'Hackney Globe Trotter' Russ Jones returns to Australia for an east-coast 'global beats' jaunt in Feb... rocking venues in five cities on his way to his main gig at Womadelaide next month... In each location, he plays alongside the local Uber Lingua crew.

Russ is behind some of London's most successful clubs including 'Around the World in 80 Ways', 'London Calling' and 'No Room for Squares' in the mid 90's, and was Artistic Director of legendary jazz venue 'Blue Note'. Guest deejays included luminaries Gilles Peterson, James Lavelle, Fabio, LTJ Bukem & Norman Jay amongst udders. Jones also played a vital role in setting up the celebrated Brazilian record label 'Far Out Recordings'.

In the 21st century, Russ has become one of the world's leading 'global beats' DJs. From his seminal club night 'Future World Funk' working alongside regular DJ partner Cliffy, he has gone on to compile over 13 compilation CDs including the two globally renowned volumes of 'Gypsy Beats and Balkan Bangers', and now follows up with 'Arriba La Cumbia: The new sounds of cumbia from around the world'.

Always championing new music Russ also had a hand in signing 'Panjabi MC' for his world-wide hit single 'Mundian To Bach Ke' which lead to the bhangra phenomenon crossing over from the UK Asian underground to many a dance-floor.

Saturday February 21st Melbourne - First Floor
Lvl 1/ 393 Brunswick St Fitzroy VIC 3065 : starts 9pm - 5am : $10 entry
with Cumbia Cosmonauts LIVE + DJs bP, Kano, Mr Gomez (Colombia) + Uber video
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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.

Kano, the boy that goes to sleep every night and dreams of lands filled with nothing but vinyl LP's, flying basslines and kick drums that punch you like Ali, steps on in for a taste of eclectic jazz and funk-fuelled grooves. Crossing far-expanding genres in a single leap, sourcing hip hop, reggae, funk, nu jazz, breaks, house, latin, Soul, Dancehall, Boogie, Beats, Breaks, Scratches and everything in between!!

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 Nationally on the CRN satellite. 

RUSS JONES TOUR PAGE

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