After seven years of providing a distinctly domestic soundtrack to June
long weekend, Come Together keeps its focus on showcasing the best of
homegrown talent with an exciting new twist for its eighth incarnation.
Come Together returns in 2011, for one day only on Saturday June 11th.
We've revamped, refreshed, recharged, renovated and are ready to roll
out the musical movers and shakers with an all Australian hip hop
line-up set to have the Big Top jumping.
DRAPHT
Lining up front and center &
fresh from nailing down the highest ranked hip hop single at number 12
on the Triple J Hottest 100, is hip-hop artist on the rise Drapht. Hailing from Perth,
Drapht emerged onto the scene alongside fellow WA heavy hitters
Downsyde and Fdel and has since established himself as an MC on the up
having polished his on-stage antics alongside the likes of the Hilltop
Hoods, Dilated Peoples and Koolism amongst others.
Rocking the stage with his sensational live band, Come Together will be
the exclusive Sydney show on his ‘Life of Riley’ album
tour. With the help of his friends ‘Jimmy Recard’ and
‘Rapunzel’, Drapht’s incredible live show is sure to
bring the bounce to Come Together, leaving punters with a bigger grin
than the face they walked in to the Park through.
With the recent release of his latest album ‘Life of Riley’ debuting at #1 on the charts, Come Together will be Drapht's only Sydney appearance! With a brand new, fully live show in tow, Drapht is set to showcase tracks from his amazing ‘Life Of Riley’ album as well as throwing in faves from previous releases for good measure.
Official
Website | Official Myspace
URTHBOY
Joining Drapht at Come Together is
Urthboy, alongside his two
cohorts Jane & Elgusto. Acclaimed albums, awards, nominations and a
recent European tour are testament to Urthboy’s status as one of
the scene’s true champions, with his set sure to demonstrate
exactly why.
Official
Website | Official Myspace
ILLY
Fellow card-carrying member of the hit making fraternity
Illy will also be hustling
up the highway from Melbourne to take part in this hip hop throw down.
With his single ‘It Can Wait’ continuing to rock radios
around the country, Illy’s spitfire delivery is sure to have the
masses heaving from the get go.
Official
Website | Official Myspace
MUPH & PLUTONIC
Come Together 2011 also sees the familiar faces of
Muph & Plutonic return
to drop their brand of head nodding hi-jinks. With renowned producer
Plutonic Lab swapping the switches for the skins and supplying the
beats for Muph to play verbal wordsmith, this party starting one, two
punch will deliver a set to remember.
Official Website | Official
Myspace
M-PHAZES
With his calling card of soulful, boom bap beats
M-Phazes arrives at Come
Together with an ARIA in his record bag courtesy of his work with
Bliss’N’Eso. With his recently released long player
‘Good Gracious!’ doing the rounds, you will be throwing
your hands up as M-Phazes flexes his formidable production chops.
Official Website | Official Myspace
THE TONGUE
Young gun,
The Tongue
will also be on hand to step in and step it up, ready to take the Big
Top over with mic in hand and cypher at the ready. Sharpening his razor
sharp flow in the battle arena, The Tongue broke through with his high
rotation bangers ‘The Punch’ and ‘Bad
Education’ and continues to lead the charge for a new generation
of home grown hip hop heroes.
Official
Website | Official
Myspace
MANTRA
Forging a reputation as a peerless freestlyer, the lyrically gifted
Mantra has harnessed his
word play and elevated himself into the upper stratosphere of
Australian MC’s. With the recent release of his debut long
player; ‘The Power of the Spoken’, Mantra is a young man on
the move and is poised for a break out performance at Come Together
that shouldn’t be missed.
Official
Website | Official
Myspace
DAILY MEDS (triple j Unearthed winner)
The
Daily Meds vocal trio strike hard with a special blend of tongue-trickery and not-so-savoury sooth sayery. Three poets who recently took a break from Reverse Polarities, have teamed up with the ultra fresh producer/guitarist extraordinaire Roleo, to mould a pungent and addictive vibe for present and future heads to boogy to.
Since the bands formation in 2009 they have toured with Thundamentals, supported Horrorshow, Spit Syndicate, Def Wish Cast and Dialectrix. They also helped to launch the popular Sketch the Rhyme show which is now a national touring success featuring their very own P-Smurf.
In Daily Meds' short history they have rocked big shows at the Annandale hotel, Factory theatre, Gaelic club, Club 77 and some huge warehouse parties.
No doubt their mutual drive to fuel the party will set them soaring higher than ever in 2011.
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