Interview: Borgore gives insight on his musical beginnings
Israeli Asaf Borger is better known to his millions of devoted fans as the dubstep producer and DJ Borgore. Transcending from his first found success Borgore has branched out to other forms of electronic music like drum and bass and house music.
He has also seen recent success in his hip-hop endeavors. His newest video single 100s showcases Borgore’s rap skills. Borgore has been associated in the past with collaborations with heavy hitters like G-Eazy, Miley Cyrus, and Diplo.
Electronic music and all things considered EDM have been looked at under a microscope in recent years for its fanatic and massive sellout crowds. The stereotypical never ending party antics, overly suggested drug usage, and the sexually aggressive atmosphere still haunts the growing music community.
Borgore is no stranger to controversy. The producer/DJ has been criticized for his suggestive and misogynist lyrics and his on stage antics. His persona is one of the loudest in your face in electronic music today. His unapologetic actions and records are a continuing sign of holding nothing back when it comes to his world of DJing.
A music prodigy growing up, Borgore had a not so average up bringing. After graduating at the age of 18 years-old he spent three years in the Israel’s national army. Borgore also has his own label Buygore.
We sat down with EDM’s bad boy at the fifth annual Spring Awakening Music Festival.
CM: You recently released the video for “100s." Not only do you showcase your rap skills but you also say “You don’t have to love, but I’m here making millions." What do you mean by that?
B: I’m a strange person in the EDM world. I don’t one hundred percent fit in, in a classical EDM way. That gets a lot of people mad. When people aren’t used to something they either love it or hate it. That’s a fact, you don’t have to love me but regardless I’m still doing pretty good.
From the Israeli army to producing music. How has that journey been coming from a place of uncertainty?
When I was in the army I was one hundred percent sure what I was going to do. I was in the army, my girlfriend broke up with me, I was miserable and was stuck with five hundred dudes getting shot at everyday.
That’s when I said to myself you know what I don’t want to be in this position. I want to be successful. I’m going to be successful.
I started trading stocks and did really well actually but that didn’t fulfill my life emotionally, so I want back to music. Music is something I’ve done my whole life. But you know what, if I wasn’t good at music I would do something else. I’d be a great lawyer or doctor. Fuck it, it’s all a matter of perspective. If you want to be great at something, then be great at it. Just work hard for it.

Your music has been attacked for what many suggest to be overly sexualized and misogynistic. How do you now reflect dealing with that and how many interrupted your music?
I don’t disrespect anyone. I don’t care what’s your gender or where you’re from as long as you’re a good person I respect you. If you come to my show and you want to show your tits if you’re a dude, chick, or trans (sexual) do it, I don’t care.
I’ll give you that option. You have the freedom to do whatever the fuck you want. How am I misogynist? You want me to tell them to stay at home and wear hijabs and stay in the kitchen all day?
When being criticized, the misunderstood culture of electronic music in being overly sexualized towards women is attached to your debate. How is it not only representing you but a specific culture of electronic music?
It feels natural. I’m going to do that for my whole life. For me art is theory. There’s so many questions I cannot answer. I don’t know what happens after death.
The world is fucking vague. The one thing I do know is the music makes me happy. This is what I’m going to do even if I’m not successful in making music, I’m still going to be making music.
Being involved and having a hand in every step the process with your music, from your label, production, to now rapping on "100s." Why is that important to you?
That’s the way it should be. If you’re a so called DJ, you better fucking know how to play some instruments. You better know how to produce. The whole idea of people becoming famous from other producer’s work is bullshit.
We are musicians - this is our job. First and foremost, we are all musicians you better know the notes in a C major scale, that’s basic! You got to know the basics.
Just bouncing back to "100s," how was it making the video for this light-hearted track?
It was amazing to shoot. We had a great time; I love the song. For years I was working with directors, some were great some weren’t. I was so happy to work with someone that I had so much fun with. All my friends were there together just fucking around. While on set I literally destroyed a golf cart for the music video. (laughs)
Borgore's "100s"
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[Playlist of the Week] 10 Songs for America
Beers, burgers and the good ol’ US of A. While it’s obvious these past couple of weeks have been filled with both good news and bad news in our country, last weekend marked the 239th birthday of the United States. Country songs would be a cop-out for an Independence Day playlist, so we’ve compiled 10 songs that don’t involve trucks, tractors or whiskey to commemorate a fantastic 4th of July.
Miley Cyrus is Barely Recognizable in W Magazine Spread
Photos by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott/W Magazine
The controversial singer, Miley Cyrus, snags our attention yet again with a barely recognizable photo spread for W Magazine's March 2014 issue. Adorned with jewelry and bleached eyebrows, the 21-year-old appears naked on the cover while straddling a white pillow. Inside the issue, she poses in low-cut dresses and even topless, exposing part of her breast. As we are all used to seeing Miley pretty exposed, the photos have people wondering why she is so unrecognizable. Is it the work of extensive Photoshop or for the simple lack of eyebrows? Although her style has been questionable lately, the photos are visually appealing and done quite tastefully, they're even pretty artistic.
