly 45 minutes of unadulterated UK Rave, Breaks, early Jungle...
Check the Audio section!

10 years Anniversary coming up!
In April it will be exactly 10 years since my first official release 'Darkbreaks Vol1' on Djax records. Also it will be 12,5 years since I started Bong-Ra, so i thought this would not be a cause for celebration!
there might be a refix/remix Ep appearing, but you'll have to wait on news for that.
Watch out for a special new Bong-Ra Mix with old and new material!!

Plans for 2008
The following stuff will be something to look forward to in 2008
- EP Bong-Ra vs Deformer on Peace Off (featuring the Ori Ede tune)
- New Bong-Ra LP (mid 2008)
- New Bong-Ra Remix/Refix Album
- Long awaited US tour : May 2008
- New The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble album!!
- Deathstorm LP on Fathme (hopefully early 2008!)

... So , best wishes to all of you, and have a great new year!! See you somewhere in 2008!

Digital download release on Mashit!
DJ C and his awesome junglistic Mashit label will be releasing a special Bong-Ra acid jungle two tracker, exclusive to Mashit Records. More info at MASHIT!
Listen to the tracks at the Bong-Ra MYSPACE

Bong-Ra 'Panther Fight' : Mashit Records

Peace Off : RUFF05 : Out Now!
Split 12" with Starkey (of Trouble & Bass fame). Downtempo darkness.
Order your copy at SWITCH RECORDS
Listen to the tracks at the Bong-Ra MYSPACE

Bong-Ra vs Starkey : RUFF05

Bong-Ra 'Full Metal Racket' and Glowstyx 'Class of 1992' CDs Out this month!
Ad Noiseam will be releasing the compilation CD "Full Metal Racket' this month. It contains the 2 x 12" EP's 'Grindkrusher' and 'SickSickSick'. The CD will include a mega cool poster with both the 12" artworks on it! Absolutely great collectors item. (Pre) Order at AD NOISEAM
The Glowstyx über-rave debut album on Cock Rock Disco will appear around the same time! For previews on Glowstyx check the MYSPACE. Glowstyx will be supporting T.Raumschmere October the 19th in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

New T-Shirts at the Merchandise section
Check out the new SKELETOR vs BONG-RA t-shirts at the MERCHANDISE section. 3 colour American Apparel tees!!

Bong-Ra vs Skeletor T-Shirts (See MERCHANDISE)

Wedding
Thanks to everyone who made it to our wedding party in Utrecht. Everyone made it a night for us to cherish forever. We hope everyone had a good time, and enjoyed the shows. Thanks to everyone! :)
Check The Duck DanceMovie...

Upcoming Stuff / Just out
Just some last news before the wedding bells go ding-dong.
More Bong-Ra on Ad Noiseam. After many requests the 2005 'Grindkrusher' and the 2007 'SickSickSick' 12" will be released on a CD with a special poster with both 12" covers on it, release date somewhere in October. Limited Edition!
The 'Vitus Blister' will be coming out on Zhark in the fall, not Sublight as was previously planned.
Peace Off sublabel RUFF will release the 'Sissy Spacek' track in September. Starkey will be doing the flipside, the split with Deformer will also appear on Peace Off end of this or early 2008.
As for Deathstorm, Glowstyx and a new The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble EP.
Just out is the Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation the TKDE live project. Check Ad Noiseam for more info.

Well thats all for the summer!! See you 7-7-7 or sometime after the honeymoon! Cheers!

Mr and Mrs Bong-Ra's Wedding Bash!! 07-07-2007!!
As some of you might already know, me and the misses are getting hitched on Saturday the 7th of July! We're throwing a huge party in Tivoli (Utrecht, Holland). My favourite artists and nicest friends will be dropping some heavy wedding tunes to make the night one of the most memorable ever! You are all more than invited to come along and party!
For a lousy 10 Euros you can come along and watch Venetian Snares, Jason Forrest, Sickboy, DJ Scotch Egg, Rotator, Enduser, Parasite, Black Sun Empire, Soundbites and Westrum and MC Mike Redman tear the wedding bells apart!
I think it would be best to book your tickets and hostal in advance!!
For tickets go to : TIVOLI
For sleeping accomodation go to : HOSTEL UTRECHT

Bong-Ra 'Vitus Blister' on Zhark Records. Summer 2007
A change of plans for the Vitus Blister EP. Zhrak will be releasing the EP as a 12". Vitus Blister is probably the darkest stuff after the Soldaat of Oranje release on Sublight Records. More info and details on ZHARK RECORDS.

Bong-Ra 'Vitus Blister' Zhark Records

Glastonbury Festival 2007
Bong-Ra will be playing at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday 23rd of June. More info soon! : Check out the Glastonbury Website

What's Up ?
So, I've been cutting back on performing to refresh myself with new vitality for making more music.
Work in progress on different projects. Firstly, the Peace Off 12" with Deformer, which, will have the 'Ori Ede' track on it + 2 or 3 more tunes in the same rocking vein!
Finally, it seems that the Bong-Ra Shockout release will see life after a 2 year delay! It will feature the 'Down But Not Out' and 'Up But Not In' tracks which have been on my MySpace page for a while. I think Kid 606 will be doing the flipside.
The Glowstyx rave album is nearly finished...probably my 'happiest' tracks ever...should be good for summer afterpaties! Cock Rock Disco will be releasing it before the summer, if all goes well!
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble's 2nd album is in the make. We are working/recording the album with the whole band, and will be trying to give the new album a 'livelier' feel to it. In between the two TKDE albums Ad Noiseam will be releasing The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation live album 'Doomjazz Future Corpses!' in September. The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is the ambient/drone/improv alter ego of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, we will be doing more releases like this one in the future too.
Fathme Records is in the progress of production for the Deathstorm debut LP scheduled for May or June. The artwork by Fighting is awesome!!!

Deathstorm 'We Are Deathstorm' Fathme Records

Updated BUY ONLINE
The BUY ONLINE section has been updated. There were some broken links, and several more releases are out of stock. Grab 'em while they are still available!

Peace Off Release !!
Yes, one of my dreams will be happening in 2007. Releasing a 12" on the evil Rotator's Peace Off label. It will be a Bong-Ra vs Deformer EP. With the Ori Ede Remix appearing on vinyl!

Sublight Compilation
Watch out for the unreleased tune 'La Plume de ma Tante' appearing on the 2nd Sublight compilation somewhere in the summer of 2007.

