Niche
Productions, Waterfall Entertainment, inthemix.com.au and FBi presents:
DAYS
LIKE THIS!
Sunday 10th January, 2010. Moore Park, Sydney
After
a stellar debut in January 2009 Days Like This!, Sydney's unique one-day music
event, will return to the Moore Park Entertainment Quarter on Sunday 10th January,
2010 bringing yet another opportunity for music enthusiasts to begin their new
year in world-class style.
Days Like This! is a boutique musical event created
for music lovers by music lovers. Niche Productions and Waterfall Entertainment
have once again sought an exceptional musical selection from a diverse range of
genres, some of whom will be making their Australian debut and many others who
will be performing exclusively in Sydney for Days Like This! The Moore Park site
will host four indoor and outdoor stages, 10 bars, a diverse collection of gourmet
food offerings, market stalls and on-site parking.
Days Like This! is fast
becoming a stand out festival in the line up of Sydney festivals for its ability
to combine good music, shorter queues and a sophisticated and passionate crowd.
Last year's Days Like This! boasted one of the coolest and most credible musical
lineups of Summer and this year they've done it again. Ladies and gentlemen, without
further ado, here is the line-up for Days Like This! 2010 exclusive to this special
event in NSW:
Check out the freshest of the fresh METHOD MAN & REDMAN!
Yes, that's right. We're talking the Grammy Award-winning founding member of the
Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man, and the one and only Redman of Def Squad fame. Signed
to the infamous Def Jam label, the almighty hip hop duo dropped their second album
Blackout! 2 this year exactly one decade after their 1999 debut Blackout! The
legendary Method Man & Redman will rock Days Like This! 2010 like it's never
been rocked before.
With an illustrious career spanning over a decade and
a half, award winning British rapper/producer ROOTS MANUVA has been spearheading
the hip hop, dub and electronica movement since 1994. His masterful work has gained
worldwide recognition and opened doors for artists like The Streets and Dizzee
Rascal, and it is an absolute honour to have Roots Manuva headlining the second
ever Days Like This! In 2010 with his 6-piece band in their only Sydney performance!
Just after stepping off the plane direct from their European tour, THE
CAT EMPIRE have announced they will be playing as part of the Days Like This!
line-up on Jan 10. The Empire have been dying to get back to Sydney, and when
approached by Days Like This!, they could not avoid the obvious, relishing the
perfect opportunity to play their old track Days Like These - so expect a bit
of a retrospective when they hit the stage!
Legendary Detroit singer, songwriter
and producer extraordinaire Joseph "Amp" Fiddler, whose musical styles
include funk, soul, dance and electronic music, has had the pleasure of working
with artists of the highest calibre such as Prince, Jamiroquai, George Clinton
and Moodymann. Another Days Like This! exclusive show AMP FIDDLER is sure to get
the groove on!
Ethereal Atlanta songstress CAT POWER is coming back to Australia
for an exclusive Sydney performance at Days Like This! Accompanied by her band
DIRTY DELTA BLUES featuring drummer Jim White (Dirty Three), guitarist Judah Bauer
(Blues Explosion), keyboardist Greg Foreman (Delta 72) and Eric Papparazi on bass.
CAT POWER & DIRTY DELTA BLUES will work their magic in one super-special set
not to miss at Days Like This!
Crossing boundaries with a fusion of dub,
funk, afrobeat, and soul, mixed with vintage reggae bass, New Zealand 8-piece
THE BLACK SEEDS will brighten any stage with their supremely danceable dynamic
and you'll only be able to see them at Days Like This! Signed to legendary UK
label Warped Records last year, Sydney's own three-man machine PIVOT have gained
international renown for their awe-inspiring instrumentals. It's with great pleasure
that Days Like This! invites these hometown heroes of experimental rock to the
festival for an exclusive set in 2010.
After 15 years in the US hip-hop
scene, riotous group UGLY DUCKING featuring MCs Dizzy Dustin and Andy Cooper,
and Young Einstein with his famous dookie gold chain, have mastered the art of
getting audiences jumping and singing along to their infamous combination of rhythm,
rhyme and humour. It's exciting times for the trio with their new album Audacity
out earlier this year. Expect to take part in some hell crazy stage antics when
they take over the stage at Days Like This! in their only Sydney performance!
New
school soul sensation MAYER HAWTHORNE has just released his second critically
lauded full length album A Strange Arrangement and is making his way to Australia
for the first time ever! Days Like This! is delighted to have this vinyl junkie's
one and only Sydney show. Few expect such heartfelt sentiment to come from a 29-year-old
white kid from Ann Arbor, but Mayer Hawthorne has won the ears and hearts of BBC
Radio 1 host Gilles Peterson and producer/DJ Mark Ronson. Mayer Hawthorne is living
proof that retro is no longer throwback music - revival is progression!
