Releases such as 's 4 incorporated hip-hop, psychedelic pop, and cinematic music into the group's sound, and later efforts like 's Night Time People contained their most radio-friendly material. Bamboos founding member and guitarist Lance Ferguson, who also releases electronic side projects under his DJ name Lanu, began the group as a four-piece in to play a string of concerts in Melbourne club The Night Cat.
Joining him for this initial version of the band were Ben Grayson on Hammond organ, Stuart Speed on bass, and Scott Lambie on drums, playing straightforward New Orleans funk in a style heavily influenced by the Meters. After this string of concerts, the Bamboos expanded to add a horn section consisting of Ross Irwin on trumpet and Anton Delecca on tenor saxophone and flute.
Drummer Danny Farrugia and bass player Yuri Pavlinov completed the shaken-up lineup. Following the model of Daptone founder Gabriel Roth, their first independent releases were vinyl 45s, which attracted the attention of the Tru Thoughts label. While mostly instrumental, labelmate Alice Russell sang on two cuts.
The group brought Auldist on tour with them, and Tru Thoughts was so impressed that they signed her as a solo artist. By this time, Phil Noy had joined the band on tenor sax. The Bamboos' work on the soundtrack to Nintendo game De Blob exposed their music to the greatest number of listeners when the game went multi-platinum, selling hundreds of thousands of copies.
In , their fourth album, 4, was released, with rapper Lyrics Born guesting on one song, and more of a psychedelic influence than their earlier material. Simon Mavin played keyboards on the album, but he left the Bamboos in order to focus on his other band, Hiatus Kaiyote, and he was replaced by Luke Saunders.
The Bamboos toured with Rogers following the success of "I Got Burned," performing arrangements of songs by his former band You Am I, as well as original material. Collaborative full-length The Rules of Attraction was released by Atlantic in , and the Bamboos performed with Rogers throughout Ferguson released solo album Raw Material in , and the Bamboos went through several line-up changes before their much-delayed Night Time People appeared in By Special Arrangement, an album containing orchestral arrangements of Bamboos' songs as well as a few covers, was released in Sign In.
Listen Now Browse Radio Search. The Bamboos. Top Songs See All. Albums See All. Hard Up By Special Arrangement Night Time People The Rules of Attraction Fever In the Road Medicine Man Following the model of Daptone founder Gabriel Roth, their first independent releases were vinyl 45s, which attracted the attention of the Tru Thoughts label.
In they worked on their debut full-length for Tru Thoughts , Step It Up, which appeared in While mostly instrumental, labelmate Alice Russell sang on two cuts. The group brought Auldist on tour with them, and Tru Thoughts was so impressed that they signed her as a solo artist.
By this time, Phil Noy had joined the band on tenor sax. The Bamboos' work on the soundtrack to Nintendo game De Blob exposed their music to the greatest number of listeners when the game went multi-platinum, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. In , their fourth album, 4, was released, with rapper Lyrics Born guesting on one song, and more of a psychedelic influence than their earlier material.
Simon Mavin played keyboards on the album, but he left the Bamboos in order to focus on his other band, Hiatus Kaiyote , and he was replaced by Luke Saunders. The Bamboos toured with Rogers following the success of "I Got Burned," performing arrangements of songs by his former band You Am I , as well as original material.
Collaborative full-length The Rules of Attraction was released by Atlantic in , and the Bamboos performed with Rogers throughout Ferguson released solo album Raw Material in , and the Bamboos went through several line-up changes before their much-delayed Night Time People appeared in By Special Arrangement, an album containing orchestral arrangements of Bamboos' songs as well as a few covers, was released in
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