Rebeltronics / Treblesonics
After the succes of the 1st Rebeltronics in December 2006 with Venetian Snares, Deformer and Bong-Ra. The Rebeltronics night will be on a once-a-quaterly basis. So, 4 times a year. The next edition on the 23rd of March 2007 will be featuring: Vex'd, Current Value, DJ Scotch Egg and Vytear and Eustachian. For tickets go to TIVOLI

Treblesonics is the analog variation of Rebeltronics. Focussing on weird (mostly) guitar orientated shows. From improv noise to monotone drones. The first edition on the 3rd of March will have several improv session featuring: Selma (lo-fi improv), Hilary Jeffrey (tromboscillator), 78 RPM (doom drones) and more... More info at DBs

Best wishes for 2007!
Hope this year brings you even more hardcore and mayhem!!
See you on The Kill tour with Enduser somewhere in Europe!

The Kill Tour 2007 : Release
2 new tracks for The Kill EP can be listen to on the MySpace page
Bong-Ra "Horns"
Bong-Ra "Cochise"

These will probably be the last Bong-Ra tracks until 2008, since I will be working on the new The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble album in 2007!

Bong-Ra / Enduser "The Kill" EP. CD and 12" on Ad Noiseam
Artwork by Cody Hoyt

Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave
Debut album on CD via Sublight Records. Pre-order Here
Official release date : 29th of December 2006
Visit the cult : goatrave.com

Last dates for The Kill Tour!
There are two dates still open, so hurry if you are interested!
Saturday 27th of January 2007
Saturday 10th of February 2007
Email robyn@angeruk.net for booking info.

Merchandise Update!
Bong-Ra Merch is now available for USA and CANADA!! Go to the MERCHANDISE section and click to go to the designated shop of your area!

Shotgun Wedding Mix CD Out this month!
The split mix cd with Sickboy will be out on Kid 606's Violent Turd label this month. Full on Oldskool Rave galore!
"Ra is for Rave, E is for Ebenezer" a 45 minute trip down memory rave.
Get your copy at Tigerbeat 6

Glowstyx - Class of 1992
The people who know my weakness for UK Rave will be glad to hear that Cock Rock Disco will be releasing a full length Rave album under the pseudonym of GLOWSTYX. Album scheduled for Spring 2007. More soon.

Videoclip 'Spiegeltje met Lijntjes' online
Watch the 'Spiegeltje met Lijntjes track featuring DAC from the 'Soldaat van Oranje' album. Thans to the Stanza Graphic Crew for their help!
Watch the clip.

"The Kill" Tour ft. Bong-Ra and Enduser
Two heavyweights residing in limbo somewhere between Drum and Bass and Breakcore team up once again to cause some major damage throughout Europe this coming January and February 2007. Their successful 'Monsters of Mash-Up' Tour in 2005 (with Shitmat), has still left sonic shrapnel lying about in several venues all over the continent. Both artists have gained their merits after years of intense releasing on labels all across the globe. Its easy to say that Bong-Ra and Enduser are amongst the top of the best hardcore electronica producers out there. Forces to be reckoned with! Watch out for a special limited “The Kill” Tour split 12” and CD appearing on Ad Noiseam Records.

Shows available from Friday 12th of January until Saturday 9th of February 2007

For bookings please contact Anger Management : robyn@angeruk.net

SickSickSick EP : Release date January 2007 : Metal up your arse!
Yes! The Slaytronic tune will be appearing on vinyl! An older version was posted here a few months ago, and the new and improved track together with 3 other metalbreaks tunes will be released on Ad Noiseam.
The SickSickSick EP is a follow up to the 'Grindkrusher EP', the first in a rebirth of metal and breaks combination. Artwork specially designed by Gutsman Comics, which is a little reminiscent of the old Repulsion artwork.

Tracklist: Terrorizah, Earache, Slaytronic, Necrogoat
You can listen to the tunes on the Bong-Ra MySpace page

Bong-Ra at Lowlands Festival 2006 : Revisited
Oh my fucking god!! The Lowlands 2006 show was the fucking bomb... Thanks for to all the people in the triple mosh-pit!! Here's a clip I received from the night...

Bong-Ra@Lowlands clip

Bong-Ra at Lowlands Festival 2006
Bong-Ra will be playing at the dutch Lowlands Fest at 22.00 on August 18 2006. Together with partner in crime MC Mike Redman, you will find us in the new X-Ray hall. Other artist that night: dj/rupture, Cobra Killer + many more...Lowlands site

Glade Festival 2006
Bang Face really topped all my expectations for Glade...
The BF Crew = Rave !!
Here a clip of the Bong-Ra set while dropping the KRISS#1 'Jahba-Warpigz VIP'.Watch the clip

Stereohype Heroin Hooker EP : OUT NOW!!
Bong-Ra returns with a joint release on Reduced Phat and Ad Noiseam, 4 mega ravecore drug induced dancefloor tracks made to stimulate your chemical of choice!! In traditional Bong-Ra style, nothing is left sacred; drugs, sex and wreck ‘n’ roll...
‘Stereohype Heroin Hooker’ will appear as 12” on Reduced Phat, and CD on Ad Noiseam. The CD version will include 8 remixes, divided into 4 ‘Old Flesh’ remixes by stars such as ; Duran, Duran Duran, Drop The Lime, Parasite and Enduser, and 4 ‘Fresh Meat’ remixes by the next generation producers; Cardopusher, Dr. Bastardo, Ace of Breaks and Cake Builder. BUY IT HERE!

Enduser Remix
Currently working on an Enduser Remix for his new upcoming release.
Review in XLR8R
Nice review of 'Soldaat van Oranje' in XLR8R Mag. Read the review HERE

Japan 2006
The Japan tour was awesome! Big thanks to Ka4u, Ume, Ove-Naxx, Maruosa, Doddodo, Gulpepsh, John, aaaa, Hikari and the whole 'Osaka Crew' for a memorable week. I will be putting up an extended story when its all sunk in. Ka4u's photos have been added to the pict list! More soon!
Special thanks to NPI for their support on this tour.

Kenji Siratori vs Bong-Ra
A team up between cyberpunk writer Kenji Siratori (www.kenjisiratori.com) and Bong-Ra will be bringing interesting new tunes for 2007. Kenji is one of the pioneers in cyber literature.
"I believe that the novel becomes a cultural trigger-but this requires the digital narrative of nerve cells that had the creature intensity-simultaneously we must perceive the instant when the novel is networking as a part of the human body emulator."
Kenji Siratori Acidhuman Project is the follow-up to Siratori's unique cyberpunk classic Blood Electric, which was acclaimed by David Bowie, among others. Kenji Siratori is a Japanese author delivering "the reality of symbolic violence."