With
nearly two decades on the drum'n'bass scene LTJ BUKEM is known as an innovator
and originator, crafting some of the finest jazzy atmospheric drum'n'bass the
world has ever heard. LTJ Bukem will be joined on the Days Like This! stage by
long time friend and collaborator MC CONRAD in the pair's only Sydney appearance!
Based in California, DILATED PEOPLES have achieved fame in the US underground
hip hop community, energizing the rap underground in a similar fashion to fellow
West Coast crew Jurassic 5. The stage show will feature turntable maestro DJ Babu
and MCs RAkaa Iriscience & Evidence. Days Like This! is proud to present the
band's only Sydney show on their virgin Australia tour!
QUANTIC (DJ Set)
is a musician, DJ and record producer made in Worcestershire, now based in Colombia.
His music draws upon elements of salsa, bossa nova, soul, funk and jazz. Holland
himself plays guitar, bass, double bass, piano, organ, saxophone and percussion.
Much of his sound is original composition with little in the way of sampling of
other artists' material. When asked to describe what type of music he produces,
Holland said: "You're asking the wrong person really, but some stuff is hiphop-orientated,
some stuff is at house tempo, but not necessarily 'house' music, some of it has
a strong Latin influence, some of it has a strong African influence, and some
of it is just a mix-up of loads of styles." Quantic will have his DJ hat
on for an exclusive set at Days Like This! 2010 so get your dancing shoes ready!
Australian
masters of deep funk and super-heavy soul THE BAMBOOS FEAT: KYLIE AULDIST, a treasured
Melbourne songstress who has worked with the likes of Renee Geyer and Jimmy Barnes,
are festival favourites for good reason. The Bamboo's smooth soul-funk will go
down a sweet treat in their only Sydney show at Days Like This! in 2010.
19-year-old
JOKER burst onto the dubstep and grime scene last year and was quickly named Pitchfork's
2008 Producer Of The Year. His latest release Kapsize002 sold out in two days
and his productions are battered by DJs including Appleblim, Pinch, Plastician
and Rustie. Prepare for a sensory overload when Joker takes on Days Like This!
Comparable
to Aretha Franklin and other greats though way too gutsy and funky to cross over
to the mainstream, MARVA WHITNEY is known by funk devotees as one of the rawest,
brassiest, most powerful divas the genre has ever produced. Along with fellow
funk belters Lyn Collins and Vicki Anderson, Whitney made her name singing with
the James Brown Revue for a few years, and her limited, much-sampled recordings
for Brown-associated labels now fetch astronomical sums on the collector's market.
It is a great honour to have Marva Whitney gracing Days Like This! for her one
and only Sydney show.
Critically acclaimed UK production/songwriting duo
THE NEXTMEN, consisting of Dom Search & Brad Baloo, return to Australia with
their fourth studio album Join The Dots. Released in August this year The Nextmen
will grace the stage at Days Like This! in what will be their only Sydney appearance.
Expect grand hip hop drum sets combined with killer electronic bass lines!
MICACHU
is the moniker of a major new talent! 21 year old English songwriter and producer
Mica Levi performs a brand of experimental pop that is utterly mesmerising. Classically
trained Micachu likes to keep things rough around the edges with fat beats and
tantalising melodies. For their debut Australian trip MICACHU & THE SHAPES
(her two shapely band mates) will make their only Sydney performance at Days Like
This! extra special!
Canadian electronic duo THUNDERHEIST are producer Grahm
Zilla (from Montreal) and MC Isis (from Toronto). With the release of their self-titled
debut album earlier this year, Thunderheist make their way to Australia and are
ready to rock Days Like This! exclusively!
It's been quite a year for the
three members of WE HAVE BAND. Having only played their debut gig a year ago,
the electro trio are now regarded as one of the most exciting bands coming out
of London-town. Put on your dancing shoes when We Have Band make their way to
Australia for the first time to play Days Like This! From the early days of Giant
Step to today's
Turntables on the Hudson parties, NICKODEMUS has been a
key element in the NYC dance music scene for over 10 years. And now he's finally
ready to unleash his sophomore album Sun People! Exploring the intersection of
urban and world music with sounds of funk, folk, jazz, hip hop, house and dub
- all with a message of peace, awareness & love for the dance;
Nickodemus
brings the love to Days Like This! in 2010.
