Sound Check the System!
Honey Trap Sound System, Ile Ilu, Queen Bee, St. Bedlam & Wikkid Bandit, Sofia Gonzalez

Powered by Honey Trap Sound System
6–10pm Friday 30 September
Free
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Honey Trap Sound System brings together Sydney’s most powerful and relevant femme artists and musical collectives for the first time under one alleyway in Sound Check the System! Since it migrated from the Caribbean to the West, sound system culture has been a statement in the occupation of public space, raising voices, building sound, and dancing as an act of catharsis and community. Featuring Honey Trap Sound System, Ile Ilu, Queen Bee, St. Bedlam & Wikkid Bandit, Sofia Gonzalez, Sound Check the System! will unite the diverse musical narratives, rhythms and sounds of modern multicultured Australia, amplified by some of the most relevant women artists and collectives working today.

Brazilian “Bloc” party drumming band Ile Ilu and vinyl collective Queen Bee will occupy Woolloomooloo airspace with Carnival atmosphere, music, dance and storytelling. As the evening sets in, hip hop emcee St. Bedlam and DJ Wikkid Bandit (presenter of The New Style on 2ser 107.3 ) will carry audiences to the heavyweight beats that work the low frequencies of the handbuilt subwoofers, finishing the dance with the unique global techno riddim aficionado Sofia Gonzalez.

Audience and performers will be invited to harness the dancefloor as a transformative, participatory space, amplifying expression, dancing out the demons, using sound, body and system to celebrate and express narratives of multicultural women in music, sound and tech.

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