Dialect-ic

gigs :: Upper Hutt Posse in Australia!

2007-09-17T14:08:00.000+10:00

Photos: (top) The cover of New Zealand/Aotearoa's first hip hop release 'E Tu' by Maori crew Upper Hutt Posse in 1988, and (below) still strong is poet Te Kupu and his Upper Hutt Posse hip hop family in 2007.

New Zealand’s most influential hip hop act - Maori crew Upper Hutt Posse - is joining Melbourne’s Combat Wombat at Ding Dong to play a solidarity jam for the indigenous people of the Northern Territory. UHP rose to fame cutting the first ever NZ hip hop release in ‘88, and are now finally bringing their powerful hip hop haka back to Australia in disgust of what’s going on in the NT. Don’t miss this one-off gig that includes a showcase screening of UHP frontman Te Kupu’s rapumentaries: hip hop infused documentaries that travel the heartbeat of ghettoes in places like Cape Town, Mexico City, Detroit and Paris.

When: 8pm, Thursday 11 October
Where: Ding Dong Lounge, Level 1/18 Market Lane, Chinatown, Melbourne
Who: Combat Wombat, Upper Hutt Posse, Uber Lingua DJs + Ngaatahi: Know The Links rapumentary screening
Cost: $12 full/$10 conc

gig :: Croque Monsieur!

2006-12-18T20:48:00.000+11:00

hype :: VulgarGrad

2006-10-23T13:12:00.000+11:00

Big ups to Dialect-ic friends VulgarGrad who are playing at Club Spiegel (at the Spiegeltent) for the next fiveSundays. It's a late start (11.30), but for $5 you get two sets ofVulgarGrad plus all the other crazy stuff that goes on in there (whoknows?). So even if you miss the first one (this Sunday, October 22),you can still catch the next 4.

gig :: Radio Undergrowth launch

2006-10-18T15:55:00.000+11:00

gig :: Deadbeat & DJ Alejandro Dávila

2006-10-16T14:44:00.000+11:00

hype :: Tijuana's Nortec in Melbourne!

2006-10-16T14:30:00.000+11:00

Live from Tijuana, Mexico Nortec Collective's high-energy performances combine electronic music with digital imagery to give audiences a new look at contemporary life in Mexico.

Nuff said. Be there.

Fri 20 Oct at 9.30pm & Sat 21 Oct at 9.30pm @ Arts House - Meat Market.

For full info go to website of the Melbourne International Arts Festival

gig :: Melbourne Funk Ball

2006-09-11T23:19:00.000+10:00

hype :: Filastine

2006-09-10T16:14:00.000+10:00

Filastine in an alley post-show, kind of dirty, w/ rare flamethrower attachment.

Filastine is da man!

Make him your friend at www.myspace.com/filastine, order his album for $10 at www.postworldindustries.com

Then download mixes and these field recordings at www.filastine.com:

mob destroys bank in argentina

soothing sounds of the sahara

bombay down 2nd class sleeper

hype :: Florida 2000 Club in Kakuma, Kenya

2006-09-10T15:49:00.000+10:00

"Some of the people living in the [Kakuma] camp, such as the “lost boys” of Sudan have been there for ten years." (caption&photo courtesy Senator Amanda Vanstone)

Creak, creak, creak. tizzle, tizzle, pop!

The noisy roof of 'the club' is a corrugated-tin chorus of groans and feeble protests against the intense noon heat. Metallic pings punctuate the sleepy midday silence at Kakuma refugee camp in the northwest corner of Kenya. Most of the 60,000 refugees take siesta, under the UN-blue
plastic canopy they are given for makeshift shelters. The heat swelters...

There, the music sounded different - special. Alive. The hot corrugated roof redirected sound waves in myriad ways. The noise from its relentless expansion and contraction added to the strange physics of the place. It was the music though, which had its own quantum. Music was everything. Political - it was oxygen in 4/4 time.

Some of the refugees at the camp were Ethiopian and had studied abroad in 'friendly' countries like Angola, Cuba, China and Russia. They knew the songs of Cuba's Silvio Rodríguez, like his songs for the guerrilleros - resistance fighters - in El Salvador. Others hooped and hahed at
the chutzpah of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. And they loved reggae. Its chaka-chaka sound picked up by Nairobi mavericks singing in sheng, the Kenyan rhyming slang. Artists like Alpha Blondy from Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa's Lucky Dube were on heavy rotation. Here under the creaky roof of 'the club', right in the middle of one of East Africa's largest refugee camps, where people found some respite. The music had everything to do with it. Combined with the harsh heat and light, like an impressionistic Ethiopian Haile Gerima film, the music and the lyrics shifted dimensions, slowed down time and cued the occasional cool breeze from distant mountains.

It was many years ago - and yet I can still hear those sounds. The creaks and pops of metal roofs expanding under the sun and contracting again in the cool desert night air, like the ebb and flow of tides, were part of the daily acoustics of life. But so too was the music and the animated talk in 50 tongues.

On any given evening, walking out into the various 'neighbourhoods', one could almost forget that this was a refugee camp. Years of war, uncertainty and diplomatic failures had kept tens of thousands of people from Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire living in limbo out in the
Kenyan desert frontier. Unable to return home, the people had no choice but to build a life for themselves in their new barren surroundings. Thanks to a strong community-support structure, DIY resourcefulness and ingenuity, they built up their temporary shelters and converted them into viable longer-term housing and collective spaces.

One of the first communal places to be built was the Florida 2000, 'the club' humorously named after a famous Nairobi haunt. Much like its namesake, the local Florida 2000 was a vibrant place. People could have 'WFP beer' - a drink cheekily brewed from World Food Programme sorghum rations - and boogie down to the latest Lingala music from Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). A flexible barter system ensured that people with no money could still afford the occasional WFP beer in exchange for either some special labour or surplus rations. Sometimes they didn't have to pay at all. It was like that. In a world straight out of a Mad Max set, the Florida 2000 was a life-raft in a sea of despair. And the soundtrack was there, energizing the place from a tinny box which filled the cavernous voids of despair with an enthusiasm for life.