Sickboy vs Bong-Ra 'Shotgun Wedding' Mix CD for Violent Turd/Tigerbeat
Miguel 606 asked us to do the next tag team for the Shotgun Wedding Mix Cds on Violent Turd. Release will be after the summer. This should hopefully coincide with the Bong-Ra remixes on Shockout, which will also see dDamage on the release!
The tunes for Shockout have been on mySpace for a while, the 'Down But Not Out' tune.

Maruosa vs Bong-Ra
May seems to be the team-up month I guess. After 2 incredible improv electro-grind sets with Maruosa in Japan, we've decide to do a small collab to get the energy of the improvs onto vinyl...

Order New Releases
Almost all the Bong-Ra releases have been placed in the BUY ONLINE section, linked to the specific online distro shop where they can be ordered.

Sucker DJs tunes
I've been bugged about some DNB-ish mashups of Leila K and Felix rave tunes I did couple of years back in 2002/2003 under the Sucker DJs pseudonym. So to quit the buggin' here are the 2 tracks on 320 kpbs. These are the unmastered versions, I lost the mastered ones last year. I will leave em on till May. They should hopefully appear on SLSK by then! Enjoy!
Sucker DJs "Open Sesame RMX"
Sucker DJs "Dont You Want Me? RMX"

Spiegeltje met Lijntjes Videoclip
Work is in progress for a clip of 'Spiegeltje met Lijntjes' track off the Soldaat van Oranje CD. The track is a collab with Dutch rap posse D.A.C. It will probably only air in Holland.

Reviews and Interviews
There's some new reviews and interviews in the appropraite section. Will be adding and updating moe this month

New release comin' your way!
"4 Adaptions of Rossz.." Venetian Snares vs Bong-Ra, Planet-Mu 12" (February)
"I" Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave, Russian Roulette Records 12" (Feb 2006)
"Soldaat van Oranje", Sublight Records CD (February 2006)
"Skeletor" track for White Cock 3, Cock Rock Disco 12" (February 2006)
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble Planet-Mu CD (March 2006)
"The Sub of Light" track for Eyelicker Sublight Compilation (March 2006)
"Jaws" + "Speed Demon (666MPH rmx)", track and clip for 5 Yrs Ad Noiseam, CD+DVD Compilation (April 2006)
Shockout 12" (2 remixes) for Kid606's label
"Stereohype Heroin Hooker", Reduced Phat 12" (May 2006)

That should be enough for the time being!

Hellfire MegaMix!!
Just added a little 'I am the God of Hellfire' Megamix for the Xmas spirit. Will go down well after the family carol singing sessions.
Good pagan days!! See you next year!

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!!!
Please do not send any emails to the old bong at jungle.demon.nl address, its been de-activated and doesnt bounce the emails. So its possible you've not been getting any reply.
Please send the emails to info@bong-ra.com
Thanks!

I am the God of Hellfire on CD and Limited on Vinyl!
The rave reviews are coming in, so get hold of the 'Hellfire' release on CD, through Cargo and vinyl through Ad Noiseam (limited to 500 copies. Double 12")!!
... Get your vinyl copy here!
... Get the CD here!

Venetian Snares vs Bong-Ra
The '4 Adaptations of Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett' (Ziq111R) will be appearing on Planet Mu in January 2006.
The tracks are downbeat adaptations of Aaron's heart-twisting tunes.

Keeping It Peel
13-10-2005 : John Peel Day

I am honoured to mention that the Bong-Ra Peel Session has been chosen as one of the 125 best sessions ever!

In the pipeline...
Stuff going on:

CD : I am the God of Hellfire! - Very Friendly/Supertracks -Release date : Oct 2005
12" : Skeletor - White Cock 3 (CockRockDisco) -Release date : Oct 2005 : LISTEN
12" : Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave - Sub Trash -Release date : Dec 2005
12" : Venetian Snares vs Bong-Ra - Planet Mu -Release date : Jan 2006
CD : Soldaat van Oranje - Sublight Records -Release date : Feb 2006
CD : The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Planet Mu -Release date : Mar 2006

CLASH/KRISS Releases:
New stuff has been delayed, so we're making a fresh start in 2006!
New releases from Jan 2006...CLASH: Tester, Bong Selecta, Soundmurderer.
New releases from Jan 2006...KRISS: Scotch Egg, Soundbites, Parasite (?).

UPCOMING SHOWS:
The Servants (Bong-Ra and Sickboy) will be supporting UK's CHROME HOOF for 3 shows in Holland. CHROME HOOF is a 10 piece satanic, prog, afro, doom outfit featuring Cathedral members. Shows will be 29 December in Rotterdam, 30 December in Amsterdam and 31 December in Utrecht.
Bong-Ra will be doing a small Brazil tour in November.
Parasite and Bong-Ra will be heading towards Japan in February 2006 for a mini tour, more info later.

'I am the God of Hellfire!' CD - OUT ON VERY FRIENDLY/SUPERTRACKS - OCT 31st 2005!!
Very Friendly UK / Supertracks Records NL, will be releasing the new Bong-Ra CD 'I am the God of Hellfire!'.
The 'Hellfire' CD is the first of the 2 new Bong-Ra CDs due to appear. This CD will be more grinding downtempo ravey shite, with occasional outbursts of madness.
Ad Noiseam will be releasing the album on vinyl!
Release date October 31st.
Check out some preview MP3s at the audio section.

'I am the God of Hellfire!' Very Friendly / Supertracks Press blurb:
Like the Devil playing the harp to sweet unknowing angels, it may have become clear that every new Bong-Ra release manages to trick and tackle his listeners by setting groundbreaking new steps. There’s no time for repetition or conformity, but a continous exploration into the sounds and styles which fascinate him most, flirting with jungle, rave, metal, dancehall and gabber, in no particular order…sounding like a meatgrinder negligent of hygiene, sterility or infection. One of the forerunners in the Breakcore genre, which is rapidly emerging out of the pits of the undergound, seems to run parallel with the term ‘crossover’, reaching a point in where sampling and a diverse musical taste have fused creating the ultimate hardcore-maniac’s playlist. On ‘I am the God of Hellfire!’ the ‘amen’ has been given a well deserved break, and focus has been put on his trademark rave stabs and catchy haunting melodies, proving that downtempo can be as suffocating and sinister as uptempo BPMs. A host of vocalists like ex-ATR’s Hanin Elias, Drop The Lime, Mike Redman and Ras Bumpa have contributed to make this nothing less than an upcoming classic in its genre, the detail in the production has given Bong-Ra’s third full length album a mature, accesible sound, creating more space in which to unleash his demonic riffing. Jason Kohnen, the sonic schizo behind Bong-Ra since 1996, brings a new dimension in hardcore breakbeat territory, pitching vocals ruffer than SL2 and dropping heavier kicks than Humanoid, or maybe its just the record The Prodigy wish they had made ???. His stubborness and perseverance has led to releases on labels like Djax, Planet-Mu, Ad Noiseam, Supertracks and Deathsucker… to name but a few, remixing Venetian Snares’ masterpiece ‘Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett’, invited to do a John Peel Session in 2001 and running his infamous ragga hardcore jungle label Clash Records and his metalbreaks label Kriss Records. Vinyl version has been licensed to the cracking Ad Noiseam label.

