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Dancehall Reggae Premium PDF Print E-mail

Dancehall Reggae Australasia has launched its Second iPhone app "Dancehall Reggae Premium"

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Features:  New Design , Ipad large screen Support, Weekly News, Events Posters and Photos, Calendar of Events, No Ads !!!!  and 24 Live Radio Stations (Reggae, Dancehall, Soca and Reggaeton)

The app can be downloaded from Apple's iTunes Store for free and is found by searching for "Dancehall Reggae Premium" within the entertainment and music applications category.

Key features of the new app include the ability to get real time information on current events happening on day up to a week, Weekly music on the genes listed, Photos of event posters and a growing list of Reggae radio streams. Items can also be shared via email, Facebook and Twitter.

In future iterations we hope to add additional features and we welcome suggestions from our user via the built-in Contact us menu. Download your copy today at the link below

 

Click Here to download for (iphone/ipad/ipod touch)
 
Good Voodoo PDF Print E-mail

Announcing the release of his new album Good Voodoo

& Accompanying National Tour

World renowned rhythmic didgeridoo virtuoso and percussionist Ganga Giri (pronounced  gun-gah gear-ree) has announced that he will be heading out around the country to launch his new album Good Voodoo.

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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.

 

A lauded international performer, Ganga Giri has appeared everywhere from Glastonbury Festival (UK), Woetsjtock Festival (Netherlands), Boom Festival (Portugal), Fusion Festival (Germany) and the Vancouver Folk Festival (Canada) through to the Woodford Folk and Falls Festival’s here in Australia. This, coupled with multiple tours of Canada, USA, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and Europe, has ensured that Ganga Giri and his band are widely & wildly appreciated by audiences all over the world.

 

Good Voodoo – The Album

 

After a session busking on the streets of London a few years ago, Ganga Giri received a call from former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel inviting him down to his studio’s to record some didge. The resulting recording ended up as the soundtrack to the internationally acclaimed film; Rabbit Proof Fence.

 

It’s this innate sense of ‘collaboration, inspiration and fate’ that is the foundation behind both Ganga Giri and more specifically,his new album Good Voodoo. Says Ganga: “The doors keep opening and new inspiration keeps coming. Many people hear the word Voodoo and get a bit scared but it is just energy. The Ganga Giri show and performance is all about Good Energy and sharing the celebration through the live experience,  so ‘Good Voodoo’ seemed a very appropriate name for this album.”

 

In keeping with ‘sharing the celebration’, 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 .

 

Summarises Ganga: “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.

Due to the fact that Ganga wanted people to be able to understand the message as well as dance to it, Good Voodoo has a lot more vocal content than his previous albums. But this is also due to the presence and key contributions across the album of vocalist Jornick Joelick. Ganga tells the story: “an amazing vocalist we found in Canada a few years ago, Jornick just literally wandered in out of the bush on Saltspring Island (off the coast of British Columbia).  He was staying nearby, fresh out of France and first time in Canada. Whilst walking in the bush he heard the dub coming from our bass players Sean’s place and just wandered in.  A week later we were touring Canada so he came on tour with us, he got up on for a song at some stage, it synced in amazingly and so he joined us on the rest of the tour and then came back to Australia with us afterwards. We’ve been hanging out, recording and touring the world ever since.”

 

As well as Jornick singing on the album, ‘Good Voodoo’ also features the indigenous artists Ganga Giri perform’s with in Australia and around the world lending their vocals to tracks. Specifically Gumaroy on Byami who is a regular feature of Ganga's band, Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie (actor, singer and didge player) with story-telling on Travelling Too and Uncle Owen (elder) onSacred Words.

Good Voodoo Launch Shows

Friday May 6 – Casablabla, Adelaide SA

Saturday May 7 – Casablabla, Adelaide SA

Friday May 13 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC

Saturday May 14 – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine VIC

Friday May 20 – Mullumbimby Civic Hall, Mullumbimby NSW

Saturday May 21 – The Joynt, Brisbane QLD

Friday May 27 – Diggers Tavern, Bellingen NSW

Saturday May 28 – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast QLD

Friday June 3 – Indi Bar, Perth WA

Saturday June 4 – Fly By Night, Fremantle WA

 

Saturday June 11 & Sunday June 12 – Snowy Mountains of Music, Perisher NSW
Friday June 24 – Wickham Park Hotel, Newcastle NSW
Saturday June 25 – Transit Bar Canberra ACT
Sunday June 26 – Tone Sydney NSW

 

Friday July 1 – Republic Bar, Hobart TAS

Further information and dates TBA – Stay Tuned!
 