Life wasn't paradise in the camp by any stretch of the imagination. Unbearable heat, scorpions and deadly hand-sized camel spiders, regular visits from bazooka-toting militias from the Sudan People's Liberation Army, disease, boredom and sometimes violent rivalries within the camp
were common. Nonetheless a small communal hut and a beat-up old Russian cassette player, churning out the latest Ethiopian pop hits or reggae classics, transformed people's lives. I remember one friend - Walter from Kigale, a regular at the Florida 2000 - told me that the way he saw it, food and medicine enabled him to survive but it was music which made him feel truly alive. He'd swing to Milimani Park Orchestra and Kofi Olomide and you knew, for a brief moment, he wasn't weighed down by stones of despair.

Something about the setting, the circumstance, the people and the sounds all combined to make an impression on my life that endures to this day. That these people whose families were murdered, homes destroyed, and lives ruined could come together and have a moment of happiness through song tells us something both about the strength of the human spirit and
the transformative power of music...

read the rest of this story 'Politics With Soul' by Adam Ma'anit published in New Internationalist (2003) at www.newint.org/issue359/keynote.htm

gig :: Miso & Nubian Knights

2006-08-24T14:14:00.000+10:00

gig :: Channel 0 [squat party]

2006-08-24T14:12:00.000+10:00

hype :: Rampage (film & soundtrack)

2006-08-06T17:41:00.000+10:00

If you only watch the news, you may well think that The War is only taking place in the Middle East...catch this film for a different picture: www.rampagethemovie.com.

To hear some samples of Lil' E & Demo rapping, read this review by the ABC which says Rampage should've won the Silver Bear in Berlin, and follow the links.

gig :: The Habib Show

2006-08-06T17:38:00.000+10:00

gig :: Uber Lingua DJs support Lily Allen

2006-08-04T19:46:00.000+10:00

Uber Lingua DJs are selectin' tunes b4&afta Lily Allen's Melbourne show...don't really need to hype this gig as it's gonna be nuts in a venue as small as St Jeromes. but this photo of Lily at www.myspace.com/lilymusic is def worth a post!

seeya there wednesday if ya can get tix!

hype :: Rebel World (Club Asia)

2006-07-24T19:08:00.000+10:00

Tune in here at 8am Eastern Australia time (or 10pm in London) for a chance to hear the station Club Asia taking a break from the norm and flex its alternative muscles. Music is courtesy of the founders (Ravi, Shakti, Nusrat & Trilok), pioneers (Nitin, Talvin & Fundamental) and the new breed (ShivaSound and Nasha), along with beats from other parts of the globe...

from the host Coco Varma (Earthtribe) bio:
...from classical musicians in India to cutting edge electronic producers in Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and of course right here in the UK – people at the forefront all see Coco as one of them… someone they respect and someone who understands where they’re coming from. This means Coco can rely on personal friendships and his 20-year professional music career to bring you the latest in Eastern influenced Electronica. Not to mention Coco’s personal stash of LPs, rare vinyl, original dub plates and more – all this plus new unreleased music straight from the studios and bedroom laboratories to ClubAsia and on the airwaves direct into your car stereos, home speakers or wherever you may be.

radio :: Dialect-ic playlists July 2006

2006-07-24T15:40:00.000+10:00

BROADCAST 22 JULY
Thanks to Coco Varma (Earthtribe) & big ups to in-studio guest Vulk Makedonski (Curse Ov Dialect):
Contigo :: Chaka
Chatterton :: Seu Jorge [BRAZIL]
Kaiqqi tuuria :: Kapteeni Ani [FINLAND]
Bucovina (OMFO Dub) :: Shantel [GERMANY]
Beat Box :: Matisyahu [USA]
War Still A Run :: Zenzile [FRANCE]
Something’s Lost :: Piana [JAPAN]
Flying Officer :: Skalpel [POLAND]
Mother Africa Feeding Sister India :: Fun Da Mental [UK]
Rudeboy :: Earthtribe [UK]
Om (Fun Da Mental Remix) :: Fun Da Mental remixes Trilok Gurtu [UK/INDIA]
Che Bin Pt. 1 :: Fun Da Mental [UK]
Gudalo (remix Kjotek) :: Da Dzaka Nakot [MACEDONIA]
Nee Vazno :: Tretata Divizija [MACEDONIA]
Universal Bigot Eliminators :: Curse Ov Dialect with Debmaster [AUSTRALIA/FRANCE]
[some slang can’t read] :: SAF [MACEDONIA]
[don’t know] :: SAF [MACEDONIA]
Turbo Folk Assimilatzia :: ? [MACEDONIA]
My Headphones Are Deadtones :: Beta Erko [AUSTRALIA]
Letter to Athens :: Curse Ov Dialect [AUSTRALIA]
[don’t know] :: Chisto Ohkolina [MACEDONIA]

BROADCAST 15 JULY
Faut Qu’on S’Mobilise :: Latitude du Nord feat Base et Acid de la Brigade [CANADA]
Double Peine :: Zebda [CANADA]
A La Turk :: Taraf de Haidouks [ROMANIA]
Youth :: Matisyahu [USA]
A King Without A Crown :: Matisyahu [USA]
Tuuttiruuhkaa :: Kapteeni Ani [FINLAND]
Ich Komme Aus der DDR :: Gleitzeit [GERMANY]
La Cebolla :: Dick El Demasiado [ARGENTINA]
Training (frevo) :: Senor Coconut [GERMANY/CHILE]
Guero Canelo (Nortec Mix) :: Panoptica remixes Calexico [MEXICO]
James Bond Theme :: Fanfare Ciocarlia [ROMANIA]
007 :: Master Ragga [COLOMBIA]
Wax II :: Bad Boys Batucada [AUSTRALIA/BRAZIL]
Ten Eleven :: Terry Hall & Mushtaq [UK]
Rap Star :: TN [PALESTINE/ISRAEL]
Romaneste :: B.U.G. Mafia [ROMANIA]
[do you read Greek?] :: B.D. Foxmoor [GREECE]
Superstar :: Zubz [SOUTH AFRICA]
[unknown] :: Andre Manuel [SOUTH AFRICA]
Calma Mama :: Echo Soundsystem [BRAZIL]
Reefer Man :: Harlan Lattimore & His Connie’s Inn Orchestra [USA]
Hello Ladies :: Cuizinier feat. TTC [FRANCE]
Chatterton :: Seu Jorge [BRAZIL]
Shaft Arabic :: Malik [LEBANON]
Skankin :: Miso [AUSTRALIA]

