Djax Records signed Bong-Ra in 1998, proceeding to release the debut album ‘New Millennium Dreadz’ and the 12-inch series ‘Darkbreaks’ Volumes 1 and 2. Bong-Ra at that time was accompanied by MC Guzman on vocals.
In 2001 Clash Records (a hardcore jungle orientated 7-inch label) was set up. In that same year John Peel invited Bong-Ra to do a ‘Peel Session’ which was released on UK label Death$ucker Records. Several vinyl releases followed in the period between 2001 and 2003.
From 2001 to 2004 the ‘Breakcore a Go-Go!’ parties were run and organised by FFF and Bong-Ra becoming one of the first (bi) monthly regular Breakcore nights in Europe. ‘Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!’ the second full length album was released in 2003 on Supertracks Records. This album saw an audiovisual co-operation with US based film company Gyromart. The track ‘666MPH’ was used on the Bikini Bandits DVD and the videoclip to ‘666MPH’ aired on MTV. The Bikini Bandits audiovisual project became an exposition in the Museum of Modern Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands. That year Bong-Ra also appeared on some of Holland’s biggest Festivals : Lowlands, Metropolis and Eurosonic. Also a small UK tour with DJ Scud and Soundmurderer followed.
In 2004 Bong-Ra set up his second label Kriss Records, focussing on edgier breaks (mostly combining metal and breakbeats). That same year the Center for Electronic Music (CEM) in Amsterdam asked Bong-Ra to produce a special 4 track EP solely using vintage equipment in the CEM studios, resulting in the ‘Colony of Electric Machines’ EP on the Vynalogica label. The ‘Monsters of Mash Up’ European Tour in 2005 with Shitmat (UK) and Enduser (USA) and a Japanese Tour with Parasite (UK) was followed by the third full length ‘I am the God of Hellfire’ released on Very Friendly and Ad Noiseam and the jungle/raggacore CD compilation ‘Warrior Sound’ on Supertracks Records (NL).
In 2006 a special 4 track remix EP of Venetian Snares’ ‘Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett’ and the debut of Bong-Ra’s main side project The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble were released on Planet Mu (UK). The politically charged album ‘Soldaat van Oranje’ was released on Sublight Records (CAN). Bong-Ra returned for his second Lowlands Festival, becoming one of the highlights of the Festival (according to Dutch magazine OOR). A second European tour and split 12-inc with Enduser ‘The Kill’ and a memorable muddy Glastonbury Festival highlighted 2007.
After the succes of Glastonbury, continued 2007 working on a variety of side projects including ; Deathstorm (extreme hypergrind project with japanese noise / grind legend Maruosa). [artists]Glowstyx (90's rave revival album). White Darkness (uberdoom combining funeral doom with classical music). The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation (TKDE live improv sideproject). Köhnen vs Nottelman (improv hardcore electronica jazz core stuff).
2008 saw the legendary Bang Face Weekender take place, a festival with a legendary line up...a classic! The first Bong-Ra US Tour, and a return to the dutch Lowlands Festival.
Reference Links:
Bong-Ra : www.bong-ra.com
Clash Records : www.clashrecords.com
Kriss Records : www.krissrecords.com
Myspace : www.myspace.com/teambongra
Youtube : www.youtube.com/bongra
Bong-Ra appears on:
]Ad Noiseam (D), Bruchstellen Records (D), Clash Records (NL), Cock Rock Disco (USA), Deathsucker Records (UK), Djax Records(NL), Hydrophonic Records (IT), Mash It! (USA), Planet Mu (UK), Reduced Phat (USA), Russian Roulette Recordings (D), Soothsayer Records (USA), Sublight Records (CAN), Supertracks Records (NL), Very Friendly (UK), Violent Turd/Tigerbeat6 (USA), Vynalogica (NL), Zhark (US/DE)
Bong-Ra side-projects:
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation
Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave
Glowstyx
Deathstorm
White Darkness
Köhnen vs Nottelman
The Giants Of Husavik
666 MPH
Bong-Ra Lyrics
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It's over, o-o-over now
It's over, over
It's o-o-over now
Just over
O-o-o-over
Now!
The lyrics to Bong-Ra's song "666 MPH" are repetitive and simple, emphasizing the finality of the situation. The repetition of "It's over, over," emphasizes that the thing or situation being referenced is truly finished and there is no turning back. The addition of "just over" is a reminder that the end is here and there is nothing that can be done to change it. The "o-o-o-over now" part of the lyrics adds to the feeling of finality and completion, as if the singer is trying to hammer home the message that whatever was happening before will never happen again.
The simplicity of the lyrics helps to create a sense of urgency and panic, as if time is running out and there is no way to stop it. The use of repetition also reinforces this feeling, as it creates a kind of countdown to the end. The overall effect is one of frenzied energy and excitement, with the singer trying to convey the feeling that something important is about to happen.
Line by Line Meaning
It's over, over, just over
The situation at hand has come to an end, there is nothing more to be done
It's over, o-o-over now
The end has arrived and there is no turning back or changing the events that have transpired
It's over, over
The end has finally come and there is no going back
It's o-o-over now
The end is here and the situation has been resolved, there is no more to be done
Just over
The situation has ended and there is no more to be done, it is now left in the past
O-o-o-over
The end of the situation has arrived and there is no going back
Now!
The end has arrived at this very moment, there is no more time to do anything and it is over
Contributed by Austin T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.