Over two nights: FRIDAY 17th and SATURDAY 18th September

 Legendary Hobart crew the Cluster Collective, charged on diversity jump into bed (metaphorically) with the Uber_Lingua crew to create one of the most modern trans-cultural events to hit Tassie in a while... 

Cluster are well known for their gigs that unify the various splinters of the small Hobart music scene. Cluster events have been known to feature Punk Rock next to Electronic, Reggae, Hip-Hop and exotic Visuals... Representing Cluster on the lineup is Gusto, an electronica producer who's also into Japanese hip-hop mash-ups...

Uber_Lingua in an emerging entity that currently hosts a weekly club in the inner city of Melbourne focussing on multi-lingual music and urban culture from all over the world... "...there is so much Hip Hop, electronic music and progressive folk and pop round now days in other languages nowadays, it seemed obvious to tap it's potential and have some fun with it..." to quote bP one of the resident DJs and an ex-producer/presenter of SBS National Radio's Alchemy Radio program. Another uber-collaborator is based in Tassie; Moses 'sakamoiz' Iten... A long time collaborator with bP on all things Swiss, Mexican, Spanish speaking and German (along side any other language he can get hands on...) and a collector of some of the finest underground music on the planet... 

MashyP, a long time musical provocateur in the Sydney electronic music scene and promoter of some of the most explosive underground events in Sydney in the past decade, has taken a turn towards the bootleg mashup scene and recently toured Qatar (near Saudi Arabia) getting a solid dose of Arabic culture that, sure enough, filtered through into his music. 

Direct from Sierra Leone, Alfred 'Creator' Caulker is a Hobart-based bodybuilding rapper and performs in Mende, Creole, French and English. " I start my singing career way back in Sierra Leone, in a district called Bonthe... My sister used to say "if you want to take my food, you should sing for me..." I believe that's the way my mouth's become so good on the mic..."

Friday's event will feature a far more pumped selection of tracks... those wanting to dance or at least be spun out should check it out... Saturday takes on a more café-bar chilled atmosphere, with lots more room for slower paced tracks, dub out-ness and exotica. "...the whole of Tassie wants a lesson in DUB according to Cluster DJ Gusto. 

FRIDAY 
September 17th
@ SIRENS
6 Victoria St (at Macquarie St), Hobart
8pm until 2am

bP (Melbourne)
MashyP (Sydney)
Creator (Sierra Leone)
Gusto (Hobart)
sakamoiz (Hobart)
Nitriya (Indian Rhythms/Hobart)
DJ Squimal (Mexico)
Joseph Barrows (Hobart VJ)

Entry: $6 at door

SATURDAY
September 18th
@ SUTTONS
77 Salamanca Place, Hobart
8pm until 2am

bP (Melbourne)
MashyP (Sydney)
Gusto (Hobart)
sakamoiz (Hobart)
Zin (Myanmar)
misty pocket (Hobart)
terraphonics (installations)

bP (Brendan Palmer) - MELBOURNE

Over the past 15 years, Brendan Palmer has had a significant impact on the modern music scene in Australia. His name has been synonymous with some of the most influential movements that have graced our ears and eyes in that time. 

Brendan founded the 'Clan Analogue' electronic arts collective in 1992, producing the first 8 compilations including four Vinyl EPs, an Art-Video recorded at the Sydney Goethe Institut, and the initial Clan CD 'Cog'. As an well-exercised performer he supported the likes of Meat Beat Manifesto, the On-U sound System and played numerous Big Day Out events, amongst others. 

In 1993 he started Clan's 'Electronic' club, evolving the concept into a two level technological smorgasbord within 3 years and re-establishing live music as a constant at clubs in Sydney. After leaving Clan in late '95, Brendan initiated the 'E.A.R.' collective, in an attempt to counteract the polarity existing between pure electronic, acoustic and more experimental 'noise' composers in Sydney. In 1996 E.A.R. promoted the first Australian performance by UK based electronic artist 'Scanner', and the following year the quadraphonic E.A.R. stage at the Sydney 'Big Day Out'. 

In '96 Brendan started the label Zonar, producing albums from Atone, Ali Omar and Size from Sydney, Low Key Operations and Paul Abad from Brisbane, and Eyespine from Adelaide. Funded by the Australian Network for Art and Technology, the Dis-locations compilation featured local artists from around the country remixing each, taking a snap shot of some of the most innovative composers within Australia at that time. 

