Wire MC, a
Gumbayngirri descendant from Bowraville on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, has been bringing his country rebel
beats to the city streets and country towns of Australia for the past 8 years.
As well as
performing at venues and festivals around the country, including Homebake,
WOMADelaide, Yabun and the Dreaming Festival, Wire MC travels to remote communities
around Australia with fellow MC Morganics, conducting hip hop workshops for
young Indigenous people.
One of
these workshops led to the successful Wilcannia Mob, who had a surprise hit
with Down River in 2002.
Wire MC
also collaborated with Morganics on Stereotype – a production that is a mixture
of theatre, hip hop and comedy – which has appeared at the Sydney Opera House
and other venues around the country. The two are currently rehearsing a new
show called Survival Tactics.
Survival
Tactics is described as “a hip hop theatre show with spoken word, graffiti and physical
theatre combining to tell gritty, uplifting stories of urban life.”
Showing
across Australia
during July, it also features MC and dancer Maya Jupiter, Tongan soul singer
SistaNative, Bboy Jay from the Wickid Force breakers, and representing the Gravity
Warriors, Nick Power.
Wire MC
sees hip hop as the “new corroboree” for young Indigenous Australians, who are
looking for a way to express themselves and their culture in a positive way.
Check: www.myspace.com/survivaltacticsonline
Wire MC
will play at the Support Inddependent Media! Concert on 8 July at the ATP.
Source:
South Sydney Herald June 2007 www.southsydneyherald.com.au/