gig :: Gertrude's Brown Couch

Some weird things happen in home-studios in Melbourne. We decided to put together a line-up of enigmatic local acts who are loosely tied by roots in electronics, kicks & snares, exploration into new sounds and the need to flip genres on their sides. The live acts selected include Tama, Terminal Sound System (Symbiotic), Fabrications For Future Citizens (Dan West - Velure) and Fortknight Productions with DJs Monkey Marc (Combat Wombat), sakamoiz (Uber Lingua) and Grizzly Baddums (Awakenings Crew) filling the gaps to provide an eclectic mix of beats and sounds, celebrating innovative music from around the globe. The night is also being recorded by SBS Radio for future broadcast on "Alchemy".

DISCOVER...
www.fortknightproductions.com
www.myspace.com/fortknightproductions
www.terminal.antisound.net
www.symbioticsystem.com
www.velure.com.au
www.myspace.com/velure
www.myspace.com/tama
www.combatwombat.org
www.myspace.com/combatwombatforpresident
www.uberlingua.com
www.awakeningscrew.com
www.myspace.com/awakeningscrew
www.sbs.com.au/alchemy

radio :: Uber Lingua DJs on Alchemy SBS Radio

Uber Lingua starts it's new slot on SBS Alchemy Radio this Friday night, featuring post-global mixes from some our many DJs. 'Uber Lingua DJs on Alchemy' features recordings from our past events andothers that are specifically recorded for this purpose, between Midnight and 7am weekly on SBS Radio frequencies 93.1FM in Melbourne and 97.7FM in Sydney. If you are based in other places of Australia, the SBS Radio signal is available on their Digital TV transmission. More info at website.

The first episode features:
Hot Property - Costa Rican born Reggaeton main man, recorded at 'GlobalTrash' a one off we did at the Espy Hotel in St Kilda back in early March.
Guido - from Brasil, now living in Australia... This was recorded at 'UrbanDjenga Vibes' last weekend at Ace Morning Bar, Brunswick.
bP - Two short sets, one a recording from the killer 'Harbour Lingua' ferryevent on Sydney Harbour, the other from St Jeromes in the Melb CBD a fewweeks back...
Mashy P - He's been doing sets on Alchemy for a while now, and this set wasrecorded at the 'Sinpare LIVE' gig we did at the Gaelic Club a month and abit back... Very mashy!
Liberation Chabalala (South Africa) who played as Jools when he was in Australia back inthe Summer of 04/05... He's currently based in the states and sent this veryAfrican inspired set over for Australia to enjoy...

hype :: Bush Warfare 2006 (DJ mix)

BUSH WARFARE 2006 (by South Africa's Liberation Chabalala, recorded March 2006 in Atlanta, USA) is militant cut'n paste soundklash, the bastard child of the war against piracy and the war against terror. In 80 minutes the mix samples more than 320 sources, most of them protests against the the new age of war and its most prominent leader. And yet this is only a tiny sampling of the wealth of anti-war material that has recently been recorded by musicians ranging from rock giants like John Mellencamp and the Rolling Stones to the internet only releases of anonymous folkies. Then there is a long history of films and music that have referenced war and terror in the context of US military interventions. The Apocalypse Now soundtrack, for example, is still probably the most vivid aural image of war ever produced, and the Rolling Stone's psychedelic ode to depression, Paint It Black, became an anti-war song by way of Full Metal Jacket. Amidst this sonic collective memory it was important to include our time's voices of conscience: Harold Pinter, Anundhati Roy, anonymous voices from indie-net broadcasts. And then there is the voice of Bush, recorded/remixed here in some of his most mashed-up moments.

To download this DJ mix, go to Liberation Chabalala.

all rights remain with original right holders. this mix makes fair use of copyrighted material. this mix is distributed non-commercially only.

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 20/05/06

LEFT: French hip hop crew TTC











Big ups this week to host Brendan Palmer (aka bP) & guest presenter Guido [BRASIL]...

Porn Music :: Buddha Brand [JAPAN]
Reggae Riddims :: Ua [JAPAN]
Black is beautiful :: Shingo 2 [JAPAN]
? [can't read Korean] :: Drunken Tiger [SOUTH KOREA]
Put Your Hands Up :: Chinese MC Brothers [CHINA]
Welcome To Beijing :: Yin Tsang [CHINA]
Everybody's Tribal :: Richard Walley [AUSTRALIA]
Two Tribes :: Richard Walley [AUSTRALIA]
La Laalen :: Soap Kills [LEBANON]
Aus Heiterem Himmel :: Barbara Morgenstern [GERMANY]
Sternstunde/Die Revolution der Baerte :: Freundeskreis [GERMANY]
Vickers B :: Seed [GERMANY]
Kapitel 1 :: Advanced Chemistry [GERMANY]
Hustla :: TTC [FRANCE]
Dans Le Club :: TTC [FRANCE]
De Rua :: Hip Hop Cultura [BRAZIL]
Do Leme Ao Pontal (Live Version) :: Monobloco [BRAZIL]
Sou Negrao :: Rappin' Hood [BRAZIL]
A Historia da Morena Nua que Abalouas :: Max De Castro [BRAZIL]
Estrutursas do Esplendor do Carnaval :: Black Alien [BRAZIL]
Se Eca Danca eu Danco :: Malboro [BRAZIL]
A Procuda da Batida Perfista :: Marcelod2 [BRAZIL]
Pra Sacudir :: MC Bonde Dovinho [BRAZIL]

