Simon Patterson was here what only feels like moments ago, “I haven’t change the world,” he admits but is “finally getting better from being sick and have done a few tunes.” The one thing he’s still yet to conquer is jetlag. “There is no stop to touring, I’m getting used to it, its just so tough.”

Since he was in Australia the last, “I’ve been touring non-stop. Last 2 months have been in Europe, so I’m bit more on ball. Maybe I need to learn from Charlie Sheen, he’s epic, try to learn some of his quotes,” he laughs. The energy Simon has that Charlie seems to omit is what might be missing, “I’m doing lots of gym and but having computer issues, which I’m tweeting and you know, with a few gigs in the middle,” he laughs, “just lucky the gigs have been good!”

2011 hasn’t slowed nor looks to, “since Christmas, it’s been good to be in Europe and have a few weekends off, to just knuckle down, get back at the gym, eat properly and have a moment to stop. Fitness and eating when touring,” he says are the first things to go during touring, “loose that and it makes you more tired.”

After years of humbly impressing Australian audiences as a member of Thundamentals, Rumpunch and Sketch The Rhyme, it’s time for MC Tuka to step to the fore and distinguish himself as one of the country’s most exciting lyrical talents, with his debut album ‘Will Rap For Tuka’.

‘Will Rap For Tuka’ is the culmination of years honing his craft, both in written form and performance, and delivers one of 2010’s most diverse efforts right before the buzzer sounds. Tuka is as comfortable rocking over a stomping Gypsy horn line as he is over Dub-Reggae or a driving Boom Bap rhythm.

A collaborator of the highest order, Tuka has worked and recorded with Chasm, Dialectrix, Two Toes and The Tongue. But for his solo debut, Tuka really has wholeheartedly taken on the ‘solo’ mantle, with only two guests on the entire album – Tenth Dan and Radical Son – and with even the cover art being hand drawn by the Sydney MC.

From an Australian Dance Music perspective, there isn’t really any award this guy hasn’t won or at least been nominated for. Named Australia’s favourite DJ, acknowledgements through ARIA, released HUGE tracks and remixes while even getting a CD series names after him. With this impressive list of achievements and tunes, he feels his career has barely begun. Kid Kenobi has been playing about the scene for 13 years and since 2007, he has been taking it in his own direction.

The soon to be released Dub Step Invasion mixed with Glove Cats is a collection of tracks that is ‘Dub Step’, however one for those who may not have given the genre a chance. "It is Dub Step, not quiet ‘doof doof’," Kid laughs, the CD is trying to "capture the kind of tunes people know" and rediscover then in Dub Step form. The Album Kid describes is "an introductory CD into Dub Step, it’s not just about unreleased tunes, it’s about trying to capture the whole scene."

I want to introduce people to something they might not have heard before.

The new album will be taking the country by storm with a huge tour in early 2011, it "will be cool to travel around Australia, going to places we’ve played before that we haven’t done straight up Dub Step," Kid says. He looks forward to seeing "how it goes. It will be a really interesting experience." The chance to put the album together through a genre he’s not specifically associated and touring under the ‘Dub Step’ umbrella for him is "important, it’s the drive of musicians to do something new."