gig :: Free Festival

sakamoiz will be selectin' tunes in the forests of southern Tasmania, courtesy of the Terraphonic Sound System. Expect me to bring a vynil collection of latin exotica, Tijuana brass, Bulgarian sounds on Hungaroton recordings, Combat Wombat B-sides, the ABC of sound, unforgotten German tenors, 1920s Jazz-Razz-Ma-Tazz...

hype :: Australian festivals

There are music festivals around Australia well-worth checking out. Here are reviews of some I've experienced in the last few months:
Cygnet Folk Festival (Tas)
The Falls Festival (Marion Bay, Tas)
Amplified (Hobart, Tas)
This Is Not Art Festival 2005 (Newcastle, NSW)
Liquid Architecture (Sydney, NSW)
WOMADelaide 2005 (Adelaide, SA)

history :: dark Summer Days (Saxony, 1998)

Once upon a time, a teenager left the island of Tasmania to see the world. After some months of working in Switzerland to make further travel possible, he ends up in Saxony, eastern Germany, and heads to a celebration of music called Sommertage '98 (Summer days)...

The sight that greets me is a topless woman with pierced nipples being whipped on stage, hanging from chains like a puppet by her feet and hands. Whispered greetings of "dunkle schwester" and "dark brother" float through me, in this blood red sea of fishnets, black hair, velvet cloaks and armlength gloves, chokers and frilled sleeves. The torso of the man with the whip who calls himself Mozart, is crossed with studded belts that meet a metal circle on his chest. In his other hand Mozart - the vocalist of Umbra Et Imago - holds a mic to garble into. His head is shaved on top, and a black mane on the back of his head reaches Mozart's waist. Three muscular men dressed in black leather on either side of the stage, light up the scene with flame-throwers, belching several metres into the air.

The words of Goethe's Erben (The Heirs of Goethe) hold our exposed souls, rising and falling with his eyes flicking around the room like darts. Candles are passed around for everyone to hold, as the singer whispered "er vergass zu atmen" ("he forgot to breathe"). I just found a review of that gig online (Deutsch), and their website also shows them visiting Mexico and filiming a video clip in Iceland. The photos above (by Martin Schmidt) are from a 2002 gig at the Casino, Berlin.

Also in those beautiful Summer Days in Leipzig and Dresden, I saw a man from Moonspell dressed in priest's robes enter the stage. Stretching his arms in a controlled gesture towards a grey Saxon sky, he suddenly convulsed, let his robe fall to the ground as blood dribbled, then began to flow from his mouth and kept flowing, covering his chest...Turns out they are from Portugal, do plenty of touring in Eastern Europe, and even maintain a blog.

On my most recent trip to Germany (2000) I stumbled on a book at a Leipzig railway station newsagent called Gothic! Die Szene in Deutschland aus der Sicht ihrer Macher (The scene in Germany from the viewpoint of its makers). On one of the photographs there is a young, innocent reveller dancing away in the background...

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 28/2/06

thanks to guest presenter James Newitt (of Inflight Art)

Monica No Samba (She Loves Drum n' Cavaco) :: DJ Dolores
Chuck :: Andrew Garton
Elephant Ride :: State of Bengal
Mbedd Bama Woo :: Sul Suli Klan
Esperanza feat Sergent Garcia :: Daara J
Control Financiero :: Doblefilo y Obsesion
Me Gusta Tu Cuerpo :: Getto
Perra Mojada :: Atom feat Tea Time
Lola Rastaquouere (Chateau Flight remix) :: Serge Gainsbourg
Tabula Rasa (DJ Sebel Remix) :: Freundeskreis
Hassbouhoum :: Rachid Taha
Tabla Solo Jalilah :: Jahlila
Hayra :: Omar & Raffi
Eigentlich Schön feat. Chablife :: Eko & Azra
Jina Langu :: Sinpare
Ni Wakati :: Kalamashaka
Displaced Peoples :: Combat Wombat
Dee Moo Woor :: Orchestra Baobab
Bakoy Tereye :: Ali Farka Toure

hype :: Fat Planet

Stuart Buchanan is a great man who has a show on Sydney's FBi 94.5fm called Fat Planet. Check out his blog:

"Whilst in the back alleys of the web last night, i chanced upon some great pics of some of the favela parties in rio. these come from fact magazine, photos by dani dacorso. as a soundtrack, on the off chance you don’t have it yet (and, if not, where have you been?), here’s vol.1 of diplo’s favela on blast baile funk comp..."

Of course this is also a great excuse to introduce you to Baile Funk...if it still needs any introduction...

gig :: Combat Wombat album launch

hype :: The Scientists of Modern Music

Never though of Hobart (Tasmania) as being big on hype, but local duo The Scientists of Modern Music have created it. Two kids whose EP Number One was produced within months/weeks of their first gig, put together in the bedroom & all copies eagerly snapped up at the launch. Check out their retro fun at Pure Volume.

gig :: LINGO & CRASH

Hobart's first multilingual dancehall showcase event LINGO, started with a 100% dub gig the next night. Then it was only pumpin' booty shakin' events.

But now the ambient, electro, experimental & dub nights are back at Inflight, and they are known as CRASH. Costa Rican born DJ Hot Property followed a reggaeton-hiphop infused LINGO set with his own original beats the next night at CRASH. Although he holds several Melbourne residencies as a DJ, this was the first exposition of his original work in over a year. Brendan Palmer provided a visual & sonic showcase of his 2003/4 Melbourne club: environ. Inflight is Hobart's only artist run gallery space, and has now become an even more important cultural hotspot on the island of Tasmania.

Stay tuned for upcoming events by joining the Uber_Lingua mailing list...

radio :: Dialect-ic 2nd Anniversary

PHOTO: sakamoiz with Melbourne based Kenyan DJ BONGO as guest co-host on Dialect-ic (March 2005)

Dialect-ic first went to air on 1 January 2005. Playlists & feedback were posted on nakeddwarf.com.au. Then the action moved to the Edge Radio forum.

Now in its second year, it is time to post any "Dialect-ic" or "sakamoiz" related material on this blog. Looking forward to your input&feedback. If you have a life beyond music, see all my other ideas at work on http://chalechole.blogspot.com

radio :: Dialect-ic flyer