Multicultural Arts Victoria in association with the Arts Centre presents

Visible Sessions at Curve Bar (Free)

26, 27 Nov and 3, 4, 10, 11 December (Friday and Saturday nights)
Doors open 4pm, Music runs 4:30pm to 6:45pm
@ the Arts Centre

Experience this unique series of live music and jam sessions with flavours from all corners of the globe.

A fresh mix of local MCs, vocalists, bands, beatmakers and programmers fuse styles to create new Australian sounds in the heart of Melbourne.

Visible Sessions

After a successful pilot in 2009, MAV's Visible Sessions presented in partnership with the Arts Centre, return this year for a breezy summer season of free live music and jam sessions with flavours from all around the world.

Every Friday and Saturday 4.30-7pm from November 26 to December 11, a special outdoor stage at the Arts Centre's Curve Bar will come alive with a fresh mix of local MC's, vocalists, bands and programmers as they fuse styles and create new Aussie sounds in the heart of Melbourne.

The Visible Sessions has evolved through MAV's work with the Arts Centre on the Mix It Up initiative and through MAV's Visible music mentorship project which for the past five years has given a kick start to an incredible range of musical talents from all around the globe and seen some of the most exciting and innovative new world music acts to emerge in recent years.

The Visible Sessions is a unique 'small stage' performance and creative development space for world artists to come together and unleash their extraordinary talents.

This year's program will see some exciting and unexpected new collaborations including:

Fri 26 Nov India Calling
feat Bombay Royale and Sakura Lassi
From the soulful sounds of the Indian bansuri and Japanese shamisen to Bollywood inspired slammin' surf, disco and funk tunes.

Sat 27 Nov Balkan and Beyond
feat Unified Gecko and Opa!
Turkish fuelled reggae funk mayhem meets the unfettered sounds of the Balkans.

Fri 3 Dec Living Hip Hop
feat Lotek & Rebel HiFi and Massive Choir
From Reggae Sound System culture to hip hop sung from the heart and straight from the streets of Melbourne

Sat 4 Dec El Reggae Colombiano
feat Madre Monte and Son Corners
Mystical Colombian Cumbia fuses with feel good reggae vibes and dancefloor rhythms.

Fri 10 Dec Experimenta Transethnic
feat Oren Ambarchi vs Pooya Mehman Pazir & Samira Karimi and Wang Zheng Ting vs Kharkov & Tim Lindenmayer
An improvised transethnic music experience fusing electronica and live processing with the mystical sounds of the ancient East.

Sat 11 Dec Black Harmonies
feat Tabura and Momo with Kutcha Edwards, Peter Rotumah, Dawn Mlotshwa, Aminata Doumbia, CappaAK, M2theB, D.A.R, Lotus, Selwyn Burns, Tjimba Possum Burns
A musical gathering inspired by the spirit of reconcilation - stories and songs from Indigenous, African and Oceanic Australia.

Sakura Lassi

Massive Choir

Pooya Mehm Pazir

Oren Ambarchi

Son Corners

Madre Monte

Samira Karimi

the Arts Centre Event Page

www.theartscentre.com.au

Further media information

Multicultural Arts Victoria, 9417 6777

Produced and presented by

Multicultural Arts Victoria www.multiculturalarts.com.au

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