The X-ecutioners Australian tour reveals local support

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    Tue, Sep 14, 2004, 08:47
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  • As we announced last month The X-ecutioners will soon be embarking on a tour to Australia to present an evening of live beats, scratching and visuals. Local support has now been revealed and will include the likes of the Down Under Beats Crew, The Defenders and Melbourne’s Scarz on 45. In three years, Scratch has evolved from a film to a multi-media tour de force consisting of Scratch Touring, Scratch Recordings and Scratch Clothing. The Scratch 2004 live shows across Australia will feature the superhuman virtuosity and dazzling synchronicity of Roc Raida, Rob Swift & Total Eclipse, aka The X-ecutioners. Real live beat-jugglers 2002 hit album Built From Scratch (on Sony's Loud Records) was both a critical and commercial success debuting at #15 on Billboard's Top 40 Album Chart. The full tour dates with local supports will appear as below: Australian X-ecutioners Tour Friday October 1 - Adelaide @ Heaven + The Defenders & Live art Saturday October 2 - Perth @ Monkey Bar + MC Tsunami & DJ Paw el, Zou Roc (breakers) Sunday October 3 - Sydney @ Metro + Down Under Beats Crew (live), Blaze (DJ), Seven Dollars Crew (breakers) & live graffiti art Wednesday October 6 - Melbourne @ Prince of Wales + Scarz on 45 – feat. MC Troy & Sherlok and DJ Rub (live), Flagrant (DJ) and live street art. Thursday October 7 - Brisbane @ The Tivoli + Miss Brown (live), Katch (DJ), live art by Cult Connect The Scratch live shows will marry hip hop music with state-of-the-art visuals, featuring a fully integrated and choreographed visual component to the music.
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