- Bong-Ra
Infobox musical artist
Name = Bong-Ra
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Jason Kohnen
Alias = Killahman Machine
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Origin = Utrecht,Netherlands
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Genre =Breakcore ,raggacore
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Years_active = 1996–present
Label = Ad Noiseam, Sublight Records, various others
Associated_acts =Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave ,The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble ,Celestial Season ,The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation
URL = [http://www.bong-ra.com/ bong-ra.com]
Notable_instruments =Bong-Ra is the performing name of Dutch
breakcore musician Jason Kohnen from Utrecht. Formed in 1996, initially producing and DJingjungle music. Previous to Bong-Ra Jason Kohnen performed as bassist and drummer for stoner/doom metal bandCelestial Season amongst others.Kohnen's style contains a variety of crossovers and fusions of different genres, including metal, gabba,
jazz , rave, and jungle, becoming one of the front runners of thebreakcore genre, sometimes credited as "yardcore" or "raggacore ", blendingreggae andragga withbreakcore .Biography
Bong-Ra's 1998 debut album "New Millennium Dreadz" was released on
Djax Records ; it was the first Dutch full length drum and bass album ever released.In 2001, Kohnen set up the Clash Records label releasing a mix of hardcore, ragga, and jungle on 7" vinyl, releasing artists like Parasite, FFF, Soundmurderer, I:gor and Murderbot. In 2004, the sublabel Kriss Records was set up, oriented more towards metal/breakcore, releasing material from Jahba, Drumcorps,
DJ Scotch Egg , and Snares Man.The "Breakcore a Go-Go!" breakcore/jungle parties in Utrecht and
Rotterdam , together with FFF, where the first recurring breakcore parties in Holland, running from 2003 to 2005.On 21 February 2002, a Peel session by Bong-Ra was aired on
BBC Radio 1 , which was later released on vinyl. John Peel regularly played Bong-Ra tracks after he had been sent a 4-track demo in 2000. Kohnen also got to meet John Peel in person and he considers the Peel session as one of the highlights of his career. [ [http://3voor12lokaal.vpro.nl/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=6337&magazines=6338&news=64988 VPRO 3VOOR12 Utrecht JOURNALISM: Bong-Ra stoft Peel-sessie af als eerbetoon ] ]His second full length album "Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!", released on
Supertracks Records in 2003, saw a cooperation with USGyromart , creators of theBikini Bandits . The videoclip to the track "666 MPH" aired on nightly rotation on Dutch MTV, and the album became part of a multimedia exhibition in the Museum of Modern Arts in Arnhem.Discography
* "New Millennium Dreadz" (1998, Djax Records)
* "Darkbreaks Volume 1" (1998, Djax Records)
* "Darkbreaks Volume 2" (1998, Djax Records)
* "Riddim Wars" (2001, Death$ucker Records)
* "Peel Session" (2002, Death$ucker Records)
* "Darkbreaks EP" (2002, Russian Roulette Recordings)
* "Clash001: Jungle Talk / Killah One" (2002, Clash Records)
* "Breakcore a Go-Go!" (2003, Supertracks)
* "Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! " (2003,Supertracks Records )
* "Clash002: as Killahman Machine" (2003, Clash Records)
* "Old-Skool Armageddon" (2004, Death$ucker Records)
* "Renegade Bubblin"' (2004,Supertracks Records )
* "Praying Mantis E.P." (2004, Russian Roulette Recordings)
* "Conquering Lion" (2004, Hydrophonic Records)
* "Blood & Fire" (2004, Soothsayer Recordings)
* "Clash006: Soundwave / Warhead" (2004, Clash Records)
* "Warrior Sound" (2005,Supertracks Records )
* "Grindkrusher" (2005,Ad Noiseam )
* "Monsters of Mashup" (w/ Enduser &Shitmat ) (2005,Ad Noiseam )
* "Colony of Electric Machines" (2005, Vynalogica)
* "I Am the God of Hellfire!" (2005,Ad Noiseam , Very Friendly /Supertracks Records )
* "Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave" (w/Sickboy ) (2005, Suburban Trash)
* "4 Adaptations ofRossz Csillag Alatt Született " (w/Venetian Snares ) (2006, Planet Mu)
* "Soldaat van Oranje" (2006, Sublight Records)
* "Stereohype Heroin Hooker" (2006,Ad Noiseam )
* "The Kill" (w/Enduser ) (2006,Ad Noiseam )
* "Sick Sick Sick" (2007,Ad Noiseam )
* "Full Metal Racket" (2007,Ad Noiseam )
* "Panther Fight" (2008,Mashit )References
External links
* [http://www.bong-ra.com/ Official website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20031204151520/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/sessions/bongra_20020221.shtml Peel Sessions: Bong Ra] – info on Bong-Ra’s Peel Session "(link toInternet Archive page, since [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/sessions/bongra_20020221.shtml page on the BBC website] doesn’t exist anymore)"
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