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On September 17 and 18, Melbourne and Sydney unite with 200,000 people dancing for peace around the Australia and the world. In conjuction with the United Nations World Peace Day, Earthdance creates global unity through the creative platforms of music, art and self expression. Earthdance is a global movement which unites socially and environmentally conscious people in more than 50 countries around the world in a celebration of peace and community.

The Dynamic Asian Women's Network is hosting a Creative Entrepreneurs Programme 2005. Sponsored by Creative London and hosted by the British Library, the programme aims to provide Asian women entrepreneurs from the Creative Industries sector with a structured opportunity to focus on and realise their businesses' targets. The three day programme (Monday 19 September, 3 October and 10 October 2005) comprises interactive workshops covering seven business modules, supported by reading material, a networking event, and a mentoring session. read more for details or visit http://www.mydawn.co.uk

BRISBANE, Australia - August 30, 2005 - In a call out to dark alternative music fans and artists, independent record label, Extrinia, today launched the "Afterglow" podcast at http://extrinia.com/afterglow. Afterglow will bring the best in music inspired by darker themes - romantic and otherwise - from new and emerging artists from around the world, as well as newly independent but established stalwarts of the Division, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Depeche Mode (and for those who've discovered they've held a long fascination with black eyeliner), Afterglow is set to re-awaken your faith in music. The show features "podsafe" music, where independent artists who own their copyrights give their permission to use their original songs in the show. "We've had a tremendous reaction from the artist community, and we'd love to hear from more artists in the genre", explained presenter and Extrinia founder, John P Shea. "Fans can also request tracks using the request form on the site, and playlists include artist contact details so they can purchase material directly".

Visit the Australian reggae forum @ http://www.ozreggae.com for the latest reggae shows, info and news. Upcoming gigs include Rhythm Collision Sound System - Explosive Dancehall and Reggae vibes @ the Pavillion, Cornerstone Roots @ The Zoo, the Kuranda Reggae Festival in Cairns, The Red Eyes (Melbourne) @ The Zoo and Heavyweight Champion @ Rics

Uber Lingua is St Jeromes' black sheep weekly event, keepin things real (in a sense) and exploring the wildly entertaining and sometimes somewhat obscure world of multi-lingual sound in the forms of Hip Hop, Dub, electronic sounds, polka, retro rock... you name it, it's been played !!! Alongside quality resonant residents bP and Raceless, the guest DJs for this Thursday (the 1st of September) are Open Channel's Program Director Andrew Garton, exploring his fave Korean stuff... He's obsessed! Along side Triple R FM's 'Killa' Namila Benson doing her Melanesian inspired groove thang, and Ang Fang Quartet member 'DJ Russian Disco' who prefers to be pretty obvious about what music he plays via his DJ title... read more or visit http://www.uberlingua.com/melb for more details

Monthly screenings with a simple goal of showing interesting and experimental film and video works in an appropriate setting, comfortable seating - 5.1audio - large scale projection. read more or visit http://obscura.lanfranchis.com for details. Channel101 is a "living, autonomous, untelevised TV network, powered not by promise of reward to the artist, but by the artist's desire to reward the audience." "For the audiences that attend the live screenings, Channel 101 is a chance to sit in the worn-out chair of the fat network exec, drunk on the blood of lowly artists whose right to exist is given in exchange for their ability to nourish. If there are 10 shows in the screening and 7 of them are good, that means 2 good shows aren't coming back and the power of life and death is in your hands. Base your decision on whatever you want. You run the network. You pick the programming. Then come back in a month and see the next episodes of the shows you picked- plus a healthy crop of new pilots. Dump the whole lineup and start fresh, or keep your favorite show running all year. Unlike "real" television, at Channel 101, what you want is what you get more of, and the day you stop wanting something is the day it stops." http://www.channel101.com

The FREEDOM Festival is an annual national music festival that aims to raise funds and awareness of Amnesty International's work to promote and defend human rights programs worldwide.

This year's FREEDOM Festival is raising awareness for Amnesty International's global "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign. Specifically, this includes women's rights to freedom from violence, fear, discrimination and torture, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

These campaigns aim to draw attention to the obligations of governments and communities to stop violence against women in the broader pursuit of human rights. FREEDOM's focus in 2005 is specifically targeted at domestic violence in Australia.

