Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2017 | Page 634

Brisbane, Australia
“ I’ve been deejaying reggae/dancehall
music in Brisbane since 2002.”
Phillip
“Basmati”
Hill
shared with Mélange . . .
Phil is the presenter/producer of a weekly two-hour Reggae Music
Show, The Yard. The show airs on Saturdays, 4:00 to 6:00 pm at 4-6pm
on Brisbane Radio Station 4ZZZ FM. 4ZZZFM is a physical radio station
but it also has an online presence. The station and show can be streamed
directly via the website, via it’s own 4ZZZ app or other apps such as Tune
In etc. Also 4ZZZFM has an On Demand facility via the website where the
last 6 shows can be re streamed
What got you interested in
reggae music?
In the1980’s, I started listening to artists
such as Alpha Blondy, Steel Pulse, Aswad,
Black Uhuru and the like. One of the 1st
records I bought was Alpha Blondy’s
“Apartheid Is Nazism” which a friend
introduced to me and it’s still a favourite
of mine. After leaving Australia and
backpacking around the world, I found
myself where reggae music was more
mainstream and part of the music culture,
versus the rock/pop culture of Australia.
Exposure to reggae music in places like the
Caribbean coastline of Central America and
Brixton in London and attending reggae
dances/parties in these places is where
I moved to the next level in my reggae
music journey, learning more about artists,
producers, riddims and Jamaican history.
On returning to Brisbane I experienced a
bit of culture shock with no places to go
for reggae music in Brisbane. So basically I
decided to start doing some myself.