FRI 15 OCT
SAT 16 OC T
SAGE FRANCIS
DENGUE FEVER
DEXTER, HORRORSHOW
SAGE FRANCIS
USA
Adored by many, reviled by a few, but
never ignored and always essential,
US rapper Sage Francis has emerged
as the reigning agent provocateur of
hip hop. Inspired at a young age by the
revolutionary sounds of Public Enemy,
Francis first caused a stir in 1996 with his
self‑circulated mix tapes and has since
developed into a fearless social critic.
His extraordinary rhyming skills are used
to explore such unconventional and wide
ranging topics as sexual identity, death,
mental illness, corporate greed and most
recently religion.
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DEXTER
Australia
For the past decade four-time DMC
Australian champ Dexter has constantly
challenged the perception of DJing
and turntablism. His love of raw sound
and dance, alongside his collection of
samples of Caribbean folk, Indigenous
Asian‑Pacific music, Middle Eastern jazz
and North African rhythms, ensures
he creates unprecedented sounds.
His party sets drop the old with the new,
the classics with the obscure, with each
record seamlessly bleeding into the next,
building up into an atmosphere of joy
and madness.
THE BREAK, JOHNNIE AND THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES
HORRORSHOW
DENGUE FEVER
THE BREAK
Horrorshow are two 21-year-old inner
west Sydneysiders: Adit produces the
music and Solo handles vocals. Together
they bring the energetic optimism and
anxiousness of post-school pre-mortgage
times to life, with truly vivid poetics.
Their lush and evocative samples and
flowing rhymes have ensured they’ve built
up a loyal and expanding fan base in a
very short time.
Dengue Fever's psychedelic take on the
Cambodian pop sounds of the ‘60s
makes them a unique rock'n'roll success
story and has left critics rummaging
through the thesaurus looking for new
superlatives to describe their sound.
Started by two American brothers in 2001,
the addition of Cambodian songstress
Chhom Nimol ensures a pop fusion that
retains its Cambodian roots while forging
its own psychedelic sound. The band’s
experimental surf sounds and spaghetti
western twang have seen them featured
in a number of film and television s