Team Plastique love the Monaco Royal Family - they are fun, trashy and tragic, like every Royal family should be (...or actually is). Monaco-a-go-go will be a scandalous night of Eurotrash glamour - Think international Playboys, Circus Trapeze Lovers, Bodyguard Romances and Tragic Princesses. Catch the Princess Stephanie Dancers - the ultimate tribute to Monaco's own chain smoking, former fashion model, swimsuit designer and Rock Band Singer. Booty dance with the Air Hostess Go-Go's from Togo named after the mother of Prince Albert's scandalous illegitimate child. Performing on the night are Team Plastique - www.team-plastique.com (Berlin), Monster Zoku Onsomb - www.monsterzoku.com (Australia), Instantremovers - (Amsterdam), with visuals by Alex and Jeremy (Amsterdam) - www.alexetjeremy.com

The Women Take Back the Noise project is a showcase collection of over 40 women artists worldwide who experiment with sound in various ways - ranging from ambient-organic to quirky-glitch-beat to harsh or extreme noise (and other categories yet to be defined...) Brisbane's noise artists Kunt as well as international artists such as Californinan bLevin bLectum and New Zealander Solanas, are featured on the release - keep an eye out for the custom-made circuit bent packaging release due out later this year. visit http://www.ubuibi.org/wtbtn/ for more details on the release. Kunt are also touring with Justice Yeldham and his Dynamic Ribbon Device and Nora Keys through Scandinavia and Italy from 21 October - 6 November, and with Scorpio Scorpio in November. read more for details or visit http://www.kuntnoise.com/

Bottom Heavy and Rude Bwoyz presents drum'n'bass Kings, Dieselboy & MC Messinian (USA) alongside locals Superfluid, Aniki, Erther, Brazen, Mr Gaunt & Cutloose. 1st September @ Shamrock Hotel

D-Ko have just returned to Brisbane from their tour of Sydney, Melbourne and Byron Bay with Melbourne drum'n'bass crew K-Oscillate. photos of the trip can be found at the band's website, http://www.d-ko.com/. read more for details of their upcoming Brisbane gigs at Moonbar, Tongue & Groove and Brisbane's first Earthcore in December

"Beatroot" (the edible root of the beat), Soup's new 14 track album will be released on September 11th on Invada Records. You can catch Soup performing at gigs around Australia on his tour from September - December. read more or visit http://www.sampology.com/ and http://www.invadarecords.com for more details.

Drum&Bass, Jungle, Ghettotech & Electro.. with an All Female line up including guest Adelaide DJ Cryptic!

DJ Cryptic played her first set at a ladies night alongside legendary DJ Storm (Metalheadz UK) over 3 & a half years ago.. Since then she has become one of the two top female DJs in Adelaide playing at many local events, including the wellknown winter & summer Enchanted Forest Festivals and has held a residency at Cumberland Arms' "Under The Influence" night for the past 12 months..

Femalehiphop.net is a platform and a network for all female hip-hop activists and intends to call females from all over the world to get in touch with each other, to exchange ideas and to support the movement. - Your participation is welcome! Just log in as a user and post dates, news, links. visit http://www.femalehiphop.net for details

ctrl_alt_del was the first sound-art festival realized in Turkey, in September 2003. It was a collaboration between NOMAD, Marres, Hedah, and Istanbul Technical University Center for Advanced Musical Studies (MIAM). ctrl_alt_del hosted by NOMAD and Istanbul Technical University - MIAM is being held in spetember 2005 and will be an experiment in aural stimulation and urban awareness. Taking the city of Istanbul as the ground for this experimentation, ctrl_alt_del seeks to observe, activate and cultivate a series of idiosyncratic possibilities this city provides, under the rubric of the 'buffer zone'. NOMAD and MIAM would like to receive interesting, provocative, experimental and sophisticated works. About 10 pieces will be selected among the entries by a jury to be performed during the ctrl_alt_del 2 festival on 22 September 2005, in front of an international audience. read more for details or visit http://project-ctrl-alt-del.com