Rock Through the Wire
Date/Time
Date(s) - Sat 28 Jun 2014
20:00 - 23:59
Location
ANU Bar
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LIVE MUSIC + DANCE + WORKSHOPS celebrating the end of Refugee Week with a heavy dose of live AFRO FUNK REGGAE + HIPHOP + SAMBA + MORE!
Canberra Refugee Action Committee proudly presents:
ROCK THROUGH THE WIRE: Let’s sound out for the Refugees: SATURDAY 28th JUNE @ ANU Bar
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8pm – Midnight – Tickets $22 @ the door (includes free CD)
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WHAT: a day of heavy funk + beats!
WHEN: Saturday 28th June
WHY: for a more just refugee policy
WHO: Local + interstate bands + performers
WHERE: ANU Bar + Playing Field Studios
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This June, Canberra’s Refugee Action Committee (RAC) celebrates the end of Refugee Week with a gathering of some of the nation’s most engaging rhythm-makers and inspiring sound-shakers.
Join us at 8pm on Saturday 28th June at the ANU Refectory as we set your evening abuzz with a hand picked line up of bands and performances:
– Keyim Ba (Syd) – 8 piece West African Funk + Reggae
– Pataphysics (Melb) – Soulful Beats + Guerrilla Hiphop
– Beth’n’Ben(ACT) – Duo Roots/reggae
– Oudist Nudist Trio (ACT) – Middle Eastern Roots
– FLUX – Samba Batucada Band + special guests
*****WORKSHOPS*****
Get involved with some hands on action from our special interstate guests who will be running music, dance and production workshops as part of the event:
WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING + DANCE
by Mohamed & Sibo Bangoura, two of Australia’s leading West African Djembe players.
BRAZILIAN SAMBA BATUCADA
by local community band FLUX
BEAT MAKING + RHYMING
by Patrick Marks, hiphop producer and Music coordinator for RISE (Refugees, Survivors, and Ex-Detainees), who runs ongoing music, beat making, and poetry workshops, as well as providing recording & production for young refugee artists.
VENUE: Playing Field Studio Inc
TIMES: Between 12 noon and 5pm Sat 28th June
COSTS: Between $20 – $30 [TBC]
BOOK: mail@refugeeaction.org / SMS 0406 647 296
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A groundbreaker itself within Australia’s refugee movement, RAC presents this lively night of song, dance and the spoken word in support of a more humane and dignified policy towards asylum seekers and refugees. As we jive through the night, let our voices and dancing feet send a message loud and clear: REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE.
Tickets are $22 and include a free CD that celebrates the very best of Australia’s vibrantly diverse population.
All proceeds will go towards advancing the refugee cause and a better Australia for us all.
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BIOGRAPHIES
KEYIMBA:
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Bringing together several of Australia’s best West African musicians, KEYIM BA takes audiences on an exciting musical journey into West Africa fusing traditional sounds with the influences of reggae, funk and rap. With powerful African drumming and high energy dance accompanied by West African melodies on the Kora (West African harp) and guitar. The group was formed in early 2009 inspired by the release of Sibo Bangoura’s CD entitled Keyim Ba (4 stars, Limelight). Recently awarded the Kultour Touring grant for 2013.
“….an exuberant, celebratory outfit that literally party their way through the many colours and flavours of Bangoura’s West African background…” – Cristina Dio, Diaspora Worldbeat
Side by side, brothers Mohamed & Sibo Bangoura, two of Australia’s leading West African Djembe players, bring dynamic drumming and the melodious Kora to the stage. The brothers play alongside Yacou MBaye (Senegal) on Doun Doun (base drums) & Talking Drum, Moussa Diakete (Mali), former guitarist to Salif Keita on lead guitar and Simon Olsen (Malian roots) on bass. Joined also by well known Sydney musician Blair Greenberg on guitar, Julian Belbachir on percussion and the captivating vocals of Sydney-based singer/song writer, Miriam Lieberman completes the picture.
PATAPHYSICS:
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Lead by the multi-instrumental, multilingual Pat Marks, Pataphysics has built a strong following for their original blend of hip hop, soul, jazz and global rhythms. With influences such as Miles Davis, Zakir Hussain, Fela Kuti, Dangelo and Public Enemy, Pataphysics’ live shows are dynamic and fresh, incorporating his powerful politically conscious flows with freestyle poetry, live improvised beats and percussion, and even traditional north Indian rhythms.
Pat Marks is the Music & Arts coordinator of R.I.S.E (Refugees, Survivors, and Ex-Detainees), running ongoing music, beat making, and poetry workshops, as well as providing recording & production for young refugee artists at his studio, The City of the 9 Gates. His specialist music, poetry and hip hop teaching experience has taken him all over Australia, and he is currently running the music and hip hop programs for juvenile justice detainees in Melbourne, teaching music in community high schools, and is the music and poetry/rap teacher at Footscray Arts Centres “Hip Hop Academy”.
OUDIST NUDIST TRIO:
Syrian Born Australian folk musician, Don Nordblom, began playing the oud (middle eastern lute) during a visit to his home town, Aleppo, Syria. Since returning to Australia, his oud style has settled somewhere between traditional Arabic music and western folk. With the wonderful voice of Danica Lee Browne and the subtle handdrumming of Graham Eager, Oudist Nudist offer a gentle folk blend of east and west.
BETH ‘N’ BEN (duo):
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Beth n Ben’s songwriting spans from Folk, Reggae, and Rock to Blues, Pop, and Jazz tunes. Their fusion of genre, and tongue in cheek writing style consistently turn heads and get the crowd moving wherever they go. After doing the solo thing and playing in other bands around Canberra the duo (Beth Monzo and Ben Drysdale) teamed up in mid 2009, and have had a ball with collaboration playing up and down the east coast of Australia; both as a duo and with a full band.
FLUX:
Drums. Drums. Dancing. A collective of percussion obsessives who congregate whenever there is need of the power of the beat for weddings, marches, funerals and high teas. High energy and highly danceable!
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WHAT: a day of heavy funk + beats!
WHEN: Saturday 28th June
WHY: for a more just refugee policy
WHO: Local + interstate bands + performers
WHERE: ANU Bar + Playing Field Studios
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