BROADCAST 8 JULY
Samba Belga :: Think Of One [BELGIUM]
Ongaku :: Senor Coconut [GERMANY]
The Man (El Hombre Remix) :: Peace Orchestra [FRANCE]
Un Paso Mas Alla :: Narcotango [ARGENTINA]
Suenos Rotos :: Bocafloja [MEXICO]
De Norte A Sur :: Bocafloja feat. Dribones [MEXICO]
Ser O No Ser :: Bocafloja feat. Skool 77 [MEXICO]
George W. Bush :: Bocafloja feat. Matheus Pinguim [MEXICO/BRAZIL]
Pekin Pekin :: Les Georges Leningrad [CANADA]
Minu Naer :: Pastacas [ESTONIA]
Who Stole The Sky? :: Sainkho Namtchylak [TUVA/UK/ITALY]
Europa Neurotisch :: Stereototal [GERMANY]
Mother’s Little Helper :: Stereototal [GERMANY]
All Things Are Possible :: Lee Scratch Perry [JAMAICA]
Bunduele :: Edu K [BRAZIL]
Hooked & Addicted :: Swami [UK]
Pilem India :: Jahanam feat. Heldy [INDONESIA]
[Punk Party track 8] :: Punk Party [CHINA]
Jungle DC (AC/DC vs Jungle Brothers) :: Mashy P [AUSTRALIA]
Wer Sagt Ihm Bescheid? :: [don’t know] [GERMANY]
Compe :: Bamboo [KENYA]
Push Up The Fire :: ZAK [BELIZE]

BROADCAST 1 JULY
Big ups to Soup from Miso for being a guest presenter this week.

bP DJ mix including Das Primeiro [MOZAMBIQUE]; Skwatta Kamp [SOUTH AFRICA]; G Samra [UK]; Mapaputsi [SOUTH AFRICA]; Afrees [ETHIOPIA]
&
Two Tribes :: Richard Walley [AUSTRALIA]
A Danca Da Moda :: Dolores [BRAZIL]
Copie Moi :: Cuizinier [FRANCE]
Mets Mon Son :: Cuizinier feat. Monsigneur Mike
Take My Hand :: 4:20 remixes Gauche [AUSTRALIA]
Hayat Bazen :: Eko & Azra [GERMANY/TURKEY]
Curse Me :: Curse Ov Dialect [AUSTRALIA]
Kinky Bitsuri (Bostitch Nortec mix) :: Panoptica
Zheng :: Miso [AUSTRALIA]
Human Spaces (Warp Remix) :: Miso
Kri Sta Remix :: LC Rulez [HUNGARY]
Diamonds :: Waiting For Guinness [AUSTRALIA]
Race Against Time :: Catalyst [AUSTRALIA]
Equity :: Prussia [AUSTRALIA]
Perry Mason :: Fred Steiner [USA]
Alkoholik :: Vulgargrad [AUSTRALIA]
Skanky Panky :: Kid Koala [CANADA]

radio :: Dialect-ic playlists 10, 17 & 24 June

2006-07-24T15:37:00.000+10:00

BROADCAST 24 JUNE
Hip Hop Rio :: Planet Hemp [BRAZIL]
[umm…] :: Dolores [BRAZIL]
Lengua Mala :: Senor Coconut [GERMANY/CHILE]
Therapie de Groupe :: Arsenik [FRANCE]
La Piqure du Mystique :: KWAL feat. Amanat et Ashok Ali Kzwa [FRANCE]
Negropolitan :: Lady Laistee [FRANCE]
Fredetiko :: EduK [BRAZIL]
Pique Ta :: O Corrascos [BRAZIL]
Kleva :: Mapaputsi [SOUTH AFRICA]
Von Tuka :: Skwatta Kamp [SOUTH AFRICA]
Take Over :: H20 [SOUTH AFRICA]
[from Morketid] :: Tugtraan [NORWAY]
Brahnn Bn/n :: Feven [SWEDEN/ERITREA]
Mun Da Han Lean Oaivanus (Phono remix) :: Mari Boine [SAMI]
Ubertraggungen :: Justus Koehnke [GERMANY]
Vickers B :: Seeed [GERMANY]
Maszalbomy :: Kaliber 44 [POLAND]
Bba Bla Bla :: Fisz [POLAND]
Litery :: Kaliber 44 [POLAND]
Alkoholik :: Vulgargrad [AUSTRALIA]
[do you read Cyrillic?] :: [how many Russian artists you know?] [RUSSIA]

BROADCAST 17 JUNE
Ahwooha :: Black Noize [SOUTH AFRICA]
No Bling Bling :: Black Noize [SOUTH AFRICA]
Valayt Khanu Ar Isiya :: Swami [UK]
Limbo :: Senor Coconut with Yukihiro Takahashi [GERMANY/CHILE/JAPAN]
Xylophone :: Asa-Chang & Junrai [JAPAN]
One World One People (Hip Hop Regamix) :: X Cultures [CANADA]
Carquois :: Ghislain Poirier & Seba [CANADA]
Code Berre :: La Caution [FRANCE]
Kei A Koe :: Urban Pacifika [NEW ZEALAND/AOTEAROA]
Shake Dat :: Footsouljahs [NEW ZEALAND/AOTEAROA]
La Voz (Batucada) :: Watussi [AUSTRALIA/COLOMBIA]
Wax II :: Bad Boys Batucada [AUSTRALIA]
La Lil Khow F :: Natacha Atlas & Clotaire K [UK/FRANCE]
Nai Jeena Nai Jeena :: Richi Rich [UK]
Disciplinador :: Think Of One [BELGIUM]
Trafico :: Think Of One [BELGIUM]Sideways Swimmin’ :: Think Of One [BELGIUM]
Maria Chegon :: Think Of One [BELGIUM]
Body Partz :: Panika [AUSTRALIA]
[my fave track] :: Laub [GERMANY]
Das Erste Mal (Vredus Mix) :: Stereototal [GERMANY]
Interstellah Misfits :: Nab Shub of Enki feat. MC Eick & MC Shiva [AUSTRALIA]
Guero Canelo (Nortec Mix) :: Panoptica [MEXICO]

