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BAND OF FREQUENCIES
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ALL I'VE FOUND - EP
Released: DEC 27 2011
(Low Pressure Productions)
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Limited Edition
(500 copies only)
FREE AGAIN - Single
Released: May 2011
(Low Pressure Productions)
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UNDER THE SUN - Soundtrack
Released: Sept 2008
(LPP/Ubiquity Records)
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SOL TRAIN - Album
Released: March 2006
(LPP/Hodaddy)
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Vitamin Records
(Australian Distribution)
LOCAL SUNNY COAST RESIDENCIES :
GRAND VINYL
DJ SOLAFREQ @ XO BAR & Restaurant
>> FRIDAY << Night's from 6.30 - 10pm
Duke St. Sunshine Beach.
www.xosunshinebeach.com.au
CHALET STYLES @ XO BAR & Restaurant
>> 1st MONDAY of every month <<
Doors at 5pm, Show 7pm to 10pm
Duke St. Sunshine Beach.
www.xosunshinebeach.com.au
ABOUT THE FREQS :
Band of Frequencies emerged from the fertile Byron Bay and Brisbane creative communities in 2005 and have been generating a ground swell of support and interest from around the globe ever since.
They draw their influences from a wide spectrum of styles and sounds; roots laden, heavy grooving rock and soul merges into ambient acoustics and electronic influences that then meets blues at the crossroads before moving beyond into to dub styles, psychedelia and live drum'n'bass.
Independently free of any limitations, Band of Frequencies have set their intentions on creating the best sonic tools they can to allow complete expressive freedom to exist within their music.
The lads have all played together for years in the internationally renowned world beat group Afro Dizzi Act, playing major festivals such as the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Splendour in the Grass, the Big Day Out, Livid, the Kathmandu Jazz festival as well as having toured the far reaches of North East India. As artists, their passion for exploring new sounds, styles and music from many cultures constantly pushes the limits of their musical expression.
Sol Carroll fronts the band on guitar and vocals. His distinctive guitar tones have featured in many well known groups over the years including Afro Dizzi Act, the Resin Dogs for their latest release 'More', Banawurun, Soul Prism and The Visitors to name a few. Combined with the rock solid low frequencies laid down by Oj 'the Juice' Newcomb on Bass and Mark Henman's mind blowing styles on drums they form a cohesive and explosive trio.
The first International release for the Band of Frequencies is the soundtrack to “Under the Sun”, a film by Californian filmmaker Cyrus Sutton. The soundtrack also features multi instrumentalist/producer and exotic beats maestro Shawn Lee and has now been released through Californian label Ubiquity Records on September 1st 2008.
BoF were invited to play California in May 2006, performing a string of shows including the Cosmic Creek surf festival weekend Coachhouse gig and the Belly Up Tavern in San Diego, as well as some hip little cafe and art gallery shows.
They also toured Japan in 2007 to launch the surf and sound film, Life Like Liquid, with Dave Rastovich, Ash Grunwald and Chris lane from OKA as part of Low Pressure Sound System.
If you have a burning desire to dance your troubles away and be taken on a musical journey then a Band of Frequencies show will be high on your to do list.
THE BAND :
SHANNON SOL CARROLL
Vocals/Guitars
OJ 'THE JUICE' NEWCOMB
Basses/Bv
MARK HENMAN
Drums/Bv
Guests:
NIck Aggs- Keys
Andrew 'Mouse' Szumowski - Keys
Dave Rastovich - melodic percussion
James Cox - percussion
Terepai Richmond - drums
Dave Atkins - drums
Nick Mayer-Miller - drums
Quentin [QT] - Sound Engineer
:: CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS ::
Surf & Sound Tour, Tokyo (Japan) 09.09
Cosmic Creek Festival & Switch-Foot
book tour, California (USA) 03.06
IslandVibe Festival (Australia) 11.08
Woodford Folk Festival (Australia) 12.09
Mullum Music Fest (Australia) 10.10
Splendor In the Grass Festival (Australia) 09.06
East Coast tour supporting Ash Grunwald (Australia) 06.10
Noosa Festival of Surfing (Australia) 02.08 & 02.10
Quicksilver Pro Show. Surf comp Festival (Australia) 02.08
SOUNDTRACK PROJECTS :
MINDS IN THE WATER
Minds in the Water and the MITW Visual Petition are teamed in a global awareness campaign dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals and the world’s oceans. It’s through insightful multimedia content such as cinematic and pictorial elements from which the voices of ocean minded people everywhere are heard.
