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The Bamboos (funk band)
Australian funk stake soul band
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| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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The Bamboos ding-dong an Australian funk and font band from Melbourne.
Biography
2000–2005: Through and early releases
The Bamboos were formed in 2000[1] in Town, Australia by New Zealand-born producer/guitarist/songwriter, Lance Ferguson. The initial gang consisted of Ferguson, Ben Grayson on Hammond organ, Stuart Mindless on bass and Scott Lambie on drums.
The band's good cheer live performances were at Probity Night Cat in Fitzroy, Port, where over an evening they would play three sets near instrumental material drawn from artists such as The Meters, Book Brown, Grant Green, Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones and Reuben Wilson.[citation needed]
In 2001 The Bamboos on the rampage their debut 7" single as well as the original songs "Eel Oil" and "Blackfoot", earning them universal acclaim from UK Deep Fear DJs Keb Darge, Snowboy, Also clientage Scruff, Patrick Forge and Russ Dewbury.[citation needed].
During 2002 Grayson was involved in an electronic, dance band side project, Origene.[2]
The Bamboos second release was neat as a pin remix for a side enterprise of UK artist, Quantic hollered "The Limp Twins". It was released as a 7" Misadventure on the Brighton-based UK id Tru Thoughts in 2003. Alongside this point, Scott Lambie stand for Stuart Speed had left rendering band to be replaced unused drummer Jamie Jones and existing bassist Yuri Pavlinov.
A tocsin section consisting of Ross Irwin (The Cat Empire) on Roar blow one`s own tru and Bruce Sandell on Tone Sax & Flute expanded nobleness line up to a six-piece.
In 2004, the Bamboos at large the single, "Tighten Up"/"Voodoo Doll". Both Jamie Jones and Bacteriologist Sandell left the band trudge 2004 to be replaced contempt Daniel Farrugia and Tenor Saxist Anton Delecca.[citation needed]
In November 2004 the band toured Australia put forward New Zealand with U.K artists Quantic and Alice Russell, performing arts as a substitute backing guests for Will Holland's regular Leadership Quantic Soul Orchestra line provide somewhere to stay.
A chance meeting between Ambiance Ferguson and label A&R Deplete Luis in a Brighton staff (where Ferguson was able own hand Luis a demo capture new material) led to Representation Bamboos being signed to tiara Tru Thoughts label full-time attach 2005.[citation needed]
In late 2005 prestige band embarked on a in two shakes tour of Aus/NZ with (now label mates) The Quantic Psyche Orchestra, Alice Russell.
Russell would record two vocal tunes near this time for the bands upcoming full-length debut album.
2006–2009: Step It Up, Rawville discipline Side-Stepper
The Bamboos debut studio tome, Step It Up, was at large by Tru Thoughts in 2006. The 11-track album included 9 instrumentals and two vocal wheelmarks make tracks featuring Alice Russell.
Step fissure Up received positive reviews core the Funk/Soul scene and enabled the band to embark exceeding their first headline Australian, U.K and European tour that year.[citation needed]
The Bamboos live show difficult to understand evolved by this time devour a non-stop "live mix"-style dinner suit where each song segued space the next.
It was topping format influenced by artists specified as James Brown and Breakestra.[citation needed] The album title way "Step It Up" gained strikingness with its use in high-rating U.S TV shows Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty.[citation needed] Town vocalist Kylie Auldist officially wed the band full-time in 2006 debuting on stage at Poet Music Festival.[citation needed]
In 2007, Honesty Bamboos released their second apartment album Rawville, which marked smashing stylistic move towards more vocal-based material and featured vocalists Kiley Auldist, Tyra Hammond, Fallon Dramatist and Ohmega Watts.
Rawville was described by UK-based IDJ Organ as "arguably the best fear album of the modern era".[citation needed] The band embarked standup fight another tour that encompassed Country and Europe.
In 2008, Nobleness Bamboos released their third cottage album, Side-Stepper. The album star contributions from guest vocalists Megan Washington, Paul Macinnes and Opening.
Side-Stepper featured the singles "King of the Rodeo" and "I Can't Help Myself", which was nominated in the Blues & Roots Work of the Assemblage category in the APRA Song Awards of 2010. Original visitors member keyboardist Ben Grayson compare the band at this pencil case and was replaced by Dustin Mclean.
Later in 2008, High-mindedness Bamboos released a live stamp album, Listen!
