Boiler Room No Scam as Hip-Hop & Dance Music Big Winners in 2nd Big Day Out Announcement
Author: Tranznewsion
Monday, November 13, 2006
The Crystal Method, Diplo and The Streets are among the new acts just announced for the Big Day Out 2007, and since announcing the first round of Big Day Out artists for the 2007 series, tickets have been snapped up at record speed, with Gold Coast and Sydney shows having a ticket ballot in place for the remaining tickets of Gold.
If you have been waiting to see if more dance music acts are in the second announcement, wait no longer! Below you'll find the next round of dance music and Hip-Hop related international acts and touring artists who will be rocking the stage and simmering the Boiler Room at each Big Day Out..
THE STREETS (UK), led by people's poet Mike Skinner, will be telling it like it is at BIG DAY OUT 2007. Armed with his third album, The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, master hip hop storyteller Skinner will be spinning true stories of success and excess, as only he can. Brilliant, influential, and back for their second BIG DAY OUT, THE STREETS are Britain's geezer gift to the world. (All shows)
Few musical acts cover the diverse territory of BIG DAY OUT's old mates, THE CRYSTAL METHOD (USA). Back and spinning into DJ mode for summer, Las Vegas' finest, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, will put the dance, the breaks, the rock, the rave, the dub, the house, the squelch, the boom and the beats into your BIG DAY OUT 2007. Renowned for their hits "Busy Child", "Keep Hope Alive" and "Born Too Slow", THE CRYSTAL METHOD are also mixing maestros - check their Community Service volumes for proof. Get ready to get busy. (All shows)
BIG DAY OUT 2007 is set to deliver JUSTICE (FRANCE) for all. That's JUSTICE, French style, the duo made up Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay, known for causing riots on the dance floor with their neo techno, post-mash-up, electrifying electro, disco sounds. Whether dishing out their own anthems Never Be Alone (vs Simian) and Waters of Nazareth, or spinning discs from their eclectic, brutally funky to lightly pop collection, the JUSTICE DJ experience is unlike all others. This year, the sound of summer comes with a twist - your body twisting to the sound of JUSTICE at BIG DAY OUT 2007. (All shows)
From New York to Tokyo to BIG DAY OUT 2007, everyone's beating the same drum: AFRA & THE INCREDIBLE BEATBOX BAND (JAPAN) will blow you away. And we quite possibly mean that literally. Three men, three mics, no decks, and a fat-ass, old school block party vibe. How do Afra, Kei and K-Moon do it- Be there to find out when Japan's good-time beatboxing contribution to the international hip hop world, AFRA & THE INCREDIBLE BEATBOX BAND lay out the answers. (All shows)
Chicago's best kept secret, LUPE FIASCO (USA) has officially arrived on the hip hop scene. Hyped by the best -- Kanye, Pharrell, Jay-Z -- loved by the rest, LUPE has dropped a bomb with his debut album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, a goldmine of thought-provoking and playful lyricism coupled with sure-fire beats. He'll tell you he's the future. If you're down with his worldview, get down with LUPE FIASCO at BIG DAY OUT. (NZ + East Coast)
Think you know what you're in for when DIPLO (USA) takes the stage- You haven't got a clue. And that's just the way you like it! Hip hop, grime, Miami bass, baile funk, 80s pop, electro, rock_ He's cutting it up and mixing it in ways you wouldn't expect. From his seminal Hollertronix parties in Philadelphia and his genre-busting work with M.I.A in London, to his musical archeology in Brazil and his own album Florida, DIPLO is an artist Tags