Was a fantastic festival - Big Ups to RudeKat Records for putting on a great event!
The ‘Little Rascals’ ripped it up dubstep style on the dub stage in the afternoon turning heads and moving bodies…
Highlights: Fyah Walk, Olmche Supreme, The Rude, Zennith..
awesome - dub.

select photos:

Dub Rascals’ Symonard and BlitZ at Kuranda Roots Festival 2008. Notice the red wine tongue on the ‘little rascal’…

Ombudsman - ‘dub in the sky with diamonds’

A certain London Bwoy getting all loose and dubbed before his journey into the jungle…!

SistaRascal and Little Tacker - ‘in the vibe’ - Kuranda Roots Festival 2008

cheers…

AWESOME
Great music, great people, great property, great atmosphere… What an awesome festival - thankyou Freeform Collective.
Thanks to me Monkey Family for having me and showing me so much love, you folks are true friends…
Sorry to those keen to see reggae band Dabas - unfortunate band break up…

‘Little Rascal’s’ Weekend Highlights: The Chef and the Cook (Market Stage), Mystic Beats (main stage, sat.), Fyah Walk (main), Rachel Shields (main), Spoonbill (main, needed to be louder - sound company?!, couldn’t feel it), Nomad (main), Matt (Market Stage, sorry Matt, forgot your DJ name, u will be hearing from LRRecords soon!)…and the local Ravenshoe RSL folks yummy and warm pumpkin soup, mmmm….

I heard my bros’ the Urban Monkeys absolutely kicked ass on the main stage, but at this time i was playing fat dubstep in the Chill stage…Will have to catch yas at Rainbow, Monkey Bwoys…

This event seems to be growing in many ways each year! Well done to all involved. Bless the land and the landowner….
Photos coming soon…seeya nxt year!!
‘little rascal’

Dub In Tha Pub 19
This months show is bound to be a ripper with a bunch of fresh talent gracing the decks and dub machines accompanied by soulful reggae band Dabas.

Starting the night is local producer Bent Intent. Bent Intent is Pete Blay from Cairns. Pete’s involvement in the electronic scene began in 1997, djing and promoting events along the eastcoast of AUS..In the last year his focus has turned to production, beginning his new chill/downtempo project - ‘Bent Intent’. Incorporating open soundscapes and laidback grooves, combining involving soundscapes with sneaky rhythms, accoustic elements and evolving synthesis - Bent Intent follows the ‘less is more approach’, revelling in the spaces in between…

Followed by Bent Intent will be Deadly Creature, whom played back to back with Mokoto at the last Dub In Tha Pub, this will be Deadly Creature’s debut set at the popular gig. Her worldy dub best reflects her soul:
music, soul, performance, fire, aerials, mixing, production, earth, vision, experience, truth & love.

All reggae and ready to roll will be emerging local live reggae band, Dabas.
Dabas is the creation of Torres Strait Islander musician and songwriter Waipila Tikak Sabadi Kerry (Soccer), with skankin’ keys and backing vocals coming from younger brothers Godfrey and Suwaku and the rhythm section covered by Chris Pardey on drums and the ‘little rascal’ on bass. Dabas is straight up Aussie roots reggae. Soccer writes soulful reggae music and has a mighty presence, his vocals are rich and warm and his musicianship comes naturally. Dabas songs reflect moments in life, love, family and culture.

Last but not least, and to take out the night with deep basswise dubstep will be local girl Aimee making her Dub In Tha Pub debut and adding another fine feme dub ingredient to a great selection of players for what is bound to be a entertaining night for local and visiting Dub and Music fans alike!!!

what: Little Rascal Records & HiFly present Dub In Tha Pub 19
when: Friday 30.05.2008, 8pm to late
where: Tramway Bar, cnr Spence and Bunda Streets, Cairns, QLD
who: Bent Intent (live dj/producer), Deadly Creature (DJ), Dabas (live band), Aimee (DJ)
why: “for the love of it”
price: $5 on door
info: www.lrrecords.com.au

The Far North’s premier roots festival returns this year with another diverse National line up and International guests.

Kuranda Roots, held at the stunning Kuranda Amphitheatre, features a strong line up of local, interstate and NZ acts and yet stays true to its reputation as an affordable community and family event.

The festival is the brainchild of ex-Kuranda local Morgyn Quinn, owner of Brisbane music label Rudekat Records and Cairns arts/music producers The House Of Falcon. In turn, a large local crew from the FNQ arts and music community support the event.

In the words of the Morgyn, “Kuranda Roots is about bringing together the diverse forms of Roots Music including Soul, Reggae, Dub, Dancehall, World and Blues and creating a world class bill of cutting edge entertainment. We are also committed to developing the skills and abilities of local artists.”

Kuranda has a long and colourful history of roots music, and the amphitheatre is one of the most critical and beautiful outdoor live music venues in the country. Last years festival left punters hungry for more, and the 2008 program promises to deliver some great musical surprises.

The program features many local indigenous artists and acts as a showcase event for the great diversity of talent across the Far North.

Feature acts include Olmecha Supreme (NZ), The Nomad (NZ), Fyah Walk (Byron), Dubmarine (Bris), Zennith (Kuranda), Mistalaneous (Bris), Mystic beats (Byron), Rudekat Soundsystem (Bris and many more.

Kuranda Roots is an all ages licensed event. Tickets go on sale May 4th from Ticketlink, www.ticketlink.com.au 07-4031-9555 and funky Cairns shops Tastey, Shiva Moon and Shi Sha.

Check www.kurandaroots.com for more information.

Media: Eva Roberts: eva@hotoffthepress.com.au

Great Dub In Tha Pub last night! Thanks to all the folks that made it out, it is you that make the night so special. There was an amazing amount of fine funky women there - wow! The DJ sets were FAT a well mixed set from all that played. The good times were had and the cosiness was felt by all. Next month should be a winner with some female dub DJs stepping up and possibly two awesome local reggae bands. cant wait - details out soon…
.dub.

Local Roots Reggae band Dabas playing this Friday night at GreenAnt Cantina - 183 Bunda Street, Cairns.

Dabas is the creation of Torres Strait Islander musician and songwriter Waipila Tikak Sabadi Kerry (Soccer), with skankin’ keys and backing vocals coming from younger brothers Godfrey and Suwaku and the rhythm section covered by Chris Pardie on drums and the ‘little rascal’ on bass. Dabas is straight up Aussie roots reggae. Soccer writes soulful reggae music and has a mighty presence, his vocals are rich and warm and his musicianship comes naturally. His songs reflect moments in life, love, family and culture.

Folks - its on! Dub In Tha Pub is back at new venue TRAMWAY at the end of this month (29/03/2008). Dub In Tha Pub disc-jockeys Lazarus and Symonard will be bringing the dub tunes and mixes and emerging roots reggae band, Dabas will be filling the live music slot, followed by digi-dub specialist Psymon to see out the night.!