Morganics
Morgan Lewis, known as Morganics, is a Sydney based Hip Hop performer.
Morganics started performing in Sydney in 1984 and was a member of Metabass'n'Breath[1] who toured in Australia and America.
Morganics works around Australia on community educational hip-hop projects such as 1999s Desert Rap with Brothablack and Monkey Mark from South West Syndicate,[2] organised with Tony Collins from Triple J. ABC TV made a documentary on Desert Rap. Another hip-hop program Morganics participated in was in Wilcania in 2002 where he recorded a group of local boys called The Wilcannia Mob. The resulting track, "Down The River" got high rotation on Triple J[3] and won a Deadly award. The song was included on a cd of young Aboriginal Hip Hop artists recorded at workshops around Australia called All You Mob,[4] which New York Times named in their top ten alternative albums of the year.[5] He conducts these workshop as he feels it is important to give young people direct access to Australian hip hop.[6]
Morganics has released three solo albums (one of which contained second disc which was a followup to All You Mob) and worked with Miles Merrill on another. He has performed a live set for Triple J.[7] He performs theatre shows such as Crouching Bboy Hidden Dreadlocks.[8]
Discography
- Morganics - Invisible Forces... (2002) Independent/Creative Vibes[9]
- Morganics - Evolve/All You Mob 2 (2003) Independent/Creative Vibes[10]
- Morganics - Hip Hop is my Passport (2007) Independent/Creative Vibes
- Miles Merrill with Morganics - Dirty Curly (2008) Invisible Forces
- Shopfront Theatre for Young People & Morganics present - All You Mob! (2002) ABC
References
- ↑ Local Noise Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree
- ↑ Reach Out! Morganics
- ↑ Dunbar-Hall, Peter; Chris Gibson (2004). Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places. Contemporary Aboriginal Musc in Australia. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-622-0. ISBN 0-86840-622-8.
- ↑ Local Noise The Rappers are Revolting: Mixing Folk, Hip-hop and Politics
- ↑ Vibe Down River: The Wilcannia Mob Story
- ↑ George Negus Tonight Episode 42: Morganics
- ↑ Triple J Live Music Archive: sorted by M
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald Crouching Bboy Hidden Dreadlocks, Morganics
- ↑ cyclic defrost Morganics - Invisible Forces (Morganics/Creative Vibes) review
- ↑ cyclic defrost Morganics ? Evolve (Independent/Creative Vibes) review
External links
- Official site
- Local Noise Morganics - interview