We hope to inspire you to seek ways to call attention to the state of the world’s oceans and how we can keep them healthy for generations to come…
MINDS IN THE WATER
OUR GENERATION
The ground-breaking new documentary about Aboriginal land rights in Australia.
LAND :: CULTURE :: FREEDOM
featuring music by The Royal Dealers, Sol Carroll & Oj Newcomb (Band of Frequencies) & the Low Pressure Sound System. Along with John Butler & Yothu Yindi + More
“ This is a very important film that everyone needs to see… It will change your life.” JOHN BUTLER (Australia)
OUR GENERATION
Our Generation is currently screening throughout UK and Europe including a showing on September 16 at the DOWN UNDER BERLIN AUSTRALIAN FILM FESTIVAL, Berlin, Germany.
DOLPHIN GLIDE
Toured & Performed live to Cinematic footage ‘Dolphin Glide’ by George Greenough.
GREENOUGH
THE PRESENT
Shannon Sol Carroll recorded tracks & appeared in the West African section of ‘The Present’, a film by Thomas Campbell.
THOMAS CAMPBELL
LIFE LIKE LIQUID
The soundtrack to 'Life Like Liquid' is a collaboration featuring some of Australia's greatest surfing musicians and was produced by Oj Newcomb & Sol Carroll from the Band Of Frequencies. The film/documentary by Dave Rastovich explores the peak experiences shared by surfing and creating improvised music.
There was over a dozen musicians at the 2 weeks recording, a collective now known as Low Pressure Sound System.
LPP DIGITAL STORE
VITAMIN RECORDS
LIFE LIKE LIQUID
UNDER THE SUN
Soundtrack to ‘Under the Sun’ ’08 a film by Cyrus Sutton. Released September 1st 2008. Double album soundtrack with Shawn Lee and Band Of Frequencies. Preview to the film found here UNDER THE SUN
For more comprehensive information on the Under the Sun Soundtrack, click below to be directed to the Tru Thoughts website in Europe. TRU THOUGHTS
BELIEVE
3 tracks for the Soundtrack to ‘Believe’ a film by Mick Waters
LITTLE HOUSE
THE HUB
5 Tracks for the Soundtrack to ‘The Hub’ a film by Christian Bailey
OCEAN MOTION
TOM WEGENER
Tracks for a film by Tom Wegener on the Alaia style surfcraft.
(LP Productions)
TOM WEGENER
THE COVE
In 2006 Sol & Oj visited Japan with Dave Rastovich, S4C, The Ocean Preservation Society (the creators of OSCAR award winning doco The Cove), SSCS, Rick O'Barry and many more people to conduct a peaceful protest in Taiji Bay over the unnecessary killing of Dolphins. To find out more information about this trip click on the picture below.
FINLESS FREQUENCIES
31 DAYS / 31 WAYS by Lauren L. Hill
Live at the Noosa Festival of Surfing 2009
The Music of BAND OF FREQUENCIES
>> contact: management@bandoffrequencies.comUPCOMING SHOWS
BLEACH FESTIVAL. FEB 11 - 26
- SAT 11th FEB at Bleach Street Grand Opening Party
- SUN 12th FEB at Elephant Rock Sunday Sessions
Ticketing info via: www.bleachfestival.com.au
MOONSTONE and BAND OF FREQUENCIES
MON 12th MARCH at NOOSA SURF CLUB.
Ticketing info via: RED-E-TIX
ph: 07 5473 9498
THE NEW SINGLE 'ALL I"VE FOUND' AND FILM CLIP BY GEORGE GREENOUGH.
All I've Found by Band of Frequencies. Film by George Greenough. from Band of Frequencies on Vimeo.
TransparentSea Voyage - Part 5 from TransparentSea Voyage on Vimeo.
