HEAVY CONGRESS - IRATION STEPPAS

Heavy Congress is Day/night event steeped in Soundsystem lore and culture—a movement that spread from its Jamaican, Colombian and the world. After selling out at RISING 2022, Heavy Congress is back for its third big dance —and this time it’s going to be a massive dance With IRATION STEPPAS as our special guest. Six local crews made up of DJs, MCs and live performing artists—each wield colossal custom speaker stacks, bombarding the audience with bass, in a bid for the crowd’s seal of approval. A massive lineup of Melbourne sound systems, El Gran Mono,General Feeling , Heartical Hi Powa, System Unknown, and from Tasmania we welcome South Weight Sound System to Naaram. Heavy Congress is Day/night event steeped in Soundsystem lore and culture—a movement that spread from its Jamaican, Colombian and Afro-Caribbean roots to sprout subcultures across the globe, from England to Australia. No two sound systems are the same, it is true that no 2 sound systems are equal. Each sound system is built for its own unique sound, shape, looks and place in the sound system community. The sound system is built to give pleasure to the hands that built it and to the tribes that presents themselves in front of it for musical pleasures. Once you’ve found your sound, you will be dedicated for life. Whether its reggae and protest music, classic dub, electro and techno, or champeta Africana pumping from the intricately designed speaker stacks, one thing’s for certain: bass is coming and it’s gonna be big. Heavy Heavy bass, this is Heavy Congress. Iration Steppas Sound System is the foundation of the West Yorkshire underground bass music scene. Mark Iration and Dennis Rootikal met in the early 1990’ s when sound system culture was changing and the music was evolving. This partnership led to the development of the most progressive style of reggae and dub, which has inspired a generation of new sound systems and dub producers such as O.B.F, King Alpha, Dubkasm and many more. It also left a mark on other genres, with many other big names taking influence from the front man Mark Iration. For the past 30 years Iration Steppas have pushed boundaries on sound system technology, continually improving to stay at the top of their game, and have collected possibly the widest plethora of dubplates and specials of any sound system. Mark (Iration Steppas) is an entertainer and provides an experience you will not find anywhere else and you will not want to miss. Iration Steppas have built a proud discography with albums such as Original Dub D.A.T., Dubs from the High Regionz and Dub Arena - as well as many singles, and all are still bought in heavy numbers around the world.