hype :: Tijuana Makes Me Happy

After their first war against Iraq, the US recycled their barbed wire by reinforcing the fence between Tijuana and San Diego. Now the US Senate has just approved adding like 800km of wall and 700km of fence along the whole US-Mexico border to keep out "terrorists etc". 6000 soldiers of the National Guard are starting off as patrols. Perhaps the US are showing a bit of foresight - something they are not known for (ask Iraq) - as some day the wall may well need to be there to keep people in. Perhaps US-based 'hispanics' will now have more opportunities to fast-track their green card applications (as they are currently doing by representing the US as soldiers in Iraq), by signing up to prevent more 'spanish' from crossing the border...

Anyways, click here to see the Nortec Collective video for Tijuana Makes Me Happy. Check out what else is available from Tijuana through Mil Records. Let Fussible make you happy!

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 13/05/06

Thankyou to Simon Winkler (Endersan, Alchemy SBS Radio) for guest-hosting with sakamoiz.

Under Inspection :: The Avalanches [AUSTRALIA]

Inglan Is A Bitch :: Linton Kwesi Johnson [JAMAICA/UK]

Where Ya From? :: Diafrix [AUSTRALIA]

Jivunye Ukenya :: Sinpare [KENYA]

En Paro :: Makiza [CHILE]

Curse vs Dubstep (feat. MC Raysless) :: bP [AUSTRALIA]

Sai Gogo :: Deize Tigrona [BRAZIL]

The Wandering Songstress :: Chow Hsuan [CHINA]

Hidden Fantasy :: Curse Ov Dialect [AUSTRALIA]

AIYO!! An Evil Group Of Ninjas Is Entering And Destroying A Call Centre :: Tom Cho & Jeannette Ho [AUSTRALIA]

Trapped In Ice :: Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto

untitled demo :: Mei Lai Swan [AUSTRALIA]

Batman Bridge, Tamar River :: Jodi Rose [AUSTRALIA]

M :: Koolism [AUSTRALIA]

Nagayaka! :: Gustoko [AUSTRALIA]

Ten Dollar (Pojmasta remix) :: M.I.A. [UK]

The Wedding :: Annie [NORWAY]

Radio Cruise :: Christian [AUSTRALIA]

Bitterlewe :: Rock Art [SOUTH AFRICA]

Beam Up (remix of Bush Of Ghosts) :: Brian May [AUSTRALIA]

Dokuso :: Kaigen [JAPAN]

Days Like These :: Combat Wombat [AUSTRALIA]

Lullaby :: The Adam Simmons Quartet [AUSTRALIA]

stinktank :: Andre Afram Asmar [USA]

untitled track :: Funk Neurotico [BRAZIL]

Batutinha DJ :: Megamon [BRAZIL]

untitled track :: Vanessinha [BRAZIL]

Green Hornet :: Al Hirst [USA]

Van Tuka :: Skwatta Kamp [SOUTH AFRICA]

Thankyou to Melbourne's RRR for lending us their studios.

history :: Black music in Hobart

a review from 'Kashishi's The Gig Chaser', published in Togatus (April 2006):

"Black music in Hobart - It's easy to forget but we actually have quite a large African population in Hobart. Easy to forget because we don't see many of them out at gigs or shows very often. On the 7th and 8th of this month there was a celebration of black music in two gigs at the Trout and the Republic. Both gigs featured Sinpare - a hip hop duo from Kenya. Trout also featured a screening of B.L.A.C.K. An Aboriginal Song of Hip Hop and the Republic featured King Marong and Afro Mandiko - a band combining killer traditional African grooves with elements of modern dance groove and Indian styling. Both of these gigs kicked total butt. The music was awesome and the pubs were full but for me the best bit was that there was such an excellent representation of Africans in the crowd. There are cultural differences with how Africans and Whiteys party, some of this being that Africans are a lot less repressed on the dance floor than we are and this distinction amongst other things really breathed a vitality and newness into these gigs, there was a potent energy at both shows and I hope it happens again (thanks Moses). When I was watching the documentary, I was excited for the Australian Aboriginals who were finding a voice in hip hop and saddened by the knowledge that there are very few Tasmanian Aboriginals left. I was inspired by the thought that we do have at least a tenuous connection with the ancestral caretakers of Tasmania and that we also have a new generation of people from a very different culture to share with, the African Tasmanians."

any comments about this review, get in touch with Kashishi at tas.independent.gigs@gmail.com