New CLASH and KRISS websites online!
Prox2.com have helped us out again with a more than sweet double bill website!
Check: Clash Records and/or Kriss Records

Wasted 2
My goodness... Wasted 2 was a blast. Picts online!!
Catch all the other Photophunk action HERE!

'Soldaat van Oranje' CD - SUBLIGHT REC CANADA - FEB 2006!!
Work has been started on the 'Soldaat van Oranje' CD. Containg the sickest, ruffest Bong tracks up to now. Ubercore of XTC Rave, Amen biznizz and all a dat...200BPM+ chaos!! Release date planned for February 2006, not April 2006 as mentioned before.

'Soldaat van Oranje' Sublight Records Press blurb:
Soldaat Van Oranje…the Soldier of Orange. The dreaded Dutchman launches his hardest and deadliest sonic ammunition so far... His previous release ‘I Am The God Of Hellfire’ searched the realms of head-nodding downtempo hardcore breakbeat rave… only to see this album blasting shrapnel like a motherfucking soundgrenade. Dark and twisted is the theme of this album, a rave gone sour by bad Speed or XTC. The usual trademark Bong-Ra stabs punch through the dancefloor orientated tracks. Soldaat Van Oranje is influenced by past, future and present in The Netherlands, using themes, samples and melodies which are in someway related to his homeland, be it the persecuted satanic ‘Goatriders’ from the Middle Ages, up and till the recent Islamic fundamentalist attacks. Not forgetting Holland’s finest musical creation…Gabber…yes…Gabber...not Gabba!

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble DEBUT CD ON PLANET MU
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble release will be out on Planet Mu and not Ad Noiseam. The release has been pushed forward to early 2006, following the 12" with 4 remixes of V Snares' 'Rossz' album.

'Warrior Sound' CD - SUPERTRACKS REC HOLLAND - OUT NOW!!
The 'Warrior Sound' ragga mash-up compilation CD has been getting raving reviews, and is still available from Supertracks Records or check out the Order section of the site.

Bong-Ra @ WASTED 2
September 2 and 3 sees WASTED 2 in Berlin. A two day spectacular line up.
Check Out the line up and travel info at: Wasted Website

Sick!
Yeaahh!!! Thats what we like to see!!. Paint that fucker!!
Nice one!

New merchandise added...
Shit load of new merchandise at the Merchandise section. Bong-Ra, Clash, Kriss and Servants stuff available..

Dungeons and DJs...This Friday...24th of June!!!
City Hall, Utrecht. The third edition of D&D!! This time we have a special KRISS Records presentation of the Drumcorps release (KRISS#2). Furthermore we have none other than KID 606, Mash-It's DJ C and of course Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps)... For more info check out: Dungeons and DJs

Sublight Records release
Working title 'Soldaat van Oranje' will be a new full length release on Sublight Rec from Canada. They have released works from Richard Devine, V Snares and Doormouse in the past.

Grindcore!!
Plans are being worked on for starting an electro-grind outfit featuring Bong-Ra, Aaron Spectre and Scotch Egg...more soon!

Servants of The Apocalyptic Goat Rave
Debut gig will be held at the next Wood party on the 18th of June in Belgium...test pressings of the first release on Still Raven should be ready!!!

Bong-Ra 'Warrior Sound' CD Out Now!!
The Bong-Ra 'Warrior Sound' Compilation CD is available now. It features a selection of 13 released and unreleased ragga mash-ups from 1999 to 2005.
TEMPORARILY ONLY AVAILABLE THRU THIS SITE!! (SEE ORDER SECTION)

Warrior Sound CD Tracklisting
Murder You (Old Skool Armageddon 7") (DeathSucker)
Human Cargo (Unreleased)
Jah Kingdom (Renegade Bubblin 12") (Supertracks)
Blood N Fire RMX (Renegade Bubblin 12") (Supertracks)
Giddeon War (Conquering Lion 12") (Hydrophonic)
Rise Above (Conquering Lion 12") (Hydrophonic)
Killer Empress (Unreleased)
Whore Of Babylon (Conquering Lion 12") (Hydrophonic)
Vampire Youth (Darkbreaks EP 12") (Russian Roulette)
666 MPH : FFF+Dionysos RMX (Breakcore a Go-Go! 12") (Supertracks)
Apocalypse Riddim (Conquering Lion 12") (Hydrophonic)
Blood N Fire : DJ Scud RMX (Renegade Bubblin 12") (Supertracks)
Scorpions, Roaches and Mice (Unreleased)

New Bong-Ra CD 'I am the God of Hellfire' Out Oct. 2005
Finishing touches are being made on the 3rd full length CD to be released on Supertracks. This CD continues where 'Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!' ended. Rave, rock, dancehall, punk... the usual mashed up mess. Vocal appearances by Drop The Lime, Hanin Elias, Mike Redman, Mona Lisa, Ras Bumpa and MC Quest One.

Shockout Remixes
Currently work has started for two remixes on Kid 606's sub-label Shockout.

Venetian Snares vs Bong-Ra Remixes
4 Bong-Ra remixes of Snares' megatastic "Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett" CD will appear on Planet-Mu as 12" as a special Venetian Snares vs Bong-Ra release. Expected early 2006.

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble CD on Ad Noiseam
Finally after a period of more than 5 years, Bong-Ra's side project 'The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble' will be releasing its debut CD on Ad Noiseam in July 2005. Final mixes are nearly finished, and set to get pressed. The CD will be an 11 track with about 60 minutes of music. 'T.K.D.E.' is a mutant electronic jazz project with Gideon Kiers.

Bang Face Horror Show!
Last gig @ the ever infamous Bang Face show in London...check out the excellent sound quality...hehe!...
Watch the movie
Check out: Bang Face

Monsters Of Mash Up Tour 2005 / Split 12" + CD
Bong-Ra, Enduser and Shitmat are joining forces for some enhanced pleasure in May. The tour will be stretching from 4 May till the 28th.
A special 12" will be released for the tour, It will appear on Ad Noiseam, not KRISS, and will come as a 6 track 12" EP, and also as 6 track CD EP, entitled 'Monsters of Mash-up'...obviously...
Also we are proud to mention that the Salvador Dali of Breakcore...mr. Droon will providing the cover artwork...