The article includes an exclusive interview by Ronan Farrow, where she elaborates on recent negative press, her care-free lifestyle, monetary success, personal style and even space aliens... yes, space aliens. I suppose nothing should cease to amaze with Miley, but the interview was actually entertaining and flows well with the photo spread.
Do you recognize Miley in the following photos? Be sure to check out the interview here.
[Via NY Daily News]
[Video] Migos: "Hannah Montana"
At long last, one of the most ridiculous turn up jams of 2013 has a video. Migos' party-drug-anthem-disguised-
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Sunday Coffee Sipper: The Week in Music
A lot went down in the music world since I last sat down to write a Coffee Sipper piece a week ago. Instead of trying to choose one event to focus on for an entire piece, I decided to dig deeper into several of the goings-on that came to light since last Sunday.
Chance The Rapper begins Tour: Chicago's own Chance The Rapper kicked off a tour of his own Friday night in Champaign, Illinois, just outside the campus of the University of Illinois. Setting out on his first solo headlining tour, dubbed the "Social Experiment Tour" Chance, music director Peter CottonTale and backing band Greg Landfair and Nico Segal rehearsed for a week with stage hands and sound to make sure there were no surprises the day of. Renting out the Metro and Reggie's on different occasions throughout the week, the team had everything down before heading south where Chance's two part show (one half solo, the other half with a band) went off without a hitch. Vic Mensa joined him onstage for an encore of "Cocoa Butter Kisses" and seemingly all of Save Money made the two hour trip to send Chano off to Pittsburgh appropriately. Stay tuned to RH for updates as the tour moves across the country.
Sufjan Stevens offers Miley advice
Indie rocker Sufjan Stevens isn't happy about Miley Cyrus. No, he's not so much worried about the foam finger grinding, incessant air fellatio, or her increasingly undressed relationship with photographer Terry Richardson that has Stevens worried; it's her use of correct subjunctives and commas. Following Sinead O'Connor's lead, Sufjan penned an open letter to Cyrus, which he posted to his personal website. He got right to the point, harking on the wording in her latest song, "#GetitRight" off her album BANGERZ, released last week. To be sure, Sufjan's letter was much more tame and less maternal than O'Connor's, with some humor there to break the ice. Read below:
Dear Miley. I can’t stop listening to #GetItRight (great song, great message, great body), but maybe you need a quick grammar lesson. One particular line causes concern: “I been laying in this bed all night long.” Miley, technically speaking, you’ve been LYING, not LAYING, an irregular verb form that should only be used when there’s an object, i.e. “I been laying my tired booty on this bed all night long.
But also, Miley, did you know the tense here is also totally wrong. Surely you’ve heard of Present Perfect Continuous Tense (I HAVE BEEN LYING in this bed all night long [hopefully getting some beauty sleep?]). It’s a weird, equivocal, almost purgatorial tense, not quite present, not quite past, not quite here, not quite there. Somewhere in between. I feel that way all the time. It kind of sucks. But I have a feeling your “present perfect continuous” involves a lot more excitement than mine.
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Miley Back In The Studio With Terry
Miley is back in Terry Richardson's studio this time with a little less twerking, but it's still Miley being Miley. As we come to expect from the pair, in these second set of photos Miley is wearing next to nothing with lots of tongue action and the signature poses Terry is known for. The photographs have been released in anticipation of Miley’s new music video for “Wrecking Ball” directed by Richardson which you can see here. All eyes have been on Miley, and I'm sure she'll continue to give everyone something to talk about so. For the rest of the photos visit Terry's Diary here.
[Photos by Terry Richardson] [Via Terry's Diary]
Yeezus Remix Album Featuring Miley?
Yes, apparently it's a real thing. As much as it pains me to post the words "Miley" and "Cyrus" and add to the cacophony of airy, garbage-filled commentary on her recent VMA performance, the New York Post reported today that Kanye and Cyrus very well may be working together on a Yeezus remix album, quote below.
"After tormenting the Twitterverse with her twerking routine at the VMAs, Miley Cyrus went right into the studio with Kanye West to record a remix of his song Black Skinhead, Page Six has exclusively learned. Cyrus skipped her own VMA after-party at No. 8 and went into the studio for what her reps described as a late-night, top- secret collaboration, which sources said was with none other than West. The Yeezus rapper was one of the few artists not spotted out at Jay Z and Diddy's bash in New York, which went into the early hours of Monday. West was also said to have headed straight to the studio after the MTV event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. We hear Cyrus will appear with West on a remix of Black Skinhead, due to be part of a remix EP that will be released later this year. West was due to perform Skinhead at the VMAs, but reportedly changed his mind at the last minute to perform the haunting track Blood on the Leaves, at which time viewers only saw his enlarged shadow rapping against a backdrop of a forest." --New York Post
Gulp.