Morganics
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Morgan Lewis, known as Morganics, is a Sydney based Hip Hop performer.
Morganics started performing in Sydney in 1984 and was a member of Metabass'n'Breath
who toured in Australia and America.
Morganics works around Australia on community educational hip-hop projects such as 1999s Desert Rap with Brothablack
and Monkey Mark from South West Syndicate
, organised with Tony Collins from Triple J
. ABC TV made a documentary on Desert Rap. Another hip-hop program Morganics participated in was in Wilcania in 2002 where he recorded a group of local boys called The Wilcannia Mob
. The resulting track, "Down The River" got high rotation on Triple J
and won a Deadly
award. The song was included on a cd of young Aboriginal Hip Hop artists recorded at workshops around Australia called All You Mob, which New York Times named in their top ten alternative albums of the year. He conducts these workshop as he feels it is important to give young people direct access to Australian hip hop.
Morganics has released three solo albums (one of which contained second disc which was a followup to All You Mob) and worked with Miles Merrill on another. He has performed a live set for Triple J
. He performs theatre shows such as Crouching Bboy Hidden Dreadlocks.
Morganics started performing in Sydney in 1984 and was a member of Metabass'n'Breath
Metabass'n'Breath
Metabass'n'Breath are a hip hop band from Sydney. The group was formed by Elf Tranzporter, Morganics and Baba Israel after they met while busking. They recorded two albums and toured America twice....
who toured in Australia and America.
Morganics works around Australia on community educational hip-hop projects such as 1999s Desert Rap with Brothablack
Brothablack
Shannon Narrun Williams, known as Brothablack, is a Sydney-based Indigenous Hip Hop performer.Brothablack was a founding member of Deadly award winning group South West Syndicate...
and Monkey Mark from South West Syndicate
South West Syndicate
South West Syndicate were an Australian hip-hop collective from Sydney. They started performing in 1992. and have been made up of Aboriginal, Lebanese-Australian, Pacific Islander, Croatian, German and Anglo hip hop artists...
, organised with Tony Collins from Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. ABC TV made a documentary on Desert Rap. Another hip-hop program Morganics participated in was in Wilcania in 2002 where he recorded a group of local boys called The Wilcannia Mob
The Wilcannia Mob
The Wilcannia Mob is a rap/hip-hop musical group of five aboriginal boys from Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia. The group members are Wally Ebsworth, Keith Dutton, Colin "Colroy" Johnson, Lendal King, and Buddy Blair...
. The resulting track, "Down The River" got high rotation on Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
and won a Deadly
The Deadlys
The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Vibe Australia hosts the awards, which for have been held at the Sydney Opera House since 2001. The first Deadly awards were held in 1995...
award. The song was included on a cd of young Aboriginal Hip Hop artists recorded at workshops around Australia called All You Mob, which New York Times named in their top ten alternative albums of the year. He conducts these workshop as he feels it is important to give young people direct access to Australian hip hop.
Morganics has released three solo albums (one of which contained second disc which was a followup to All You Mob) and worked with Miles Merrill on another. He has performed a live set for Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. He performs theatre shows such as Crouching Bboy Hidden Dreadlocks.
Discography
- Morganics - Invisible Forces... (2002) Independent/Creative Vibes
- Morganics - Evolve/All You Mob 2 (2003) Independent/Creative Vibes
- Morganics - Hip Hop is my Passport (2007) Independent/Creative Vibes
- Miles Merrill with Morganics - Dirty Curly (2008) Invisible Forces
- Shopfront Theatre for Young People & Morganics present - All You Mob! (2002) ABC
External links
- Official site
- Local Noise Morganics - interview