Articles tagged with ‘Sydney’
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Australian Hip-hop as a Subculture
Originally published in the journal Youth Studies Australia
Tags: authenticity, MCing, independent record labels, four elements, Tony Mitchell, subcultural theory, community radio, graffiti, Sydney, DJing, breakdancing, Conference Papers
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DJ Amy – Video Bio
A short video bio of Sydney-based DJ Amy.
Tags: Artist Bio, DJ Amy, Sydney, Video
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Hermitude
Hermitude are a two-piece instrumental hip-hop crew from the Blue Mountains, with Luke Dubs on keys and Elgusto on beats. They have performed with MCs such as Ozi Batla and Urthboy from The Herd, and Joelistics from TZU. Their style of production – passing old sounds through new technology – is richly layered and complex. This interview, conducted by Tony Mitchell, Nick Keys and Astrid Lorange at the Great Escape Festival in 2006, is a general catch-up before Hermitude headed off to play in Japan, Norway, the UK and the US for the first time.
Tags: Elefant Traks, instrumental hip-hop, Sydney, Blue Mountains, sampling, Interviews
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Hyjak n Torcha
Backstage at Luna Park for Park Jam, the first international hip-hop event of it’s kind in Australia, we caught up with Hyjak n Torcha. The conversation included their personal stories of getting into hip-hop, influences and inspirations and the process of making an album. They both also talked about some of the wider aspects surrounding Australian hip-hop, including its marginalisation by the music industry, its rise through a DIY ethic and what and who hip-hop represents.
Tags: multilingualism, Sydney, Obese, Interviews
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Jakalene Extreme – Video Bio
A short bio of Sydney’s Jakalene Extreme.
Tags: Artist Bio, Jakalene Extreme, Sydney, Video
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Josie Styles
Local Noise spoke to DJ and hip-hop promoter Josie Styles in 2005 at UTS, just after her hip-hop show at 2ser and at a time when she had been offered a job with Shogun Distribution (based in Brisbane). The energetic Josie talked about her two-sided life, spread between her love of hip-hop and her work as a terristrial ecologist looking after an endangered Bell Frog population. She spoke about the early days of getting into hip-hop, early Australian hip-hop and its influence, tape culture and growing up loving hip-hop in the rock-centric mainstream. She talked of her beginnings as a DJ, crate digging and her current practice. She spoke about the relationship with Warner Music that yielded the two Australian hip-hop compilations Straight from the Art. This led to a long discussion about the history of major labels and hip-hop in Australia and working in the industry in general. Josie focuses on representing women in hip-hop, and understands the difficulties of being a woman artist, citing the examples of Canadian FemCee Eternia and Perth-based FemCee Layla as positive examples.
Tags: Straight from the Art, Shogun, DJing, Sydney, women in hip-hop, Obese, Interviews
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Josie Styles – Video Bio
A short video bio of Sydney DJ Josie Styles.
Tags: Artist Bio, Josie Styles, Sydney, Video
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Lecture at University of Sydney - Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree.
An edited recording of a lecture given by Tony Mitchell to the Koori Centre’s Indigenous Studies class (run by Peter Minter) on the 16th of May, 2007.
Tags: DIY ethos, multilingualism, self expression, localising hip-hop, Aboriginal language hip-hop, Tony Mitchell, gangsta rap, education, Redfern, language, Sydney, workshops, cultural identity, community work, Indigenous hip-hop, Audio
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Lez Beckett – Video Bio
A short video bio of Sydney-based artist Lez Beckett.
Tags: Artist Bio, Lez Beckett, Sydney, Video
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Mark Pollard
We met with Stealth magazine editor Mark Pollard in September of 2005. His knowledge, passion and diplomacy in discussing a huge variety of issues within and around Australian hip-hop was a demonstration of the crucial role he has played in fostering the culture. Mark spoke about his early teens, making tapes with friends in summer and doing gigs at under-18 shows around town. He spoke about he entry into the scene as an 18-year-old through the Cell Block Youth Centre and the 2ser radio program The Mothership Connection, which he took over from Miguel D’Souza. Mark talked about what he considered to be the most significant moments in Australian hip-hop in the last few years, including the solidification of Obese Records, triple j’s Hip-hop Show and the success of The Hilltop Hoods. Mark also had many salient points to make about identity and music, the issue of accent and American mimicry, over-ocker Australian vernacular and the connections between gansta rap and rural Aboriginal Australia. Mark also told us about the distribution of Stealth globally and the feedback he gets from kids in the country as well as the focus of giving coverage to little known scenes overseas.
Tags: Indigenous hip-hop, Mark Pollard, Stealth magazine, triple j, politics, 2SER, Obese, Sydney, Hilltop Hoods, Interviews
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Maya Jupiter – Video Bio
A short video bio of Sydney FemCee and radio host Maya Jupiter.
Tags: Artist Bio, Maya Jupiter, Sydney, Video
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MC Trey – Video Bio
A short video bio of Sydney artist MC Trey.
Tags: Artist Bio, MC Trey, Sydney, Video
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Morganics
We caught up with Morganics for a quick interview at the Sydney Opera House before a performance of Morganics and Wire’s two-man hip-hop theatre show Stereotype. Morgan talked to us about the evolution of the show, the relationship of both black and white to lineage and a real sense of connection to the songlines and bloodlines of place. Morgan also discussed the crossover between hip-hop and theatre and the richness of what both forms have to offer each other. The theatrical roots of MetaBass N Breath were also discussed. Morgan also talked about the constant travel and rigours of life on the workshop trail; the great value of workshops and the issues of setting up facilities that will be of lasting effect in the communities, like recording studios.
Tags: beatboxing, theatre, MetaBass ‘N’ Breath, community work, Indigenous hip-hop, Sydney, workshops, breakdancing, Interviews
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Morganics – Video Bio
A short video bio of Sydney MC & producer Morganics.
Tags: Artist Bio, Morganics, Sydney, Video
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Munkimuk – Video Bio
A short video bio of “The godfather of Aboriginal Hip-hop”, Munkimuk.
Tags: Artist Bio, Munkimuk, Sydney, Video
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