SALMONELLA DUB
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- Yours And Owls Music And Arts Festival
- October 2-4:
- Stuart Park, Wollongong
- Tickets: moshtix.com.au or yoursandowls.com.au
The early 90s were all about grunge. That was until the roar of dub/roots/reggae caught the tides of the Tasman Sea and a unique Pacific style of music was born.
In a time when Australia's music scene was dominated by house dance and straight guitar rock, New Zealand's Salmonella Dub arrived on stage with their dub, drum 'n' bass, reggae, hip hop, rock and roots hybrid which continues to influence music today.
True to form, and in line with their belief or "kaupapa" to "mix it up", the band will again bring something new to the stage and present the Salmonella Dub Soundsystem as part of the Yours and Owls collective for the October long weekend music and arts festival at Stuart Park in Wollongong.
In this arrangement, Salmonella will kill off any languid movement with a "dance floor version" of the live band using old and new tracks from their albums Killervision, Inside the Dubplates, One Drop East, Heal me and Freak Controller as well as the Dub Fx remix of new track Same Home Town.
As one of the founding fathers, Andrew Penman explains what is "different" doesn't in any way shackle that live and loud stage presence that we all know and love.
"Expect an exhilarating ride of styles," Penman said, "We mix a wave of tempos. I include our horn section and the Mighty Asterix on vocals with the soundsystem, so there is still a big live element.
"We love mixing genres. We were punk rockers, first and foremost, and over the years have mixed hip hop, jazz, jungle, drum 'n' bass with rock, funk and dub reggae.
"I represent our entire catalogue including many of the remixes from the likes of Adrian Sherwood, Dreadzone, DJ Digital, Mu from Fat Freddy's Drop."
Penman said a large proportion of the mixed material would be their own, however it also included a selection of tracks from other artists as well as Salmonella's most recent works.
Since forming in 1992/93, their music began infiltrating music scenes all over the globe and as their popularity grew, so did their live gigs however, middle-sized outdoor festivals had always been the highlight. "I hear the [Wollongong] venue is awesome. We love outdoor shows," Penman said.
"Expect a lot of big love and big tunes and a few new tracks from the next album ... due out next year. I am really looking forward to it.
"Our last visit [to Illawarra] was hard work. We had had a big night in Sydney the night before ... this time we will be fresh."
With a career spanning more than two decades, Penman said the live shows had proved intergenerational and despite changes in the music industry "we are where we want to be".
"We are really enjoying the writing process at the moment and have gone full circle with the process," he said.
"With the collapse of music retail we have the luxury of taking our time to enjoy the creative process and just like the old days we are testing tracks live on stage before finishing them in the studio."