UK-Australian performer Hugo Farrant teams up with DJ Treats and enters the Levity Zone with his unique visionary rap. Hugo takes us back way before Eleusis to Mesopotamia’s Spring Goddess Ishtar. We fall into his spell of words and music and journey as the grateful pilgrim in search of the divine feminine and our collective rejuvenation from Mother Nature herself. Hugo also raps with whimsical world band Dub The Magic Dragon, and PhD historian and musician Giordano Nanni, co-creator of Juice Rap News, a ship of the spoken word that pilots us through a cosmos of ideas. Hugo’s own journeys have taken him afar, even featuring Mr. Julian Assange in a Rap News telling of the 2010 launch of Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs. Yours truly, Dr. Bruce was personally moved by Hugo and Treat’s performance at the Rainbow Serpent Festival among the gum trees of Victoria, Australia and and thrilled to bring him and his mates to the Levity Zone. Credits: Dr. Bruce (intro), Hugo (spoken word performance), DJ Treats (music), Jacob Aman (site and art). [released 6 February 2015]

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Hugo Farrant, AKA Hugo The Poet, an esoteric Rap exile from the UK who now calls Australia his home. Teaming with fellow UK artist DJ Treats, a whimsical world music band Dub The Magic Dragon, and PhD historian and musician Giordano Nanni co-creator of Juice Rap News… a ship of the spoken word that pilots us through a cosmos of ideas. Hugo’s own journeys have taken him far, even travelling to London alongside Giordano Nanni to meet Mr. Julian Assange and feature him in a Rap News telling of the 2010 launch of Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs. I was personally moved by Hugo and Treat’s performance at the Rainbow Serpent Festival among the gum trees of Victoria, Australia and am thrilled to bring you Hugo’s Ode to Ishtar from his Soundcloud collection.

Music Credits:

‘Together We Will Live Forever’ Clint Mansell (from the Fountain OST)
‘All Boundaries Are Conventions’ Tom Tykwer/Johnny Klimek/Reinhold Heil (from Cloud Atlas OST)

Check out more of Hugo’s work:
http://www.hugothepoet.com

Hugo & Treat’s tracks on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/hugo1

Ode to Ishtar on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MN1bXRfSGw

Find more about the Juice Rap News project:
http://thejuicemedia.com