Contrary presents:
beaút live OSCAR KEY SUNG + RAINBOW CHAN
Oscar Key Sung + Rainbow Chan
Entry Requirements: YOU NEED TO BE 18+ TO ATTEND THIS EVENT
HOLA BBS!!!! SO. First Beaút of 2018!!!
The first Beaút of the year is a very light focused one. We are so thrilled to be working with some of the lightest artists our hearts could imagine to shine on our first night together for 2018.
BEAÚT cordially welcomes all to an open and loving community built on the ideals of liberation and uninhibited self-expression. We are all-welcoming, inclusive and loving to all. Our community comes together in the ritual of the monthly Beaút Party - housed on the third Saturday of every month at The Toff In Town. We endeavour to guide you into a journey of sensory overload and safe abandon with Live Bands, Artworks, Performance Acts, DJs and the celebrated walk-off!!
As this month is a LIGHT Beaút and we explore the lighter side of ourselves we encourage you to dress as your most ethereal self, lightness, bright colours, pastel hues - our event page is full of ideas - https://www.facebook.com/events/181817235746585/
BEAÚT LIVE runs from 8:30PM - 11PM so get down early! w. OSCAR KEY SUNG & RAINBOW CHAN
Artwork by ALEXANDRE DUBOIS & SHANNON MAY POWELL
DJs from 11PM SALVADOR DARLING & DJ KITI
We will welcome to the upcoming Light Beaút Oscar Key Sung and Rainbow Chan (Syd).
Oscar is in Australia for a short time between writing, recording and living between Berlin & LA and we are ecstatic that he will be joining Beaút for one of only a limited number of return shows during his stay.
Oscar Key Sung is something ecstatic and undone, a sound that winds simultaneously through RnB's golden past and pop's near future. His recent release 'Shallow' was championed by the likes of NYLON, KCRW and Noisey. He has earned both praise and airtime from legendary BBC Radio 6 presenter Gilles Peterson and notably, in 2013, was hand-picked by Mercury Music Prize-nominated artist Ghostpoet and Brooklyn-based artist MeLo-X to collaborate on their MELOGHOST project.
Oscar is joined by Sydney singer, producer and multi-disciplinary artist, RAINBOW CHAN. Since winning FBi Radio's Northern Lights Competition (2011), Rainbow has built a reputation as one of the most innovative artists in Australia with her idiosyncratic brand of pop and vibrant aesthetics. She often draws on nostalgia, diaspora and her Chinese heritage—the result is a collage of seemingly disparate sounds and cultures. She has toured extensively including performances at the Sydney Opera House, Iceland Airwaves, Vivid & Mona Foma and was recently invited to perform at Longli International New Media Arts Festival, China. Rainbow has just recently released FABRICA Ep (Healthy Tapes). Its lead single "Let Me" is nominated for FBi Radio's SMAC Award 2017 for Best Song.
This epitome of live light vibes is a very close set to our hearts, and a lil collision of artists not to be missed.
Can’t wait to kick off this year with you, angels!
Love, always. Team Beaút! xx
Line Up
Oscar Key Sung
Melbourne-based producer/vocalist/songwriter Oscar Key Sung has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the most prodigious new talents in Australia’s vibrant indie music landscape. Since releasing debut EP Holograms, Oscar has been selling out venues nationally in addition to US, Europe & Japan tours and gained international acclaim for his refreshingly spacious productions, buoyant performances, and a sumptuous voice that harkens back to a classic lineage of heart-on-sleeve r’n’b frontmen.
Rainbow Chan
Rainbow Chan is a singer, producer and multi-disciplinary artist. Since winning FBi Radio's Northern Lights Competition (2011), Chan has built a reputation as one of the most innovative artists in Australia with her idiosyncratic brand of pop and vibrant aesthetics. She often draws on nostalgia, diaspora and her Chinese heritage—the result is a collage of seemingly disparate sounds and cultures.
Her debut album Spacings (Silo Arts) was chosen as feature album on FBi, Radio Adelaide, RTRFM, and received 4 stars from Rolling Stone. She scored FBi's most played artist and song of 2016, and received two SMAC Award nominations for Best Live Act and Record of the Year. Chan has toured extensively including performances at the Sydney Opera House, Iceland Airwaves, Vivid, Mona Foma and Melbourne Music Week. In October 2016, she was invited to perform at Longli International New Media Arts Festival, China. She has worked with MusicNSW as a mentor for Women in Electronic Music, and was a recipient of an Opportunity Development Grant. Most recently, Chan soundtracked the ABC documentary, "The Glass Bedroom".
Rainbow has just recently released FABRICA Ep (Healthy Tapes). Its lead single "Let Me" is nominated for FBi Radio's SMAC Award 2017 for Best Song.