A.B. Original
A.B. Original | |
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Origin | Australia |
Labels | Golden Era Bad Apples Music |
Members | Briggs Trials |
A.B. Original is an Australian hip hop duo made up of Briggs and Trials. A.B. Original stands for Always Black, Original. Both members are Indigenous Australians; Briggs is a Yorta Yorta man and Trials is Ngarrindjeri.[1] Their music is overtly political and has been described as "angry, polemical, brutally frank and meant to inspire a response, good or bad".[2]
A.B. Original's first release was the single "January 26" (featuring Dan Sultan), released in August 2016, which comments on the use of that date for Australia Day.[3] This was followed up by an album entitled Reclaim Australia in November.[1] The provocatively titled[2][4] album features many guests including Thelma Plum, G. Yunupingu and Archie Roach.[4] At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 the duo won Songwriter of the Year.[5]
Band members
Discography
Albums
singles
- "January 26" (2016)
References
- ^ a b Byron, Tim (25 November 2016), "A.B. Original: 'We wrote the hardest shit we could write, and it's being supported'", Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b Zuel, Bernard (27 November 2016), "A.B. Original album Reclaim Australia is a necessary shock to the system", Canberra Times
- ^ Pat McGrath and Andy Burns, (26 January 2017), Band A.B. Original on their song January 26, 7.30, ABC Telelvision Retrieved 4 July 2017
- ^ a b Butler, Josh (16 November 2016), "'It's Shit Being A Black Man In Australia' -- A.B. Original Talk Racism, Reclaim Australia And Rap", The Huffington Post
- ^ "Songwriter of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Stephen (26 November 2016). "Reviews: Simpson & Flemons, Hat Fitz & Cara, Bic Runga, AB Original". The Australian.
- ^ Zuel, Bernard (25 November 2016). "Reviews: A.B. Original, Metallica, Chris Pickering, Necromantix, Hayley Bonar". The Age.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - A.B. Original - Reclaim Australia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2016.