Musicians

Caper

Origin
Whyalla, South Australia
Genre/styles
Hip Hop & Rap
About Caper

Caper is Colin Darcy.

He was part of the band Shadows (An acronym for 'Soldiers Hungry, Approaching Difficult Obstacles, Wanting Survival') with band members Johnny G, Bid D.

Man, it’s hard to make it as a rapper and it’s harder to make it if you’re a rapper who is Aboriginal.

— Caper

Discography

Album formats explained

Album formats

  • 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
  • 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
  • LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
  • EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.

Hybrid & Friction (Single)

Released
20 October 2008
Tracks
  1. Hybrid
  2. Friction

Poker Ghost (EP)

Released
7 March 2010
Tracks
  1. Poker Ghost
  2. Trill Ya Soul (feat. Flip Disc)
  3. Northern Lights

Scarred Memories (Single)

Caper - Scarred Memories (Single)
Released
21 April 2010
Tracks
  1. Scarred Memories

The World That Fell Apart

Released
3 July 2010
Tracks
  1. What I See (Intro)
  2. The World That Fell Apart
  3. Step Up Your Game
  4. World Wisdom
  5. Suddenly Drowning
  6. Alcoholic Life
  7. Your Gonna Make It
  8. Too Many Haterz
  9. UnderGround Tactics
  10. How Far (Interlude)
  11. Turning On
  12. Face Yourself
  13. Real MC's
  14. Looking At You
  15. Really Nothing / Da Truth
  16. Avalanche

Something Else (EP)

Released
20 September 2010
Tracks
  1. Something Else
  2. Something Else (Rennie Pilgrem's Nu Funk Cut)
  3. Noir

How Would You Like to Be Me (Single)

Released
8 April 2011
Tracks
  1. How Would You Like to Be Me

Believe

Released
23 August 2011
Tracks
  1. Here I Am Caper
  2. How Would You Like To Be Me
  3. Scarred Memories (feat. Darren Mullan)
  4. That's Life (feat. Isabelle Linde)
  5. Time Machine
  6. Broke (feat. Isabelle Linde)
  7. Believe
  8. Devoted (feat. Darren Mullan)

Super Sarcastic (Single)

Released
2 March 2012
Tracks
  1. Super Sarcastic

Soldier of Life

Released
14 April 2014
Tracks
  1. This Is Hip Hop
  2. I Am the Truth
  3. Soldier of Life (feat. MC SAUNT)
  4. Take You There (feat. The Grand Architect)
  5. You Know I Tried (feat. StyleMaster & Kash Saboture)
  6. Deep Thoughts Interlude
  7. Free
  8. It's a Shame (feat. Beautiful & Smarts)
  9. Higher (feat. Anna Ciesielska)
  10. I Need Your Love (feat. Montreea)
  11. Love Wanders
  12. Life Is so Amazing
  13. Cold Dayz
  14. Victory (feat. Defstarz)
  15. Nasty
  16. Revelations (feat. Deathstar & MC SAUNT)
  17. Media (feat. Deathstar & Gravestone)
  18. Ripped Up (feat. Bloody Raw, Smarts & Deathstar)
  19. Totem Pole (feat. Skampoe, MC SAUNT, Redd Rebel & Kash Saboture)
  20. Caper
  21. You Can't F**k with Dsr (feat. StyleMaster, Gravestone & Jigsaw)
  22. Negras Lagrimas (feat. MC SAUNT, Skampoe & Smarts)

South Paw

Released
11 June 2014
Tracks
  1. Own Path (feat. Sophie Metcalfe)
  2. Gimme a Chance
  3. South Paw
  4. Lion Heart
  5. Ready or Not
  6. Goodbye (feat. Darren Mullan)
  7. Cinderella
  8. Problem (feat. Alex MC Kay)
  9. Sense of Humour
  10. Ain't No Dummy
  11. Ignorance Is Bliss (feat. Ben Iota)
  12. Crime Don't Pay
  13. Crazy in Love (feat. Alex MC Kay)
  14. Rude Awakening
  15. Elephant in the Room
  16. How Ya Like Me Now
  17. Fix Me (feat. Darren Mullan)
  18. Child of the Stolen Generation (feat. Tony Minniecon)

들어줄래요 - Single

Released
13 June 2014
Tracks
  1. 들어줄래요
  2. 들어줄래요 (Instrumental)

This Is Our Game (Single)

Released
11 September 2014
Tracks
  1. This Is Our Game

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References

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[1] 'Hip-hop group emerges from the Shadows', Koori Mail 393 p.19
[2] 'The curious case of Caper, the unsigned Aboriginal rapper', Green Left, 5/6/2012

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