'FREE AGAIN' SINGLE/EP REVIEW:
Band Of Frequencies
Free Again Single/EP
(Low Pressure Productions)
"Sonic shorelines ripple with cosmic forces out into the corners of your mind...unseen spiritual waves transform the usual music experience into a dream of Otherworldly delights...This is what you experience when you listen to Band Of Frequencies and their new Free Again EP. Conjuring a sonic realm that celebrates the past, present and future; this is a band that crosses genres and expectations all at once, floating into blues territory with roots, rock, reggae and the psychedelic colouring sound in varying textures. Shannon “Sol” Carroll leads the band with guitar and vocals; OJ Newcomb is a phenomenal bass player who brings a deep resonating groove to the band, whilst Mark Henman‟s beats play with your mind in an extra sensory experience that has the trio delivering a dose of chemistry akin to a Woodstock encounter. Title track „Free Again‟ shatters the preconceived notions of life, encouraging you to follow your passion and the road less travelled; it‟s a song that evokes Jimi Hendrix in an original and meaningful way. Highly anticipated album "Rise Like The Sun‟ is due for release late 2011 – early 2012, with a tour for Free Again happening right now. "Freedom‟ was created by Richie Havens who graced the stage of Woodstock in those few days of music and love; in this version BOF have captured the original ethos in a song tinged with 60‟s beauty and free flowing psychedelic revelry, that demands you close your eyes and go where the music takes you." BY DANIELLE LLOYD (Tsunami Magazine) 19.05.11
"Prepare to have your musical thirst quenched. Byron Bay's Band of Frequencies dabbles in the whole pallet of musical genres; Bluesy rock drips away into skull-melting lullabies that pitter-patter like rain into jazz-fusion grooves that inevitably wander off somewhere else altogether." - Travis Ferre (US SURFING Magazine)
A short film by Electric Sunglasses featuring Band of Frequencies.
Below is a collage of images from BoF's last session in the studio.
This next record will be a follow up to the 'Under the Sun' surf film soundtrack which was released through Californian label, Ubiquity Records.
“Cyrus Sutton and I are S-T-O-K-E-D to be working with Band of Frequencies, their music crosses all genres in a very effective way. Sol Carroll’s guitar tones are the sh*t and their futuristic live audio / visual shows tie it all together with the audience. Equally as important, the first time I met these guys it felt like we were old friends--these are the kind of guys I like to surf and drink pints with ! “
Michael McFadin, co-founder Ubiquity Records
www.ubiquityrecords.com/
SURFING WORLD REVIEW - Tim Baker
BAND OF FREQUENCIES
at the Sound Lounge, Currumbin Beach, GC
Sorting the wheat from the chaff, as the term “surf musician” gets flogged to within an inch of its life
Far from dead, as the late great Jimi Hendrix once proclaimed, surf music appears to be alive and well and morphing and evolving into a stunning variety of hybrid species. Jack Johnson’s new album, To The Sea, leaps straight to the top of the charts. Those dudes from Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes are calling themselves The Break, and playing surf twang ditties named after surf breaks (Cylinders, Winki Pop, Massacres, get it?) Tom Curren, Donovan Frankenreiter, Beau and Nava Young, Timmy Curran, Andrew Kidman and his Brown Birds, The Beautiful Girls, the astounding Goons of Doom - the list of surfers turned muso's is long and strange and getting longer and stranger. Everything from nuevo folk hippy warbling to thrash punk to speed metal can lay claim to the surf music tag these days.
Now, some of these folk are more musician than surfer, claiming the surf tag as an easy marketing contrivance. Some are more surfer than musician, bedroom noodlers who thought the muso makeover might add to their career CV and woo sponsors. Short of staging some kind of appalling battle of the surf bands shindig, with heats in the water by day and gigs by night, how do we begin to judge the genuine leaders of this dynamic cultural form? That is, top flight musicians who are also lifelong accomplished surfers. Despite my enormous fondness and regard for many of the afore-mentioned talents, I’d like to use this self-appointed platform to cast my vote for one Shannon “Sol” Carroll, and his various musical collaborations - Band of Frequencies, Afro Dizzi Act, the Life Like Liquid soundtrack, and a vast catalogue of irresistible, good-vibing tunes and memorable live performances.
I caught a recent set by BOF at the stupendous Sound Lounge, in downtown Currumbin, and was stunned all over again by the musical powers of this prodigious talent. Shannon has the music gene in his DNA - he’s the son of the drummer of 70s band Moonstone, Alan Carroll. On stage, he appears to be having as much fun as a teenage kid playing the tennis racket in his bedroom, almost oblivious to the crowd, transported by the music, eyes closed, fingers dancing over the neck of his Stratocaster, husky vocals emanating like expressions of pure rapture. The only performer I’ve seen attain such a state is the late Jeff Buckley but Shannon probably has more in common with Jeff’s old man, Tim - old school, rockin’ funk ‘n’ groove that transcends time and genres.
