Basemental Platform

South African hip-hop crew from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, with lyrics in English.

The group is made up of of CapCynicalTwo a.k.a Stanley Artificial (Nhlanhla Masondo), C-DO a.k.a C Daddy Dash a.k.a Larry Lead Lazer (Nhlanhla Mngadi), Non-Depiction a.k.a Gilbert Wong (Mambila Mageza), Native Fireworks a.k.a Eric Petkovic (Zwelani Gunda), Kano a.k.a Trevor Automatic (Reikanne Mofokeng) and Sothemba the Disloyal Member a.k.a Dunken Hendriks (Sothembinkosi Tshuma).

The group released their first offering, a 12-track cassette tape titled "Silvah Kneedle" in 1999 on their own independent Silvah Kneedle imprint. A multimedia production company involved in web design, audio and video production, with the members of the group also performing roles in visual design and production for the company, coming from a background in street art and graffiti.

In 2000 a single with a video titled "BMP Wit Luv" was released and aired on Channel O. In 2003 the group released the EP "Experimental Plateaux – Extended Playback", a 16-track offering released on CD.