Coming out of a colourful and vibrant artistic community in the Blue Mountains, Field Trip have been developing an interesting mix of sounds... influenced partly by the local Reggae & Hip Hop scene.
Field Trip is a trio, consisting of singer/songwriter/producers Jack Mandhu, Mirabai (Mimi) & Papa Richie, a Reggae/Dub producer and resident sound engineer at the Hotel Gearin, in the Blue Mountains. The band formed out of a deep freindship between three aspiring musicians, united through a common love of reggae, soul & funk.
The music and lyrics are inspired by roots reggae, mysticism & philosophy - particularly ideas that break down the illusion of separateness, and reveal the interconnectedness of all things.
Field Trip are currently recording their debut album.. creating an ecclectic mix of r'n'b, funk, soul, reggae & hip hop.
ORIGIN STORY..
Field Trip originated from a reggae/roots inspired band called I&I - which was formed in 2006 by Jack Mandhu (guitar/vocals) & Mimi (keys/vocals)... who were later joined by Richie Wait on drums, and Dave Crestani on bass.
I&I had only performed a couple of gigs at Katoomba night club 'Tris Elies' before coming to apeaceful end in 2007. Jack Mandhu & Mirabai moved on, joining a couple of 'Red Room Special' jam sessions (also at Tris Elies). Using original lyrics sung over reggae riddims, they jammed as 'Version Galore' with local muso friends including Rory (The General) on bass, Papa Richie on guitar, Dubs ..s, and El Gusto on drums.
In late 2007 Jack Mandhu & Mimi retreated into their studio.. and a period of intensive musical development followed, as they dove deep into the creative soup and continued to write/produce new songs. Renewed from refining their sound, an organic collaboration with their close friend Papa Richie developed - and and they re-emerged.. in mid 2008 'Field Trip' was born. All the band members of Field Trip also perform with Katoomba Dub Collective (KDC), a traditional reggae band.
Katoomba Dub Collective playing this Friday, 17th of April at The Gearins in Katoomba at 9pm.
The line up consists of Ras Roni (Resurrectors) from Barbados on Vocals, Mirabai Bocquet on Vocals, Luke Dubber (Hermitude) on Keys, Rory Brown (the Chris Gudu band) on bass, Papa Richie (the Skankerchiefs) on drums, David Jackson on Guitar, Kevin Kerr (Jumbledat) on Trumpet, Mark Brown (Jumbledat) on Trombone and hopefully Aubtin Namdar (Skankerchiefs) also on the Trombone. We will be playing a couple of sets of Heavy-Weight Reggae for you to groove to and feel irie! FORWARD!!!
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