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Dance News.
Feel the wave of nostalgia as it pulsates through your veins and travel back to the early raves of the 1990s, reliving those special nights all over again at Arkaba Anthems on Fri 25 Feb. DJs Brendon, ATB, Madness, Andy J, MrS, George The Boss and Noddy vs H-Bomb will be dusting off their old crates of records to search out the biggest Anthems tunes they can find!
But if you prefer the freshest sounds in
Adelaide, head down to Mojo West for The Jam on Fri 25 Feb.
See what the new owners have done to the place, and boogie down
to the unique sounds of Funky J, Trucker, Crispin and Grif.
Deck Aid is happening Sat 26 Feb in order to aid the Tsunami disaster as well as the SA Bush Fires. To be held at the unique venue of the Sturt Lacrosse Club, a gold coin donation will get you in to hear a wide variety of music from DJs B@ch, Havok, Patchwerk, Solace, Mr Jones, $kreech and Piers.
Junglists are in for another ripper week,
as Mr Good Looking himself, LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad rock Black
Cat on Fri 25 Feb. Then the following week Skynet returns to
Adelaide to play at Soda Room on Sat 5 March.
Speaking of drum'n'bass, if you haven't got 5158 Record's 'Adelaide DnB Vol 4' yet, what are you waiting for? It's been out a month already!
That pimper of rides Xzibit hits Adelaide
for the first time headlining his own show at Thebarton Theatre
on Sat 5 Mar. Joining him will be a feast of Oz hip-hop's finest,
including P Money, Bliss N Eso, Weapon Xn and Ken Hell. And
on Sun 6 March the Shores hosts the 4 Elementz Hip Hop festival
with Kool Keith, Kutmaster Kurt and the Deceptikonz.
It's great to see that Adelaide's getting more and more dance festivals - aside from the Big Day Out we've seen Sunset and Good Vibrations just recently, and the huge Two Tribes festival at Wayville Showgrounds is coming up on Sat 12 March - but please spare a thought for the poor, hard-working local publicists and promoters trying to get coverage for Adelaide events. One international festival act insisted on pre-screening all potential questions for interviews, then rejected all SA media - street press and otherwise - on the grounds that the market was too small. Another act refused to talk to any press smaller than daily papers, then complained that the interviewers weren't fans with a rich understanding of the act (as most street press interviewers would be) but were, naturally, whichever departmental reporter happened to be available at the time. What a way to treat your fans and an industry that supports you!
Sure a lot of mainstream music press is full
of hasbeens and wannabes, but street press is the soul of the
scene. Everyone who writes for street press does it because
they love the music. Many performers owe their careers to the
positive reviews and support of street press where the mainstream
press has overlooked and even rejected them, and this shouldn't
be forgotten; no matter how big you make it.
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