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Ben Iota: Keeping it 'Real', presenting the authentic self, and growing up a little differently
Ben Iota is an emcee, producer, and vocalist from Adelaide, SA. He was a founding member of the 2000s Adelaide Hip Hop groups Common...

Ravi
Feb 9, 20208 min read


Subliminal: The come-up and the plight of the proletariat
Subliminal is an emcee, DJ, Mix Engineer, Producer & Drummer from Adelaide, SA, who has been making his own brand of gritty, thoughtful...

Ben Iota
Dec 29, 20196 min read


Valley Onda: Displacement and the relentless inner battle
Valley Onda are a three-piece Electronic Indie group from Sydney, NSW. The band members Jordan Wilson, Michiya Nagai and Galen Sultmann...

Ben Iota
Jul 18, 20194 min read


Conseps: commitment, and connection to a time and place
Conseps is an emcee and producer from Adelaide, SA. He has released an album and two EPs with crew Adroit Effusive, a much-loved mixtape...

Ben Iota
Jun 23, 20196 min read


Djarmbi Supreme: Changing scenery, keeping up a persona, and winding up rednecks
Djarmbi Supreme is a guitar player and lapsed rapper. He was born in Gladstone, (Queensland) and raised in Warrnambool, Portland, and...

Ben Iota
Jun 2, 20197 min read


Mista Monk: The two worlds, and Insight through travel
Mista Monk is an emcee, vocalist and producer from Katherine, Northern Territory, who is based in Melbourne, Victoria. He has been a part...

Ben Iota
Apr 28, 20194 min read


Raven: friendship, evolution and love for the art form
Raven is an emcee and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. He is an emcee's emcee, meaning that coming original and authentic, elevating...

Ben Iota
Apr 14, 20196 min read


ELSY Wameyo: Worship and Soul
Elsy Wameyo is a soul singer, who was born in Kenya, but who has spent most of her life in Adelaide, SA. Elsy has a background in church...

Ben Iota
Mar 17, 20194 min read


Koriko Treehouse: Good Vibes, camaraderie and J-Dilla
Koriko Treehouse is a producer, guitar player and video director from Adelaide, SA. He makes that good vibe music that mixes the genres...

Ben Iota
Mar 1, 20195 min read


Mat Ward: Elon Musk, late-blooming and talking music shop
Mat Ward is a producer, born and bred in Manchester, UK, but who resides in Sydney, New South Wales. He is also the author of the books...

Ben Iota
Oct 14, 20187 min read


Astro 'Funknukl' Labe: Punk, funk and Headbutting Tony Abbott
Astro 'Funknukl' Labe is a selectah and record enthusiast from Hobart, Tasmania. To many he is the national treasure who headbutted the...

Ben Iota
Sep 29, 20187 min read


TIL The Break: community, collaboration and living free
TIL The Break are a Hip Hop group from Adelaide, South Australia. The members, Taiaha and Jpeg, both MC and produce. Taiaha also sings...

Ben Iota
Sep 11, 20185 min read


Ruru: soul, home and the ether
Ruru is a soul singer from Adelaide, SA, who, alongside her band, makes that smoothe, soulful, warm music. She released the...

Ben Iota
Aug 30, 20184 min read


Nelson Dialect: change, the little decisions, and music as a reflection of where you are at
Nelson Dialect is an Adelaide-born and bred, New York-based, DJ, MC, songwriter, live performer and poet. I first saw a 13 year-old...

Ben Iota
Aug 4, 20186 min read


Daydream Fever: god market and filling the void
You may have seen Daydream Fever's previous article on BEAT CONTEXT. Well, he is back to chat about his debut EP entitled 'God Market'; a...

Ben Iota
Jul 28, 20182 min read


Planetself: partnership, soul music and meditating on it
Planetself are a soul-Hip Hop group based in Adelaide, consisting of vocalist Misumami, producer Inkswel, and sometimes MC Mista Monk....

Ben Iota
Jul 14, 20186 min read


Nakatomi: always being around music, the flexibility of EDM, and 'going for it'
Nakatomi is a two-piece EDM outfit from Adelaide, South Australia. Em is on the vocals, and Hamish is on the beats. They have played...

Ben Iota
Jul 8, 20183 min read


Caper: to be a superhero, telling the truth and waiting for inspiration
Caper is an Adelaide-based emcee and producer. Born and bred in Whyalla, country South Australia, Caper makes introspective Hip Hop music...

Ben Iota
Jun 23, 20188 min read


Tim Foiler: the inspiration, the darkness and the purpose
Tim Foiler is a multi-instrumentalist and the lead vocalist/guitarist from the Darwin-based ‘Swamp Rock’ band ‘Gored Matadors’. I first...

Ben Iota
Jun 1, 201810 min read


Daydream Fever: transformation, beauty and throwing out the rule book
Daydream Fever is a multi-genre artist from Adelaide, South Australia. He fuses punk with Hip Hop (in my view a great match), and soul...

Ben Iota
May 12, 20189 min read
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