Special Guests:
Jordan Murray (trombone)
Andy Williamson (sax, clarinet)
James (trombone)
Jaq Gawler (vox)
Art by Paul Kalemba
Influences
Damn, my brain could melt trying to do this for all of us! Hmm, a whole platter of stuff from Reggae to Aussie Rock to Electronica to Dub to World Music n Beats to Jazz to Dance Hall to Hip Hop.... so here's a random bag o names that'll keep expanding as we thing 'oh yeah...!'
All our Melbourne Friends!
Groundation, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Clash, Goanna, Bill Laswell, Ninja Tune stuff, Skatalites, Clint Eastwood, Augustus Pablo, Fat Freddy's Drop, Captains of Industry, Gentlemen, Cold Chisel, Ernest Ranglin, Gladiators, Berie Worrell, Peter Tosh, Skatalites, Pixies, Lee Scratch Perry, Jet Li, Thievery Corp., Herbie Hancock, Kiss, Jah Wobble, Jackie Mittoo, Donuts Inc., camping in the bush, Tranceplant, Neil Young, Dub Syndicate, Devo, Mad Professor, Outkast, NZ dub scene, all the Melbourne dub n reggae selectors (esp Systa BB, Heartical HiFi, Jessie I, Ms Butt, Bass Bin Laden, Humdrum) and lots lots more...
Melatonin play a blend of rootsy dub n rocksteady grooves to challenge your mind and move your feet.
We express an eco-social justice conscience through an exciting blend of decadent beats, down to earth rhythms and soaring melodies with a point; and are backed by some of Melbournes finest horns.
Forming in 1999, we've been evolving organically through our many adventures and are creating a unique sound which has it's roots deep in this great land. We've released 3 eps, one album, receive regular airplay, continue to get rave reviews and have a hell of a lot of fun.
As well as playing crazed warehouse parties, venues big n small and outdoor chill n dance parties, we also run our own solar powered sound system and get involved in cutting edge environmental and social initiatives.
SOMETHING WORTH A READ:
Unsettling Evidence of Weakening Gulf Stream Revealed
.. Story by James Randerson, The London Guardian, October 27, 2006. "Scientists have uncovered more evidence for a dramatic weakening in the vast ocean current that gives Britain its relatively balmy climate by dragging warm
water northwards from the tropics. The slowdown, which climate modellers
have predicted will follow global warming, has been confirmed by the most
detailed study yet of ocean flow in the Atlantic. Most alarmingly, the data
reveal that a part of the current, which is usually 60 times more powerful
than the Amazon river, came to a temporary halt during November 2004. "
Sitars n Bleeps - Melbournes first Eastern Electro and Dub festival! This Saturday 17th October at First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. 9 PM!! Featuring Dub the Magic Dragon, Bulke, DJ Lord Lingham, DJ BP, with Visual Arts from Arnold Eye and Irons! It will be a call for racial harmony in the wake of recent violence towards Indian immigrants living in Australia! We will celebrate our cultural diversity and human likeness with performances from artists of a wide variety of racial and cultural backgrounds. One world, One people, One love!
With an all star line up:
Eddie Perfect
Paul Capsis
The Conglomerate
Abbie Cardwell
Sophie Brous
Tommy Spender
Casey Benetto
Video Day
Steve Sedergreen
Jan Skubiszewski
Marc Testart
Xani Kolac
Peter 'The Dog' Burgess
Ben Hendry
Brother Grim
Jelly Tub Rollers
and
Clairy Baby Brown & The Bangin Rackettes
