K*ll THE DEAD - WORLD TOUR: NAARM/MELBOURNE

Name: K*ll THE DEAD - WORLD TOUR: NAARM/MELBOURNE
Start: 2024-10-19T19:00:00+10:00
Location: The Workers Club

Schedule

Sat Oct 19 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+10:00

Location

The Workers Club | Melbourne, VI

Proud First Nations artists, Nooky, Dallas Woods and Angus Field announce their album tour for K*ll THE DEAD as Blak collective 3%.
Central to K*ll THE DEAD is the trio’s persistent embrace of vulnerability across fiery hip-hop that packs power in every quick-witted lyrical punch. For all the defiance and swagger, there is also humour and introspection. As ever, the album’s connection to mental health, family and country cannot be understated, as 3% uncover, unpick and blow apart the complex journeys they have each walked, and the resounding resilience, strength and pride that blankets a brighter future.
Underscoring the record with the powerful message of ‘Black and Proud’, the album artwork, by contemporary Aboriginal artist Daniel Boyd, weaves the ancient tradition of dot painting into the historic image of AFL player Nicky Winmar. Taking a stand against racism, the iconic photo signifies the resilience and strength of Aboriginal people, and through Dan’s interpretation, encapsulates their deep ongoing spiritual connection to land, culture and their ancestors. On the album artwork, 3% shared “We reached out to Dan Boyd as we are fans of his work and thought there was no one better to help convey the themes of the record. We chose this image, because that was a moment: when Nicky Winmar stood up against racism and echoed the statement he was Blak and proud. We thought the image resonated so much with what we were doing on the album. K*ll THE DEAD is 3%’s Uncle Nicky moment - we bare our flesh and blood on this record and it is undeniably Blak and proud.”
"Everything was done to wipe my people off the face of the earth and write us out of history. Policies, chemical warfare of poisoning water holes and lacing blankets with smallpox to create an epidemic of introduced diseases. Massacres, marshal law and policies of removal to remove and breed out our blood. It all failed. Our resilience, strength, pride and beauty live on, in spite of all the monstrous acts of crime and war committed against my people. We still live and we still have enough love in our hearts to want to move forward. In history’s books, we should be dead. In some of Australia’s eyes, we don’t exist. To a majority of Australia, our voice doesn’t matter, we do not matter. How you gonna K*ll what’s already dead? You can’t. They can’t. The spirit we hold is one with this land, so even when we go, our lineage remembers. The trees, the rocks, the water remember. We are the oldest living, surviving race on earth. We are eternal." - Nooky