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Ozi Batla

If you're sick and tired of the news reports...

About Me

Acclaimed Sydney MC with The Herd and Astronomy Class, nine years on the Elefant Traks imprint. AKA "that dude that sings 77%".

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2007
Band Website: elefanttraks.com
Influences: Hip hop from around the globe, Europe, the UK and Latin America, roots to dancehall reggae, old school jungle, bollywood, samba, bossa nova and salsa; La Haine, Do the Right Thing, Head On (Aus), Dead Man, Bladerunner, Brazil, Aliens, Apocalypse Now, Mystery Train, The Life Aquatic, Mad Max I & II, Black Cat White Cat, The 3rd Man, Miyazaki's films; Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Douglas Adams, William Burroughs, J.M. Coetzee, Joseph Conrad, Julio Cortazar, Hunter S Thompson; the Swannies
Record Label: Elefant Traks
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Kia Orana

Hey - What's up everyone, anyone?I'm on Rarotonga right now, taking some sebbatical to surf, grind myself on coral reefs and hopefully avoid golden staph, get stopped by staunch female cops while ridi...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:52:00 PST

Sorry Seems to be The Hardest Word

This is a belated blog about the Rudd government's decision to make a formal apology on behalf of the people of Australia to the Stolen Generation and the families effected by these genocidal official...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:44:00 PST

About the Tunes v.03

"Hard Blue"This is taken from Chasm's limited edition 7" he did through Awakenings in Melbourne. The flip-side features Mantra on "Cyanide Tip". "Hard Blue" can finally be found on CD on the "Opera Ba...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:05:00 PST

And now, back to the cricket....

Hello all, what's been up? I've been away from the blog for a minute now. December was family, festivals and finishing the Herd album. January I spent a couple of weeks in WA, checking out the southw...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:37:00 PST

About the Tunes v.02

"Hard Blue"This is taken from Chasm's limited edition 7" he did through Awakenings in Melbourne. The flip-side features Mantra on "Cyanide Tip". "Hard Blue" can finally be found on CD on the "Opera Ba...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:41:00 PST

I love 54% (plus 7.5%) of youse all

"...John Howard's Australia died with his government on Saturday night. So did the political careers of a whole raft of Coalition MPs. The final casualty list depends on how the count concludes in a f...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:56:00 PST

Balibo 5 killing was a war crime: coroner

Yo y'all...Hah I'm on a spree now. Just saw this in the paper this morning and had to comment.The Balibo 5 were Australian journalists killed in East Timor in the early days of the Indonesian military...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:48:00 PST

The Sydney Festival is overpriced

    Thought I'd post this separately, because I just looked at the previous post and realised that no one would get to the end. Hmm, let's be concise. Haikus anyone?    I...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:00:00 PST

How is John Howard like EMI?

    Hey hey, what the hell is up? It's springtime in Sydney, the jacaranda is in full bloom, the European exchange students are arriving to do their 6 week bridging course in Aboriginal...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:33:00 PST

About the tunes

"Starship Troopers" This is the original version that was only released on "The Elefant Collection vol. 1", which pretty much just us at Elefant Traks and our mums have ;-) so I thought youse might be...
Posted by Ozi Batla on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:43:00 PST