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Beggars Waltz
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Scared New World
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To Our Dearly Deported
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LINDSAY PAGE KEYS AND TROMBONE
ROBBIE WOOLF KEYS AND VOX
TEREPAI RICHMOND DRUMS AND VOX
PETER FIRTH BASS AND VOX
ROSS FOTHERINGHAM SKAN KING GUITAR
PAUL SNATCH TOASTER /VOX
TONY HUGHES CHEER LEADER AND VOX
GEOF INNIS TRUMPET
ALEX [Junior gong]PAGE TROMBONE
And when The Pi Man can't make it .DECLAN KELLY plays DRUMS
When Peter Firth can't make it WINSTAN [GROOVY] STEPHENSON plays BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Influences
Roots POP Reggae
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Roots POP Reggae
Roots Pop Reggae Review Sept 26/09 AUSTRALIAN NEWS PAPER WEEKEND REVIEW
King Tide
Vitamin
ROOTS Pop Reggae is King Tide's third CD and its most accomplished blend of rock steady beats, pop, soul, electronica and ska. King Tide is the final mutation of the heady acid rock of the early 1990s when D.I.G. (Directions in Groove), Swoop, Caligula, Def X and Skunkhour defied the prevailing grunge and Oz rock four-on-the-floor template to venture forth with bold, individualistic blends of infectious melody, electronica and funk-soul. It ruled Sydney inner-city dance clubs for three or four years, then subsided. Main men are MC-singer Tony Hughes, from late 90s funk-dance outfit Bellydance, and toaster Paul Snatch, previously with hip-hop outfit Large Rabbit and pop band Radio Freedom. The two vocalists enjoy the backing of a nine-piece ensemble that pours peerless musicianship into sublime grooves. Players include gun drummers Terepai Richmond and Declan Kelly, guitarist Ross Fotheringham, a four-piece brass section and keyboardist Robbie Woolf, who steps up to the microphone for one of the album's standout tracks, the high, sweet soul lament Anyone Could Tell. It evokes the glistening sorrow of Smokey Robinson's falsetto. Mostly, though, Roots Pop Reggae is infectious melody welded to sinuous rock-steady dance rhythms. Atomised is Hughes's melodic account of how the soul of music is passed through generations. Keep on Lovin' is traditional roots reggae embodying the optimistic message that love can yet save the world. Sun Machine uses programmed beats as a platform for an adventurous simulation of the stimulation of summer days. Chemical is a Paul Snatch rave-up that looks for and finds reggae's DNA in disco nursery rhymes. Beggars Waltz is soul contemporised with electronic brass flourishes. Rockers Roots takes Hughes back to his childhood in Britain, awed and floored by Millie Small's pop-reggae smash My Boy Lollipop. From Reg Mombassa's vivid cover art to the frolicking music inside, Roots Pop Reggae is a rarity: dance music that leaves messages in one's ears, one being to check the gig guide to see when King Tide is next playing live.
Anthony O'Grady
**** out of 5
Australian Newspaper
king tide was not intentionally formed, it was born. and has begun to grow....>>>!!! taking on a life of its own..... more or less kidnapping its members like some kind of 'SKANK GHOST' haunted ship...... hell bent on rocking festival stages across the land,...
with little or no mercy, this beast/entity is gaining strength daily,.... sucking power from all the level vibes and support each new crowd seems to feed it..
WE ARE WHAT IT IS .... "ONE BLOOD".... ISLAND PEOPLE
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SEE YAH IN THE SURF!
CHECK IT......"ITES ITES ITES, SKATALITE FEEL'N" ...... VIDEO.....
CHECK IT............"WORLDS GONE WACK " .........VIDEO.....
LOUD RAW AND CRUCIAL!!!
KING TIDE DO THAT TOOTS CROWD PLEASER 54/46 AT THAT QUAINT LITTLE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL IN WOOLOOMOOLOO SYDNEY!
MR BROWN LIVE ON BOBS BIRTHDAY AT THE BASEMENT SYDNEY
PEATS RIDGE PROMO 09 USING KING TIDE SONG ATOMISED
KING TIDE ON TOUR IN W.A NO MONEY AT ALL WAS SPARED ON THIS CLIP.aPART FROM PETROL MONEY!
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King Tide Signs to UK Label Urban Sedated and Releases New Single!
Renowned reggae and roots influenced band, King Tide, is the first Australian band to be signed to prestigious UK record label, Urban Sedated. The label will be releasing King Tide's first album, To Our Dearly Deported as well as inclusion of their song Babylon Mixed Business on the Global Reggae Selection Vol 1 – due out in the UK this November.
The signing highlights the global appeal of King Tide's infectious, high energy music. Urban Sedated is committed to scanning the world for the best music out there, and to be recognised amongst that calibre of artists is truly an honour.
Ola King Tide Crew. Great to make contact with you (although we are vaguely connected by our Afro D.A. brothers! Great vibe. Love it. Abracos e paz The Couch
King Tide [sydney] THANK YOU FOR ADDING ORIGINAL KINGS PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT OUR TEES AND IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE MESSAGE US FOR PRICING AND SIZES.
tasty little colaboration with The Dub Dentist .... now that's a dentist chair I'd like to sit in .... toothache ? what toothache ? ... might catch you at newcastle .... luv always, sista
Well I've booked my tix for Sat's gig, including my transport to Syd from Canberra, so I really hope you guys don't cancel. Can't wait for Sat, yeah man!!!