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Ganga Giri & Jornik

With DJ BECCA DAKINI

Friday 24th February

Coorabell Hall

Tix: $20 on the door
Doors: 7.30pm / Show: 8.30pm

Ganga Giri returns to Byron after an incredibly successful 6 month Australian and World  Tour !!

World renowned rhythmic didgeridoo virtuoso and world electronic fusion band Ganga Giri  (pronounced gun-gah gear-ree)  returns to Byron Bay for the first time since the release of his latest Album Good Voodoo back in June 2011. A pumping, percussive, multi-layered experience of complex grooves and raw natural sounds, Ganga Giri’s music  is a melting pot of genres and cultures. Ganga mixes an array of tribal percussion (congas, djembe, bougarabou, Nigerian talking drum, mbira) and indigenous flavours (didgeridoo and dance) into a deep earth dance experience - fusing aspects of dub, dancehall, reggae and electro genres.

Ganga Giri have recently returned from an incredibly successful global tour that saw the band tour all across Canada performing at some of the largest blues and roots festivals. The 3 month tour also took in many states of the USA with massive performances at the legendary Burning Man Festival in the Nevada Desert and sold out shows in Hawaii. Off the back of this successful tour Ganga Giri has managed to secure international representation from one of North Americas largest Artists Booking Agencies.

After a short break in Australia, Ganga Giri has been back on the road & the next few months sees the release of a brand new video clip & festivals across Australia & NZ. In keeping with ‘sharing the celebration’ Ganga Giri’s latest album Good Voodoo draws inspiration from all parts of the globe, bringing together a host of collaborators including famed Canadian blues artist Harry Manx, Yeshe Reiners, Gnarnayarrahe Waitare, Deya Dova, Gumaroy Newman and French Guianese vocalist Jornick Joelick .

Ganga says of himself… “I like to bring people together to celebrate. I see myself more now as a producer, and as a producer and community builder, it’s not just about me playing didgeridoo anymore but more about directing a multicultural musical platform. I am inspired to fuse that sound and for it to become absorbable by a really wide audience internationally. “

State of Mind – Wakarusa Festival Review (USA) :
“….the Australian quartet stormed the fields of Wakarusa with their interpretation of ancient cultures. The sound‚ the presence‚ the energy was overwhelming-hands down‚ the highlight of the entire festival.”

Don’t miss Ganga Giri’s  original & energising dancefloor mash at Coorabell Hall…a true world-beat celebration !

www.ganagagiri.com
www.myspace.com/gangagiri
www.facebook.com/gangagiri

Wild Marmalade

Friday 9th March
Coorabell Hall

NON STOP ORGANIC DANCE SESSION !

Doors: 7.30pm / Start 8pm
Tickets: Pre $17 (+bf)/ Door $20
Avail: www.kupromotions.com.au
Delicious Treats by Open Table

Wild Marmalade, Byron Bay's  favourite drum ‘n’ didgeridoo dance band have recently completed a  tour in New Zealand and featured at Queensland's Earth Frequency festival and  will be returning to their favourite local venue, Coorabell Hall, on Friday March 9 with their non stop organic dance session featuring keyboard player Si Fixion.

Wild Marmalade celebrated a decade of playing shows internationally and throughout Australia with the release their fourth album, "Thermic Lift " featuring and produced by Si Fixion. Having completed eight tours of Japan and nine of Europe, as well as concerts in USA and Canada, Wild Marmalade have been spreading their unique didgeridoo and drum dance sound to a global audience. Didg player Si Mullumby explains how the collaboration with Si Fixion has its roots set deeply in the Australian dance music scene.

“One of the greatest inspirations behind the creation of Wild Marmalade was seeing  The Bird play back in 1999. The way they could win an audience through playing instruments totally live had an energy far greater than what I experienced from listening to pre-recorded dance music. The result is a hybrid between organic and electronic sounds, seamlessly melded to create true Australian groove music. The band is playing totally live, without programming, thus maintaining the essential power of the Wild Marmalade sound”.

The night will  also feature long-time local D.J. / producer Andrew Booth playing his mix of organic and electronic grooves.
 Expect a night of high energy, organic dance music with ferocious intensity, from Australia's ambassadors of groove !

www.wildmarmalade.com

Dave Stringer

Saturday 17th March
Coorabell Hall

Doors: 6.45pm / Start 7:30pm
Tickets: Pre $30 / Door $35
Available:  http://www.trybooking.com/ULZ
Food By Veet’s Cuisine

“I don’t know which to prefer, the beauty of inflections, or the beauty of innuendoes. The blackbird whistling, or just after.”
--- Wallace Stevens

The call and response form of mantra chanting known as Kirtan is a consciousness-transforming practice, directing the singers to vanish into the song as drops merge into the ocean. The form is simple: a lead group calls out the melodies. The crowd responds, clapping and dancing as the rhythms of tablas, finger cymbals, harmonium, tamboura, electric bass, guitar and trumpet build and accelerate into an ecstatic atmosphere of blissful chanting and dancing.

International kirtan artist Dave Stringer will be making his fifth and most extensive Australian tour yet in March 2012.

Stringers sound marries the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove-oriented sensibility of American gospel, and he is regarded as one of the most gifted singers in the genre. Stringer, who is also an accomplished composer and multi-instrumentalist, has a special ability to bring people together and inspire them to sing. His work intends to create a modern and participatory theatrical experience out of the ancient traditions of kirtan and yoga, open to a multiplicity of interpretations, and accessible to all.

Stringer has been widely profiled as one of the most innovative artists of the new American kirtan movement. The Los Angeles Times has declared the experience of chanting with Dave Stringer to be a departure from ancient kirtan. Stringers performance shaped the experience into a far more compelling musical encounter.Ó

Initially trained as a visual artist, filmmaker and jazz musician, Stringer had his formative experiences with chanting when film editing work brought him to an ashram in Ganeshpuri, India in 1990. An articulate and engaging public speaker, he probes the dilemmas of the spirit with a wry and unorthodox sense of humor.

Bring your friends and family for an enchanting evening of Kirtan at Coorabell Hall, for Dave Stringer’s only Byron Bay Concert. At the very least you will leave full of inspiration and Bhakti bliss !!

Official Website: http://www.davestringeraustralia.com