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Paul Penrith aka Konect a Dot
Making the Konect-ion A young Indigenous hip hop artist wins an opportunity of a lifetime A young hip hop artist from Griffith in NSW has been given the key to the door of the notoriously tough Australian music industry. Konect-a-Dot (aka Paul Penrith) won the 2006 CAAMA Music Best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artist […]
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Klub Koori
Feel the Beat Klub Koori gets Sydney hip-hopping. One of the most popular segments of the Sydney Festival is the Beck’s Festival Bar, held each year at Hyde Park Barracks and featuring some of the most exciting contemporary acts and artists from Australia and overseas. A pumping outdoor music venue, this year’s Beck’s Festival Bar […]
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Common
16 years after battling his way out of Chicago’s hip hop underground, Common is regarded as one of the pre-eminent MC’s and lyricists in the game today. He first introduced himself to the word as Common Sense with his first single “Take It EZ” where he schooled up-and-coming rappers on the hip hop game. Since […]
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Ebony Williams
Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Making the Connection If you want something done, do it yourself, so the saying goes. One woman is doing just that. We all know that Indigenous music is a growing force, but that it needs our support to help it on its way ” going to gigs, buying albums, […]
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Bawrrung Buljurr Girrwaa
Deadly Vibe Issue 44 September 2000 The Bawrrung Buljurr Girrwaa (BBG) are a four piece hip hop outfit based in northern New South Wales, who are hip hop artists with an edge. The four members are consist of four people, Wire (Will), Couch (Paul), K-Lyte (Kel) and Sim (Simon). They have been writing and researching […]
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Fat Freddies Drop
World Blak Drop Zone First Wellington, now the world – Fat Freddy’s Drop have jammed their way into the record books. Exploding out of the Land of the Long White Cloud, armed with bucket loads of soul, deadly dub rhythms and future funk, is the internationally revered, seven-headed soul monster known as Fat Freddy’s Drop. […]
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South West Syndicate
Formed in 1992, South West Syndicate are a collective of predominantly Indigenous musicians and performers from Sydney. Core members are Brothablack, Monkey Mark, Naz, Nadine, Les and Terrance, with additional members including Kider, Dax, Ebony, Mohammed and Steven. Members’ ages vary from nine to thirtysomething. SWS’ music is best described as hip-hop. The music incorporates […]
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Local Knowledge
Deadly Vibe Issue 114 August 2006 Local Knowledge Call it a Day One of the most successful Indigenous groups in Australia has parted ways. But it ain’t all over for this band of brothas. Back in 2002, brothers Abie and Warwick “Wok” Wright approached Joel Wenitong about forming a hip hop crew. All three shared […]
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Cameron Goold
Cameron Goold is that spunk from Propaganda Klann. Last year saw him touring around Australia with Christine Anu as her musical director and drummer. The tour took him to Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Cairns and Alice Springs, as well as the Australian Film Institute Awards, where the diva appeared on a floating stage to sing “Mother’s […]
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Shakaya
Deadly Vibe Issue 101 July 2005 Ready for Anything Are you ready for Shakaya? ‘Cause these sistas are back with a brand new album. When you meet the girls from Shakaya, it’s really quite impossible not to get swept up in their effervescence. When they enter the room, it’s as though they’ve brought a whole […]
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Native Ryme – Not just another Boy Band
Native Ryme Syndicate (NRS), a new hip-hop and rap band based in Brisbane
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The Jungle Brothers
In 1988 white Australia was celebrating 200 years of invasion of Aboriginal land
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Hip Hop – Miguel D’Souza
Lots to catch up on this month, before we bring the hip-hop, remember Deadly Vibe’s wicked competition from last month
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Hip Hop – DJing – Miguel D’Souza
Hip-hop has four art forms; breakdancing, graffiti, rapping (or MC-ing) and DJ-ing
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Hip Hop Women – Miguel D’Souza
Time for a quick Deadly Vibe quiz: and unfortunately there are no prizes for getting these answers
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A Little Night Music – NoKTuRNL
Even though they’ve only been together for six months, NoKTuRNL are hot property
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