High school students hiding behind the pseudonyms Palinko and Daxonaldo talk to "Vijesti" about the "Boost the Music" project in which they participated, as well as further
In the project of the NGO "Kružni tok", entitled "Boost the Music", which during the summer months provided young musicians from Podgorica with the opportunity to improve their skills, in addition to bands, there was also room for hip-hop performers.
So, in addition to the bands Kimera, Lavirint, Paradigma and Sparina, rappers Đekna (Jovan Đekić) and Palinko & Daxonaldo also went through the project, and they all had a joint concert in September.
In an interview with "Vijesti", Palinko & Daxonaldo share their impressions of this project, a joint concert, and reveal who is behind these pseudonyms.
"We would love to tell you that these are tall, muscular, and very rich guys with long blond hair who play guitars, but these are completely 'regular' high school students. The word regular here must be in quotation marks, because everything about our identity may be an illusion, so that no one associates us with a secret Masonic organization whose name we are not allowed to mention here," Daxonaldo replies.
"Palinko comes from the Old Airport, and Daxonaldo from Cetinje, and they are trying to use their incredible rapping abilities to make as much money as possible and escape with their families, for example, to Sri Lanka," adds Palinko.
These two rappers have already released several songs independently, so they explain why they decided to form a duo.
"We saw that the people were suffering every day and we simply had to unite in their name for their salvation. Although in the meantime, Crispy fired Daxonaldo, and just as Batman has Robin, Sherlock Holmes has John Watson and Džukel Talja, so too Daxonaldo had to find an accomplice in this 'tail burial' operation - Palinka," claims Daxonaldo.
When asked how demanding the Montenegrin scene is when it comes to hip-hop and the transition from underground to mainstream, Palinko answers:
"The Montenegrin hip-hop scene is not that demanding because, well, we carry it on our backs every day, there aren't many rappers, and our plan is to retire the existing ones and bring in new ones. As for the transition to the mainstream as such, it is not necessary, we believe that the underground must and should exist as the dark side of reality and the opposite of everything that is popular. Our goal is for Dado Be Real, otherwise known as the God of the underground, to crown us the kings of the Montenegrin underground one day."
On the other hand, Daxonaldo explains why they applied for the “Boost The Music” project.
"We met one day and talked about what we needed and we agreed that it was definitely money. We then realized that 'Boost The Music' was the perfect opportunity for our need," the rapper pointed out, and his colleague also recalls a joint concert of all the participants in the aforementioned project.
"We are very happy with the project, except for meeting the members of Spara's band, it didn't end well. The concert went perfectly, except that Pavcet almost set the audience on fire with his sudden appearance, but fortunately the sound engineer Dragan reacted in time and 'extinguished' the audience. We would like to praise all the bands that performed, especially Lavirint, who gave us the microphone at the beginning of the performance and in symbiosis we blessed the ears of those present. We would also like to praise our biggest rival in the rap game - Đekna", he says.
Participation in this project has also given rise to new material, and Daxonaldo and Palinko say that the audience can soon expect their album.
"During the project, some new things were created, and some old things disappeared, as well as half of our planned album 'Nadrealna stvarnost', which has been in preparation since the beginning of the year. The album should be ready for your ears by the end of the year, and Daxonaldo is preparing a joint EP 'Bratća' with Ziz for October, where of course Palinko appears as a guest, and Palinko is preparing the sequel to his banned album 'Zmaj 69' - 'Zmaj 70', where Daxonaldo and Ziz also appear as guests," Daxonaldo hints.
"By then, many more things should be released on the ZH label (ZdravkoHerbiko) YouTube channel from other members of this Masonic organization whose name we are now mentioning," added Palinko.
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