The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra is onboard and playing live at the next installment of the Scatter Scatter Tropical Disco. Over the past few months DJ Manchild and The Public Opinion Sound System have gotten Melbourne warmed up to the tropical disco sounds of Scatter Scatter with a series of sweaty, percussion-driven, dancefloor-burning parties. Guests such as Jumps, Chris Gill and Saca La Mois DJ! (Cumbia Cosmonauts) joined forces with them to bring nothing but the heaviest afro-funk, the deepest Island disco, the fieriest Colombian salsa and the most mind-bending cumbia.

Now the time has come however, to summon the furious afro-storm that is The Public Opinion, calling them to whip the masses into a frenzy at a special Tropical Discotheque style club show at Triple Two Warehouse. They have been busy preparing new songs, waiting to them to unleash upon the unsuspecting dancers down at Scatter Scatter.

Support comes from Congo Tardis #1 who have been making waves both here and abroad with their self-titled debut EP. Taking elements of the tropical and tribal rhythms of Africa and South America, they weave them together with new club sounds such as Kwaito, Dancehall and Shangaan Electro creating a distinct sound that is theirs alone. They will be playing a late night club set to ensure the party continues until you just can’t move no more. Check them out at congotardis1.com

Also assisting will be DJ’s Manchild and Mr Fish (Reunion Island). Mr Fish brings his own unique take on new afro-grooves that are emerging from Africa and Europe. With one foot in the roots and another firmly in the future he always one step ahead of the game.

So take a cruise (sorry, no real boats), grab a tropical cocktail (actually available!) and kick it under a palm tree (fake but pretty realistic) on the 14th of April; it doesn’t what the weather is like outside, you know at the Scatter Scatter Tropical Disco it will be hot, hot, hot…

This is one party that you do not want to miss!

Scatter Scatter: A Tropical Disco Warehouse Party
feat. The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Congo Tardis #1, Mr Fish and DJ Manchild
Saturday 14th April – Triple two Warehouse, 222 Johnson St, Collingwood. From 9pm onwards
Tickets only available on the door so get down early!!

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April 14 @ Triple Two Warehouse, 222 Johnson St Collingwood VIC

Now the time has come however, to summon the furious afro-storm that is The Public Opinion, calling them to whip the masses into a frenzy at a special Tropical Discotheque style club show at Triple Two

April 14 @ Triple Two Warehouse, 222 Johnson St Collingwood VIC

Support comes from Congo Tardis #1 who have been making waves both here and abroad with their self-titled debut EP. Taking elements of the tropical and tribal rhythms of Africa and South America, they weave them together with new club sounds such as Kwaito, Dancehall and Shangaan Electro creating a distinct sound that is theirs alone. They will be playing a late night club set to ensure the party continues until you just can’t move no more. Check them out here http://www.congotardis1.com/

Also assisting will be DJ’s Manchild and Mr Fish (Reunion Island). Mr Fish brings his own unique take on new afro-grooves that are emerging from Africa and Europe. With one foot in the roots and another firmly in the future he always one step ahead of the game.

So take a cruise (sorry, no real boats), grab a tropical cocktail (actually available!) and kick it under a palm tree (fake but pretty realistic) on the 14th of April; it doesn’t what the weather is like outside, you know at the Scatter Scatter Tropical Disco it will be hot, hot, hot…

This is one party that you do not want to miss!

Scatter Scatter: A Tropical Disco Warehouse Party
feat. The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Congo Tardis #1, Mr Fish and DJ Manchild
Saturday 14th April – Triple two Warehouse, 222 Johnson St, Collingwood. From 9pm onwards
Tickets only available on the door so get down early!!

April 14 @ Triple Two Warehouse, 222 Johnson St Collingwood VIC

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.

But we hope you have your tickets already, as it’s all sold out.  Check out the Byron Bay Bluestfest.

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.

It’s a great line-up – we’ll be playing the same stage as Roy Ayers and Jack Dejohnette!

Scatter Scatter takes you back to 1970′s Lagos and the birth of afrobeat, shaking it ’til dawn at Fela Kuti’s ‘Afrika Shrine’ nightclub.  It’s all about this hypnotic music and dance movement that combines West African highlife and traditional rhythms with funk, jazz and a powerful political message.

Scatter Scatter brings you the finest afro-crate-digging DJ’s Manchild, Systa BB, Mr Fish & Future Roots, playing the hardest classic and contemporary afro-funk as well as some of Australia’s deepest African-influenced bands and live acts.  For the launch party we are joined by Melbourne’s own 17 piece afrobeat heavyweights The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra live on stage, performing songs from their recent ARIA nominated debut album ‘Do Anything Go Anywhere’.

Live African voodoo dance and drumming acts will perform on the night in the scatter market place so paint ya face, get ya beads on n’ head down to Scatter Scatter, Melbourne’s first afrobeat club night! Tickets $15 @ the door. Doors 9pm.

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The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra: Inspired by the infectious afro-beat music of Nigeria and its neighbours, POAO delivers contemporary African funk to Australian dancefloors. The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra’s powerful MCs and tribal rhythms are the modern-day “musical weapon” that remain faithful to the message of afro-beat.

Mr Fish: The sounds of his birthplace, the Reunion Islands and his travels through France and the rest of Europe have shaped the sound of Mr Fish.  After landing in Melbourne in 2005 he has been expanding minds on the dancefloor as part of the Uber Lingua Collective with his trademark no-boundaries DJ sets.

Systa BB: Systa BB has been at the forefront of global and electronic music in Melbourne since 1993 with ground-breaking radio shows on PBS and RRR coupled with her writing for various print and online publications.  Her DJ sets are a journey through electronic, global fusion and traditional beats. Check RRR 102.7, Tuesdays, 2-4pm.

DJ Manchild: A long-time fan of Afrobeat and Afro-funk DJ Manchild is a founding member and co-director of The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra.  Digging for 45′s in Lagos in 2008 helped sharpen the direction of his West-African influenced dancefloor sets and his show The Breakdown, every Friday between 3-5pm on PBS 106.7.

Future Roots: Future Roots fuses ancient traditional rhythms with contemporary electronic production and instrumentation. The music played by Future Roots reflects a rich life journey that has allowed him to have seen and connected with many cultures and ways of life through travel and music.