Tour Schedule
Wednesday 4 May - Postgarage : Graz (AUSTRIA)
Thursday 5 May - Roentgen : Krakow (POLAND)
Friday 6 May - Bastard am Prater : Berlin (GERMANY)
Saturday 7 MAY - Channel Zero : Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
Tuesday 10 May - Paradiso : Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS)
Thursday 12 May - Parkhof : Alkmaar (NETHERLANDS)
Friday 13 May - Festival : Oudenaarde (BELGIUM)
Saturday 14 May - Kamikaze Club : Rennes (FRANCE)
Thursday 19 May - Kalkbreite : Zurich (SWITZERLAND)
Friday 20 May - Core a Core - Brussels (BELGIUM)
Saturday 21 May - Nighttown : Rotterdam (NETHERLANDS)
Monday 23 May - Technophagy : Leeds (ENGLAND)
Tuesday 24 May - Lumin : London (ENGLAND)
Wednesday 25 May - Wrong Music vs Motion Sickness : Brighton (ENGLAND)
Thursday 26 May - Lesson MO.1 - Cardiff (WALES)
Friday 27 May - The Level : Bristol (ENGLAND)
Saturday 28 May - Heaven and Hell : Liverpool (ENGLAND)

Check out: www.monsters-of-mashup.tk

10th Roadburn Festival
OK...This might be weird for some of you, but Bong-Ra will be doing a one off Classic Doom Metal DJ set at the Roadburn Festival on April 9 in 013 Tilburg, Holland. Performing will be Space Ritual (ex-Hawkwind members), Electric Wizard, Sunn0)), Brant Bjork, High On Fire and many more...So no breakcore, no ragga, but classic Doom like Saint Vitus, Count Raven, Cathedral, Trouble, Supernaut, etc...Let there be Doom!
Check out: Roadburn

Resonance FM Mix 2005 Online
The Resonance FM Radio Mix is downloadable for your listening pleasure...
Aired in the weekend of 18th of March, as part of the London Resistance Festival. Other mixes of the Red ZERO Radio include: Scud, Shitmat, Alex B, Rupture, Noize Creator, Society Suckers, etc...
Check out: Resonance FM Radio

Reduced Phat -2% (Series 3)
Working on two tracks + a remix for Reduced Phat's -2% series. Other artists on this series will be Math Head and Mashit's DJ C.. Check out Reduced Phat for the previous series...

Remix for The House Of Destructo online!
Holland's Noise-Garage-Punk-Core outfit 'The House Of Destructo' have put their remixes, including the Bong-Ra one (of course) online...check 'em out...here.

Grindkrusher EP on Ad Noiseam : Release date : Spring 2005 : (Revisited)
A 4-track Grindcore vs Breakcore EP will be released on Ad Noiseam around spring 2005. Inspired by the mega-riffs from early death/grindcore bands on Earache, full blast megaton walls of geetarz... The 4 tracks will be Cenotaph Bloody Cenotaph, Jo Bench, Ram Waster and Dstrctv. Special remixes will be made for this 12" by Doormouse and Sickboy. A special release party will be held in Berlin on the 6th of May 2005! Special artwork for the EP will be made by the amazing Railboy.

Poland Massiv
04 FEB 2005. Krakow. Poland.
Click here to see the flyer

dj/rupture's post election mix
Glad to hear that rupture is caning the 'Murder You' track from the 'Old Skool Armageddon' 7" on his new fabulous post election dj mix... Check out the mix at Musicalbear!

Sickboy vs Bong-Ra
The "Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave" are born... Sickboy and Bong-Ra have finally teamed up for their joint release. The first two tracks for a long awaited split were recorded in December at the cool Milkplus studios in Antwerpen. In that first epic, the servants drink the blood of the Underlord and use the 100/200 bpm measurements of time syncronization. The tunes mainly deal with the absurd and confusing means of fanatic evil, turning black fear into dance pleasure, orchestrated with deep arrangements, rave synths and posessed percusive ensembles. The second chapter of this triology release, which was recently written at the hot Digital Harem studios in Utrecht, sees the returning servants turning black belief into fearless rave, like water into wine. Time bases the storyfacts on burial rituals and mummification of the acient Egyptians. Again, it's Hammer inspired quote lines has the same distinctive monster throwback, recorded on a second set of triple time synchronization, by the formula of 120/240/175 bpm. Next month, the servants will return to mid-evil times and cast spells of futuristic destruction. The order and belief of the red death versus sadistic love, which will be clashing on secret location. Out comes the Goat of Rave - we praise thee and coffee with milk! The dance of fear will pleasure the ear. Should be out this year, my dear - Sickboy, Utrecht, NL - Jan. 2005 A.D.
The Servants online: Web of Apocalyptic Rave

New Website for 2005!!
Mega thanks to Vanessa at Prox2.com for desiging and styling the website!!
By 01-01-2005 the URL will change to www.bong-ra.com and the old faithfull www.jungle.demon.nl will gradually disappear...

New (3rd) full length CD in the making. Expected mid 2005!
Supertracks will be releasing the third Bong-Ra CD. As like the 'Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!' CD this new full length will contain tracks featured in the upcoming horror flick 'Worst Case Scenario', where a bunch of Nazi Zombies try to conquer the world. The CD will be a rockin' hybrid mix like the 'Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!' CD.

Blood & Fire OUT NOW!! on 7" thru Soothsayer Records
Released after some delay, but well worth the while!. The Blood & Fire vocal and version final on vinyl. Out on Soothsayer Recordings. Available at the good online distros.

Vynalogica EP
Tracks for the Vynalogica EP entitled "Colony of Electric Machines" are ready and will be released thru CEM before the end of 2004.

4 tracks of brutal industry recorded on 40 year old electronic music equipment at the Center of Electronic Music in Amsterdam.

The 4 tracks that will appear are entitled: Larvae, Worker, Drone and Queen .
The unique Vynalogica label asked Bong-Ra to produce 4 tracks in their analogue studio...
Artists that preceded were Legowelt, Endorphins, Dntel and Bangkok Impact...

"The Centre for Electronic Music (CEM) in Amsterdam has started this new label. The label is devoted to a unique project: what would happen when you take modern dance music artists and lock them up in an antique electronical 40 years old music studio, complete with analogue synths and stone-age beat boxes? CEM invites some artists to record the material for a vinyl EP in their analogue studio, which is then released on Vynalogica. Later, Vynalogica will release a compilation cd of all the contributions to the project."
Check Out: CEM Studio

KRISS Mosh-Up Label
New Metal Mosh-Up label KRISS will kick off with its first release in Early 2005. Due to the CLASH001 repress slipping through the release schedule, there will be a small delay. U.S. Anarchist JAHBA will be doing a 4-track E.P. Featuring his already classic 'Warpigz' mash-up.

