AUSTRALIEN, by DyspOra

AUSTRALIEN

by DyspOra

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Deluxe vinyl edition of DyspOra's debut 12" EP. Includes gatefold jacket, lyric sheet & limited edition pink vinyl.

Includes unlimited streaming of AUSTRALIEN via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	AUSTRALIEN 03:02	buy track
2.	Open Road feat. Elsy Wameyo 03:32	buy track
3.	Power to the People 02:54	buy track
4.	ALIENATION (Intermission) 00:37	buy track
5.	808 STAR 03:45	buy track
6.	Keys to Come Up feat. Lord Levi 03:01	buy track
7.	Better Trees feat. Nezzy NeSs 03:20	buy track
8.	B.O.M.B. (Blood of My Blood) 02:07	buy track

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“It’s about wanting to belong, but still feeling alienated.” This is the way Adelaide’s self-made sonic activist Gabriel Erjok Akon, a.k.a DyspOra, describes his experience as an Australian on 2020’s long-awaited debut EP, ‘AUSTRALIEN’.

Born in time of desperation in South Sudan, as his father fought in the civil war and his mother struggled to bring his family to safety, Akon spent his first years in a refugee camp before finally resettling in Adelaide. “I became a man in a land that isn’t my own - but I’ve learnt to embrace that”.

A self made social entrepreneur, when he isn’t running community workshops for youth in the far reaches of Adelaide’s outer suburbs, or advocating to build recording studios in refugee camps, Akon runs his own Playback 808 label, a home for African youth on the forefront of Adelaide’s music scene.

A new partnership with Melbourne’s Music in Exile label, a not-for-profit aimed at platforming refugee and migrant artists, has finally bought us DyspOra’s long awaited debut, recorded throughout 2018 in the suburbs of Adelaide. The sound is decidedly old-school, finding a home somewhere in the soul-jazz sound of Rawkus-era mid-nineties hip hop with a nod to contemporary beatmakers and sample culture.

An artist with so much to give this country, DyspOra believes in the power of music to spread a positive message. There is a conversation to be had, and this is his way of having it.

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released April 17, 2020

All songs written and performed by Gabriel Akon.

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DyspOra Adelaide, Australia

DyspOra is an African-Australian recording artist, producer & poet. The Playback 808 founder was born in South Sudan and raised in various locations across East Africa before migrating to Adelaide, SA.

Known for his versatility, sociopolitical awareness and dynamic lyrical activism, DyspOra's sonic influence can be traced to various locations, sounds, languages and cultures around the world. ... more

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