The front bar at the Espy will see the stage extensions pulled out from storage again to make room for us! We love the vibe in the front there, with the dancefloor right up close. We’ll be joined by Papa Chango and Karate Boogaloo (who comprise part of the rhythm section in The Cactus Channel). Our last show at the Espy was cookin, no doubt this will be the same. Free entry, what more can you ask for?
On Thursday Mar 28th (Good Friday Eve) The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra will be appearing at The LuWow in Fitzroy for a night of funky afro-beat. In their two blistering sets expect fiery dancing to furious drums and percussion, a blazing 5 piece horn section, and some deep hypnotic grooves.
Going for the record for the most number of performers on stage at The LuWow (17!) they’ll be joined by DJ Mr Watusi to keep the party going til late.
Tickets only $10 at the door!
The Scatter Scatter Tropical Discotheque is back with two big August shows at The Prince! Get down to nothing but the deepest afro grooves and tropical funk
The first installment sees the triumphant return of The Shaolin Afronauts, launching their new LP ‘Quest Under Capricorn’. Alongside them will be local afro cats Papa Chango playing tracks from their recent album ‘The Matador’. The Public Opinion Sound System with MC’s N’fa & 1/6 will bring their percussive dancefloor fire.
The second part features The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra plus psychedelic cumbia beats from The Cumbia Cosmonauts. On both nights DJ’s Manchild and Jumps will keep it bubbling with the deepest from their heavy african, island and columbian funk crates.
VOLUME 1
THE SHAOLIN AFRONAUTS (album launch)
with special guests
PAPA CHANGO
THE PUBLIC OPINION SOUNDSYSTEM
and DJs Manchild & Jumps
Friday 10th August
Doors 9:00pm
Buy tickets at Moshtix
VOLUME 2
THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA
with special guests
CUMBIA COSMONAUTS
and DJs Manchild & Jumps
Friday 31st August 2012
Doors 9:00PM
Buy tickets at Moshtix
This FREE event, kick’s off this monthly ritual @ the beast , with focus on live (an undead) music with Melbourne finest afro and funk band s laying down super heavy hip shaking grooves , backed up by a stable of supernatural dj’s…………….
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
Future Roots
DJ Chris Gill
FREE!
stay tuned for Voodoo Shake every month!
A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of performing at the MCG, Victoria’s largest arena, as part of the AFL’s Multicultural Round. Our song Do Anything Go Anywhere was also featured on their TV commercial and other media. There were 65,000 people in attendance on the night – quite a day!
The new 7″ is dropping worldwide in September, available on vinyl and digital through HopeStreet Recordings.
We’re hitting the road to celebrate with a string of shows coming up, including the Cairns Festival, The Oxford Arts Factory (Syd), The Corner Hotel (Melb), Hotel Gearins (Katoomba) and the Bellingen Global Carnival.
In Sydney and Katoomba we’re joined by our NSW peers, The Liberators, whose recently released their debut self titled album on Italian based label Record Kicks to worldwide acclaim, including a plug in Rolling Stone Magazine. In Melbourne, label-mates The Bombay Royale are supporting and are also launching their own 7″ on the same night! Also in Melbourne we have high school super band The Cactus Channel, whose earlier release on HopeStreet Pepper Snake is already impossible to find.
So hope to see you at a show soon, and look out for the record available from all good record stores in Australia, UK, US and other parts of the world. Or from www.hopestreetrecordings.com or iTunes.
We’ve posted a whole album’s worth of songs recorded live at Bluesfest 2011. You can download it all for free, but we ask you to join our mailing list in return.
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It’s not far away now! We’re playing at what’s undoubtedly the biggest roots music festival in the country. Catch TPOAO on the Jambalaya Stage on Sunday 24th and Monday 25th April (the same stage as George Clinton!!)
But we hope you have your tickets already, as it’s all sold out. Check out the Byron Bay Bluestfest.
These babies just arrived and are in limited stock (for now) with only 100 for sale. The shirts are a lightweight fabric – quality items made by AS Colour. The front has the “hippo-man” from the album cover (shown left) and the back has The POAO logo on the neck (in dark grey also).
If you want to order one direct from the band head to our Web Store and for other items check our page on Music Plug.
A new arrival on the Melbourne funk scene, Jazz Rooms has taken off . Since we played at the launch earlier in the year they’ve been bringing some of the finest to the Order of Melbourne, including Mulatu Astatke and bollywood renegades The Bombay Royale. This looks like it will be our last club show for the year, so don’t miss it!
