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Dancing the Dream Awake
Music Dance Healing & Art Festival
Sunday 6th February 2005
St Stephens Grounds, (next to Camperdown Park)
Church St, Newtown
11am-8pm (Gates Open 10.45am)
Opening 11am with Traditional Welcome to Country
Welcome to Country, also known as the Traditional Welcome, allows the Traditional Owners of the Darug land to give their blessing for Dancing the Dream Awake to take place on their land.
Dance Experience
Medicine Drum Live (Earthdance USA)
FUSING the latest cutting edge styles of progressive electronic dance music with foundations of deep tribal rhythms, Medicine Drum have been described as the "techno-shamans of electronica... where ancient meets modern and organic meets digital." Featuring Chris Deccker, Alex Newman & Suzanne Stirling on vocals, Medicine Drum launches the band’s 2005 Australian tour at Dancing the Dream Awake.
D-Nox (Sprout Music & Plastic Park, Germany)
A unique infusion of many flavours of electronic music, including progressive, tribal, trance, and techno. Precise skills on the decks, an expert sense of track selection and a unique on-stage charisma give D-Nox the ability to transform any usual party into an electronic carnival.
Kotaro (Equinox Japan)
One of the pioneers of the electronic and dance movement in Japan in the early 90’s with seminal party producers Equinox, Kotaro’s musical repertoire ranges through from minimal ambient to funky psychedelic dance beats with his distinctive Tokyo twist. 2005 will see Kotaro’s
Sally Doolally (Plastik Park/Transient UK)
Born in the UK and currently living in Hamburg, Sally Doolally has been seen and heard stoking up dance floors all around the planet. For 4 years she represented USTA records Israel as a label now represents Plastik Park as UK label DJ. In 2004 she for released a compilation through Transient records; ‘Sally Doolally Trancexpressions’. Renowned for her sexy funky sets, Sally is a big favourite on Australian dancefloors.
Avidd (Universal Language, Earthdance Melbourne)
One of Melbourne’s talented progressive DJ’s and organiser of the legendary Solstice festivals, Dave O plays an eclectic blend of driving dance and up tempo beats which were featured on the recent Earthdance JJJ mix up.
Beats and Breaks
Medicine Man (Return to the Source, Higher Octave USA)
Founder of Earthdance International and Medicine Drum, Chris Deckker plays an eclectic global fusion of eastern and western sounds with modern electronica.
Beauty and the Beat (Kamaflage UK/Germany)
Beauty & the Beat are a fresh back to back DJ team based in Germany whom are well known individually as DJs Sally Doolally and Goetzlich. In camouflage as Beauty & the Beat, Sally and Goetz play a fusion from both their DJ styles, culminating in sexy, groovy, progressive beats.
Fallon (Newcastle)
One of Australia’s latest emerging female artists, Fallon mixes her own unique style of psychedelic breaks and is set to produce her own tracks in 2005.
Mark Dynamix (Tech Logic Sydney)
Regarded as Sydney's no.1 support DJ for touring international artists, Mark Dynamix is one of Australia’s highest profile local artists with an impressive 22 mix CD compilations under his belt. Mark describes his style as a fusion of electro-house and tech-house and his sets are always varied and feature new and interesting combinations of styles, alongside innovative sampling and scratching.
Alex Newman (U.K)
Keyboard player, electronic music producer, DJ, and artist Alex Newman spins vinyl 'a funky deep house and mid-tempo breaks set',
Performance and Roving Characters:
Talented local contributors present their art and interpretation of Dreaming the Dance Awake, featuring characters and special performances from:
• Wildfire
• First Planet
• Outrageous
• Longlunch and Costly
Designated Buskers and Workshop Area:
Here is your chance to show off your art and talents in 'The Bizarker's Busk off' and 'Freaks of Fashion'.
Special prizes to be won...
Register before 2pm on the day to join.
Workshop experiences:
Kenny Feather Tai Chi Ballet
Seaon Yoga Sundance Group Meditation
Tedi G*’s Heartsound Planetwide Herbs
Chanoyu Japanese Tea Ceremony
Healing Co-Op
Reiki, Angel, Cosmic, Intuitive & Pranic Healing, Zero Balancing, Bowen Therapy, Clairvoyance, Tarot Reading, Councelling and all styles of massage. All people welcome to come and receive a treatment by donation.
Love Fairies Children’s Spac
Hosted by Love Fairy Kerrie Ann Gaia
Kids yoga & meditation, costume making, story telling, kids karaoke, hoola hoops, interactive song and dance
Enquiries lovefairies251@hotmail.com
Dancing Dream Closing Ceremony 7.30pm
Modern Electronic fusion with indigenous, ethnic dance and music. National and international artists and performance groups create a modern interpretation of the traditional ‘dancing the dream awake’ ceremony.
All people, all artists, all performers, all healers & all ages welcome.
Non- licensed venue. No Excessive BYO Alcohol & No Glass allowed.
No illicit substances. Respect the environment, use the bins provided and take your excess rubbish home with you.
Dance the Night Away @ Official Festival After Party
Sunday Night 6th February 8.30pm – 5am
Lunar Spice (France)
Supported by a 100% local Sydney line up
Stomp (Rainbow Serpent)
Azza
Dark Child (T-Quest)
RaptoR (Mechanik Records, Yak & Yeti)
Jaimz (Saiko Sounds)
Eegor (Discordant Monkeys)
Visuals Eskatonia
Boehm, 467 Pitt St, Haymarket, 2011
Licensed venue 18+ ID required
Ticket Information
Dancing the Dream Awake Festival
Advance $35 (plus booking fee)
Gate $50
Dance the Night Away @ Official Festival After Party
Tix Avail Door only $20/$15 (for festival ticket holders)
Online www.earthdance.org.au
Ticket Outlets
Central Station 46 Oxford St Darlinghurst 02 93615222
Fish Records 289 Darling St Balmain 02 98104421
Fish Records 261 Kings St Newtown 02 95573074
Electric Monkeys 78/80 Gould St, Bondi Beach 02 93656955
Indenial Glebe Point Road, Glebe 02 95718521
Spank 395 Bourke St Surrey Hills 02 93600548
So Music 183 King St Newtown 02 95198622
Red Eye Records 66 King St CBD 02 92994233
Hum Shop 14/105 Miller St Nth Sydney 02 99594400
Psydeways King St Newtown
Redback Records 131 Crown St Woolongong 02 42296169
A percentage of profits put towards the Earthdance Festival 18th September 2005 in Sydney Park – Give Peace a Dance.
Ku Promotions & Lynne Productions
Proudly Present
Medicine Drum 2005 Australian Tour
6th February, Dancing the Dream Awake Festival, Sydney, NSW
10h February, Central Coast, NSW
11th February, Clarendon Hotel, Hunter Street Newcastle, NSW
12th February, Sunshine Coast, QLD
18th February, Gold Coast, QLD
19th February, Bangalow (Byron Bay), NSW
25th February, Melbourne, Vic
26th February, Cairns, QLD
“Uniting the organic beat of the drum with modern electronic music creates the perfect musical bridge between heaven and earth” Chris Deckker, founder of Medicine Drum & Earthdance International.
Tour Contacts;
Sydney, Melbourne & Newcastle lynne@earthdance.org.au
Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast & Byron Bay kupromo@norex.com.au
Cairns terryc@australiamail.com
www.earthdance.org.au www.medicinedrum.com
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