Video: A Look at Nigo's Collection

Nigo is known for being a music producer, DJ, the creator of the urban clothing line A Bathing Ape, and an Über collector. In the two videos below we get a peek at some of his collection from footage collected in 2008 and what it has grown to now in 2012. It’s funny to hear Nigo say that he’s actually not the biggest fan of Star Wars, I think he might be in denial considering the magnitude and care he’s put into it as seen in first clip. 

The Second video shares a wider range of his collection from Beatles memorabilia to guitars and cars all housed in a space he calls The Treasury.  It’s a shame the videos don't share his KAWS collection which of course is considered to be one of the best in the world if not the best but there is a large Kimpsons piece hanging on the wall in his living room that is easily spotted.

Throwback Thursdays: Unkle - "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape"

I thought for this Throwback Thursday I would bring back a classic piece of wax from 1997, Unkle - "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape" (Toys Factory Records) featuring Nigo & the Scratch Perverts.  As you might be able to pull from its name, this track is chalk full of samples from the Planet of the Apes film series.

Nigo (Tomoaki Nagao) eventually re-released this song on his debut album "Ape Sounds" (MoWax Records) 3 years later and called it "March of the General".  He technically only really produced this album (leaving musical duties to people like James Lavelle, Ben Lee, Money Mark, etc) and acted as art director but has continued to use the ape motif eventually creating his own music label (Ape Sounds) and through out his clothing line, BAPE which is singlehandedly responsible for making hip-hop kids look like fluorescent Anime characters.

BONUS: Nigo - "Kung Fu Fightin"