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Ultravibalux

Ultravibralux return to their spiritual birth place, the streets of St kilda with their their bold essoteric sounds. Their music is a unique cocktail of cinematic psychedelic funk that takes cues from greats like the JB’s, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Lalo Schifrin, Mulatu Astake, Herbie & Miles. Fueled with the classic tones and of valve-soaked sounds of 60s & 70s amplification Ultravibralux combine sophisticated tight horn arrangements, heavy hitting baselines and deep grooves. They will be performing songs from their first full length album ‘Secret Level’ recently launched to a packed audience at the Workers Club in Fitzroy.

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Tax Evaders

Using a combination of danceable funk grooves and raw punk rock live energy, Tax Evaders are a band of four high school mates from the suburbs of Melbourne. Gaining comparisons to classic pop-rock bands such as INXS and The Killers, Tax Evaders' musicianship and eagerness to make every gig feel like a house party is not to be missed.

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funk

punk

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Playlunch

Absolutely fire - every track these ladies put out is a total bop, and they don't know how to stop. The production on this is some of the best we've heard from the Mamas, and the vocals are so full of attitude that it's actually a little bit scary.

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funk

hiphop

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O-Zone

O-Zone first formed as a duo of Dan Bălan and Petru Jelihovschi in 1998.[2] They released their first album, Dar, Unde Ești..., in 1999. However, Jelihovschi had not intended to make music his career, so he split from Bălan. Undaunted, Bălan held open auditions for new band members. At one such audition, he met Arsenie "Arsenium" Todiraș, who eventually won over the initially skeptical Bălan with his version of Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender". Bălan and Todiraș would have proceeded as a duo act until Bălan received a call from Radu Sîrbu, who wanted a chance to audition for the group. Despite Sîrbu having missed the initial auditions, Bălan agreed, and after a successful audition, Sîrbu joined O-Zone, officially making the group a trio.

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funk

r&b

alternative pop

Reggae Dancehall Meets Afrobeats

Melbourne boasts to have the most reggae & Dancehall selectors in the big brown land. Burn City is the reggae capital of Australia and on December 17th will be a night to remember. We have gathered together some of Burn City's finest selectors and we are putting them up against each other for one night of pure niceness. This event has been in the making for a while now. Which vibe will you like more? Will it be the original reggae music vibe, or will it be the Afro-Beats vibe? Maybe you will be coming for the strictly dancehall vibe. Will you be there to see this first of its kind event in Australia? The tickets will strictly be limited for this one .

1LAWDGAD LIVE and direct for the UK/JA
Catch Vida Sunshyne also live on the talk-a-phone.

Representing dancehall will be:
Kevino
Anitra ( from Housewife’s Choice)
Zare Demus

Representing Afro-Beats:
Jerry C
DJ Verse@ille
Troublemekka

Representing Reggae:
Rick Howe
Binghi Fire
Stryka D
Stick Mareebo
Gwaan Gal.

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Electronic

Jazz

funk

Better Than Sex and Dead Rodeo

As the collective psyche of the globe gnashes its teeth at the abyss, and your liver, kidney, and soul are sold to almighty corporations, Better Than Sex will have you gyrating and grooving like nothing else.

It’s funk for cynics, jazz for nihilists, cowboy circus cabaret chaos…… an undefinable sound that hits a spot you didn’t even know was there.

A golden voice and mighty roar, bass lines that walk the Nullarbor, guitar riffs which defy the laws of arthritis, drums executed with the precision of a US bullet going through the head of a Freedom Fighter, trombone that erupts like the trunk of an elephant, and a saxophone so smooth it has multiple undisclosed court cases.

Better Than Sex. The soundtrack to the privatisation of your nervous system.

The perfect band for the end of the world.

To quote Mexican President Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911) “Poor Espy, so far from god, so close to St Kilda”

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funk

Jazz