A pumping percussive multi-layered experience of complex grooves and raw natural sounds, GANGA GIRIs music is a melting pot of genres and cultures. Ganga mixes an array of tribal percussion and indigenous flavours into a deep earth dance experience - fusing aspects of dub, dancehall, reggae and electro genres.

A lauded international performer, Ganga Giri has appeared everywhere from Glastonbury Festival (UK), Woetsjtock Festival (Netherlands), Boom Festival (Portugal), Fusion Festival (Germany) and the Vancouver Folk Festival (Canada) through to the Woodford Folk and Falls Festivals here in Australia. This, coupled with multiple tours of Canada, USA, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and Europe, has ensured that Ganga Giri and his band are widely & wildly appreciated by audiences all over the world.

After a session busking on the streets of London a few years ago, Ganga Giri received a call from former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel inviting him down to his studios to record some didge. The resulting recording ended up as the soundtrack to the internationally acclaimed film; Rabbit Proof Fence.

Its this innate sense of collaboration, inspiration and fate that is the foundation behind both Ganga Giri and more specifically, his new album Good Voodoo. Says Ganga: The doors keep opening and new inspiration keeps coming. Many people hear the word Voodoo and get a bit scared but it is just energy. The Ganga Giri show and performance is all about Good Energy and sharing the celebration through the live experience, so Good Voodoo seemed a very appropriate name for this album.

In keeping with sharing the celebration, Good Voodoo draws inspiration from all parts of the globe, bringing together a host of collaborators including famed Canadian blues artist Harry Manx, Yeshe Reiners, Gnarnayarrahe Waitare, Deya Dova, Gumaroy Newman and French Guianese vocalist Jornick Joelick .

I like to bring people together to celebrate. I see myself more now as a producer, and as a producer and community builder, its not just about me playing didgeridoo anymore but more about directing a multicultural musical platform. I am inspired to fuse that sound and for it to become absorbable by a really wide audience internationally.

Joining Ganga Giri on stage is rich dub/reggae dancehall vocalist and celebrator Jornick Joe Lick hailing from French Guyana, drummer Dan Pearson playing live electronic beats, Indigenous songman and dancer Gumaroy and Yeshe Reiners on percussion and melodic world instruments (Mbira and Kamele Ngoni).

'Good Voodoo' is out now through Termite Tunes.

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Ganga Giri performs at Transit Bar, Saturday June 25. Doors open 8pm. Presale tickets are $15 inc. BF from Moshtix.

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