Uber System PROTOTYPE
THURSDAY MARCH 11 BAR OPEN (both levels)
317 Brunswick St Fitzroy : 9pm - 3am : FREE ENTRY!
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Uber Lingua has been dropping some mad parties in Fitzroy recently, and Bar Open is the space to keep that energy going, alongside trying out some modular performance concepts... Uber System is more than just a sound system, it involves dancers and video artists alongside DJs, musicians and multi-lingual MCs and vocalists. This version features almost all of the vocalists involved in Melbourne UL, including some international additions...
This is the more exploratory end of what Uber Lingua does. The prototype of an on going performance project at Bar Open.
Vocalists
- Kaigen from Tokyo
- Noozie from Milan
- Aysu C from Istanbul
- Nubian Knight Ezo D (Arabic - Sudan)
- Adilson Jnr (Rio)
- Vulk Makedonski (Curse ov Dialect)
- Aindrias de Staic (Irish Gaelic)
- Jacqueline Freeman (Hungarian)
- Andrea Makris (Greek chanting & Bellydance)
- Kalu Diviya (Sinhalese/Tamil & Trumpet)
- quad-linguist Mars E Pan (Portugues, Greek, Spanish)
- Macro (French rapping, Flute, Melodion & Clarinet)
Musos, VJs and dancers
- Masked extreme sax player El Tigre
- Underbelly dancers Claudia & Etoile
- VJ Siadatz
- Barry Hill (The Bird/Amphibian)
- Prem K (Tabla)
- bP555 (digital beats)
- Projector Obscura
DJs
- Russian Disko
- Guido Melo (Rio)
- Arnold Eye Irons (ex-UK)
- Rachid BB (Afro & Arabic beats)
- Yoink! (London)
- Lord Lingham (Bengal)
- 3re aka wanklerotaryengine
Bar Open is known for itís progressive programming and support for innovative concepts (long time home to legendary improv club 'the make it up club' for instance). The perfect home for such an out there UL concept on March 11.
The majority of Uber Lingua's multi-lingual MCs actually live in Melbourne, and a few chickens have come home to roost, coincidentally for the pilot event. Weíve also done a bit of hunting and found some fresh blood to feature. Around 14 languages will be flexed during this particular event, and that's not counting tracks dropped by the DJs. Uber System will evolve over the months and new scenarios will be formed.
What is Uber System?
As you may know, Uber Lingua is a crew of international music loving DJs, multi-lingual vocalists, diverse musicians, visual artists and dancers based mainly in Sydney and Melbourne, but also other parts of Australia and the globe.
Over the past few years a loose 'sound system' has formed, more recently known as the abbreviated title UBER SYSTEM. This entity pulls upon Uber's massive human resource to create continuously changing cultural combinations in a live performance scenario.
Using DJ & MC Hip Hop methodologies, the improv techniques of Jazz, affected mixing styles of Dub and electronic music & video art production, Uber System participants exist almost as modular elements. Infinite combinations are formed for specific outcomes.
Itís taken on Batucada attributes for Brasilian events, has split up into multiple sub-acts to play across bigger festivals, has done gigs in different cities simultaneously with totally different line-upsÖ sometimes is more dance performance oriented, sometimes more AV...
It is not an act, it is simply a live performance mechanism within Uber Lingua.
Each person involved has their own stuff going on, be it bands, solo work, music production, DJ gigs, video art, broadcasting, dance acts, whatever... They're not only promoted through being featuring at UL events, Uber System also throws up collaborative challenges and allows for some fairly amazing outcomes.
Uber System has played multiple major national festivals, Adelaide Fringe opening night to 20,000 people, Darwin Festival opening night, Sydney Festival 'Festival First Night' thrice, alongside Falls Fest, Bellingen Global Carnival... the list goes on. All of these sets have been completely unique line-ups or different combinations.
More so in Sydney over the past couple of years, multiple 3-room parties titled Uber System have been filled with these DJ vs MC vs VJ scenarios.
The ambitions of the project are to promote new non-English vocal and internationally connected musical outcomes within Australia thru fusing the many cultural and linguistic ingredients we have at our disposal. Over 20 languages have been performed over the past three years.
http://www.Uberlingua.com