NeaCombo DiffuZion PDF Print E-mail
After a busy year in 2010 and the success of Round 01: SPARING, NeaCombo DiffuZion begins the Round 2 with one slogan: DIGITAL ATTACK! This rich album of 15 titles is a NeaCombo DiffuZion autoproduction, mixing reggae with “GOT TO GO”, ragga with “RISPE EN CHAY”, zouk with “PREN EPI NOU” as well as soul with “BROTHER”.
With the involvement of ADMIRAL T on the “VIBE EST BONNE” and SKANKY on “WHAT S UP” the ROUND 2 will be very hot!
Armed with good vibes, conscious and positive lyrics, this ROUND 2 is a true DIGITAL ATTACK!
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             After a busy year in 2010 and the success of Round 01: SPARING, NeaCombo DiffuZion begins the Round 2 with one slogan: DIGITAL ATTACK! This rich album of 15 titles is a NeaCombo DiffuZion autoproduction, mixing reggae with “GOT TO GO”, ragga with “RISPE EN CHAY”, zouk with “PREN EPI NOU” as well as soul with “BROTHER”.With the involvement of ADMIRAL T on the “VIBE EST BONNE” and SKANKY on “WHAT S UP” the ROUND 2 will be very hot!Armed with good vibes, conscious and positive lyrics, this ROUND 2 is a true DIGITAL ATTACK!

NeaCombo DiffuZion Bio  

Julien Pouillet (drummer) and Ronny Pelage (bass) decided to become partners in opening a recording studio, NEACOMBO DIFFUZION. They wanted to offer their services to all the musicians and singers who needed them. This is how three other musicians joined forces with them to form a band. Dominique Colas at the guitar, Igor Laufilitoga and Ludovic Hamu on the keyboards. They very quickly presented the television show called "9 semaines et 1 jour" which presents all the New Caledonian artists overseas.

After this they finally wanted to play their own compositions. In 2006 Daddy Max One and Gab'Stone want to try their luck. Their different styles and sounds complemented each other; they could play and sing Creole, French and English. Daddy Max One's voice, with its strength and power typical to Dance Hall, and Gab’Stone, with more soul and sensuality, have attracted many listeners.

The singers write their lyrics and the musician their partitions.

This is how a collective soul was born on the New Caledonia scene.

Their first album "UNITY" came out in June 2006, and of course produced by their own recording studio. Little by little they added to their stable other artists which allowed them to diversify and improve their style by enriching it. More than one artist has integrated their group. Singers like Tylass who stayed with them a whole year, a second guitar player (Maxim Dassonneville), Ludovic Hamu had left. To cut it short a whole lot of musicians gravitated around them and the group has adapted to them.

Today this group is quite versatile, it can one day boasts 5 musicians and 2 singers, or 8 musicians counting a DJ and a percussionist, 6 singers and 10 dancers depending of performances.

Of 2007 at 2009, the group had the opportunity to share the stage with Carl Cox, TéTé, Groundation, Soja and the Sunshiners from Vanuatu during the Wela Papa Kiki Festival held in Noumea.

Their very first international experience was in September 2009 for an Australian tour (Reggae Town). They were only 5 musicians and 2 singers but they managed to inflame the Australian public. After the Haiti earthquake in 2010 the group wrote a song called "Ensemble pour Haiti" (Together for Haiti) and gave all the money they collected from the CD to the Red Cross.

In May 2010 the second Opus ROUND 1 SPARING was produced by NeaCombo DiffuZion, it features also the Australian artist Sunny Dread and Tylass.

June 2010 realization of the clip “INTOXIKE” realized by VIZUALISE. From June to November 2010, the group chained concerts and promotional tours in New Caledonia and in Australia and he shared the stage with The Cat Empire, John Butler, Fefe and Uroy. March 31, 2011, they released their third album: DIGITAL ATTACK produced by NeaComboDiffuZion studio, in collaboration with international beatmakers (USA, France, NC).

 

http://www.neacombodiffuzion.com/ 

 

 

 
 
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