BROADCAST 10 JUNE
Tabulhaneava :: Mahala Rai Banda [ROMANIA]
Burkan Cocek :: Kocani Orkestar [MACEDONIA]
Wildman :: {can you read Cyrillic?} [RUSSIA]
Selva Selva :: Corin Curschellas [SWITZERLAND]
At One Stride :: Dark Tower [NEW ZEALAND]
Here Come The Socceroos :: Chris Franklin [AUSTRALIA]
Hymna :: Gimma [SWITZERLAND]
Goleador :: Ronaldinho Gaucho with SambaTri [BRAZIL]
Keepah :: Soca Warriors [TRINIDAD & TOBAGO]
Fighter :: Soca Warriors [TRINIDAD & TOBAGO]
Socceroos Fiesta :: G + Vatos Locos [AUSTRALIA]
Ultra! :: Boca45 [UK]
Santa Maradona :: Mano Negra [FRANCE/SPAIN]
Dancing Tribes :: Benjamin Zephaniah [UK]
Timba Lage :: Changuito [SOUTH AFRICA/CUBA]
Coulibaly :: Amadou & Mariam (FWF Remix) [SOUTH AFRICA]
Jawani :: Swami [UK]
Shepard (bossa) :: Senor Coconut [GERMANY/CHILE]

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 03/06/06

2006-06-11T19:22:00.000+10:00

Big ups to new co-host bP aka Brendan Palmer! And to Melbourne's RRR for their continued support.

Todo Tiende :: Ojos de Brujo [SPAIN]
Kumbala (Remix) :: La Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio [MEXICO]
something by Black Alien [BRAZIL]
Argentina :: Infallible [AUSTRALIA]
V Centenario :: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs [ARGENTINA]
Capricornio :: Doble V [SPAIN]
Diru Espainol Zikina :: Fermin Muguruza [BASQUE/SPAIN]
Leonard Peltier Free (Gaffa & Matt's Peace Pipe Dub) :: Armagideon remixes Fermin Muguruza [UK/BASQUE]
something by 99 Possee [ITALY]
Jack In The Box :: Boca45 [UK]
Pizzicato Dub (Live at The Gap Skate Park, 2005) :: Prussia [AUSTRALIA]
Doli Chardean :: Vir Asan [AUSTRALIA]
Hor Satona Nai Laadi Bhaat :: G Samra [INDIA]
Janamaan :: Natacha Atlas [UK]
something by Hakeem & James Brown [EGYPT/USA]
Midi Be Bom :: Reggie Rockstone [GHANA]
See No Evil :: Da Fugitivz [THE GAMBIA]
PBS :: Positive Black Soul feat. KRS One [SENEGAL/USA]
something by Les Trolls [FRANCE]
Chocolate Pavaroty :: MC Jack E [BRAZIL]
Put Your Chest Up :: 4:20 [AUSTRALIA]
Izandla Phezulu :: H20 feat. Flabba, Ramesh & Kabomo [SOUTH AFRICA]
Leavin' Town :: Jack Kerouac [USA]

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 27/05/06

2006-06-11T19:21:00.000+10:00

Inner Voice :: The Dum Dum Project remixes Trilok Gurtu [UK/INDIA]
Milk Cow Mantra :: Combat Wombat [AUSTRALIA]
Ya Janiat :: DuOud & Abdulatif Yagoub [FRANCE/YEMEN]
Funky Berlin :: Zenzile [FRANCE]
Again :: Wang Lei [CHINA]
Au Nom de Miens :: Soon e MC [FRANCE]
Why Did The Aborigines Eat Captain Cook? :: Vulgargrad [AUSTRALIA]
Don Quixote Marijuana :: Brujeria [MEXICO]
Ganja :: Reggae Mexicano [MEXICO]
Want Fi Go Rave :: Linton Kwesi Johnson [JAMAICA/UK]
Children of Tomorrow :: Mr. Gentleman feat. Jack Radics [JAMAICA/GERMANY]
Exodus :: Daara J [SENEGAL]
Naci en Alamo :: Remedios Silva Pisa [SPAIN]
Madh Assalhin (Praising of the Saints) :: Cheb i Sabbah [ALGERIA/MOROCCO/USA]
Gur Nahon Ishk MItha (Sax/Whelan mix) :: Bollywood Brass Band [UK]
Pergeto (Scat Song) :: Besh O Drom [HUNGARY]
Losgwch Y Llosgach :: Tystion [WALES]
Sea, Sex & Sun :: Demon Ritchie remixes Serge Gainsbourg [FRANCE]
Angola (Get Down Dub Mix) :: Pepe Braddock remixes Cesaria Evora [FRANCE/CAPE VERDE]
Guantanamera (Carnabeat Short Version) :: Wyclef Jean [HAITI/USA]
Dale Castigo :: Hector "El Bambino" [PUERTO RICO/USA]
Twist & Shout (Version) :: Chaka Demus & Pliers [JAMAICA]
Ghetto Fabulous :: Zola [SOUTH AFRICA]
Put That Pussy On Me :: Spankrock [USA]
something from Funk Neurotico [BRAZIL]
eve :: Samantha [SOUTH AFRICA]
W'Happy Mama :: Zap Mama [BELGIUM/CONGO]

gig :: Gertrude's Brown Couch

2006-05-30T14:21:00.000+10:00

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

2006-05-26T20:07:00.000+10:00

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)

2006-05-26T19:58:00.000+10:00

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

2006-05-26T12:13:00.000+10:00

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

2006-05-24T10:11:00.000+10:00

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

2006-05-20T18:45:00.000+10:00

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

2006-05-02T18:52:00.000+10:00

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

hype :: Tasmania

2006-04-23T20:24:00.000+10:00

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 22/04/06

2006-04-23T18:39:00.000+10:00

Lieben dank an Ronny, to share his story live on-air - of cycling from Germany to Australia (in 2 and a bit years) with his partner Anke and their three-year old son Bela...

