Wire MC

Wire MC, a Gumbayngirri descendant from Bowraville on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, has been bringing his country rebel beats to the city streets and country towns of Australia for the past 8 years.

As well as performing at venues and festivals around the country, including Homebake, WOMADelaide, Yabun and the Dreaming Festival, Wire MC travels to remote communities around Australia with fellow MC Morganics, conducting hip hop workshops for young Indigenous people.

One of these workshops led to the successful Wilcannia Mob, who had a surprise hit with Down River in 2002.

Wire MC also collaborated with Morganics on Stereotype – a production that is a mixture of theatre, hip hop and comedy – which has appeared at the Sydney Opera House and other venues around the country. The two are currently rehearsing a new show called Survival Tactics.

Survival Tactics is described as “a hip hop theatre show with spoken word, graffiti and physical theatre combining to tell gritty, uplifting stories of urban life.”

Showing across Australia during July, it also features MC and dancer Maya Jupiter, Tongan soul singer SistaNative, Bboy Jay from the Wickid Force breakers, and representing the Gravity Warriors, Nick Power.

Wire MC sees hip hop as the “new corroboree” for young Indigenous Australians, who are looking for a way to express themselves and their culture in a positive way.

Check: www.myspace.com/survivaltacticsonline

Wire MC will play at the Support Inddependent Media! Concert on 8 July at the ATP.

Source: South Sydney Herald June 2007 www.southsydneyherald.com.au/