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Systa BB has been at the forefront of global and electronic music since she started broadcasting on PBSFM in 1992. Her first DJ gigs were at the groundbreaking "Global Warming" in 1993, the club that spawned so many imitators. Then there is her writing. From The Age to Rhythms magazine to on line publications she takes the opportunity to put out the words that drive the industry and prove that the music she is passionate about including electronic global fusion, dub and traditional beats is of interest to many many others.From driving the mothership Planetary Chaos on PBSFM to DJ support for numerous international and local acts, her interest in the sound has been in finding the rhythms that bind us, bringing the music back from the communities and sending it on a journey for us all to appreciate. She is passionate about the idea of music development and refuses to buy into the notion of traditional vs. contemporary, acoustic vs. electronic or treating it in a way that makes it an elitist art form. "The Systa" as she is known to various communities does not buy into the idea of "world" music but believes that all music styles should listened to on the basis of their sound, not ethnicity. She has interviewed such characters as Bill Laswell, Lee Scratch Perry, Gaudi, Nortec Collective, Talvin Singh, Gotan Project and Cheb I Sabbah amongst many many others and is a stalwart of the local global music scene. She is also a long running presenter of the WOMADelaide live broadcast, hosted by Radio Adelaide that bounces off the CBAA satellite to over a hundred community radio stations around Australia.
On the DJ front, Transglobal Underground, AfroCelt Soundsystem, Sly and Robbie, Lee Scratch Perry, Soul Jazz Records Sound System and Linton Kwesi Johnston have been amongst her sonic explorations onto dancefloors while Earthcore, Tranceplant, Bellingen Global Carnival, Spiegeltent, Big Day Out, as well as Wozone (twice) & Hemispheres with Sam G have all proved fertile ground for the spread of the rhythms that bind all our communities, with a twist. She has kicked up her heels at Spiegeltent, played with Dobacaracol, rung in the New Year 2006 at Federation Square with 20,000 of her closest friends and woke up Northcote at High Vibes Festival 2006.
Her most recent adventures include compiling a soundtrack for a local independent film, putting together an Australian electronic music compilation, writing the liner notes for Coup D'etat! Volumes 1&2, Total Recall and Melbourne Yard - the first Melbourne dub compilation produced by PBSFM. She is co running the first electronic gypsy night "The Good The Bad and The Balkan" at Horse Bazaar as part of the Balkan Beasts duo with DJ Delay as well as running "Kalakuta" a monthly afrobeat night.
A welcome return to Submerge, the annual ambient/chill festival at Opeia in Victoria saw her return to chill mode. 2006 has also seen her curate "Africa!" as part of the award winning Mix It Up series at The Arts Centre in Melbourne where she invited Daara J to perform, commissioned Diafrix to produce a performance to reflect the local community diaspora and worked with Multicultural Arts Victoria to produce foyer performances from local African communities.
She has an annual pilgrimage to France where she journeys to festivals, record labels and interviews artists. In 2006, she played out in Marseille and witnessed Antibilas in full form. She has since played The Chill Island Festival and Dub Syndicate show.
Melbourne's inaugral Balkan Ball! Fri Oct 5th @Bar Open!