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THUR 3rd DEC l THE ZOO l ABLUM LAUNCH
'Peace,love & Unity' feat. Jali Buba Kuyateh
w/ Tijuana Cartel & The Toothfaeries
First 100 people through the door recieve a FREE Afro Dizzi Act CD
TIX: www.thezoo.com.au
Rockinghorse Records (City), Kill The Music (City), Butterbeats (City & Valley)

"Afro Dizzi Act & their new album 'Peace Love & Unity' is pure epicness. Our kids have been dancing to it all week." Nathan Oldfield www.freefilms.com.au

PEACE, LOVE & UNITY..
ON TOUR OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2009

Over the past 10 years Afro Dizzi Act have performed at international festivals & concerts in Nepal, India, Dubai, as well as major Australian festivals like the Woodford Folk Festival, East Coast Blues & Roots Festival, Big Day Out & Livid. Throughout this time the boys from Brisbane had a dream & goal to study, collaborate & perform with as many different cultures as possible to help enrich their own sound as well as creating a unique global melting pot of influences that could inspire them with their own sonic creations. This dream & passion has led them to perform with legendary artists such as Trilok Gurtu (India), Wala (Ghana, West Africa), Ralph Thomas (France), Cadenza (Nepal), Chris Berry, Panjea (USA, Africa) & Don Burrows (Australia). It's their latest collaboration with now a permanent member of the group Master Kora (African Harp), Singer & Story teller Jali Buba Kuyateh from Senegal, West Africa, that has solidified Afro Dizzi Act's sound catapulting them into the ranks of Artists such as Yossou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti, Saleif Keita & Alpha Blondy.

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PEACE, LOVE & UNITY

Peace Love & Unity Released 12 October, 2009 CDs and high quality MP3’s available now from VITAMIN RECORDS

WALKIN'

Walkin Released July 2008 CDs and high quality MP3’s available now from VITAMIN RECORDS

WELCOME SPEECH

Welcome Speech Released July 2008 CDs and high quality MP3’s available now from VITAMIN RECORDS

AFRO DIZZI ACT Releases:
Now Available through Vitamin Records

** NEW ** PEACE, LOVE & UNITY - OCTOBER 2009 Vitamin Records ***** *****
Afro Dizzi Act's latest Album Release 'Peace, Love & Unity' is a concept & message that is the strength behind their lives & music. It's through the bands travels to exotic & beautiful places like Nepal & North East India (Roots Tour for Peace) in the thick of corruption, war & turmoil that has seen the group understand the power of the universal language music & how this 'Peace, Love & Unity' shines through to be the light & answer to restore joy & happiness in peoples lives. Especially the people in the 3rd world countries who are less fortunate than us. Which is what being & performing in Afro Dizzi Act is all about. This message is also the strength & hope Jali Buba Kuyateh feels for his home Africa.

WALKIN’ 2007 Vitamin Records
***** *****
Afro Dizzi Act have just completed their 2nd studio album titled ‘Walkin’, creating a sonic journey that captures adventures they shared with musicians in locations of India, Nepal, Dubai, West Africa & Australia.

WELCOME SPEECH EP & 7” 2005 Vitamin Records
***** *****
Afro Dizzi Act’s last E.P and 7” vinyl single release, ‘Welcome Speech’, received extensive JJJ airplay for an instrumental track and aroused a whole lot of interest from the 45’ vinyl collectors of the world. (www.dustygroove.com)

GO WITH THE FRO 2002-2003 Soundfoundation
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This is the album many people have been waiting for, recorded live at woodford folk festival, North East India and the Valley Fiesta over three years, this album is one album guaranteed to please your ear drums, and if you were there we are sure that it will bring back some great memories.

AUDIO COOKIE 2002 Soundfoundation
***** *****
Afro Dizzi Act’s debut release ‘Audio Cookie’ was issued in 2003 to glowing reviews. It can be difficult for groups with such a strong live reputation to achieve an equally energetic studio sound, but Afro Dizzi Act’s intensity carried over with little resistance due in part to the assistance from engineer Jeff Lovejoy, who was able to create a fertile studio setting for the band to work in. Released through Hydrofunk Records, the debut has since attracted significant support from a variety of street papers, magazines and radio stations both in Australia and abroad.