Yardcore Mix back online!

Yes...it's back on line!!!
Big respect to all artists used in the mix! Please check out more of their work, it rocks!!! Enjoy!

Yardcore? 25 Big Ass Tunes Mix
Follow up to the 2003 mix 'Junglist!'. Starting where Junglist! ended, Yardcore? mix brings some excellent tracks from this new phenomenon...Sounds like Jungle to me...

Tracklist:

1. BLOODCLOOT GANGSTA YOUTH - KILL OR BE KILLED
2. KOVERT - MURDEROUS STYLE
3. KID 606 - WHO WAH KILL SOUND ?
4. SIXTEEN ARM JACK - DON DADA
5. ENDUSER - NOSEBLEED RIDDIM
6. KRINJAH - PUSSYCLASH
7. DJ SCUD - BADMAN TIME
8. BONG-RA - GIDDEON WAR
9. AFX - RUN THE PLACE RED [THE BUG RMX]
10. ENDUSER - BOUNTY DRILLA
11. BONG-RA - 666 MPH [FFF + DIONYSOS RMX]
12. THE BUG - AKTION PAK
13. KID 606/THE BUG/WAYNE LONESOME - BUCKLE UP
14. DJ C - WHO WAH SEEK WAR
15. KRINJAH - ANGEL
16. REDEEMER - LONELY SOLDIER
17. MUTAMASSIK - SHOW 2 SHOW [DJ/RUPTURE RMX]
18. BONG-RA - SOUNDWAVE
19. BONG-RA - CHICKENHEADZ
20. FFF - BABYLON BWOY
21. ROTATOR - CHICKEN BOOGIE
22. PARASITE - TOXIC DANCEHALL
23. THE BUG - GUN DISEASE
24. BONG-RA - WARHEAD
25. CLASH OUTRO

September 2004

Sonic Acts : 24-09-2004 : Paradiso Amsterdam

One of the heaviest gigs in the last couple of years. One of the most intoxicating too, take that literally.
www.sonicacts.com

July 2004

New Bong-Ra CD
Production for the 3rd full length Bong-Ra CD has been in full force for the last couple of months, working title 'Ten Ton Riffs for the Army of the Dead'. Just like the Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD, this one will be a concept album in co-opeeration with Gorehound canned film, who are releasing the Nazi Zombie picture called 'Worst Case Scenario'. Several tracks from the new CD will appear in the movie...Just like the BB KKK CD, this album will be another hybrid mix of geetar rave, dancehall, hip-hop, jungle...an' all o' that!! ... Release scheduled for Spring/summer 2005.

July 2004

KRISS 10" Mosh-Up's
September will see Jahba's underground Sabbath mash-up classic released on coloured 12'' vinyl. KRISS is Bong-Ra's new full on bootlegging metal mash-up label. A 4-track smaher produced by Jahba.

May 2004

Conquering Lion 12"
Hydrophonic Records Italy has released Bong-Ra 12". 'Conquering Lion' is a special 4 track ragga mash-up EP, harsh and dynamic, sick fucking stuff mang!. Special sleeve artwork by Zeloot!

Tracklisting: A1. Giddeon War A2. Whore Of Babylon B1. Rise Above B2. Apocalypse Riddim

April 2004

Praying Mantis EP
Russian Roulette Records who releasesd the 2002 Bong-Ra 12" 'Darkbreaks' EP, are set to press the follow up entitled 'Praying Mantis'. Four tracks in the vein of the Darkjazz pt.2 track on the Darkbreaks EP. Mutant Jazz orientated compositions. The four tracks are: Hiding Mask, The River Euphrates, Treachery Within the Swarm of Locusts and Mephistopheles II . Check out: Suburban Trash

Tracklisting: A1. Hiding Mask A2. The River Euphrates B1. Treachery Within The Swarm of Locusts B2. Mephistopheles II

April 2004

Renegade Bubblin' EP
Out Now...The last 12" from the Bikini Bandits Kill! Kill! Kill! CD. 4 remix tracks, featuring the vocals of UK's Dirty Dred, from Newport's Raggacore outfit Skindred, and formerly of cult band Dub War. Downtempo Dancehall, Dub, Ragga mayhem...Welcome to the Dancehall of Doom!!! Watch out for the special Scud remix!. Purchase this 12" at the ORDER section of this site. Check out: Supertracks Records

Tracklisting: A1. Jah Kingdom RMX A2. Blood & Fire RMX B1. Blood & Fire [DJ Scud RMX] B2. Dub Murderer

April 2004

The UK dates are over. Thank God...Hopefully saving whats left of my liver and brain cells. Thanks to all who helped and joined us on these gigs!
Sintechnologies Crew @ Norwich, Geordie Gabba Maffia @ Newcastle, The Deathsucker family @ Bristol, Lumin @ London... and Alex and Na'am from Sick N Twisted for all the support...

January 2004

Junk Records
Aphasic's new label 'Junk Records' releases its first 12". It features the second collaboration betwwen Aphasic and Bong-Ra with the ethnic orientated track 'The Healing Power Of Doubt' . Check Out: Junk Records

October 2003

Old-Skool Armageddon!!
Death$ucker brings their third Bong-Ra release, after the Riddim Wars and Peel Session, the Old-Skool Armageddon is a tribute to the 90's rave and jungle period...
Back to the good old days when the drugs still worked and parties were free... Check out: Death$ucker

September 2003

Camping Flight to Lowlands Paradise 2003
The Lowlands Festival A/V Set appears on DVD in a couple of months. Audio-visual breakcore mash-ups featuring scenes from pictures like; Scarface, Clockwork Orange, Rollerball, Cannibal Holocaust...to name just a few!

August 2003

Camping Flight to Lowlands Paradise 2003
Saturday 30th of August 2003. Lowlands Festival, India Tent @ 02.30. Lowlands is Hollands biggest alternative festival. This year with acts like Foo Fighters, Beck, PJ Harvey and a whole bunch of other crap. But, must say it was wicked performing to a crowd of 2000 dopeheads at 2.30 in the morning. Some technical problems delayed the set, but nonetheless Lowlands experienced some breakcore mayhem!
Check Out www.lowlands.nl

Club Lek / 3 VOOR 12 : VPRO : 27-08-03
A special one-off set was done live for the Dutch radio show Club Lek together with A/V Wizard: Eboman, doing wicked-ass digital turntablizm during the set. Three tracks were recorded... 1. Eboman Sucks 2. Jah Kingdom 3. Shapeshifta
Check Out www.3 voor12.nl

1 Year Breakcore a Go-Go!
19 September sees the 1 year party of Breakcore a Go-Go! nights!! Just about all the most infamous dj's and producers have terrorized Rotterdam. The regular team is gonna bring some real damage... Doors open at 22.00 !!
Check Out www.waterfront.nl

"Where's that NUKE button?"

