DOWN UNDER STYLE

by Bevan Jee

Welcome to my first Australian scene report for Steelo Magazine, 
lets not waste time and get right into it...

DJ Q-Bert of  The Invisible Scratch Pickles made his way down under 
for the Australian Turntable Dragon Tour presented by the Bomb. He 
perfomed shows in three states in early June and the tour was a 
success. We are going to do some more tours in 1997, so everyone in 
Australia should be looking out for that.. no doubt.

There is a rumor going around that some of the members of Rocksteady 
Crew are coming to Perth to perform and judge a B-Boy Jam happening 
in April of 1997.. stay tuned for more information. Another rumor is 
that current world DMC champion DJ Noize will be touring before the 
end of the year.

The second installment in Bomb Australia's B-Boy Kingdom Hip-Hop 
Jams happened in early August featuring Sydney group The Brethren 
who performed tracks from their new CD "Big Brother".. other 
performances came courtesy of rappers; Scuta, Raman, 2Dee, 
Smokescreen. B-Boys; Rohan and Rely, and Graffiti Artists; Luck, 
Two, LKR, Roms and Mistery from Sydney.

Freedom Of Expression was a festival that happened during October 
documenting The History and Future of The Australian Hip-Hop 
Culture. It was put together by Australian Organization Smart Arts.
The festival wrapped up on the 12th of October with a hip-hop jam 
featuring performances by interstate act Curse ov Dialect, Warcry, 
DJ's Waxmaster Wayne, Myself, B-Cut and B-Boys Rohan, Mpire, Rely, 
Scan, Busk and Morgan from Sydney.

One of Australia's most talented DJ's Waxmaster Wayne has just 
released a tape bringing back that old school flavor called B-Boy 
Electro Jam, I recommend it to all the diehard breakers out there. 
Be on the look out for new releases from these Australian Hip-Hop 
acts; Warcry will release a follow up to their debut The Art of 
War, Curse ov Dialect, B-Boy Allstars/TRP, producer Lioncub, Just 
Us, Metabass N' Breath and Ser Reck (formerly of Def Wish Cast)

Heard about a new B-Boy crew that is forming in Brisbane called 
Cyber Force stay tuned...

DJ Cash Money's Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Australian tour 
turned into Guess Who's Not Coming To Dinner when Cash Money 
didn’t show up . The night went on and I got to check out Australian 
DMC Champion (92, 93, 96) KC. His "I got another funk break for 
you... hit it!" routine was absolutely mind blowing. 

Fugees are touring Australia in December but I am a little 
disappointed that there are no local or interstate hip-hop support 
acts, just some local and interstate R&B/Pop artists. There is so 
much dope hip-hop talent out here in Australia willing to support an 
act of this calibre... oh well, you all know how it goes. There is a 
strong rumour that De La Soul will be joining the tour, so lets keep 
out fingers crossed.

If you have Internet access please drop by my Web Page at 
http://www.thehub.com.au/~bombaust

Until next issue...  May the force be with you. Please send any 
hip-hop vinyl, advance/demo tapes and related material for review or 
mention and all old Star Wars figures to: Bomb Australia, Attn. - 
Bevan Jee, Suite 123, 131 Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba QLD 4157, 
Australia. I can be also be contacted by e-mail: bombaust@thehub.com.au