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

References

  1. ↑ Local Noise Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree
  2. ↑ Reach Out! Morganics
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Local Noise The Rappers are Revolting: Mixing Folk, Hip-hop and Politics
  5. ↑ Vibe Down River: The Wilcannia Mob Story
  6. ↑ George Negus Tonight Episode 42: Morganics
  7. ↑ Triple J Live Music Archive: sorted by M
  8. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald Crouching Bboy Hidden Dreadlocks, Morganics
  9. ↑ cyclic defrost Morganics - Invisible Forces (Morganics/Creative Vibes) review
  10. ↑ cyclic defrost Morganics ? Evolve (Independent/Creative Vibes) review

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