Prefuse 73
Civil Society presents an Easter Sunday of killer quality sounds from the left-handed hip-hop brain - Prefuse 73’s bugged out beat re-arranging, compelling cinematic hip-hop of Ninja Tune’s Blockhead live w DJ Signify, Black Grass’s Mex DJing soulful beats + Frigid/Cyclic impresarios Sub-Bass Snarl.
Prefuse 73 (US/live/Warp)
On record, Prefuse 73 sounds like a cyborg creation caught in a time trap somewhere between the hot buttered soul of the 70s and the Mantronix-era vintage hip-hop of the mid-1980s. However, Scott Herren, the man behind this digital sonic fusion, couldn’t be more real. Catch his visually dynamic live show and hear why he’s worked with MF Doom, TV on the Radio, Tortoise and Ghostface and left Q Magazine describing him as “a malfunctioning iPod loaded with The
Neptunes, Aphex Twin circa Windowlicker and The Last Poets - only with all the fragments miraculously falling in just the right places…”.
Blockhead + Signify (US/live/Ninja Tune)
Downtown New York City resident Blockhead debuted on Ninja Tune in 2004 with the critically-acclaimed and JJJ supported Music By Cavelight. It was described as "one of the most fantastically good albums you’re going to
hear this year" (Sunday Telegraph!?) with Blockhead himself hotly tipped as definitely one to watch. Both his Music By Cavelight and Downtown Science albums on Ninja Tune have hit a huge chord in Australia, making Blockhead one Ninja’s most popular artists in this country. Bringing out DJ Signify - a major new talent, a producer in the vein of DJ Shadow and working at the heart of the US turntablist scene - for his live show and debut Australian tour, this a rare treat for lovers of quality beats.
Black Grass (UK/Mex DJ set/Catskills)
Black Grass know that the secret of soul is not where you expect it but where you find it, playing across the board from hip hop, jazz, soul, downbeat, reggae, boogie and UK garage. Their debut self-titled album on Inertia Recordings was of immense musical breadth and an Australian smash with tearaway summer festival appearances sealing the deal. Black Grass’ Mex will be wheeling out the Black Grass sound - a celebration of all that is great in club music moving your feet, soothing your spirit and stirring your soul.
DJs: Black Grass (UK/Mex DJ set/Catskills), Sub-Bass Snarl (Frigid, Cyclic Defrost)
Live Acts: Prefuse 73 (US/Warp), Blockhead + Signify (US/Ninja Tune)
Tour
Sydney
Easter Sunday 16th April 2006
8pm – 3am
Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
Tickets
Price $35 +bf available from
And all Moshtix outlets –
CITY: Red Eye Records, NEWTOWN: Fish Records + @Newtown, DARLINGHURST: Central Station Records, GLEBE: Fish Records, BALMAIN: Fish Records, BONDI BEACH: Electric Monkeys, BONDI JCT: Fish Records, CRONULLA: Jolly Roger Music, GOSFORD: Leading Edge Music, HAYMARKET: Next Level Records, LEICHHARDT: Fish Records, NEWCASTLE: Sound World, PARRAMATTA: Beat Disc, PENRITH: Re-Pressed Records
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