Zonar has promoted many events including the Dis-locations tour of Australia, and a monthly residency at the Melbourne new media concept club 'Slapo' during 1998, and the 'Lymbic Lounge' in Sydney 1999.

Also in '98, Brendan was commissioned by media artist Mark Amerika to compose sound for the Australia Council funded Phon:e:me project. Described as an "mp3 concept album with hyper:liner:notes", Phon:e:me was hosted by the Walker Arts Centre in Minneapolis USA, and nominated for the Webby Award's in 1999, the web equivalent of the Grammy's.

In late 1996, Brendan turned his talents towards SBS Radio's 'Alchemy' program contributing locally produced electronic music. In 1999 he co-presented 'Audio Daze' on Sydney's 2SER for around 6 months before taking over Alchemy full time at SBS re-working the Alchemy program brief. By 2002, the Alchemy team had grown from just him to over 30 people, speaking over 30 languages. Alchemy became Australia's most multi-lingual and culturally cutting edge national radio program. Over 7 years he hosted more than a thousand Australia-wide programs and conducted hundreds of interviews.

In 2002 Brendan toured Europe, attending the Sonar festival in Barcelona, Koneisto in Helsinki, and Man und Machina conference in Berlin. During this trip he performed 'all Australian' DJ sets at a venues in Barcelona, Berlin, and London. He also found time to present two hours of Australian sound on the London Musician's Collective run independent radio 'Resonance FM'. 

In 2003 Brendan DJ'ed a signature Alchemy Multi-lingual set at the Womad club, Wozone in Adelaide. Later that year in Melbourne, he promoted Alchemy events at Bar Bukka Fitzroy, and provided exquisite sonics at the opening of Experimenta 2003.

Brendan's pet project of 2003 was the SBS CD 'Sonic Allsorts' that showcased seventeen local multi-lingual artists from over thirty cultural backgrounds and seven states or territories of Australia, performing in over twenty languages. Over 3500 copies we're distributed throughout the country, redefining Australia's musical landscape.

in 2004 Brendan has focussed on his two Melbourne regular events Environ and Uber_Lingua

Mashy P (Pete Strong) - SYDNEY

Having moved to Australia in 1987 Peter Strong has been active in Sydney's underground playing, remixing and creating leftfield beats from hip hop and dub to electro and techno. Peter has been involved in the Organarchy Sound System collective for a decade.With bands like Non Bossy Posse and Graumblemorph releasing many tracks on local compilations from Brisbanes ZZZ Cybanana
compilation (1996) to the second Earthcore comp and Organarchy Beatswork compilations. Organarchy and NBP were part of the Vibe Tribe collective that emanated out of there need in Sydney for a more people friendly real underground that supported and promoted environmental, anarchist and social justice campaigns in the mid nineties.

After Vibe Tribe fragmented, Pete known as D.J Morphism at the time co created the crew called Ohms Not Bombs who made themselves a name travelling around the country to Jabiluka mine in 1998 on the "Dig the sounds not uranium" tour. Travelling in old state transit bus ohms not bombs did over 40 gigs around the country, putting on parties, outputting self-published zines (Sporadical zine) and creating workshop spaces.

Since this tour the crew were active doing anti nuclear and Aboriginal Tent Embassy fundraisers and continued to go out to the arid center traveling with the annual Earthdream convoy. DJ Morphism has recently morphed to D.J Mashy P and become increasingly interested in World music/electronic fusion, local and international hip hop, experimental  RÇnÇB,  Bastard pop,Bootlegs and Mash Up. In February he traveled to Qatar near Saudi Arabia to produce and d.j the show music for an Australian Circus performance(Circus worx) while in the county he remixed and sampled the local radio putting together arabesque electro, beats and drum and bass.

Check out some Mashy P remixs and original beats at www.mpfree.cat.org.au/compop
 

Info on tours: www.ohmsnotbombs.org , www.organarchy.org , www.earthdream.net

Creator (Alfred Caulker)

Hobart-based bodybuilding rapper Creator (aka Alfred Caulker) was born in Sierra Leone and performs in Mende, Creole, French and English.

"I started my singing career way back in Sierra Leone, in a district called Bonthe. I was living with my older sister, Catherine - and she'd say to me "Alfred, Alfred, if you want to take my food, you should sing for me." So then, I'd be around trying to eat and I'd sing at least for ten or fifteen minutes in oder to get fed! I believe that's the way my mouth's become so good at the mic..."

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