August 2003

Press : Killahman Machine (CLASH002)

Jockey Slut
Moving from strength to strength, Holland's Bong Ra christens a suitably psycho pseudonym with a pair of heart attack inducing mash ups. Occupying the deafening warzone between Ambush and Alec Empire, the death trip dread injects rave stabs, ragga rhythms and atavistic amens into a splattercore energy rush. Making Dylan sound safe, Hardware sound soft and 'Champion Sound' sound like Musical Youth, this is an essential 7” for dancehall immolation.
Kevin Martin

Press : Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD

LiveXS
In 1998 Bong-Ra's debut 'New Millennium Dreadz' appeared through Djax Records, followed by the 12-inches Darkbreaks Volume 1 and 2. Now we're given 'Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! containing elements of jungle, ragga, dub and gabber finely mixed with hip-hop, rave, metal and punk. Guest vocalists are Crispin (my cat!), The Dirty Dred, who appears on three tracks, Rotterdam dj/mc Mike Redman and UK riotgirls Lolita Storm. Even BBC-dj John Peel seems to be charmed by Bong-Ra's work and invited him to record a Peel Session for BBC1. One of the highlights on 'Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill1 Kill! is the tracks Dub Murderer feat. The Dirty Dred which builds up slowly only to errupt into hardcore drum 'n' bass. Great terrorizing tracks fired at you like machine guns like Killa Gorilla and SickSickSick MPH. Cool. Hip. Rock 'n' Roll. Bong-Ra you say ? Ya better believe it son.
Roel Janssen

Press : Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD

Holland Rocks
Bong-ra hit the Dutch drum & bass scene in the late '90s with the release of several EPs on the Djax-X-beats label. After several years of silence Bong-ra returned to the scene last year with a couple of 7" singles. And now there is the CD Bikini Bandits, Kill, Kill, Kill. Jason Kohnen's drum & bass style hasn't changed much and is still very original. Metal, reggae, old Prodigy-rave, and of course jungle: it's all there and even better than before. A great album. And although drum & bass is somewhat on a dead track, jungle is still very much alive!
RL

Press : Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD/ Breakcore a Go-Go! 12"

OOR
Breakcore nights, like the monthly Breakcore a Go-Go! at Waterfront in Rotterdam, aren't set up for theregular dance crowd. Its not the handbags and easy dancemoves that rule the dancefloor. The dancefloor's the hardcore dance domain for punks and other alternative freaks. Bong-Ra, active in the scene since 1998, is in his element at these parties. Being Holland's biggest breakcore-export, he knows what to do. Not just freaking out on raw jungle, but also ragga, hiphop and more to achieve his extreme crossover. Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! has therefore become a weird trip with twelve different tracks proving that if you ignore the barriers, you can reach far in the dance genre. Something Benji Webbe realises, who was far ahead of his time in the early nineties with his crossover band Dub War, and now currently active in Skindred. His unique voice energizes several tracks. Which have found their place in the 'Dancehall of Doom'. There seems to be an endless range of musical terms for Bong-Ra's sound. Which also counts for the 12-inch Breakcore a Go-Go! containing four remixes of 666MPH. The tracks with Lolita Storm sounds like a Breakcore Teenage Riot and the track with Aphasic nearly passes 666 BPM. Due to this diversity his work is getting a lot of appreciation abroad, so its no surprise Bong-Ra is crossing more borders.
Lucky

Press : Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD

Music Minded
What's the problem with beautiful, slutty women ? Mostly that they dont have taste in good music. So if you dont want Ace of Base or Jamai (Dutch Idols winner) to form the soundtrack of your sex life, you're usually left with less appetising Strokes-like babes. But...it looks like Bong-Ra brings new perspectives. Looking at the Bikini Bandits cover you'd expect a Baywatch meets The Donna's sleaze rock orientated CD. Nothing less is true!, cause Bong-Ra is an experimental electronic producer not ashamed of his ragga-, rock-, and jungle-influences, and for this album only uses the visual assistance of Steve Grasse and his succulent Bikini Bandits. The fact is that Bong-Ra's avant-garde soundscapes are exciting and innovating, and that the girls leave you drooling and that the 'Aphex Twin goes porn' effect has maximum result. But if the bimbos appearing in the CD booklet will be charmed by this music...I doubt it.
Arnold Scheepmaker

Press : Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD

Kindamuzik
That's been quite a while! Utrecht's Jason Kohnen's fine old-school drum 'n' bass records always went down really well. But after his debut 'New Millennium Dreadz' he disappeared back underground. The last couple of years Bong-Ra released records on German and English labels, and on his own jungle label Clash Records. Now there's his second full length entitled Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!. Hilarious title ? Yes, but not as hilarious als the videoclip. The Bikini Bandits are a group of gorgeous dark haired beauties who, dressed in bikinis and carrying an arsenal of weapons, experience various violent adventures. There seems to be a full length movie about to be released in which none other than Jello Biafra makes a cameo appearance. Bong-Ra made a track for the movie soundtrack and dedicated the whole CD artwork with these American beauties. A good move. Beautiful women, fast cars and heavy breakcore go hand in hand. Bong-Ra knows his craft. With the help of vocalist Benji Dred (ex-Dub War) and Digital Hardcore screamers Lolita Storm and MC Redman the ruckus is brought on. Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! is a superb breakcore record full of ragga, drum 'n' bass, rave, distorted basses and broken beats. With the ultimate climax being the claustrophobic 'Monster Trucks' that ironically functions as the calm between the chaos of noise. Although the guitars rage hard on this track. There'sno better breakcore than this. Don't forget to watch the '666MPH' clip on Bong-Ra's website and listen to the remix 12-inch 'Breakcore a Go-Go!' featuring remixes from the likes of Panacea. And the record company forgets to send me a copy. Damn.
Theo Ploeg

Press : Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! CD

Platomania
A good old ear bashing. There. Thats how you describe Jason Kohnen alias Bong-Ra's music. He's been terrorizing parties for years as dj or live performer with an uncompromising mix of hardcore drum 'n' bass, industrial dischordant sounds and screaming samples. This time he's added two new elements; rock 'n' roll and visuals. The rock 'n' roll can be found in the song structures and the visuals from visual artist Steve Grasse who in a joint project provided the cult pictures for the Bong-Ra videoclip. It looks like Bikini Girls with Machine Guns from the Cramps if you think about it. But if the Cramps make raunchy rock, then Bong-Ra sleazy electronic punk is quite unique.
Recensent : Bram Peeters Genre : Dance Verschenen in Plato Mania nr: 179 Datum review: 5-6-2003 Plato Mania: 4/5 : prima deluxe