Gypsy Song :: Vlatko Stefanovski [MACEDONIA]
Nichts und Niemand :: Barbara Morgenstern [GERMANY]
Daddy War Nicht Daheim :: Eko & Azra [GERMANY/TURKEY]
Nur die Staerksten Ueberleben :: Strassenkinda [GERMANY]
Ganjafeld :: Spooman feat. Gleis 2 [SWITZERLAND]
Zauerli by an Appenzeller Jodelchor [SWITZERLAND]
Balkea :: Sandy Lopicic Orkestar [BOSNIA/SERBIA/KOSOVO/SLOVENIA/AUSTRIA]
Da Dasige :: Hubert Von Goisern [AUSTRIA]
Deliloy :: Sultan Tunc [GERMANY/TURKEY]
Tabla Solo :: Jalilah [EGYPT]
A Small Intricate Box, Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan :: Muslimgauze [UK]
Uzbeki Westerns :: Curse Ov Dialect [AUSTRALIA]
Rajamalshitan :: Andre Afram Asmar [USA]
Magic Horses :: Doch Gypsy Orchestra [AUSTRALIA]
Olo Chung Chung :: Tenzin Choegyal [TIBET/AUSTRALIA]
Ah Fen's Carrying A Baby :: Labor Exchange Band [CHINA]
Freestyle Aerobics :: Yin Tsang [CHINA]
The Flower of Carnage :: Meiko Kaji [JAPAN]
SOS :: Afrees [ETHIOPIA/GERMANY]
Milk Cow Mantra :: Combat Wombat [AUSTRALIA]

hype :: Hip Hop Revolucion Mexico City

2006-04-20T14:31:00.000+10:00

Si estas andando por el DF - This is where it's at! - www.indiegente.org

hype :: Nomadic Sound System

2006-04-13T12:56:00.000+10:00

Check out downloads at Nomadic Sound System - the hottest conscious sounds from Los Angeles, Califas and beyond...Nomadic Sound System is where Bocafloja, Olmeca, 2Mex & El Vuh stop over on their travels to record...

hype :: Speak With Music

2006-04-11T14:33:00.000+10:00

"I looked at DJing as not just being a profession, but an artform. Not everyone has the ability to craft pieces of art. Maybe they can string pieces together, but I wanted to explore the deeper aspect of the art of DJing, the understanding and skill that goes into it. I needed to find a vehicle through which to express that."

"I want to prove that good music will move you, no matter what your preferred genre," André Manuel told local Cape Town paper Athlone News. "And I hope that through this, the participants will find some enjoyment in sharing in the gems and beauties in my record collection... the gems I've collected over many years. As a DJ, playing it safe is a negative. You have to push people, give them something new to think about. It's important to listen with your ears and not your eyes. Packaging and marketing play a huge role and if you only follow the marketing machine, you'll only be listening with your eyes".

I met André at Container's Village of the Next Wave Festival in Melbourne, where he had curated one of the 43 shipping containers: "Speak With Music challenges the idea of what exactly a DJ's role is. We take the DJ - in this case André Manuel - out of the club setting, into an intimate space where he conducts 50 personal orchestras for 50 perfect strangers. He takes each of the 50 visual personal accounts of the stranger's worlds, and translates them into musical imagery. Through this universal language music André converses intimately with each of his subjects. And each of his 'conversations' were mixed live, and enhanced using cross-overs, effects units and other mixing tools, with his subjects' photographs as his inspiration and stimuli."

Check out the debut release of André's Cape Town-based label Dala Flat: Future Cape by RockArt (pictured above). It combines classic/freestyle jazz with indigenous Cape sounds, and succinct production of subtle electronic beats and rhythms. Stories are told of Nuwestraat, Kleine Jannie forced to kill his farmer boss, about a chilling Ladies Night, celebrations...

Dala Flat seems set to do for southern Africa what Mexico's Nortec Collective achieved for Latin America...

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 08/04/06

2006-04-10T16:39:00.000+10:00

Big ups to guest presenter Morganics and Sinpare (Kenya):

Rong Radio Station :: Benjamin Zephaniah [JAMAICA/UK]
Africa (spoken word) :: Morganics [AUSTRALIA]
More G More Fire :: Morganics feat. Wayahudi Family [AUSTRALIA/TANZANIA]
3 MCs :: Des, Alena & Alma [Broken Hill, AUSTRALIA]
All Points On The Map :: Morganics feat. Sista Native, Wire MC, Brotha Black and Local Knowledge [AUSTRALIA/TONGA]
Getto :: Sinpare [KENYA]
Where Ya From? :: Diafrix [AUSTRALIA]
Jivunye Ukenya :: Sinpare
Social Ills :: Godessa [SOUTH AFRICA]
Aiwa :: Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim [SUDAN]
Jina Langu :: Sinpare
Msimu Kwa Msimu :: X-Plastaz [TANZANIA]
Days Like These :: Combat Wombat feat. Sinpare in-studio freestyle rap [AUSTRALIA/KENYA]
Fahrenheit :: 4:20 [AUSTRALIA/UGANDA/BELIZE]
some mad dancehall tune remixed by Aphex Twin [JAMAICA/UK]
Le Cycle :: Daara J feat. Rokia Traore [SENEGAL/MALI]
More Fire :: Sinpare
The Giraffe :: Vulgargrad [AUSTRALIA]

history :: The New Corroboree

2006-04-05T09:34:00.000+10:00

Back in 2001 I spent months researching "Aboriginal Hip Hop". At the time, I could only find a couple of independently released songs, two compilations, and great material unrecorded, captured inside people like Wire MC. In 2002 my research was published as an article in now defunct JUICE magazine. Now in 2006, my 2001 lecturer Tony Mitchell has given the topic a mainstream stage in The Age newspaper. Get the latest issue of Meanjin for the whole story!

