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Beck's Festival Bar is back in 2009 with one of the biggest and best line-ups in its history. For 14 nights, Hyde Park Barracks will be pulsating with the sounds of disco, dub, techno, Balearic, house, indie, rock, electro, hip hop, dance, Carioca Funk, dancehall, grime, electronica, rap, samba, reggae, ragga, jazz, funk, pop and punk.

Beck’s Festival Bar 2009 will feature a selection of leading-edge local acts and international artists from Jamaica, France, Portugal, Germany, US and the UK.

Hyde Park Barracks Museum
January 11-12, 14-17, 21-24, 27-31
from 8pm til late. Free entry after 11.30pm (pending availability)
Over 18s venue only

WINNER - BECK'S FESTIVAL BAR
FBi Radio & Time Out Sydney Music Arts & Culture Award (SMAC) - Best Music Event 2008

TO VIEW THE BECK'S FESTIVAL BAR 2009 ECARD, CLICK HERE.

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS

January 11

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings are the unrivalled frontrunners of old-school soul and funk. The Ray Mann Three deliver a dynamic yet warmly intimate set.
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MR. SCRUFF

January 12

Mr. Scruff's eclectic sound blends influences as diverse as soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, ska, disco, house and breaks. Katalyst, one of Australia's top DJs, joins the party.
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JAVA

January 14

French multi-instrumentalists Java mix rap, hip hop, samba, reggae, ragga, rock, jazz, funk and electro with circus spirit and manic humour.
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POPFRENZY PARTY

January 15

UK indie dance three-piece Metronomy are renowned for their robotic frivolity, ironic light show and synchronized dance routines.
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THROWING MUSES

January 16

Throwing Muses' extraordinarily textured, tempo-shifting music, alongside Hersh's intuitive, dexterous singing, joins the dots between elliptical post-punk, harmonious folk jangle pop and rockabilly thunder.
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UBER LINGUA

January 17

Parisian duo DuOud blend the ancient oud with modern electronics. Rio's Maga Bo uses street sounds and rhythms from Brazil, Morocco, India and beyond. Filastine and Uber Lingua DJs also play.
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Z TRIP

January 22

Widely considered to be the founder of the mash-up movement, Z Trip's (US) live sets are an eclectic, crowd-pleasing, tour de force of beat-matching artistry. Respected for their high energy shows, OZ hip-hop crew TZU, join the party.
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DISCO NOUVEAU

January 23

Holy Ghost! is one of the most exciting acts in the nu-disco scene. Idjut Boys produce genre-bending dance floor stormers. Theatre of Disco play their angular indie disco and Future Classic DJs top it off alongside psychedelic nu-disco posse Canyons.
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HYPER-DUB

January 24

Guest curators Inertia and Void program a night of deep future dub with The Bug featuring Warrior Queen, Rhythm & Sound feat. Tikiman, Mark Pritchard, Sub Bass Snarl, Steve Spacek and more.
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CAMILLE

January 27

BECK'S FESTIVAL BAR: French songstress Camille replaces traditional instruments with a spectacular soundscape of layered human voices, harmonies, rhythms and foot-stamping body percussion.
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FOUR TET - FBi NIGHT

January 28

Four Tet makes machine-based music with acoustic warmth, drawing on jazz, soul and folk and pitching it against intricate, funky rhythms. Live, he improvises in real-time, drawing on and feeding back the energy of his audience.
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ALICE RUSSELL

January 29

Alice Russell's sound is unmistakably modern and classically timeless, encompassing everything from funk to gospel to jazz. Mark de Clive-Lowe blends jazz, ethnic music and urban grooves into a fresh 21st century flavour.
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BURAKA SOM SISTEMA - FBi NIGHT

January 30

Portugal's Buraka Som Sistema (DJ/ MC set) fuse the wild traditional beats of South West Africa with electronics, drum n bass, hip hop and dance.
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MAD RACKET

January 31

Daedelus is one of LA's most daring and prolific new artists. His trademark musicality contrasts intelligent, left-field hip hop cut-ups with samples from the 30s and 40s in a fun, quirky and energetic live set.
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