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Planet Internet
Strong cover on this Bong-Ra CD. The appetising Bikini Bandits are a big parody on the many tits 'n' ass hip hop videos from the US and their horny looks, sexy outfits, and love of guns and cigarettes merge perfectly with Bong-Ra's music. The promotional poster is hanging in front of me....drool...Huh, ooh, sorry I just got distracted...where was I ? Oh yes, the music, Bong-Ra makes down and dirty drum 'n' bass layered with overdriven samples. Distorted ragga vocals, gabber bass drum kicks, hard-hitting raps: its gotta be fat and gritty and preferably as hard as possible. Rhythmically and atmospherically the whole is sound, but musically it can get one-sided. Creative beats and basses which alternates with melodies which are too simple, a female singer with vocals which are to thin or umpteenth sonic orgy: perfect dancefloor fodder, but twelve tracks is too much and somewhat limited. Nice but nothing more than that.
Rutger Steenbergen

May 2003

Bong-Ra vs Bikini Bandits @ AVECOM Multimedia Exposition
“The Art Of Vulgar Aesthetics”
Gele Rijder: Arnhem : Museum of Modern Arts 08 May-01 June 2003

The Bong-Ra vs Bikini Bandits project will be presented as an audiovisual exposition at the Museum of Modern Arts in Arnhem.

On Your Knees Motherfuckers!... Sleazy chicks, Sawn-Off Shotguns, Roaring Guitars, Hot-Rods, Splattered Beats... Its all possible in the world according to Jason Kohnen and Steve Grasse... Brought up with images and sounds from Russ Meyer, Sexploitation, Black Sabbath, Tarantino and the Sex Pistols...it's quite obvious that Bong-Ra and the Bikini Bandits will result as one of the most cult co-operations in audio and video... Grasse has proven to capture the cult imagery of the seventies, and place it into the new millennium. Silicones and Shotgun's galore...A heavy dose of raunchy girl power...the kind of women John Wayne Bobbit barely lived to tell about! Kohnen has managed to create a new millennium crossover between electronics/dance and rock.
Uncompromisingly heavy basses, distorted beats and pounding chords...we present the birth of ‘Wreck N Roll'! The project started around two years ago when Gyromart (Steve Grasse) and Bong-Ra (Jason Kohnen) showed mutual interest for each others work. A concept was conceived creating a fusion of Gyromart's visuals and Bong-Ra's audio. The "Bong-Ra vs Bikini Bandits" project contains several views on the current music and video industry. The initial goal of the project, the 666MPH videoclip, was to see in which form audio becomes inferior to visuals when it comes to videoclips. An experiment in manipulating audio success through visuals. The project took off leading to various concepts like the merging existing genres, audio/visual combinations, soundtracks, etc. The exposition can be seen as 'The Art of Vulgar Aesthetics': Sex, Violence, Guns, Distortion, Hardcore....and a huge amount of bad taste!

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Breakcore a Go-Go!
Waterfront Rotterdam

Two monthly Breakcore night hosted by Bong-Ra, FFF, Dionysos and Assassin.

November 2002 saw Holland's start to a first regular Breakcore night. Waterfront, Rotterdams finest venue realized it was time to introduce some bpm mayhem to their dancefloor... Together with FFF, and later joined by Dionysos and Assassin, the Breakcore Squad have brought some acclaimed DJ's and producers to Rotterdam.

Breakcore a Go-Go! #1 : November 2002
DJ Scud, Bong-Ra, FFF

Breakcore a Go-Go! #2 : January 2003
Aphasic, Parasite, Bong-Ra, FFF, Dionysos

Breakcore a Go-Go! #3 : March 2003
Christoph Fringeli, Hecate, Eiterherd, Bong-Ra, FFF

Breakcore a Go-Go! #4 : May 2003
Society Suckers, Sickboy, Aphasic, Bong-Ra, FFF, Dionysos, Assassin

Breakcore a Go-Go! #5 : June 2003
Rotator, Electric Kettle, Xanopticon, Dev Null, Bong-Ra, FFF, Dionysos, Assassin

Breakcore a Go-Go! #6 @ Metropolis Festival : July 2003
DJ Scud, Bong-Ra, FFF

Breakcore a Go-Go! #7 : September 2003
Christoph De Babalon, Bong-Ra, FFF, Copacod, Dionysos, Assassin

Breakcore a Go-Go! #8 : November 2003
Doormouse, Bong-Ra, FFF, Dionysos, Assassin

Breakcore a Go-Go! #9 : January 2004
Bong-Ra, FFF, Dionysos, Assassin

Scud @ Metropolis 2003	FFF @ Metropolis 2003	Bong-Ra @ BCGG#4

For those who know Bong-Ra won't be surprised by the gritty, dark & dirty sound produced on his debut CD “New Millennium Dreadz” in 1998. Five years on, the long awaited follow up “Bikini Bandits, Kill!, Kill!, Kill!” hits the fan. His adventures into jungle, ragga, core and hip-hop have produced a unique insight into the raw side of electonica, placing dance/electronics next to the grittyness of punk and rock; hence “wreck ‘n' roll”. Along side the gritty sounds, are the raunchy visuals of the Bikini Bandits , US producer Steve Grasse's white trash answer to the gangsta hip-hop videoclip phenomenom. Together with Gyromart (Grasse's company), two twisted minds fuse their oddball audio and visuals. The other collaborators on the CD are the vocalists: Benji Dred, well known of the infamous band Dub War, and currently of Skindred . Dutch rapper and owner of Rotterdam's infamous Redrum Recordz label will apper on two tracks, and none other than the ladies of Lolita Storm , who resided on the Digital Hardcore Recordings label (Atari Teenage Riot). So the point is clear! prepare yourself for the unexpected...

The "Breakcore a Go-Go!" EP contains mind shattering remixes of the 666 MPH tracks. Remixes from none other than Panacea , Aphasic , Lolita Storm and FFF vs Dionysos

Press : Riddim Wars 7"

Bad Planet
Riddim Wars is the latest release on Bristol based independent label, Death$ucker Records . Limited to 300 copies, it features two tracks of ragga jungle mash-up straight out of Holland. The A side track 'Bumba Claat' is a mish-mash of oldschool rave samples, sirens and jungle beats blended together with a gut-churning bassline to make any dancefloor hungry for more. The B side track is called 'Lef Some Fi Dead' featuring samples from the True Playaz track 'Supa Sharp Shooter'. Once again the ragga influence here is obvious and highly infectious. This record is a must for any self-respecting breakcore enthusiast.