The new corroboree
The Age, 1 April 2006

The oral traditions of Aboriginal societies have paved the way for a vibrant hip-hop scene, but the local rappers are not simply mimicking US styles, Tony Mitchell finds. It is also helping preserve indigenous languages...

Hip-hop's connections with traditional Aboriginal culture are perhaps best expressed by MC Wire, who performs a track called, "It's a modern day corroboree" and who told Moses Iten in 2001: "This is my lyrical healing. I can't go and get scarred any more and I can't become a traditional man. I'm a modern day blackfella, this is still Dreamtime for me. Hip-hop is the new clapsticks, hip-hop is the new corroboree"...

Read the full story here.

gig :: Morganics

2006-03-24T13:11:00.000+11:00

gig :: B.L.A.C.K An Aboriginal Song of Hip Hop

2006-03-24T13:06:00.000+11:00

gig :: Harbour Lingua 2

2006-03-24T13:02:00.000+11:00

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 18/3/06

2006-03-19T18:02:00.000+11:00

Gur Nalon Ishk Mitha (Sax/Whelan Mix) :: Bollywood Brass Band [INDIA/UK]
Eye Mo De Anaa :: Reggie Rockstone [GHANA]
Rio 40 Graus :: Chico Science & Fernando Abreu [BRAZIL]
Maji Ya Shingo (Remix) :: Daz Nundaz [TANZANIA]
Mohuma :: Greis & RA [SWITZERLAND/TANZANIA]
Aux Armes etc :: Serge Gainsbourg [FRANCE]
Rong Radio Station :: Benjamin Zephaniah [JAMAICA/UK]
Pirates :: Zenzile [FRANCE]
Bzzzz :: Java [FRANCE]
Giraffe :: Vulgargrad [AUSTRALIA]
Ruana :: Mendoza [MEXICO]
Facing That Void :: General Electrics [FRANCE]
Yacob :: Julien Jacob feat. Rachid Taha [FRANCE/ALGERIA]
Rock El Casbah :: Rachid Taha [ALGERIA]
Rolling :: Morganics [AUSTRALIA]
They Movin' :: Morganics feat. Wire MC [AUSTRALIA]
Jivunye Ukenya :: Sinpare [KENYA]
Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalis (Chief Xcel Remix) :: Fela Kuti [NIGERIA]
African Sun :: Black Noise [SOUTH AFRICA]
Sh0w Me Your Dancing Style :: Fabio Chivandha [ZIMBABWE/AUSTRALIA]
Headline :: High Tone [FRANCE]
In The Middle Of The Night :: Morganics [AUSTRALIA]

Big ups for assistance in music selection from French guests Antony Kehrig and Cecilia Delsaut. Thanks also to Edge Radio team at for regular live updates from the Tasmanian State Election tally room.

history :: Dialect-ic Wins Award

2006-03-16T20:34:00.002+11:00

I didn't even know about this award, and unfortunately I was in another city DJing when the party/ceremony was on. I even missed hosting my own show that week. Nevertheless I'm proud to announce:

To coincide with our third birthday celebrations, Edge Radio presented awards to outstanding presenters and their shows. A good community radio music program is well-researched, well-promoted, and provides a distinct alternative to other available music programming. Good music program presenters are well-educated in the their subject material and are able to provide narrow-range programming with wide-range appeal.

Outstanding Music Program - My Vinyl Weighs A Ton
Highly Commended in this category: Kaleidoscope Ears, Outbreak Of Evil, Eclectic Soup, Dialect-ic, Radio Radio Radio

radio :: Dialect-ic Playlist 4/3/06

2006-03-16T20:34:00.001+11:00

Human Disco Ball :: Plastilina Mosh [MEXICO]
The Seed :: H20 [SOUTH AFRICA]
Shuffering and Shmiling :: Fela Kuti [NIGERIA]
Take It Easy My Brother Charles :: Jorge Ben [BRAZIL]
Rainbow Dub :: Williams & Traffic [FRANCE]
Ushanta :: X-Plastaz [TANZANIA]
Mayiatiko :: Sadahzinia [GREECE]
Sub :: 99 Posse [ITALY]
Pa' Huitzilopochtli (Concheros Dance to the Aztec God) :: Los De Abajo [MEXICO]
Sr. Judas :: Los De Abajo [MEXICO]
De Donde Vengo :: El Payo Malo feat. Ojos De Brujo [SPAIN]
Ganjafeld :: Spooman feat. Gleis 2 [SWITZERLAND]
Scientism :: Andre Afram Asmar [USA]
Mash Up The Show :: 4:20 [AUSTRALIA]
007 :: Masta Ragga [COLOMBIA]
unreleased Baile Funky track [BRAZIL]
Oh Meitli (Oh Baby!) :: Greis, Baze, Suga & Link [SWITZERLAND/TANZANIA]
Sitar Showers (M.I.A.&The Ultimate Sitar Groove remix) :: Mashy P [AUSTRALIA]
Child of the Cedar :: Sleek The Elite [AUSTRALIA]
Baghdad chant from DJ Spooky mix CD [IRAQ/USA]
E Tu (Remix) :: Upper Hutt Posse [NEW ZEALAND or AOTEAROA]
Visionary :: Tufa [AUSTRALIA]
Pangak :: Diego Herrera [MEXICO]
Sema :: Acid Queen [NORWAY/TANZANIA]
Ali Mullah :: Transglobal Underground feat. Natacha Atlas [UK]

gig :: Sinpare (Kenya) Australia Tour 2006

2006-03-16T20:34:00.000+11:00

The most epic gig ever as announced in previous post outgrew us, Uber Lingua. It has been scaled back to just presenting Kenyan rappers Sinpare, courtesy of Melbourne's Next Wave Festival. But less African acts has meant more room for local support acts, and opened the doors for future collaboration between Australia and Africa.

