Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Mad Traxx

The beauty of tecktonik is that you can’t look that way anywhere else without drawing attention, nasty comments and dirty looks. It has it’s own completely unique style (composed of styles from all over) but even beyond that, people don’t judge. People create their own look. Yoji, a hardstyle DJ wears large metal rimmed glasses frames, has yellow dreadlocks on the back half of his head while the front half is shaved. This is a style of his own that people admire and imitate; no one condemns him for standing out. This form of dress is rebellion against all norms in a less destructive format. Societal norms from all cultures are challenged here by the clothing, hairstyles and dance; it simply cannot be mimicked because of the environment necessary to nurture it. Unfortunately there are no sources that state this rebellion, however, it’s an educated assumption based on the tellings of Nab and other tck blogs. Paris is the only place this can be gotten away with and one of the only places that people won’t stare at a tcker as they walk by.
The tecktonik killers’ bodies are utilized to the fullest to express themselves; they decorate themselves with makeup, phenomenal hairstyles and clothing, preserve their bodies through straying from alcohol and drugs and dancing in exactly the fashion in which they want to.
It seems they truly fit in their bodies; their body truly is who they are as a person and that confidence radiates outwards. I doubt that many Americans could agree with that concept; most are unhappy with many things about themselves (based on the judgment of others) and strive for change (to ends that are as extreme as plastic surgery) because of these insecurities.

"Max Traxx" by DJ Furax

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