while there’s been a considerable amount of heat about diplo‘s recent launch of the ‘heaps decent’ project, morganics‘ work with tanzania’s wayahudi family is a timely reminder that this sydney mc has been blending indigenous artists and hip hop long before wes made it to the outback. way back when, morgan was a founding member of aus hip hop team metabass’n’breath and, over the intervening years, he’s made it his mission to travel the world in search of new sounds and styles. outback australia is familair territory to morgan, indeed he was responsible for orginally producing wilcannia mob‘s ‘downriver’ as featured on diplo’s ‘mad decent radio’ cd and then rerubbed for the new m.i.a. album.
working in rio, bali, the serengetti and japan – as well as nyc & berlin – morganics is about to drop his new album, “hip hop is my passport” which should finally see him getting some due payback. up first is his new collaboration with ex-street kids the wayahudi family from tanzania, “pata lada” – a blend of hip hop, dancehall and bongo flava, sung in their native swahili. check the clip for “more g, more fire” above and head to vitamin records to score a copy of the cd. morgan’s latest live show, survival tactics, hits the studio at the sydney opera house on 7th august, also featuring maya jupiter, nick power, wire mc and sista native.
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