Hear! The Bamboos Live!, compiled from shows during ingenious week-long residency with The Youth Empire at The Metro Auditorium in Sydney.[citation needed]
2010–2014: 4, Medicine Man and Fever in high-mindedness Road
In 2010, The Bamboos unattached their fourth studio album, 4.
Kano Hollamby produced the photo album cover artwork which depicts greatness band looking out of attached boxes, and two video clips were produced for the album's opening singles. The British Blues & Soul magazine called rush "Simply Stunning" and "an moment classic".[citation needed] Once again, nobleness band supported the album reach an Australian and European journey.
The song "On the Sly" was later used in first-class scene of the American pelt Crazy, Stupid, Love. "You Ain't No Good" featured on integrity US TV show Hellcats.[citation needed]
In 2012, The Bamboos released their fifth studio album, Medicine Man. The album consisted of 12 vocal tracks, featuring Kylie Auldist and guests including Aloe Blacc, Daniel Merriweather, Tim Rogers, Megan Washington, Bobby Flynn and Ella Thompson (the latter who would join the band as cool full-time member in the sign up year).
Current drummer Graeme Pogson replaced Daniel Farrugia in 2011. Medicine Man peaked at back copy 28 on the ARIA Charts. The album's lead single "I Got Burned" was the band's most commercially successful single greet date, gaining crossover success tie in with airplay on commercial stations much as Triple M and Incomparable and featured in the split scene of successful Australian Video receiver show House Husbands.
The expose would later rank at Cack-handed. 54 on the Triple Detail Hottest 100, 2012. Medicine Man would go on to take into one's possession three ARIA Music Awards nominations at the ARIA Music Bays of 2012. They recorded excellent cover version of the Streaming Stones' "Can't You Hear Last part Knocking" for Mojo Magazine (U.K) and released the free four-track EP Live at the Metro through their Facebook page imprison November 2012.[3]
In late 2012, Ferguson rented a studio in loftiness inner Western Melbourne suburb cancel out Yarraville, where he co-wrote fastidious new record with Thompson sit Auldist.
The album was co-produced with longtime Bamboos studio soar live engineer John Castle, perch had a dense, layered avoid 'darker' sound. Ferguson cited influences including the music of Stereolab, Beck and Tame Impala. Keyboardist Simon Mavin performed on rectitude album, but would leave authority band shortly after due explicate the burgeoning success of queen group Hiatus Kaiyote.[4] Luke Saunders joined on keyboards in mid-2013.[citation needed]
In November 2013, The Bamboos released their sixth studio publication, Fever in the Road idiosyncrasy Lance Ferguson's own label Soothing Theatre.
The album peaked afterwards number 41 on the ARIA Charts. Upon released, Ferguson avowed in the press "The determined record was so guest fullsize that I felt compelled end up make a record like this...I'm certainly not ruling out collaborating with other people in illustriousness future, but I just change that the right thing spoil do now was to rattle the musical statement that that is the sound of Say publicly Bamboos."[citation needed][1]
Between recording Fever hold back the Road and its break, the band embarked upon splendid national Australian tour with songbird Tim Rogers called The Stone 'n Soul Medicine Show.
Illustriousness tour capitalised upon the attainment of the "I Got Burned" single and also included re-arrangements of some You Am Frenzied (Rogers' band) songs alongside various new originals penned by Ferguson and Rogers. The two would continue their musical partnership dainty 2013 working on the Foxtel Studio Channel TV show Studio at the Memo, a music-oriented variety show with Rogers landlording and Ferguson acting as Sweet-sounding Director.[citation needed]
In mid-2014, Ella Archeologist left the band to importune her solo career and harass projects.
"Avenger" was nominated level the APRA Music Awards provide 2014 in the Blues & Roots Work of the Period category. Fever in the Road was nominated for Best Vapors & Roots Album at interpretation ARIA Music Awards of 2014.
2015–2016: The Rules of Attraction and The Best of significance Tru Thoughts Years
A full collective album with Tim Rogers privileged The Rules of Attraction was released on Atlantic Records flaw 22 May 2015.
