The Community | A collective of music producers, performers and artists from Perth, Western Australia.

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tripl M U M

tripl M U M raps and makes beats. He believes in truth, equality and freedom and sometimes he rhymes about it. His name stands for the "Mad Monster Messed Up Mustafa"...
Arms in Motion

There is always someone who gets coined as "the DJ's DJ" or "the producer's producer" - someone who isn't afraid to bring something new or innovative to the table. Arms is that kind of guy, a swiss army knife of beats.
The Empty Cup

The Empty Cup is a producer and emcee. Having performed with The Typhoons, supporting acts such as Lyrics Born and The Streets, and at festivals such as Parklife and Good Vibrations, he is a veteran of the Perth scene.
Maxy Bills

Future cosmic funky glooping intergalactic resonance is how Maxy Bills would describe his musical production. A founding member of The Community, Maxy Bills is commonly found in his studio creating sounds and scapes with beats and bangs.
The Boost Hero Man

Bringing beats and constructions from the far reaches of cosmic expansion, The Boost Hero Man strives to expand and innovate his music with a 'cosmic swagger' style.
Lewis Galaga

Hailing from the most remote capital city in the world, Lewis Galaga is an emcee and producer.
Sibalance

DJ/Producer/Sound Engineer As a DJ, Sibalance is a regular fixture on the Perth dub-step circuit.
wisdom2th

Wisdom2th/Lenny Rudeberg is a Perth based musician, mostly specified in Hip Hop music, 'Wizzy.
nick sweepah

/ / / ...NICK SWEEPAH & OUROBONIC PLAGUE... \ \ \ Nick appeared on albums by Muph, Ivens, Crixus, Arms in Motion and Able, as well as releasing 2 solo EPs.
Marksman Lloyd

Mark Lloyd aka Marksman started rhyming at 13. At this age he recorded his first song, over a beat off the Deathrow Records website, onto cassette tape. He still has it.
DJ Silence

DJ Silence is a man of few words (if any at all). Currently working on his debut solo release, Silence has been playing shows around perth and working on new music.
Mathas

Rapper/Producer/Designer The alias ‘Mathas’ is taken from his name, Tom Mathieson. All ‘emcees’ need a pseudonym and this was the best he could come up with. Or so he’ll tell you.
Mei Saraswati

Mei Saraswati's songs are sonic collages of everyday noises and musings, hums and bells and vocalised thoughts, all used to knit melodic ponchos to keep you warm.
Diger Rokwell

The 2 times WAMI nominated, Diger Rokwell is the chameleon of Perth creative scene. As co-founder of influential crew The Community, Diger has aided the growth of independent electronic music in Perth.
Naik

Naik is a musician and filmmaker from Perth Western Australia. Naik creates creates psychedelic, progressive and unique experiments in electronic music.
Delirious

Delirious is a 22 year-old hip-hop artist from Perth, who is set to release his debut EP in July 2011. He is the newest addition to the Community roster, and approaches music with a fresh, youthful, personal and self reflective perspective.
DOS4GW

"... some seriously heavyweight bass pressure, languishing somewhere between hip hop, dubstep and post-rave mayhem, great production that rolls nicely." "... I need more of DOS4GW even if it is just code on my computer.
YLEM

YLEM (pron. Eye-lem): Primordial substance from which all matter was formed.
vishnu

Cinematic and textural Ambient, Dub, Hip Hop, IDM and Jungle.

Disguised

Carly 'Disguised' Guise is a craftist/costume jewellery designer finding solace from this crazy world in colour, caffeine and all night fits of craftiness.
Rheanna Tostevin

"My art practice is not too dissimilar to that of a five year old sitting in their room drawing without reason. Im drawing portraits of little ladies that are essentially the creatures that contain pieces of me.
deltatriangle

The strongest and most basic shape: The Equilateral Triangle. "I have used the equilateral triangle in my work for many years, there is an inherit simplicity about this object that I draw upon as an inspirational building block.
Esther Tetris

Photographer Melbourne, VIC. Jakarta, IND.
Arms

a.k.a Anna R. Morcombe DESIGNER X MAKER X WASTER arms aims to be using 'pretty much all' reused, recycled, reclaimed or regenerated materials right now.
Sasquatch

Sasquatch (aka Tom Mathieson/Mathas) is one of the chief designers for The Community. He has designed a large portion of the The Community posters and marketing materials, including co-designing this website with Griv.
Nicole Norelli

Professional Photographer of the Perth Music Scene for 7 years and counting, including press, promo and album artwork.
DVS

David Vincent Smith or DVS, is a performance poet, emcee, screenwriter and film director from Perth.
Jenn Garland

Jenn Garland is inspired by urban decay, geometry and old stories. The fine line between light and dark influences her work as she is drawn to those uncomfortable spaces in between: "I like the beauty in the disturbing...
Virginia Ivory

Virginia Ivory is the resident merchandising manager for The Community. She also works closely with The Community artists to secure exhibitions, walls, bookings, and promotion.