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Saturday September 27 at the Abercrombie Hotel. featuring Prince Valium (The Herd), Mashy P, bP (Melb), DJ Spex, Sven Simulacrum, Mr Fish (Reunion Island - Melb), Lord Lingham (Bengali - Melb), Mr Mai Tai (Sugartime), Sveta (Russki), Evrim (Turk), DubChaman & James Locksmith... Since late last year Uber Lingua has been packing
out the Abercrombie with it's 3 room parties and star-studded lineups of
cultural conjurers... These events inject a raw energy & a global flavour
into Sydney's nightlife, pulling upon local and interstate artists from
all corners of the globe. Back in July 2008, Uber Lingua tried out a new
concept... An event titled 'POST WORLD PARTY'... taking the multi-lingual,
trans-cultural music tangent a step further. Focusing on the cutting edge,
dance floor focused, modern end of the spectrum... Was one of the most
pumping events UL Sydney's ever done, and as a result
On the bill are a mix of usual suspects and newies... From Melbourne, Bengali DJ Lord Lingham brings his electronic obsessed selections from Europe, the Sub-Continent, Africa and the Middle East... Mr Fish, originally is from Reunion Island off the coast of Madagascar... He lived in Europe before moving to Melbourne. Expect wild Afro-French inspired tribalisms and out of body experiences... DJ Sveta is known in many dance music circles, and at Uber events she connects with her Russki roots and goes full eastern European, a mainstay of the recent Gypsy & Balkan parties... Evrim is a Turkish broadcaster who was abducted by UL to drop DJ sets of Middle East beats. She's not failed to impress and brings a strong contingent with in tow... Mr Mai Tai is a key figure in the local Burlesque scene thru his Sugartime events, alongside being a Bollywood music aficionado... His recent artistic output has been dominated by the film 'Son of a Lion' currently playing at cinemas around Australia, that he directed and shot in Pakistan. Prince Valium is not only the bass player from The Herd, he is also the owner of deep crates of global hip-hop, dub and reggae, spiritual jazz and Hindi film music. Greek selector James Locksmith has a strong infatuation with Latin and African sounds and regularly spins around Sydney. Maybe Uber can convince him to drop at least one Bouzouki track. Ex-UK DJ Mashy P comes thru with his latest batch of gathered Internationale and his own mutante remixes... Sven Simulacrum to quote his bio "mixes n mashes chutney rebel baile bass bhangra bashment bump n grime. DIY diasporic culture clash!" Argentineans DJ Spex and DubChaman traverse the Latin American continent with their own versions of alternative Latin sounds alongside other sonic obsessions (DubChaman is one of our main Gypsy DJs)... Uber main man bP also comes up from his base in Melbourne to drop a sequel to the kicking main floor set he did at the last POST WORLD event. Saturday September 27 : 9pm till 4am : Abercrombie
Hotel : 100 Broadway, Ultimo : Click
here for location on Google Maps
Check out the Uber Lingua flickr pages to see photos from the recent Abercrombie events. It's also worth getting on the Sydney UL email list by sending a message to syd@uberlingua.com This edition is part of ANODE... A short season of art and music events, excursions, exhibitions, shows and installations...
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Prince Valium (The Herd) Whether it be hip-hop sans frontierres, communiqués from planet Jamaica or beats broken by hand, Prince V delights in presenting the odd, the obscure and the criminally ignored to dancefloors and loungerooms alike. With deep crates of global hiphop, dub and reggae, spiritual jazz and hindi film music and a sideline in exotica, obsurica and electronica his sets tend to the eclectic and unorthodox. He is a long-time collaborator with the Elefant Traks crew (The Herd) and is also one quarter of the team that presented Frigid, a Sydney Sunday night melange of sounds that went for 10 years! 
Mr Mai Tai (Sugartime) DJ Mr Mai Tai became a vintage bollywood vinyl specialist long ago after a year's residency in Bombay city. A partnership with DJ Toon resulted in the popular remix of Ella Fitzgerald's version of 'Caravan' in 2004 which propelled their new outfit 'The Tiki Two' onto the international DJ circuit. Here they toured their world exotica sounds and hula show to South Sea island parties for billionaires and New York paddle-steamers hosting burlesque. Well travelled adventurer and filmmaker, the man behind Mr Mai Tai is also recently responsible for directing the feature film 'Son of a Lion' currently playing at cinemas around Australia. This will be a rare appearance of a DJ who only comes out of his hunting lodge for special occasions, plays only the rarest, most unusual vinyl records and knows how to master the atmosphere for the late night jet-set.
