FALLS
MR SPEAKER
and the people party
R
egarded locally as a ‘you got to see these guys’ kind of act, Mr Speaker and his
party of peoples are joining the vast line up for the coming Falls Festival in Byron
Bay. Australian Hip-Hop has a new left-of-field entrant to its crazy ranks - and if you
can’t slink to this stuff it’s time to put away your stereo.
Local acts announced for the Byron leg of the
Falls Music and Arts Festival this December
31 to January 3 include Mr Speaker and The
People Party, a pretty sick bunch of seven
souls who deliver a fusion of Hip-Hop/Funk/
Dub & Afro-Beat. The band was forged in the
early hours of the mornings amongst raging
‘Guerrilla Gang’ street parties and will appear
in The Village line-up, which features a mix
of local and national performers of many
varying genres, including gypsy folk bands,
hip-hop beat producers, singer-songwriters,
cabaret performers, glitchhop artists, scratch
DJs, burlesque danseuse, time travel artists,
Bollywood dancers, theatre productions,
yoga, creative workshops and giant puppet
weddings.
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The always enigmatic frontman, Mr Speaker,
spills the lentils to FROTH on his plans for Falls …
You’re about to add the Falls Festival to your
list of festival coups - what are you most
looking forward to about Falls?
Getting muddy with the locals and rocking out
some phat grimy hip hop with my crew at the
BIG TOP and running around like a headless
goose meeting other amazing musicians like
The Roots.
Who do you most hope you will run into at the
queue for food backstage?
Definitely Questlove and Black Thought
hopefully!! YEEEWWW!!!
And if you did, would you be daggy enough