UL is proud to announce it is involved in 4 events across the 2008
Sydney Festival...
Uber Lingua at Becks Bar, Hyde Park Barracks Jan 11th : Uber Lingua Sound System with Monobloco, Mashy
P, Stu Buchanan & Marcelinho
The MONOBLOCO SHOW features several percussion and rhythm instrumentalists
selected from the Carioca music scene, playing samba as well as funk &
pop music. The group recorded its first CD in 2002 and has been travelling
through several cities in Brazil giving workshops and performances of their
rhythmic feast. Their repertoire ranges from traditional sambas to classics
of Brazilian Popular Music such as Tim Maia, Jorge Benjor, Chico Buarque,
Nazao Zumbi, Luiz Gonzaga and many other major names. The MONOBLOCO SHOW
ULSS (Brasilian mode) bP, Mr Fish (Reunion Island), Pataphysics (Sri
Lanka), Presyse RifRaf (Zimbabwe),
Uber Lingua Sound System are Australiaís most linguistically diverse crew of DJs, MCs and performers with almost every continent of the globe represented within their line-up. For Uber Brazil, UL main man bP works with in house turntablist Mr Fish, Canberra based Panamanian percussionist Mario Gordon and Brasilian rhythm king Timbalada to generate a powerful sound wave of party beats and infectious Latin rhythms... Flexing all of what Uber Lingua is about ? multi-linguality - Turkish, Zimbabwean and Sri Lankan MCs will drop in over the top... Local maestro Trevor Brown will flex his multi-instrumentalist tendencies playing the Sax, Flute, Brasilian bandolim and pandeiro.
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 travelled 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.
Hailing originally from Scotland, Stuart Buchanan is the host of the
international music show, FAT PLANET on FBi Radio and editor of the popular
international music blog, fatplanet.com.au. A comrade of the international
and multi-lingual music movement, Stuart has become deeply involved in
Uber Lingua over the last couple of years, DJing baile funk, dancehall,
afro hip-hop, reggaeton, Baltimore, kuduro, bhangra, balkan beats and much
more at the Sydney residencies, and at the UL Spaces at the Laneway festival
in Melbourne and Bellingen Global Carnival this year.
Jan 12th : DJ Trevor Brown with Babylon Cirsus and True Live
Babylon Circus, French blenders of ska-punk, chanson, funk, afro-beat, dancehall reggae and Eastern European folk rouse the Bar with their multi-lingual antics and big-top energy. This 10-piece big band have been zigzagging the globe with their epic sonic spectacle so if you loved Leo and Java don't miss them.
Trevor Brown is a multi-instrumentalist/composer. Heís currently performing
with bands Waiting for Guinness and Gypsy Dub Sound System and singers
Kath Ellis and Liz Martin. On the 12th of January, Trevor will put down
his instruments and put on his headphones to expose the vast array of sonics
in his collection that influence his musicianship.
Our laneway space on FESTIVAL FIRST NIGHT rocked... stay tuned for forthcoming flickr page and possibly even some audio files on dialectic... here's the pre-event hype... Jan 5th : Opening night in Angel Place One laneway, Four podiums, twenty one artists, multiple cultures, many languages and a common ambition to connect with the now and represent what's happening today with cutting edge beats and finely honed visuals from around the planet... Uber Lingua amasses its dynamic crew of DJs, VJs, instrumentalists and multi-lingual MCs from up and down the east coast to take over Angel Place.
Click here fro the official page... LIVE SETS 'Indigenous Sound Surge' by Mashy P, Charlie McMahon, Wire MC, Choo Choo & Morganics
Ex-UK sonic activist Mashy P spends much of his time working at a grass
roots cultural level and with indigenous artists around this land, also
wandering out into the desert on occasion with like minded souls... His
collaborations with ex-Gondwanaland performer Charlie McMahon explore the
repetitious rhythmic connections between the ancient world of the Didgeridoo
and modern electronic music. Likewise the lyrically wise Hip-Hop of CuzCo
(Wire MC's project with Argentine rapper Choo Choo) and Morganics arouse
consciousness and constructivity within the local community, alongside
Mashy P's desire to celebrate diversity.
Pan-Asia beats by bP, Pataphysics, Potato Master & Barry Hill
Uber's main man bP is joined by some of his closest musical accomplices.
Barry Hill who is famed for his double-bass performances with 'The Bird'
and jazz trio 'Amphibian' corroborates on the assemblage of an electro
acoustic rhythm section for two radically different Asian vocalists, Brisbane
based Japanese MC Potato Master and Sri Lankan Australian Pataphysics.
Moving between Singhalese funk, bhangra & dhol drum loops into digi-dancehall,
computer game music and eccentric covers of western pop done in jap-gibberish,
this set will rock our world.
Gypsy Dub Sound System & MC Vulk Makedonski by Trevor Brown, Dirk Kruithof, Veren Gigorov, Sam Golding & Vulk Makedonski
Merchants of the sublime Gypsy-scape... Gypsy Dub incorporate Eastern
European and electronic composition, combining Bulgarian strings, traditional
brass and the skankiní riffs of a reggae guitarist. A favourite of the
Uber Lingua summer series of 2006/07, GDSS has grown out of a search to
bring the passion, excitement, skill and juice of European music into a
fat and funky club and festival context. This performance will be unique
as it will feature a one-off collaboration with Melbourne based Macedonian
MC Vulk Makedonski, continuing to explore his linguistic roots.
From Africa to Turkey via Paris by Mr Fish, Aysu C & Presyse RifRaf
Born on the French island of Reunion off the coast of Africa, Mr Fish
has the French world in his consciousness yet the throbbing soul of Africa
embedded in his heart. Teaming up with Zimbabwean born ragga MC Presyse
RifRaf, and passionate Turkish Australian singer Aysu C, the journey between
the African continent and the middle east is explored, with strong European
cues and a very Australian take on this musical expedition. Expect pulsating
dance beats with rapid vocal deliveries in Shona, complimented by the grace
of some strong feminine aural energy.
Alongside these four performances, two of ULs valued sonic selectors will offer beats to groove out to between sets, alongside a massive 14 projector video installation/performance that provides half of the outer-national experience of Angel place. Members of Uber Lingua have scoured the world shooting and gathering still and moving images for this special occasion. DJs Stu Buchanan & Spex, VJs SDzeit & Supercat Genius
Hailing originally from Scotland, Stuart Buchanan is a comrade of the
international and multi-lingual music movement, DJing baile funk, dancehall,
Afro hip-hop, reggaeton, kuduro, bhangra, Balkan beats and much more. DJ
Spex is an Argentinean Australian celebrates alternative revolutionary
Latin music that moves beyond the clichéd genres of salsa, merengue
etc...venturing into Latin rock, reggae, ska, DNB, funk and of course hip
hop. VJ SDzeit (pronounced 'state') has been actively generating digital
light for the past two years combining his illustrative art with sampled
imagery, self made animations and other elements, often exploring the collisions
of ancient worlds with the modern hi tech... VJ Super Cat Genius is a multi-skilled
rock star fashionista of the arts, making the act of VJing something to
rock out to. When not VJing he indulges himself in making video clips,
photography and relief aid work, planning a one year adventure to teach
children photography in the 3rd class world.
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