Articles tagged with ‘ARIA’

• Koolism

  This interview with Canberra-based stalwarts Koolism took place in late 2004, when they were up in Sydney to play at the Homebake festival. Daniel and Hau told stories of 12 years experiences of being Koolism, including the making of the video clip ‘The Season’, Daniel’s comments upon winning the ARIA and Kool Herc DJing at a party at Hau’s family home in Canberra. In a patchworked fashion, the history and character of Koolism emerges through the stories.

  Tags: cultural identity, Invader Records, Canberra, ARIA, Interviews

• The Reography of Reason: Australian hip-hop as Experimental History and Pedagogy

  If habitus is regarded as ‘deep seated generative principles of thought, perception, appreciation, and action’, this ‘fit’ seems eminently applicable to the ‘embodied history’ of hip-hop subcultures and the expression of their ‘objectified history’ in practices such as recording, performing, internet interaction, music journalism, and independent radio and television broadcasting.

  This paper, originally published in Media International Australia, looks at the Australian hip-hop culture in terms of its do-it-yourself ethos, which is, in part, a result of a lack of support from the commercial record labels. Tony Mitchell here discusses the artists, groups and independent labels that have championed this DIY ethos and have built a community of practice outside the mainstream industry.

  Tags: Reason, education, localising hip-hop, globalisation, Tony Mitchell, environment, community work, patriotism, Melbourne, Obese, workshops, politics, ARIA, Conference Papers