Russian born-Sydney based Sveta is widely known around Australia for her unforgettable and explosive sets at SydneyÇs annual Mardi Gras, the largest party in the southern hemisphere. Sveta plays a diverse and eclectic range of funky, twisted, deep and dirty grooves, her sets ranging from electro, rock, lounge, vocal house, deep-tribal house, funky tech-house, progressive house and techno. Sveta began her career as a radio DJ over and maintained a solid 12 years on underground community radio station 2SER-FM and joined FBI upon their launch. She has also hosted programs on other community stations such as all-dance station Radio Dex and Free-Fm. Sveta has held a true national club DJ profile and has played regularly all over Australia for well over a decade. As well as playing regularly with the Bang Gang DJÇs during their three year long stint at Moulin Rouge and Club 77, Sevta has held a diverse range of residencies spanning from Hellfire to the Chinese Laundry. Amongst her achievements Sveta played at THE BIG DAY OUT, DJing in between Chicks on Speed and Gonzales in the Hot House. She has supported The Detroit Grand Pubahs and Larry Lee at Killer for Fuzzy and launched the Sydney Opera HouseÇs new Recording Studio with Deiter Meier from legendary electronic band Yello. Sveta also specializes in thematic events including art openings and launches!
Born on Reunion Island, where African music is part of everyday life, Mr Fish moved to France in the 80's. He was involved in the creation of the electronic music Borelais festival in the south of France, he then moved on to play & live in Sweden, Germany, Holland and finally London in 1997, before moving to Melbourne in 2005. In '99 he joined the groovÇnÇbass movement with his friend Eric Soul,incorporating African rhythms with hip hop grooves and techniques such as scratching into his sets... Since moving to Melbourne he has become a part of the furniture at Uber Lingua events as resident Afrobeat specialist at the weekly club nights, mixing in the music of the French world* playing the Melbourne Afrobeats Festival and Laneway Festival Melbourne in 2007.
Sven Simulacrum Born in South Asia / Made in Australia. This Sydney based mix n mash slasher selecta brings chutney rebel baile bass bhangra bashment bump n grime. DIY diasporic culture clash!
Evrim Evrim is a broadcaster with the SBS Radio Turkish program... she played the massive SYDNEY GYPSY & BALKAN BASH (representing the far east of eastern Europe) and did so well we had to have her back for another set and anothr set and another set! She's now very much part of the Sydney crew! Turkish born- Sydney based Evrim completed her degree in screen production/
Media and known for her work with SBS Radio since 1997. Evrim plays a diverse
and free range of funky, gypsy grooves and began her career as a radio
DJ and Broadcaster journalist and maintained a solid 11 years on multicultural
and multilingual radio Station SBS. She has also worked in event /party
organisation and took parts in short films and commercials. Evrim enjoys
showing off her belly dancing moves while playing a Gyp, Balkan, East and
Northern European and especially
Lord Lingham (Belgali - Melb) Lord Lingham is a presenter on Melbourne's PBS, doing the Global Urban show each Friday night. His sets traverse the Sub-Continent, Africa and the middle east with a strong electronic leaning... 
James Locksmith (el Greco - JEMBE) James Locksmith has been in the DJing & music business for over
ten years and has worked with artists such as Mad Mats (Raw Fusion, Sweden)
Nickodemus (Wonderwheel, New York) Questlove (The Roots, U.S) and Mo'Horizons
(Agogo, Stereo Deluxe, Germany). His Uber set will combine modern
and old Afro-Latino, Funk, Jazz and Dub beats. Also an instigator of the
JEMBE parties...
DubChaman 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.
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.
DJ Spex DJ Spex is a proud Latin DJ spinning alternative tracks that fuse with his background to offer energy unlike others in this town... Latin-Rock, Latin-Ska, Latin-Reggae, Latin-Hip-hop. He's a regular at the DNBBQ's and works closely with MC Hernan. Spex has been a regular at Sydney Uber Lingua parties since they kicked off in 2005
Mashy P Mashy P has been active in Sydney's underground playing, remixing and creating left-field beats from hip hop and dub to electro and techno since arriving from England in 1987. A few years back he traveled to Qatar and remixed local radio broadcasts putting together arabesque electro, beats and drum 'n bass. Since then, he's begun producing global music influenced electronic music, and has DJed at Uber Lingua parties in Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide alongside running the Sydney residencies since 2005. Most recently he toured Mexico, Canada and the USA gathering music.
previous UL parties at the ABERCROMBIE...
here are some of the more beautiful punters and crew at previous UBER parties...
check out photos from previous Sydney Uber gigs...
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