Sydney indie dance band CASSETTE
KIDS come to the Days Like This! fold fresh from supporting Lily Allen, The Presets,
the Ting Tings and Grafton Primary. The rightfully hyped locals will hit the stage
armed with songs from their forthcoming debut album. Exciting times!
Paris'
PÉPÉ BRADOCK, aka Julien Auger, is the man responsible for 'Deep
Burnt,' one of the most lusciously gorgeous house tracks of the past decade and
a staple of deep house DJs for years. A DJ, producer and remixer in the house
scene, Pépé Bradock will be in full swing at Days Like This! 2010
on his debut Australian visit!
Sydney whiz kid TOM UGLY, who won triple
j's inaugural "Unearthed High" competition last year (then known as
[is]), will play Days Like This! as a fresh year 12 graduate! Nominated for Qantas'
2009 Spirit Of Youth Award (SOYA) in the Music Category, overachieving boy-genius
Tom Ugly and band will be celebrating at Days Like This! 2010 playing songs from
his debut self-titled EP.
TEENAGERSINTOKYO (DJ SET) began life as a really
hot DJ team frequenting cool underground indie clubs, Modular parties and advertising
functions before they became a fully fledged live band. teenagersintokyo will
return to their DJing roots for Days Like This!
DJ and producer BRENNAN
GREEN is an underground disco luminaries and legend.He has his own label, Chinatown,
and pioneered the ground breaking NY parties Pop Your Funk and Junky Blues that
made every guy with a lumberjack beard start wanting to play disco. See Brennan
Green's only Sydney show at Days Like This! Joining the line-up is the latest
moniker for cult electronic pioneer Mark Pritchard
HARMONIC 313. Following
on from the seductive 60's easy listening vibe of Harmonic 33, Pritchard switches
from being past to future focussed. 33 has become 313, a nod to the area code
of Detroit known for the dark futuristic sounds that underpin Pritchard's new
project, fusing dub-step with hip hop and heavy electronics.
DJ, producer
and Liebe*Detail key artist MATTHIAS MEYER hails from the quiet town of Lueneberg,
near Hamburg, Germany. As a young, excited music lover, the hi-tech sounds of
Detroit and Chicago spoke to Matthias, and encouraged him to seek the excitement
and hustle of nearby Hamburg's diverse club scene. From here he let music take
control, actively promoting this newfound scene in his local towns with the Sfunkt
DJ collective, organising parties that would bring the electronic message to an
otherwise dance-less area. In 2010 he brings his magic to Days Like This!
Comprised
of New York MC/producer Raphael LaMotta and Filipino/Australian vocalist Dana
Diaz-Tutaan, and dabbling in sounds that span across hip hop, electro and raw
acoustics, husband and wife duo APSCI are signed to the prestigious Quannum label,
have toured with Blackalicious and have already built up quite an impressive profile
overseas with the success of their Thanks For Asking album. They round up the
incredible 2010 Days Like This! line-up.
DJs LOVEFINGERS & LEE DOUGLAS
as individuals are integral members of the disco elite. With their powers combined
these dancefloor maestros produce deep sexy disco, filthy rock, twisted house,
pumping high energy, big room techno and an anything goes attitude. Lovefingers
& Lee Douglas will rock your world at Days Like This!
In a time when
everyone who isn't Crookers is claiming to be a "disco act", there is
an insurmountable wash of pretenders. THE SWISS, however, are a legit live disco
band whose existence is based entirely on flavour and good times rather than the
Cobra Snake and fitted caps. The Swiss bring their crisp and snappy drums that
cause pregnancies, quicksand lazer-sludge bass, dizzy pops & flourishes, melody
rays and synthesised strings that glide on the thermal currents of life exclusively
to Days Like This!
Featuring...
METHOD MAN & REDMAN, THE CAT EMPIRE,
ROOTS MANUVA, CAT POWER & DIRTY DELTA BLUES, AMP FIDDLER, THE BLACK SEEDS,
PIVOT, UGLY DUCKLING, MAYER HAWTHORNE, LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD, DILATED PEOPLES,
QUANTIC (DJ SET), THE BAMBOOS FEAT: KYLIE AULDIST, JOKER, MARVA WHITNEY, THE NEXTMEN,
MICACHU & THE SHAPES, THUNDERHEIST, WE HAVE BAND, NICKODEMUS, CASSETTE KIDS,
PÉPÉ BRADOCK, TOM UGLY, TEENAGERSINTOKYO (DJ SET), BRENNAN GREEN,
HARMONIC 313, MATTHIAS MEYER, APSCI, LEE DOUGLAS & LOVEFINGERS, THE SWISS!
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