SUNDAY 22nd I’ll be DJing at the BECKS FESTIVAL BAR as part of the SYDNEY FESTIVAL, supporting Sydney artists CODA & INGA LILJESTROM with fellow DJs Groovescooter. Tickets are $16+bf from sydneyfestival.org.au.
Here’s some more info from the promoters:
ǃ?Bring no expectations, as CODA can present anything from impassioned strings, exotic backdrops and subtle electronics to rainbow-clad expression dancers threatening to knock the speaker over.ǃ? [Sydney Morning Herald]
CODAǃÙs performing history since their formation in 1994, is extensive. They are no strangers to the festival circuit, having played at the Woodford, Big Day Out, Belingen Global Carnival, Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Peats Ridge, Sydney Festival, Queenscliff, Glenworth Valley Festivals, Newtown Festival, the Sydney Opera House Studio and recently in Easter 2005, at the Sydney Cockatoo Island Festival.
CODA joins forces with the Björk-like INGA LILJESTROM and her septet Elk in a night of audio-visual utopianism. Her voice has graced recordings from Gerling (hit single Dust Me Selecta), Friendly and d.i.g. (directions in groove РCurveystrasse) whereas her own compositions beautifully merge an amazingly individual voice with evocative lyrics, string arrangements, plus an unexplainable otherworldly quality.
Along with guest vocalist ABBY DOBSON (LeonardoǃÙs Bride/Paul Mac) and combined string sections, the groups unite in a musical melange of exotic rhythms, haunting electronics and rockinǃ٠grooves.