Hiatus Kaiyote with Sampa the Great

Overview

Over the past five years, Melbourne's Hiatus Kaiyote has scored two Grammy nominations, recorded two full-length albums and toured the world — from Tokyo's Blue Note to London's o2 Forum. Along the way, they've attracted the approval of Erykah Badu, Questlove and Prince. Now, they're bringing their self-described "multi-dimensional polyrhythmic gangster" to the Opera House for the first time. For the first time. How has this taken so long?

Joining on the night will be Timeboy, who'll be sorting out visuals, and one of our favourites, Sydney by way of Zambia MC, poet and singer-songwriter Sampa the Great, who recently supported Kendrick Lamar, after collaborating with Urthboy and Okenyo on 'Second Heartbeat' and with Remi on 'For Good'. We physically can't stop playing Sampa's The Great Mixtape, help.

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