LIVE: Pochoman (Cuba), Cumbia Cosmonauts (Columbia/Mexico), City of God ELETRO (Rio) & Professor Palacio (Argentina)

+ DJs: Gonzo (Peru), DubChaman (Arg), Bruno LT (Rio), bP (Melb), saka la mois DJ (Mex) & Panama Embassy (DJs Angel & Brujo)

FRIDAY OCT 24 PAPARAZZI NITECLUB

9pm till late : 40 FRANKLIN ST, MANUKA : $10 entry

Ever since he was a child, Pocho liked to dance, act and sing and believes that he inherited the music in his blood. In 1998 he started working with a group called Onda Expansiva and this was when the name Pochoman became his artistic name. Onda expansiva won an audition out of 500 other hip hop groups to perform at the International Hip Hop Festival of Cuba. 

Pochoman was offered the chance to sing in America, Brazil and Europe however due to his country's system of government he was unable to go. He has sung on radio and shared the stage with various other famous cuban artists such as Haila, Polo Montanez, Los Van Van, Carlos Manuel among others. He claims to be the only hip hop artist that has had the honour of singing in front of Fidel Castro.

Panama Embassy - Angel & Brujo 

(left and centre photo by Rafael Florez @ Capital City Dub)

Brujo AKA Mario Gordon

Mario is a real connoisseur of international urban music, Reggae, Reggaeton, Retro Salsa, Alter Latin, Afro Pop and more. As DJ/Percussionist he has taken adventures into future world beats to venues such as Hippo Bar, The Basement, Sydney Opera House 'Studio' and Sydney Festival Beckís Bar. He's also performed in Tasmania, the Vic Music Festival and night clubs in Barcelona

Gonzo the mad Peruvian

Gonzo is a stray that wandered into the Uber Lingua equation... A peruvian who used to live in Sydney, now resides in Melbourne and has been welcomed onto the decks where he conjurs up some seriously good vibes... Reggae, Roots, Latin and Gypsy tunes that will melt the most hardened musical aficianado. 

The Cumbia Cosmonauts (Mex - Colombia - Melb)

The Cumbia Cosmonauts are Australia's first Cumbia Sound System, and features three core artists plus a rotating set of studio and live guest performers.Ý They have also remixed songs for Clorofila of Nortec Collective (Mexico), Tremor (Argentina) and Radiokijada (Peru/France).Ý Founding members are pseudo-Mexican Swiss-Tasmanian DJ and radio producer saca la mois DJ!! (aka Moses Iten), Tasmanian-born musician and producer Soup (aka Thomas Campbell) who is renowned as the man behind trip-hop act Miso, and accordeonist Don Carlos Parraga Garcia Rico Urunena Ijo Mal Parido, who is born to Colombian parents and fronts up gypsy-deathcore punks The Barons of Tang.

City of God ELECTRO

featuring Guido Melo & Jurt 

Guido Melo - From Brasil, now living in Australia... one very passionate man. His mother used to be a Capoeira champion music is part of his life since before he was born. Although he calls himself a Carioca (person natural from Rio de Janeiro) He was born in Salvador da Bahia in BrazilÇs northeast. His first flirt with the DJ scene happened in the late 80Çs when he used to go to the Baile Funks around town in Rio. After making his move to Melbourne in 2003 He has played at several events...

Versatility may have a wider mean when we talk about Bruno LT's activities with brazilian music and audio techniques. His full dedication led him to work with great names of the Brazilian Popular Music. Extremely sensible to musicality, the DJ and Producer applies the large experience acquired on his own projects involving new talents of the Brazilian alternative music. After having worked for a few years at a great studio in Rio, he had the chance to produce and release some of his tracks and remixes. Soon, LT became the resident DJ of the main electronic parties, making the first experiments of the pioneer Carioca_s Live P.A's. Projects such as the Dub Mentals band incorporated his authenticity in which he develops a set with keyboards, pick-ups, samplers and effects.. 
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With cultural diversity his primary passion, Australian DJ/producer 'bP' (Brendan Palmer) has been representing the musically 'not so represented' for nearing two decades. He has wandered the world gathering sounds and has performed in places as diverse as Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, London, Tijuana, Mexico city and Helsinki to name a few...  In 2004 he launched Uber Lingua and his sonic activity has grown exponentially playing literally hundreds of gigs and promoting culturally charged music in most capital cities of Australia. bP's sets traverse language, culture, genre, history and social scenes; deliberately defiant of mainstream music fashions, he presents an intersection of underground and outernational sounds that capture his imagination. Roots to Futurism, East to West, Minimal to Maximal are all sonic stops on bP's translingual express. Brendan additionally works as a producer at the legendary Melbourne radio station Triple R during the day and presents the weekly 'Dialectic' radio program on the web and  Tasmania's Edge Radio. 

Dub Chaman

Argentinean born, DJ Dubchaman represents the Sydney alternative Latin scene. A cumbia beats, reggae, dancehall and dub specialist, also plays bass guitar and efx as a member of 7 piece Sydney act 'Social Progression System'. With a flair for the rare groove, be it dub, free jazz, roots reggae, rub-a-dub, afrofunk, dancehall or musica latina and an ever expanding taste and knowledge of music styles, Dubchaman has been following this passion for music and honing his talents for more than twenty years. His focus is always about the feeling, the music and its message. Dubchaman never plans a set, avoiding predictability, never just settling for what's current. At the dawn of 2003, Dubchaman, together with other DJ's and MC's started Chimichanga, the first Latin alternative night in Sydney, with a residency at the World Bar.

Since then, Dubchaman has played sets at many different Clubs and Venues, such as The Basement, Canberra's Old Parliament House, Candy's Apartment, The World Bar, The Hippo Bar, and The Marquee to name a few. As a member of Uber lingua DJ's, Dubchaman has also played at St Jeromes, in Melbourne, Uber Lingua Nights @ The Abercrombie Hotel, and The Sydney Laneways Festival, often under SPS Cru, a Sound System with MC's and Percussion. In addition to his musical adventures, Dubchaman is a Graphics and Web Designer with more than 15 years experience. 

Tri-lingual DJ and emerging wordsmith sakamoiz is a post-Swiss pseudo-Mexican Tasmanian rogue, and his nomadic lifestyle benefits one of the planet's most sonically eclectic and linguistically diverse music collections. In July 2007 sakamoiz toured Mexico DJing as he went, and featuring as a guest on Tijuana public TV and cable, and on Radio Chanulpom, a Mayan community radio station. In 2004 sakamoiz presented Uber Lingua's 6 Tasmanian 'Lingo' parties in Hobart, touring mainland DJs from the north and also promoting local multicultural live performers and selectors. He also started the Dialectic Radio show on Edge Radio that has become Uber Lingua's central radio outlet.

Professor Palacio (Arg - Melb)

Music can be sent to Uber Lingua PO Box 2613 Fitzroy 3065 Australia