 |
With long term experience in the music industry through performing, corporate workshops and school incursions Stacey and Martin Phillips have teamed up to form Rhythm Fix, a Fremantle based band booking agency and drumming tuition and services provider. As performers and local facilitators they have their ear to the beat of Freo.
They have teamed up with some of their friends; the best WA has to offer in world musicians, drum'n'dance teachers, dancers, street performers, and djs.
Martin Phillips
Martin has been playing drums in his home town of Perth since he was 12 years old. He established, whilst in Art School, ‘The Childlike Primitives’ 1987-1992 a seminal experimental folk rock band. Soon after, Martin helped create ‘Initiation Studios’ from 1990 -1995, an underground art space and legendary DIY recording studio in Perth. This was home to many Perth bands including ‘Arc’ a power pop group in which he played drumkit. He was hungry for more percussion skills and embraced African styles and rhythms while playing Marimba and percussion in the much loved and nationally acclaimed Sundiata Marimba Band for 5 years, 1990-1996. Later, after coming back from a musical study tour of Zimbabwe, he joined the award winning African Music Congress (1997-2001). Martin is praised for his solid knowledge and talent as one of Perth best drum kit and dun dun players (African bass drums) performing over the years with African drum ensemble, Deredjeff Dubar (1995-2003), Mukwa Marimba Band, now with thundering dynamic, drum and marimba ensemble Dunumba (1999-present) and plays drumkit in local Afro dance band, Shangara Jive. Martin has his own electronic dance act ‘Gaiatribe’ and is often invited to play percussion with touring contemporary didgeridoo artists whilst they are in town such as Ganga Giri and AB Digeridoo Oblivion and Si Mulumby. He is also accomplished on Marimba (African xylophone) and Mbira (African Thumb Piano).
|
Stacey Walden
Stacey has forever been in love with singing. She began singing with the original electro grooves of ”Cornucopia” and world music a’capella group “Afropella” in 2000. Her love of African music began as a young girl when some African friends of her parents came to live with her family. Stacey began studying West African drumming and singing with South African born, Alastair van Schoor also in 2000. From this opportunities arose to train and perform as a vocalist and dancer with local African drumming ensemble Deredjeff Dubar (2000-2002), the Djembe Dun Dance Troupe (2003-2004), The Mukwa Marimba & and Dunumba Drum Ensemble (2003-2005) and Shangara Jive Shangara Jive, a fusion of traditional Zimbabwean ritual music and Afro new groove funk, roots reggae and rap. Stacey has continued to study African music culture in Western Australia with resident drum masters and visiting artists.
Stacey is the founder of Rhythm Fix, supporting the percussion community by way of cultural exchange, music, drum, dance education and event management. Stacey has a strong administrative background and enjoys sourcing employment opportunities for musicians and rhythmically rich
experiences for all kinds audiences and students. She is a mother of three beautiful little boys and wife of Martin. |
Alastair van Schoor
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Alastair has been
teaching and performing African Music in W.A. since 1987. His passion for his music is consolidated by a wealth of knowledge and experience that through time, has pioneered an informative and popular teaching style for all percussion enthusiasts. He loves nothing better than to bring people together for the celebration of music and has formed his own choir, drum ensemble and marimba band, Dunumba. Alastair is a composer, teacher, spirited performer and qualified craftsman. He builds and maintains his own marimbas and drums and he uses them in all of his performances. For the future he hopes to create a uniquely Australian Drum Ballet including dance & drama for a truly theatrical experience. African music by its very nature is infectious and Alastair has developed his skills to uphold authentic and traditional drum rhythms, songs and dances from a variety of African cultures including Guinea, Ghana, Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Brasil and Cuba. |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
Copyright Rhythmfix 2007 - 2009 |
|
|