gig :: 3 Corners of Africa Tour

2006-03-03T11:03:00.000+11:00

There's some more poster art. This is the most monumental, epic, gig I've ever been involved in...for complete info go to www.uberlingua.com/3corners. Catch me supporting as sakamoiz in most cities...

hype :: Border Brothers poster art

2006-03-03T10:43:00.001+11:00

Bad Rhymes featuring Genocide. A hip hop poster from Tijuana. What are the breakers breaking? Leave expectations at the door, I mean entry is GRATIS!

hype :: Nortec Collective poster art

2006-03-03T10:43:00.000+11:00

Let me indulge in posting some of the world's best - or at least most intriguing - poster art. I grabbed this particular poster off one of the Nortec Collective (Tijuana) members' blog: http://pgbeas.blogspot.com.

radio :: Dialect-ic Playlist 25/02/06

2006-02-25T22:11:00.000+11:00

Starflier :: Toy Death [AUSTRALIA]
It's Wonderful :: H2O [SOUTH AFRICA]
Kepp Kui Banch :: Da Fugitivz [THE GAMBIA]
Abuelita's Dance :: Djinji Brown [USA]
Porrada Solucao :: Bonde Do Gorila [BRAZIL]
Liberdade :: Das Primeiro feat. Dhamn a Rush [ANGOLA/PORTUGAL]
The Seed :: H2O
Raga Bass (Live at the Ref 2005) :: Prussia [AUSTRALIA]
Comment Ca Va :: Zap Mama [CONGO/BELGIUM]
Bopp Sa Bopp :: Daara J [SENEGAL]
Where Ya From? :: Diafrix [AUSTRALIA]
Freestyle Aerobics :: Yin Tsang [CHINA]
Song For The Dalai Lama :: The Bird [AUSTRALIA]
Sata Naakkaa Sitten :: Islaja [FINLAND]
Trance Tibet :: Tenzin Choegyal [TIBET/AUSTRALIA]
Consolidated Veneers :: Size [AUSTRALIA]
Brand New Day :: Zubz [ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA]
African :: H2O feat. Zubz
Mr Grammatarticalogylisationalis (Chief Xcel Mix) :: Fela Kuti [NIGERIA]
Alkoholik :: Vulgargrad [AUSTRALIA]
Va Por Chapultepec :: Bersuit Vergarabat [ARGENTINA]
Ululu :: Northsiders [MEXICO]
Presente, Pasado y Futuro :: Bocafloja [MEXICO]
Sioni Raha :: Sinpare [KENYA]
Meropa (Pitseng Tse Kgolo) :: BOP [SOUTH AFRICA]
Milk Cow Mantra :: Combat Wombat [AUSTRALIA]

history :: Uberlinguastreaker

2006-02-13T17:46:00.000+11:00

Sydney-based artist Mashy P relates a tale about the travails of DJing, this time at inner-city Melbourne's home of Uber Lingua:

"I was playing the St Jeromes venue in central Melbourne the other night, having just flown into town. Got myself a beer and settled into a set behind the decks. I started playing some latinesque dance tunes, when this dreadlocked guy came up to me, armed with a quick succession of 'up yours' fingered salutes. I said "whats up" and he started ranting about a guy with a Led Zeppelin T-shirt - who from what I could gather didn't like the selection. I saw the Zep shirt dude sitting in the venue, and he seemed happy enough. Trying to humour the guy, I suggested the T-shirt wearer perhaps was donning the top as a trendy retro thing, maybe he wasnt really into Led Zep. On this he said "well at least you talk" - and with further 'up yours' gestures he dissapeared into the crowd. I was forgetting about the incident, when he returned stark naked about 10 minutes later. He came up to the booth and said, "This is because of the Led Zeppelin T Shirt" - before being escorted out of the venue by a security guard, confused smiles and raised eyebrows abound."

gig :: Global Trash in Canberra

2006-02-13T11:38:00.001+11:00

history :: Free Festival (southern Tasmanian bush)

2006-02-07T19:12:00.000+11:00

There is no transport for which you can buy tickets, to the end of this road I’m going to. My journey starts with sticking out a thumb on the open highway heading out of Hobart. My grubby backpack that has waited at many train stations of Europe – and shared the rooves of collapsing buses with animals in Indonesia and Central America – is loaded with a couple of dozen records and a few hundred CDs. This precious cargo is padded with a sleeping bag. I carry no shelter, although the skies loomed grey yesterday. But I’m heading to The End Of The Road where only the sun shines, and no one needs to sleep.

“Where are you headed?” asks an elderly gent whose white van has coughed to a halt to offer me a lift. He reverses along the gravel on the side of the highway, as I shoulder my pack and jog towards him. I jump in and say “To The End Of The Road!” with a big smile. “Eh?!” shouts the man, leaning towards me to hear, his prominent hearing aids not having done their job. Instead of repeating myself, I ask him where he’s going. “I’m about to move out of here,” he responds, equally esoteric. Maybe he had heard me. “I’m about to sell up everything I own, and buy a boat.” From the seat between us on the bench, I pick up a page ripped out of a boat buyer’s magazine. A fifity-something foot sailing boat is circled. “Now that I’m alone, the house is too big,” continues the Old Man.

We sit there in silence. I felt satisfied to be on the road again, rolling towards The End Of The Road. The Old Man seemed happy to have a stranger for company, someone to proclaim a dream to, without being laughed at. “So this has been a dream for a long time?” I shouted, repeating my question several times until he had leaned over close enough and registered. I didn’t have the heart to ask him how he would face stormy seas in his physical condition; how someone would communicate with him as wave upon wave crashes down on the deck. “Yes, it’s been a dream for a long time,” the Old Man mumbled, bent back over his steering wheel. Several cars overtook us on the highway, as we struggled over a pass. Our conversation halted, and I pondered whether I would still have the energy to face The End Of The Road in a few decades. The Old Man drove several kilometres past his Home For Sale, and dropped me off past the bridge on my turn-off. I thanked the man, wished him good luck in selling his house, and felt relieved to be standing in fresh air again.