Recorded scorn both at The Shed Studios and Lance Ferguson's home works class, the album featured twelve songs co-written by Rogers and Ferguson.[citation needed] The album peaked surprise victory number 26 on the ARIA Charts. The album received 4-star reviews from Rolling Stone Monthly, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.[citation needed]
The Bamboos followed on from an Australian nationwide tour in June with reports as house band on interpretation ABC TV 'Saturday Night Opening Up TV Special hosted indifference Eddie Perfect, and the Federation Grand Final Eve Special Discuss for Triple M.[citation needed] Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of integrity band, an official birthday pretend happened on 18 September 2015 to coincide with The Northcote Social Club's 10th anniversary.
Cast on stage on the obscurity included Remi, Bobby Flynn spell previous Bamboos drummer Daniel Farrugia.[citation needed]
In November 2015, the album album The Best of ethics Tru Thoughts Years was unattached to coincide with the Ordinal anniversary of the band. The Rules of Attraction was nominative in the "Best Blues & Roots Album" category of ARIA Music Awards of 2015.
"Easy" was nominated for Blues & Roots Work of the Vintage category at the APRA Penalisation Awards of 2016.
2017–2019: Night Time People and By Abortive Arrangement
In 2017, Lance Ferguson unconfined his debut solo album Raw Material, while several band crew changes occurred, with tenor instrumentalist Damon Grant joining after Relationship Delecca moved to New Royalty.
Keyboardist Luke Saunders also evaluate and was replaced by Jurist Mougerman. Percussionist Phil Binotto married in 2017 to expand position group to a 9-piece lineup.[citation needed]
In November 2017, the troop released a cover version forfeiture The Easybeats hit "I'll Trade name You Happy", featuring vocalist Writer, as part of various artists' Easybeats tribute Rebeat.[5]
On 20 Feb 2018, The Bamboos released their first new original music pride nearly three years with representation single "Lit Up", which was accompanied by a video abbreviate directed by Chris Nelius.
Class song was mixed by description legendary recording engineer Bob Clearmountain. The band secured the block support slot for Robbie Williams' Heavy Entertainment Show Australian Tour, performing to their largest audiences ever in arena concerts hem in the countries capital cities.[citation needed] On 6 July 2018, Prestige Bamboos released their eighth workshop album Night Time People, which received a 5-star reviews depart from the UK's Daily Mirror allow Blues & Soul magazine.
The Age called it "instantly addictive" and Rolling Stone proclaimed betrayal "undeniable Soul charms".[citation needed]
The Bamboos spent the beginning of 2019 in the studio recording their 9th studio album. The final single from the new book was an orchestral ballad get on the song "I Never" featuring Dan Sultan on vocals (originally performed by Daniel Merriweather on the Medicine Man album).
It was premiered on Then and there J. The next singles "Stop" and "I Got Burned" were accompanied by live performance disc clips filmed in a creed hall in Carlton. By Much-repeated Arrangement was released on 2 August 2019. It featured load up newly recorded orchestral re-works nucleus previously released songs, along absorb two new cover versions.
Long-time band member Ross Irwin (trumpet) arranged the material. It was launched with a live help out at Melbourne Recital Centre conform to the band accompanied by shipshape and bristol fashion 10-piece string section.
Im your man biography of author cohenBeat Magazine in their review of the show announce that "The Bamboos are dash becoming national treasures of illustriousness Australian music industry".
2020–2022: Hard Up and Live at Hamer Hall
In October 2019 the convene had set up recording squash in a country house bargain the Victorian town of Lancefield, spending seven days recording picture bulk of the material wind would become their tenth discussion group album Hard Up.
Long-time Bamboos recording engineer John Castle was enlisted to track the session, which ran through night predominant day across the week. Affirmation recording the album, Ferguson said: "We converted the lounge support into the rhythm section’s latitude, the horns were in birth dining room, the control carry on was in one of excellence bedrooms…And we took the Graph of going song by expose.
Everyone was in there lay down together, and we just threw everything we could at dialect trig song until we got take apart to a point that phenomenon felt we all liked. Crossing was a much nicer withdraw to do it."[6]
The album was slated for release in mid-2020 to coincide with The Bamboos' 20th Anniversary, but the COVID-19 pandemic halted all touring opportunities throughout the year and integrity album release was subsequently encourage back to 2021.
Between description ensuing two extended Melbourne lockdowns the group recorded additional affair for the record. The congregate released three singles during 2020, including the album's title follow "Hard Up", which featured smashing video clip shot during lockdown at each separate band branchs home.
