Footscray Community Arts Centre present
Winter Music Series
This August ward off those winter blues with a weekly dose of experimental sounds from around the globe as part of Footscray Community Arts Centre’s Winter Music Series.
Way Out West
First up, on Sunday 10 August, join us to welcome home local band Way Out West, fresh back from touring overseas.
Where else but Footscray would you be likely to find a band featuring a Sri Lankan born West African percussion master and a Vietnamese traditional musician who also carves up the jazz guitar, mixing it with players diversely experienced in western pop, jazz, and classical traditions? Footscray is just such a melting pot and Way Out West is just such a band.
Drawing inspiration from the cultural vitality and diversity of Footscray, Way Out West combines Vietnamese, African and jazz influences to create a groovy sound utterly unlike anything else you’ve ever heard.
Don’t miss the distinctive and alluring music that is guaranteed to flow from Peter Knight (trumpet), Paul Williamson (saxophone), Dung Nguyen (modified electric guitar, dan tranh, dan bau), Ray Periera (percussion), Howard Cairns (acoustic bass) and Dave Beck (drums).
For more information on Way Out West visit myspace.com/wayoutwestmelbourne
Sunday 10 August
3pm
Pit Theatre
FREE
Bookings advised. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Über Lingua
On Sunday 17 August get set for an afternoon of musical diversity and cutting-edge sounds as the crew from Über Lingua take to the stage.
Since its birth in 2004, Über Lingua has become something of a cultural movement in Australia's underground music scene. These global party maestros host huge music events featuring local artists as well as DJs and musicians from countries such as Kenya, Japan, Spain, France and Brazil.
The group’s brief is to promote multi-linguality and musical diversity and they are sure to heat up the Pit Theatre dance floor with urban beats and body pumping grooves from around the globe. Expect the unexpected as the crew spin anything from obscure Asian hip-hop oddities through to Latin, Basque and African music, European gypsy sounds or even Brazilian samba-rock. Any number of genres and styles from around the world will be pulsing from the PA at this unmissable music event.
For more information on the Über Lingua crew visit uberlingua.com
Sunday 17 August
3pm
Pit Theatre
FREE
Bookings advised. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Grrilla Step Sound System
Join DJ Dexter and Airi Ingram from Incubator Group Grrilla Step on Sunday 24 August for an afternoon of original hip-hop krump beats, log drumming, krump turntablism and dancers from Melbourne’s underground krump movement.
DJ Dexter is a four-time DMC Australian DJ champion and second place getter in the 2000 DMC World DJ Championship. He is constantly challenging the perception of DJing and turntablism and has worked with such international artists as Beastie Boys and Chemical Brothers as well as touring with Public Enemy, Beck and Basement Jaxx.
Airi Ingram is a producer, percussionist, drummer and composer who has been the leader of drum drum since its inception in 1993. drum drum is undoubtedly one of the most innovative contemporary groups in the South Pacific and features dancers and classically trained musicians from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.
Together DJ Dexter and Airi Ingram combine turntables, Papua New Guinean log drums and MPC to form the Grrilla Step Sound System for this special one-off concert.
Sunday 24 August
3pm
Pit Theatre
FREE
Bookings advised. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
Pateras & Fox
The final concert in our Winter Music Series features the explosive collaborative duo Pateras & Fox performing on Sunday 31 August.
Formed in 2000, Pateras & Fox (Anthony Pateras and Robin Fox) execute an electrified real-time homage to some of their favorite obsessions – breakneck pacing, vocal hysterics and blistering textures. Where possible, the duo plays in multi-channel configurations, creating a visceral battlefield of hyperactive audio in surround. Often they open their collaborative shows with highlights from their respective solo arsenals of prepared piano and laser.
Pateras & Fox have performed countless concerts throughout Australia, Europe, USA and Japan, and have also recorded two acclaimed full-length releases. Don’t miss them live in an electro-acoustic extravaganza to remember.
Sunday 31 August
3pm
Pit Theatre
FREE
Bookings advised. Phone 03 9362 8888 or email reception@footscrayarts.com
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