It’s frustrating not to have a car. I don’t own a home. I earn enough to barely survive, although I’m constantly knocking back work and forced to reshuffle priorities. Is it work I’m headed to there - at The End Of The Road - as the Free Festival organisers asked me if I could bring a bag of party tunes to play? That’s what I decide to tell the lady who stops for me here, with her “No Greens” sticker on the car. I’m on my way to work, not a hippie festival. We talk about the beauty of the scenery in this remote-feeling, sparsely-populated corner of Tasmania. She complains about the noise made by drag racing taking place on an almost nightly basis past her front door. I don’t own a car, I tell her proudly. She’s cool with that, and drives me quite a few extra kilometres past her house to the next turn-off.

Now I’m stuck. It’s a narrow dirt road, a pot-holed track. I walk. I hear a car approach and turn around. The letters B-I-T-C-H cover half the windscreen of a 4WD ute in bright pink. It speeds past me kicking up dust and rocks. I walk some more. I can’t curse my job, of having to carry these tunes to play music for free to an audience that is paying nothing to hear my selections. All that makes me satisfied, happy. Eventually I can hear another car, it’s carrying Northern Territory number plates stops for me. At The End Of The Road, I’m greeted by a collection of tents; tee-pees; tarpaulin kitchens; a gambler’s den inside a labyrinth built of a cardboard; a beer-filled bath-tub bar; and the main stage.

Popular Irish tunes are being played by a group that have renamed themselves the Van Diemens Band and whose supporters are wearing T-shirts saying “Convict Country”. Members of a punk outfit currently touring Tasmania - Sydney City Trash – jump on stage to spit the lyrics to a ditty that everyone knows but can only remember the chorus to. I blend into the scene. I think about the Old Man and his boat. I have no house to sell - but am on my boat here, at the end of this road; carrying it inside my backpack, to share with all these people.

Thanks to the Terraphonic Sound System for hosting Free Festival.

radio :: Dialect-ic playlist 03/02/06

2006-02-07T09:03:00.000+11:00

Thanks to Monkey Marc and MC Izzy of Combat Wombat for talking about their new album Unsound $ystem & their influences.

The World Keeps On Turning :: The Herd
When The Revolution Comes :: Combat Wombat
Real Animal Noises :: ABC of Sound
Highway Burner :: Hermitude
Star Wars :: Combat Wombat
Displaced Peoples (feat. Chris Mutiny) :: Combat Wombat
Istikbar :: Gnawa Diffusion
Ta Travudia (Roots Bloody Roots Man Remix) :: Rosapaeda
Punk Up The Wombles :: Mashy P
Mustapha Dance :: The Clash
Monkey Banana (Chief Xcel Remix) :: Fela Kuti
Iron Bar Dub :: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Western Desert Mob :: Sonic Boom
Stolen :: Local Knowledge
Brothers Gonna Work It Out :: Public Enemy
The Truth About Tasmania :: Curse Ov Dialect
Humano Soy :: MC Profundo
Clockwork :: Combat Wombat
Aha! :: X-Plastaz
Kore Ranu I Te Pati :: Upper Hutt Posse
White Gold Burger :: Fun Da Mental
Satisfied? :: J-Live
Milk Cow Mantra :: Combat Wombat
Hooked & Addicted :: Swami

gig :: Sydney Harbour Lingua

2006-02-02T11:57:00.000+11:00

hype :: Swiss Rap meets Bongo Flava

2006-02-01T12:11:00.000+11:00

From Rio de Janeiro there is 'Baile Funky'. From South Africa there is 'Kwaito'. Urban subcultural sounds are coming from places other than New York or London. From Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - there is 'Bongo Flava'. There is a website dedicated to the movement: www.bongoflava.com, a site established by a German filmcrew who did a movie on Bongo Flava.

German label Outhere Records released a tasty Bongo Flava compilation in 2004. Jay Rutledge of Outhere is responsible for the some of the foremost contemporary African sounds becoming known to the rest of the world. For the tour to accompany a CD on the Lagos (Nigeria) scene, Outhere received support from the German government. Exciting recent news for me personally, is the funding by the Swiss Government for a project called 'Swiss Rap meets Bongo Flava'. You can download that whole CD here! Listen to Swiss dialect mixed with Swahili, deliverd in Bongo Flava style.

One day the Australian Government will be funding hip hop collaborations with our northern neighbours. Indonesia! PNG! East Timor!

hype :: Refugee Rap

2006-02-01T11:30:00.000+11:00

There is M.I.A., whose Tamil-Tiger parents fled to Europe. There is south-Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal, who recorded with north-Sudanese Oud player Abdel Gadir Salim. In Australia, there are talented emerging (and established) African-origin artists like Mr Zux, Black Symbol, Diafrix and Creator MC - some having arrived as refugees, and others have simply "arrived". We all arrive from somewhere. Arriving soon on Australian shores courtesy of Uber Lingua, are four outspoken acts from Africa.

An interesting fresh arrivee is Canada-based Somali rapper K'Naan, his war-time life experiences challenge US Afro-American ghetto artists. Download a pumpin' track of his at Fat Planet, and read his blog here. His lyrics speak of Somali gunmen, but there is much beauty in reading about his recent tour to Djibouti, neighbouring country to Somalia:

"The encore situation over there was quite funny, but beautiful too. See over there they don't wait for you to finish your performance to ask for an encore. They actually cheer for an encore when ever you finish a song that they love. So that they can all do their part to contribute to the song, some sing along, some encourage others to, some clap, some dance, but they are all apart of it. Which means I've had to perform certain songs twice in a row, some three times. It sounds crazy but it's perfectly normal in our region. It just means that the song is community. And it is to be lived in over and over again, when it feels right, when it speaks to the struggle, and all of this should be done, not latter, but now!" K'naan.

gig :: Free Festival

2006-01-30T21:02:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-30T12:33:00.001+11:00

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)

2006-01-30T11:00:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-29T14:22:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-27T12:17:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-23T15:25:00.000+11:00

hype :: The Scientists of Modern Music

2006-01-23T14:13:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-23T13:21:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-23T12:16:00.000+11:00

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

2006-01-22T22:01:00.000+11:00