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AFRO DIZZI ACT ** BIO **

For just over decade, Afro Dizzi Act has been performing in Australia and throughout East Asia, collaborating with musicians of the globe and performing a style of music the industry has described as fusion, or, as preferred by the band, roots infused World Beat. The unification of the bands sound lies in their ability to perform with the depth, feel and telepathy nurtured from 10 years of playing together, their collective compositional skills and the exceptional craftsmanship of the bands vocalist, Senegalese born Jali Buba Kuyateh. Sonic stylist and saxophonist Nick Aggs, guitarist/lyricist Sol Carroll, Bassman OJ Newcomb and drummer Mark Landsbury Henman are not only the backbone of Afro, they stand out individually as being exceptionally gifted musicians with a plethora of recordings and tours under their belts.

Over ten years the sound of Afro Dizzi Act has evolved from its humble beginnings as a five piece party band to an internationally travelled unit with a catalogue of recordings and a solidified and focused sonic direction. As word spread in the late nineties of Afro’s outrageous musicianship and fun filled jams, invitations came thick and fast to play throughout Queensland. A dedication to funk and odd time rhythmic explorations was documented in 1999 with a now collectable limited run of CD’s recorded at the Woodford Folk Festival.

It was the release of their Hip Hop and Drum and Bass tinged debut studio album Audio Cookie through Hydrofunk records in 2002 that catapulted the band onto the Australian festival and touring circuit. Performances as a headliner at the following three Woodford Folk Festivals, the Byron Bay For just over decade, Afro Dizzi Act has been performing in Australia and throughout East Asia, collaborating with musicians of the globe and performing a style of music the industry has described as fusion, or, as preferred by the band, roots infused World Beat. The unification of the bands sound lies in their ability to perform with the depth, feel and telepathy nurtured from 10 years of playing together, their collective compositional skills and the exceptional craftsmanship of the bands vocalist, Senegalese born Jali Buba Kuyateh. Sonic stylist and saxophonist Nick Aggs, guitarist/lyricist Sol Carroll, Bassman OJ Newcomb and drummer Mark Landsbury Henman are not only the backbone of Afro, they stand out individually as being exceptionally gifted musicians with a plethora of recordings and tours under their belts.

Over ten years the sound of Afro Dizzi Act has evolved from its humble beginnings as a five piece party band to an internationally travelled unit with a catalogue of recordings and a solidified and focused sonic direction. As word spread in the late nineties of Afro’s outrageous musicianship and fun filled jams, invitations came thick and fast to play throughout Queensland. A dedication to funk and odd time rhythmic explorations was documented in 1999 with a now collectable limited run of CD’s recorded at the Woodford Folk Festival.

It was the release of their Hip Hop and Drum and Bass tinged debut studio album Audio Cookie through Hydrofunk records in 2002 that catapulted the band onto the Australian festival and touring circuit. Performances as a headliner at the following three Woodford Folk Festivals, the Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival, The Big Day Out and Livid ensured Afro’s reputation as being a premier festival band.

Whilst they continued to grow in Australia, their dedication to continued learning as musicians through jazz and world sensibilities brought them opportunities to attend the Kathmandu Jazz Festival for two years running and a world music festival in Dubai where they performed alongside Trilok Gurtu. An invitation by the Indian Government to perform at Indian Independence Day was accepted creating an opportunity become the first Western band to tour North East India. These years of honing their live sound through national and international touring were released on ‘Go with the ‘Fro 2000-2003’, and represent the bands sonic palate and global influences.

In 2005, Brisbane’s cult record store Butter Beats approached Afro Dizzi Act to record two instrumental tracks that would be released on a limited edition funk 45. The two tracks recorded for the release received extensive radio play throughout Australia and are available from dealers globally.

Being the first Western band to tour North East India and two tours of Nepal had far reaching effects on the band as a creative unit. The release of their second studio album ‘Walkin’ in 2007 as a sonic documentation of these tours has left a lasting impression on the Australian music Industry. The single track ‘Walkin” as sung by Jali Buba Kuyateh is about the spiritual significance of walking, and OJ’s instrumental ‘Drop Off’ has been licensed by Ubiquity Records for the soundtrack Under the Sun.

A distribution deal with Vitamin Records in 2008 of the entire catalogue has given Afro the opportunity to solidify their work until now and concentrate on workshopping new material for their next release. Now with Jali Buba Kuyateh being granted Australian citizenship and the recent input of Tabla sensation Dheeraj Shrestha, Afro Dizzi Act has become a genuine melting pot for musical ideas of a global perspective, a message to the world that cultural differences need not be a source of conflict but a source of peace and unity.

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