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Australia’s turntablist legend (2000 World DMC Runner-Up) and sampling specialist (formerly of The Avalanches) performs his first-ever Hong Kong show. Check out the talented man on the decks next month.
Saturday, March 19
11pm-4am
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4/F, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
D E X T E R B I O G R A P H Y
For the past decade, four-time DMC Australian champ Dexter has constantly challenged the perception of DJing and turntablism, delighting fans the world over. His 2nd placing in the 2000 World DMC Finals is testimony to this, innovating his own style and setting an incomparable standard.
“I’ve always believed in creating hip-hop from non-traditional hip-hop sounds and sources, from Papua New Guinean folk to rag-time jazz,” says the DJ-turntablist-producer-artist. “Whatever records I find, I try and flip everything on its head,” he says.
The same rules apply for Dexter’s party sets: dropping the old with the new, classics with the obscure, each record seamlessly fused in to the next, building up into explosions of joy and madness, creating an atmosphere only he knows how to create. He delights in bringing soul, originality and happiness to the dance floor and his vibe is cherished by thousands of punters throughout the world.
Dexter’s inner musical talent is unparalleled. Check out his work on The Avalanches’ single, “Frontier Psychiatrist”: his psyched-out soundscape of birdcalls, landslides, gunfights and south-sea island adventure gives oft-heard claims of “turntable as instrument” some real credence. In a dizzying myriad of scratching and splicing, Dexter takes 40 totally unrelated slabs of vinyl — from sources as unlikely as golf-instruction and meditation records — to create an entirely new song.
Riding a global high in 2000-2002 as part of Melbourne’s party outfit, The Avalanches, Dexter has spent recent years fulfilling solo pursuits. On the production level, he created a psychedelic reel for The Chemical Brothers upon their personal invitation. Titled ‘Dexter's International Scribble Mix,’ it encapsulates 10 years of block rockin’ beats into four minutes of madness. His latest remix for the Beastie Boys single “Triple Trouble" saw him create an entirely new track under the rap vocals, throwing in hints of furious Moroccan guitars, Maori chants and grinding analog keyboards.
On the collaboration front, Dexter formed the Shook Daily Crew in 2004 with fellow DJs Kuya and Ooi. Their record collections is what brought the group together, mashing up Caribbean funk, garage rock, Polynesian folk, dirty hip-hop to straight-up pop. The group has set out to find their own sound by having a no-rules-apply attitude to their sets, using six turntables and hundreds of records representing the best of their collections.
Dexter’s uncompromising approach has reached to far and sometimes forgotten places of the world, like Arnhem land’s Golbourn island, a one-hour plane ride off Australia’s far north coast. Working with an island-reggae rock band called M.O.S (Matter Of Soul), they played for the Warruwi community of 350 people and at the local school, inciting a furious break-dancing battle between several students.
2005 sees Dexter in the studio, writing and recording, determined to formulate his own sound. His love of Caribbean folk, indigenous Asian-Pacific music, Middle-Eastern jazz and north-African rhythms, as well as the foundations and evolving sounds of hip-hop, will see him create a pioneering sound to wow the masses yet again.
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