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Karka Pulti (Sunset Song) Em-Dee Fringe Lounge 6.45pm Until the end of the Fringe Free If you miss out on this show - you will REALLY miss out! Down from Darwin, Em-Dee strike camp in Adelaide for the Fringe as part of their world tour. This fabulous group has definitely created their own signature in great Aussie sound. Mark Hoffmann is upfront on his high-tech, hands-free, swiveling tri-didgeridoo and it looks every bit as good as it sounds. With chilled out Lukas Bendel on drums and Leslie Reading hard at work on the congas, Em-Dee sure gave us a reason to be there. Starting off this free gig with a number featuring guitar girl and vocalist Shayote Carter, the audience was cast under a spell of beaut music. Hoffman's skill really chilled the tent and just when you could picture yourself floating down a deep, cool river in the outback - Em-Dee changed everything. Slow pulse and mesmerising didgeridoo sounds rolled into a super dance vibe of train track momentum. Out of the blue the rhythm doubled again, flying into fast funk energy that we were all tapping along to. At 3 1/2 beats a second these guys were sweating down the mikes and only just turning up the heat! Hoffmann (who is the first person I've ever seen play didgeridoos like pan-pipes) is a talented hybrid performer. This "Baba Didge" is able to play a sound that is not necessarily music and vocalise an effect that is not necessarily song. He's a "music-singer" with clout and style. On his instrument he's a master - able to deliver echoes, cries, rumbles, swishes, hoots and horns. Combined with stick, cymbal and skin arrangements that play with your mind, the music is wild (up to 240 beats a minute). Expert mixing by Peter Kolomitsev and spot on lighting by Del Barczak ensured the brilliance of this show. After the Fringe Em-Dee are off to the Kings Park Blues Festival in WA with a big name line up including JBT, Xavier Rudd, FrentŽ and James Brown. |
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