CURSE OV DIALECT new album TWISTED STRANGERS and album launch show!

Curse release latest track from the new album NIGHT SHOES with a video recently shot in Iran: http://youtu.be/ot0wKu7LKOQ

The world premiere and return of wildly surrealist experimental hip-hop group Curse Ov Dialect , back after a 6-year hiatus with a new socially conscious zonked-out album called Twisted Strangers. While being renowned for their non-conformist costumery and political ethos the enigmatic Australian group has garnered a  strong worldwide cult following… The conventions of hip-hop are blurred as we see Curse Ov Dialect literally pushing the boundaries at a time in history where the world has caught up. A Unique voice in the hip hop format that doesn’t recall any comparisons. 

After a short tour as guests of FUTURE ISLANDS late last year…  the new album ‘Twisted Strangers’ will be launched at Ding Dong lounge on Friday 13th of May with special guests:

RARA… hip hop r’n’b smooth yet demented – www.facebook.com/RaRa.izm

ORIGAMI ROADKILL (OLLIE OLSEN)… experimental rhythms with members of 90s band Whirlyworld feat Ollie olsen

www.facebook.com/origamiroadkill

1/6… an equation in name but a describer of unusual moods in the hip hop vein. www.facebook.com/oneslashsixmusic

CURSE OV DIALECT 

“album launch”

FRI 13 MAY

DING DONG, Melbourne

with special guests

RARA, ORIGAMI ROADKILL (featuring Ollie Olsen) & 1/6.

Tickets from Ding Dong

The new album ‘Twisted Strangers’ out now on Valve  through MGM

https://www.facebook.com/curseovdialect/

One of Australia’s most original proponents of hip-hop return after time off for living… Melbourne’s CURSE OV DIALECT described as “wild theatricality with an urgent street politic, raw cultural expression with collagist, first generation hip-hop aesthetics, surrealism with activism”, not only return to live performance but follow recent tour dates with Future Islands, with their first album in 7 years “Twisted Strangers” – title track already released into this strange world featuring special guest Hemlock Ernst (aka Sam Herring – Future Islands).

Renowned for their non-conformist costumery and political ethos the enigmatic Australian group has garnered a strong worldwide cult following. This album includes an appearance from special guest Hemlock Ernst (aka Sam Herring – Future Islands) (clip which premiered on Pitchfork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8A2fGGqKRc ), Curse ov Dialect Japanese ambassador Kaigen, and Ramallah Underground rapper Stormtrap.

Sonically Twisted Strangers sees the group travelling further down their own musical path, revelling in the openness of their unusual sonic concoctions: other-worldly melodies punctuated with hard twisted beats. The conventions of hip-hop are blurred and boundaries are pushed further at a time in history where the world has caught up.

An outlier in the hip hop format that recalls no comparisons. 

The new album ‘Twisted Strangers’ out now on Valve  through MGM
https://www.facebook.com/curseovdialect/

Curse ov Dialect are a blessing. With passion, determination, and a restless creativity, the
Melbourne crew have revolutionised the language of hip hop over almost twenty years of music
making. Anyone who’s heard their records or seen their shows know that Curse ov Dialect communicate in a unique way. Cultures are bridged, traditions are taught, and rules are broken. The heaviest beats are matched with unexpected samples from every era of music and every corner of the globe. Each MC brings a powerful voice against ignorance. Over six albums they’ve defined and pioneered a new golden age of rap; playful, poetic, enlightened and essential. And still Curse continue to spread the good word to fans around the world. A mutual respect between the group and Hemlock Ernst (aka Sam Herring – Future Islands) has also led to a new collaborative track, showcasing the best of both artists.

More than ever Curse are here to inspire, agitate and innovate.

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Curse ov Dialect have toured the world playing Europe (2004, 2007, 2009 and 2010), the United
States (2004), Japan (2009, 2010), and various music and arts festivals including Big Day Out
(1999-2004), Laneway Festival (2007), Livid (2003), What is Music? (2000-2003), This Is Not Art
(2001, 2003), Liverpool Biennial (2004), Incubate (2007), and Fusion Festival (2010).
Amongst others, they have supported Public Enemy, Peaches, Yamataka Eye, Kool Keith,
Blackalicious, Chicks on Speed, Anticon, Buck 65, Busdriver, Saul Williams, Edan, Atmosphere, Kid 606, Severed Heads, Florian Hecker, V/Vm, Cobra Killer and Future Islands.