RIPPLE EFFECT BAND ARE AN ALL WOMAN'S BAND COMING FROM MANINGRIDA IN ARNHEM LAND, NORTHERN TERRITORY. 

Whilst following in the tradition of saltwater rock from the top end, they are forging new ground and a new sound as the first women from their community to play instruments and make their own band. They sing in the languages of their people, Ndjébbana, Burarra, Na-kara and Kune and they have a story to tell about their land, their languages and their culture. 

Ripple Effect Band have garnered widespread acclaim for their work forging new ground and sound. After kick-starting their career together with tours to Arnhem Land Bak’bididi and Gattjirrk Festivals in 2017, they soon travelled to Eora/Sydney to record their debut EP, Wárrwarra, alongside producers Paul Mac, Clint Bracknell and long-term collaborator, Jodie Kell. Independently released in 2018, the 4-track project included the first song to be recorded in the highly endangered Na-Kara language “Hunting Song”, alongside the moving “Diyama (Mermaid Song)”. Since, the band has embarked on national tours to festivals such as Barunga, Garma, Nannup, Mona Foma, Darwin Festival, East Arnhem Live — supporting Regurgitator and WOMADelaide, while selling out their own headline shows in Eora/Sydney, Garamilla/Darwin and Naarm/Melbourne. 

Amos Roach is a proud Ngarrandjerri/ Djab Wurrung/Gunditj Mara man.

His music presents a narrative of healing, told with song and dance. Amos’s voice travels between the Desert, the Riverland and the Saltwater to the city like smoke from a fire. Amos is a cultural practitioner. Traditional First Nations culture informs the fundamentals of his craft. His music is part of the song-line that connects peopleandCountry. Hisdancesreconnectcountrytoculture.

Everything Amos does is music. If he is not playing an instrument, he is listening and exploring new sounds. Amos Roach, Bachelor of Music Concert, May 2019. Photo by Len Shepard. Australian Reggae imagines a fusion of traditional and contemporary indigenous music. Amos plays his own songs, founded in rhythm with the Didgeridoo and Flamenco influenced Rap music, family ballads and Rock that shakes the ground and compels us to dance. A lilt of smoke, the Riverland echoes and we can feel the sand and saltwater rushing through the veins of Amos’s voice as he carries the song lines from the desert to our ears.