For the second year running the main showcase event for the FUSE Festival will coincide with the opening night celebrations of the Adelaide Fringe Festival at Rymill Park on Friday, February 24th. This year presented by APRA, the FUSE @ Fringe stage in Rymill Park will come alive with the diverse sounds of a select line-up of musical acts, featuring a handful of ‘export-ready’ bands from across the country.
As the sun sets, the Adelaide Fringe parade with a cast of thousands, led by our alternative King and Queen of the Fringe head down the streets of the east end and into the gorgeous surrounds of Rymill Park to a magically lit wonderland of entertainment. As part of opening night celebrations for Fringe festival, The FUSE @ Fringe show in Rymill Park will be an easy $5 at the gate for 5 hours of music.
FUSE @ Fringe showcases the best of Australia’s up and coming acts from 8.00pm till 1.00am, including:
MissionIn Motion (NSW)
The Shaolin Afronauts (SA)
GlassTowers (NSW)
Sincerely Grizzly (SA)
Est is Super (SA)
Marcus Corowa (QLD)
Gold Bloom (SA)
Triple J Unearthed Winner (TBA)
Held annually in Adelaide SA, FUSE is the longest running music industry conference and showcase festival in Australia, drawing thousands people each year. The 2012 FUSE Festival will be held in 18 venues across Adelaide and this year will run in close association with The Adelaide Fringe Festival.
FUSE Festival 2012 will be running over three days from 22nd –24th February, including ManagementMaster Classes and a Music Business conference running during the days. Coopers FUSE East and FUSE West ( Feb 22-23) will include music from 80 bands from interstate and locally showcasing in east and west end venues of Adelaide CBD.
Gold Bloom (SA)
In six short months Adelaide post-rock harem Gold Bloom have carved a niche as one of the city’s most exciting new acts. Marrying backgrounds in folk, prog and dream pop their blend of knotty garage rock and gorgeous female harmonies has enchanted local audiences, provoked howls of glee from Triple J Unearthed and seen the four-piece play an enviable run of shows with Cloud Control, Howling Bells and Leader Cheetah.
Marcus Corowa (QLD)
Marcus Corowa is a singer/songwriter and musician of Aboriginal and South SeaIslander descent from Brisbane. 2010 saw Marcus start to receive wide recognition for his songwriting, being named a finalist in Queensland’s premier songwriting Awards – the Q Song Awards in the Indigenous Category. His stunning voice and songwriting ability is gaining interest across the industry with the recent release of his debut EP ‘The Greater You’.
Esist Super (SA)
Forming in mid 2011, Adelaide indie/electronic four piece, Es Ist Super kicked off with what can only be described as a dream run with their debut live show creating a buzz that quickly lead to them supporting national and international touring bands like Mitzi and Does it Offend You Yeah? With the initial burst of live shows under their belt, theband focused their attention to creating a sound they can call their own, leading to the aptly titled debut single 'Perfect Summer', a exciting sun drenched mix of indie dance and chill-wave. With the release of the single on the horizon along with more great supports lined up (with the likes of NeonIndian, no less) Es Ist Super look set to continue their rise.
Sincerely, Grizzly (SA)
Joshua Calligeros, Griffin Farley and Rowan Mount met for the first time when they discovered their mutual appreciation of A Very Gregorian Christmas and hence decided to start a joint musical venture. Donning themselves the moniker Sincerely, Grizzly in honour of a young brown bear who took his own life amongst the political unrest of the Arab Spring,they relocated to Adelaide to play a brand of what can only be described asliterature rock. Recently the band were hand-picked to support Trail of Dead (US) in Melbourne and after a long silence they are releasing a two-track single ‘21snakes&ladders’ in January 2012 which will see the band as an emerging presence in the Australian music scene.
Glass Towers (NSW)
Sydney band Glass Towers have gone from strength to strength since their formation in 2008. The past couple ofyears have seen the band record with ARIA Award winning producer Wayne Connolly, tour with the legendary Neil Finn and shared the stage with Cloud Control, Tame Impala, Children Collide, Hungry Kids of Hungry, The Vaco Era and many more. The band’s brand new single ‘Jumanji’ released Feb 3rd screams of breezy tropical chords, smart snappy guitar interplay and epic soaring choruses and is the first blissful taste of the band’s forthcoming debut album to be released later this year.
The Shaolin Afronauts (SA)
The mysterious afro-soul of the Shaolin Afronauts first echoed across the dance floors of Australia in 2008, heavily inspired by the sounds of 1970’s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering avant-garde jazz artists of the same period. The Shaolin Afronaut’s critically acclaimed debut album, Flight of the Ancients, released in 2011, was nominated for ‘best world music album’ at the 2011 ARIA awards.
Mission in Motion (NSW)
The Mission In Motion are preparing to release their much anticipated debut album “Somewhere Safe” in which the old adage of what doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger is reflected in the bands debut. Comprising of front manBrett Islaub, Chris Maguire (guitar & vocals), Kent Griffiths (guitar & vocals), Rohan Welsh (bass) and Lachlan Gray (drums) the quintet havealready established themselves in the Australian musical landscape as one ofthe most promising acts on the EMO scene.
For more information: http://www.fusefestival.com
Fuse Festival 2012 – Feb 22 to 24
