BJX mesmerise audiences with their blend of traditional Ethiopian song with Jazz, Funk and Hip Hop. Its members bring 5 continents of culture to the mix....

For just over decade, Afro Dizzi Act has been performing in Australia and throughout East Asia, collaborating with musicians of the globe and performing a style of music the industry has described as fusion, or, as preferred by the band, roots infused World Beat.

Mr Fish & Paprika connected back in late 2006 as fresh Melbourne-town transplants, around a mutual appreciation of funky things on the afro/tropical & Brazilian & world beats and pieces tip.

From initially sharing the odd Dj set together, to a decks/effects & percussion feature as part of the Melbourne Mo-Horizons support, they’ve enjoyed joining some dots from their respective musical backgrounds......

The sound of the ensemble could best be described as a cinematic mix of hip hop, jazz and dub. He released his first album “push” in 2010, a mixture of distorted drum machines, swirling synthesizers and old school keyboards. The album has been rocking road trips all over the world since its release.......

Peter Golikov aka Peter G is a keyboardist/producer hailing from Brisbane Australia. He began his musical journey in 1986, studying classical piano for 10 years and moving to hand percussion and drums in 1995. During the last 15 years, he has performed/collaborated with countless artists/producers from Australia and abroad, including supports for Moloko, Derrick Carter, Reggie Watts, Crazy P, Norman J and a career highlight, performing @ Good Vibrations on the same stage, as the late James Brown, in 2006. He also had the opportunity to perform drums/percussion with Nouvelle Vague on their recent Australian tour in late 08.......

Barkin’Soul, aka Misha Laurent is a music lover, with a feel for all styles as long as they are well written and produced. Though his true passion lays in music of the African diaspora, which you can sense throughout his compositions. Blending his feel for the old and new , he doesn’t try to reproduce an era but inspires himself and picks the best bits to create an authentic sound. Having a hip hop background he samples his own live recorded hits and breaks, & one by one adds the instruments he feels and hears in his head.....

Ari Roze is a musician, composer & record collector hailing originally from Fire Island N.Y...& now living on the east coast of Australia.
Growing up on a diverse collection of music courtesy of parents with good ears and a taste for travel, by the time Ari hit preschool he was a seasoned traveler... By age two he’d lived in New York, New Orleans, Jamaica, Australia & has continued collecting music & traveling ever since....

Ten years ago, in Brisbane, Australia, a group of young men were drawn together by a mutual appreciation and unusual combination of jazz, funk, alcohol and 18th Century Russian and Czech writers. The music that came forth was instantly their own, dynamic, rhythmic, quirky and soul full, thus Kafka was formed......

He plays a wide variety of music -Jazz, Soul, Boogie, Brazilian, Afro, Latin, Old school to new school, north to south, east to west, but only on vinyl! He started DJing while studying at university in 1987 before dropping out to hit the decks full time. He was based in Tokyo from '89 to '03 before moving to Brisbane, Australia '03-'04 where he met DJ RAVI (of "Sunnyside up"fame) and DJ Blair Stafford (Straight up)........

Having worked alongside some of Australia’s premier musical artists, the dynamic duo Red Bantoo are bursting onto the Australian music scene with a star studded debut. Collaborations over the years with the likes of Regurgitator, Resin Dogs and The Bird have seen Red Bantoo grace stages like the legendary Glastonbury Festival to our very own Big Day Out. Their debut album ‘Yesterday to the Rescue’, is the latest gem, released through the always reliable Hydrofunk Records. A potent fusion of Electronica, Jazz and beat driven, soulful tones, Red Bantoo are taking their captivating live show around the country on a string of album launch dates in the coming months........

Two Dee began making music in the early nighties, djing on belt-drive turntables, rapping through cheap mics into four-tracks and making beats with .mod files. He founded early Brisbane hop hop outfit Decipher with DNO (Resin Dogs). Hip hop samples led him to jazz, funk, soul, disco, house and so on. Living in Japan for three years allowed him to accumulate even more records. Two Dee has performed at the Big Day Out, Livid and Woodford Folk Festivals, as well as at countless Brisbane clubs and bars. He continues to produce various styles of music in his garage as well as doing edits and remixes.........

Gustavo arrived in Brisbane in the summer of 2005 from Sydney, where, for the past twenty five years, he has dedicated his life to pursuing and perfecting all genres of Latin music in particular Afro Cuban music, having traveled to the rhythmic & colourful Island of Cuba several times to advance his studies and passion......