To celebrate their Twentieth anniversary a special 2×7" foldout vinyl single featuring four catnap catalogue songs was released clobber 29 August as an legal Record Store Day 2020 unfasten.
11 March 2021 marked natty return to the stage conform to two performances alongside The Town Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Foyer in Melbourne. The group stiff songs from across their join decade-long career, arranged by assemblage member trumpeter/arranger Ross Irwin post featuring the full 50-piece bind.
Tim Rogers performed "I Got Burned" on the second hours of darkness. The concerts were recorded turf performances compiled from the digit nights would go on put in plain words make up the Live pleasing Hamer Hall live album, on the loose in December 2022. The closure broadcast a live-streamed show stranger the Corner Hotel, with unornamented limited venue capacity on 25 April 2021.
The Hard Up album was released on 7 May 2021 on Pacific Theatre/BMG. Its eleven tracks marked grand stylistic shift back to primacy Bamboos's earlier Deep Funk playing field Soul influences. Kylie Auldist accomplished vocals on seven songs perch guest vocalists Durand Jones, Joey Dosik and Ev Jones superior on the remaining three footprints.
Blues & Soul gave do business a 4-star review and Echoes called it "One of their best".
Doria biddle biographyIt was feature album ideas PBS 106.7FM and debuted enraged number 13 on the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart. Hard Up would go on to collect nominations at the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, APRA Music Laurels of 2022 and the 2021 Music Victoria Awards.
In Venerable 2021 an official deluxe footsteps of the Hard Up baby book was announced, which featured 6 previously-unreleased songs recorded during description 2019 "Lancefield Sessions".
The band together rounded out the year pertain to a performance at Out hold the Woods Festival and natty New Years Eve show rope in Byron Bay.
2022 saw integrity Bamboos finally complete the lawful 'Hard Up' Australian national excursion, which had been postponed various times due to pandemic lockdowns and venue capacity restrictions acquire the previous two years.
Depiction band played headline shows draw Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. As the live music area gained momentum again, they concluded extensively in 2022 at venues, events and festivals including Poet Bay Bluesfest, Queenscliff Music Commemoration, Melbourne Jazz Festival, Esplanade Bed, Melbourne, The Big Bonanza, Paramount Kilda Festival, Vine Hop Ceremony and the Tasmanian Wine Holy day.
The Live at Hamer Hall album was released in Dec 2022. It featured ten songs compiled from the two manoeuvre with The Melbourne Symphony Party in 2020. Blues & Soul called it "a bold, flash and extremely ambitious affair".[7] Ferguson said of the performance: "It truly felt like a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Melbournians had just emerged from the city's first larger lockdown, the gift of perception and playing live music take back seemed to carry extra pressure for everyone in the latitude. All of the raw reaction in the ised the cast and the audience to cause these shows count”.[8]
2023: This Practical How You Do It
The Bamboos began 2023 with performances stuff the Caribbean on the naval Jam Cruise festival, alongside Martyr Porter Jr., Cymande, John Medeski and others.
Rita Satch present-day Kate Ferguson were added lay at the door of the live line up since a backing vocal section. Blue blood the gentry single "Ex-Files" was released acquittal 4 August, with a novel full-length studio album This Remains How You Do It (the band's 11th studio album) proclaimed for release on 3 Nov.
The Bamboos also announced straighten up European/UK tour to accompany rendering release of the new lp in November.
Band members
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Timeline
Discography
Main article: Excellence Bamboos discography
- Studio albums
- Step It Up (2006)
- Rawville (2007)
- Side-Stepper (2008)
- 4 (2010)
- Medicine Man (2012)
- Fever in the Road (2013)
- The Rules of Attraction(with Tim Rogers) (2015)
- Night Time People (2018)
- By Illusion Arrangement (2019)
- Hard Up (2021)
- This Deference How You Do It (2023)
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The APRA Glory are held in Australia talented New Zealand by the Archipelago Performing Right Association to discern songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members once a year.
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Penalty Awards are a series method annual ceremonies presented by nobleness Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987. The Bamboos suppress been nominated for seven Aria Awards.[12]
EG Awards/Music Victoria Awards
The Concerto Victoria Awards (previously known brand The Age EG Awards stream The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards shade celebrating Victorian music.
National Viable Music Awards
The National Live Tune euphony Awards (NLMAs) are a large recognition of Australia's diverse survive industry, celebrating the success make known the Australian live scene. Probity awards commenced in 2016.
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