Tuned In festival

Reconciliation Week is all about people coming together and what better way to do this than to throw a party! On June 3rd this is exactly what the NSW Reconciliation Council did, bringing together the best of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Hip Hop for one night.

Tuned In aims to bring young people from all circles together by providing fine musical talent at an affordable price. By creating an exciting live event built on an underlying idea, namely Reconciliation, the NSW Reconciliation Council provides opportunities for valuable friendships to be created and for young people to engage with important ideas in an accessable and enjoyable way.

The NSW Reconciliation Council is focused on supporting the best in new Australian music from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. For Tuned In 2011, we were fortunate enough to partner with Heaps Decent. Heaps Decent is an initiative committed to finding and nurturing the creativity of underprivileged and Indigenous young people and emerging artists. By providing resources and opportunities, Heaps Decent supports the development of high quality Australian music with a unique identity.

The night was a massive success with money raised to fund a series of Heaps Decent workshops in regional NSW, including the Riverina Juvenile Justice Centre. As the events organisers the most inspiring aspect to the event was the diversity in the crowd with people from all walks of life and from all over Sydney and beyond, coming together to help celebrate Reconciliation Week 2011.

Tuned In 2011 marked a particularly important night for one young artist by the name of Icey. Icey is a protege of the Heaps Decent workshops, who took the stage for the first time to perform alongside DJ/Facilitator Adam Bozzetto and sister Petrini. While it seemed like a daunting task, performing infront of hundreds, Icey took it all in his stride showcasing a couple of songs written during his time with Heaps Decent including one with Stunna Set.

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The crowd were treated to some of the best, doing what they do best. People got in early to see South Sydney's own Stunna Set open up in a big way including a Wiz Khalifa remix "Red, Black & Yellow".

Following up was Tuka of the mighty Thundamentals crew who got everybody's head bouncing with cuts off his solo album Will Rap for Tuka. Briggs is without doubt one of the most exciting voices in Australian Hip Hop having just released his debut album through the Goldern Era Records label and he didn't disappoint. He destroyed the stage bringing DJ Jaytee and Brothablack for a truly historical set.

To close out the night, two of the most experienced acts in Australian Hip Hop came through and closed out a fantastic event. Koolism's Hau flows so effortlessly over mind-blowing instrumentals from what is surely one of Australia's premier beatsmiths Danielsan. As always deadly brother/sister combo The Last Kinection kept everybody dancing with tracks off their upcomming release and a couple of crowd favourites including their take on the 90's anthem 'Rhythm is a dancer'.