The band are tight and the intimate familiarity shared with long-time bassist OJ “the Juice” Newcomb and drummer Mark Henman allow them to improvise and turn each song into a spontaneous jam. Lesser bands tend to have more fun doing this than the audience, but BOF take the crowd with them on these dizzying ascents into improvisation and it would take a cold corpse indeed to remain immobile through their set.
Dave Rastovich is among a regular floating pool of guest muso's who play with BOF, and on this night he takes the stage armed with a humble “mbira” or thumb piano, a small, hollow wooden instrument with metal keys which one plays with the thumbs. Now, I am an unabashed admirer of Dave and his various creative and environmental endeavours. But as he mounts the stage this night, resplendent in his “Save the Pelicans” t-shirt and armed with his little African folk instrument, the cynic in me wonders if there is any quaint indigenous instrument and worthy eco-cause safe from his attentions. I sense an impending “Spinal Tap” moment, akin to the miniature Stone Henge descending from the heavens. How Rasta plans on joining in the Frequencies’ wailing, funk grooves on his thumb piano seems beyond me. With almost comic effect he plugs the thing in to an amp. Of course, it is an electric mbira! This will be good, I chortle to myself. Dave is a wholly untrained musician jumping on stage with some of the most accomplished players in the country, yet remains gloriously undaunted. Lo and behold, he starts up a hypnotic, chiming riff on the mbira and one by one, the band joins in until the whole thing takes off into a freeform, spontaneous, spacey groove, the sort of thing we might beam into other galaxies to try and communicate with higher life forms in a universal language.
There are plenty of accomplished musicians out there. But only a few manage to attain a state where they become a finely tuned antennae to swirling cosmic forces, channelling unseen spiritual energies and transforming a live music performance into a transcendental experience. I know, I’m gushing, but I just happen to believe Band of Frequencies and their other-worldly frontman are that good. Catch them if you can.
Tim Baker (Surfing World Magazine)
"Rocking a mind blowing mix of blues, reggae and jazz are Byron Bay's Band of Frequencies."
Rave magazine.
"Thank you brothers for your love and inspiration! To find kindred sonic bredren like you fullas is indeed a blessing. Arohanui."
Warren Maxwell, Little Bushman (NZ)
"Prepare to have your musical thirst quenched. Byron Bay's Band of Frequencies dabbles in the whole pallet of musical genres; Bluesy rock drips away into skull-melting lullabies that pitter-patter like rain into jazz-fusion grooves that inevitably wander off somewhere else altogether."
Travis Ferre (SURFING Magazine, US.)
"You guys were one of the best live acts seen in Noosa ever, so thank you for your awesome sets and sounds."
Georgie Hannon USM events
"The Band of Frequencies are a collective of musicians hailing from Byron Bay, Australia whose heavy grooving tapestry of rock, soul and ambient acoustics explore the inner-most reaches of the sonic realm."
Cyrus Sutton film maker
www.underthesunsurfmovie.com/
Band of Frequencies 'Sol Train' album available now through Vitamin Records www.vitamin.net.au
"Kicking off with bluesy grooves that will have your body moving like an interpretive dancer, the album gradually melts into soothing, zen-like instrumentals from a parallel universe. The Culmination is a 38 minute exploration into the utterly soothing, featuring 'rastas' salad bowl hung drum."
'US Surfing Magazine'
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Click on KORDUROY.tv to hear some nice ambient tunes from the band of freqs and Shawn Lee on this little short vid featuring David Rastovich
Low Pressure Productions & Band of Frequencies are in full support of S4C
For more information click on the picture below.
SURFERSEYES - www.surferseyes.com/wp/
CLICK on the Image to read the surferseyes Blog entry on Sol Carroll & Solace
Photo - KUNI TAKANAMI from surferseyes
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CONTACT [MGMT]
Owen J Newcomb
Low Pressure Productions
p: 0408 433 926
e: management@bandoffrequencies.com
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Selected Video
Rainbows from Noosa Festival of surfing
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