The Bamboos (funk band)
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| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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The Bamboos are an Australian funk and soul band from Melbourne.
The Bamboos were formed in 2000 in Melbourne Australia by NZ-born producer/guitarist/songwriter Lance Ferguson. The initial line-up consisted of Ferguson, Ben Grayson on Hammond organ, Stuart Speed on bass and Scott Lambie on drums. The band's first live performances were at The Night Cat in Fitzroy, where over an evening they would play three sets of instrumental material drawn from artists such as The Meters, James Brown, Grant Green, Ivan 'Boogaloo Joe' Jones and Reuben Wilson.
In 2001 The Bamboos released their first self-funded 7" 45 RPM single containing the original songs "Eel Oil" and "Blackfoot", earning them international acclaim from UK Deep Funk DJs Keb Darge, Snowboy, Mr Scruff, Patrick Forge and Russ Dewbury. This recording would begin the studio partnership between Ferguson and Producer/Engineer John Castle that would see every subsequent Bamboos release being recorded at Castle's The Shed Studios in Canterbury, Melbourne.
The Bamboos second release was a remix for a side project of UK artist Quantic called The Limp Twins. It was released as a 7" B-side on the Brighton-based UK label Tru Thoughts Records in 2003. By this point Scott Lambie and Stuart Speed had left the band to be replaced by drummer Jamie Jones and current bassist Yuri Pavlinov. A horn section consisting of Ross Irwin (The Cat Empire) on Trumpet and Bruce Sandell on Tenor Sax & Flute expanded the line up to a six-piece.
In 2004, their next single, "Tighten Up"/"Voodoo Doll", was released by Kenny Dope (Masters at Work) and Keb Darge (Legendary Deep Funk) on their U.S-based imprint Kay-Dee Records. Both Jamie Jones and Bruce Sandell left the band in 2004 to be replaced by Daniel Farrugia and current Tenor Saxophonist Anton Delecca.
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