Japan’s finest funk band

OSAKA MONAURAIL

announce Australian supports

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Japan’s hottest funk outfit Osaka Monaurail have announced the special guests that will join them on their Australian tour which kicks off next week.

Rare groove jazz funk ensemble Kerbside Collection are special guests at their Brisbane show on the 15th of November. In a night that’s turning out to be a pure funk celebration the music won’t stop with special guests DJ’s Chikashi and Ravi spinning rare funk sides and party starters between and after. In Sydney DJ’s Owen Penglis & Tim Partridge will be on hand for choice selections and in Melbourne PBS FM’s Pierre Baroni will spin at the Night Cat, while fellow PBS FM selector Miss Goldie will hold it all down at the Prince.

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With 7 studio albums, 2 live albums and an every-growing reputation as a must-see live act, Osaka Monaurail are Japan’s premiere funk orchestra, and, as the late Marva Whitney once described them, “one of the hottest funk bands on the planet.” They have been recording and touring together for more than 25 years and have thrilled audiences across Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia with their dynamic show in over a decade of international touring. They have played the biggest festivals in the world and the tightest clubs on the planet and brought the dance-floor to volcanic like eruptions everywhere they go!

They’ve toured Australia twice – 2013 and 2014 – thrilling club goers as well as knocking out larger crowds at the Sydney Festival, WOMADelaide and Meredith Music Festival.

Formed out of Osaka University’s jazz society in 1992, Osaka Monaurail took James Brown’s funk template as ‘the gold standard’ for a rhythm combo and named themselves after the 1975 Funk classic “J.B.’s Monaurail”. They appropriated even the miss-spelling and set out to be the ‘new ministers of super heavy funk’ for future generations.

Now, having toured with funk icons and James Brown associates Marva Whitney, Fred Wesley and Martha High, as well as producing and backing solo albums for Whitney and High, they are on a mission to capture the energy, sound and excitement of funk’s heyday and beyond, a sound that is as free as it is organised and disciplined. Expect to see a high energy nine-piece band with sharp suits, organised steps, trumpets twirling in formation and the dynamic showmanship of charismatic singer and director Ryo Nakata. And expect to hear world-class, authentic, heavy funk.

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OSAKA MONAURAIL

‘25^th ANNIVERSARY SINGLES COLLECTION’

1. DOUBLE-UP, NOW   4:05
(R. Nakata – K. Hiraishi)
Originally released on RD Records RDBV-021, August 2004

2. QUICKSAND   4:37
(R. Nakata – S. Riddick)
Original single release on P-Vine PLP-6094, April 2007

3. FRUIT BASKET (2014)
(R. Nakata – D. Nakamura – S. Mukai – D. Hayami –
K. Yamagata – Y. Ikeda – S. Kimura – M. Schmidt)
Originally released SHOUT-280, August 2014

4. ARCHIPELAGO (2011)
(R. Nakata – D. Hayami – Y. Ikeda)
Original single release UNIQUE UNIQ-191, November 2011

5. SUPERSHINE NUMBER NINE   2:32
(A. Badale – A. Elias)
Original single release OUR Lable OUR45-005, November 2008

6. GET READY   2:56
(W. Robinson)
Originally released on UNIQUE UNIQ-152, November 2008

7. HUNG UP    4:27
(L. Jones – M. Schmidt)
Original single release on UNIQUE UNIQ-171, 2011

8. MIND POWER, Pts 1&2     6:52
(C. Bobbit – J. Brown – F. Wesley)
Original single release on RD Records RDBV-022, November 2004

9. HOT PANTS, Pts 1&2     5:01
(J. Brown)
Originally released in two part singles RDBV-023&024, April 2005

10. PICK UP THE PIECES ONE BY ONE, Pts 1&2     5:01
(J. Brown – J. Starks – C. Bobbit – F. Wesley)
Same as “Hot Pants”

11. IT’S HER THING (Marva Whitney)    2:49
(K. Hiraishi)
Original single release SHOUT-1001, March 2007

12. I AM WHAT I AM feat. Marva Whitney) Pts 1&2
(M. Whitney – M. Schmidt – K. Hiraishi – R. Nakata)
Originally released RDBV-025, June 2006

13. OH WHAT A FEELING feat. Martha High     5:29
(J. Quarterman)
Originally released on RECORD KICKS RKX-067, 2017

14. NO TROUBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN feat. Shirley Davis     3:14
(L. Cook)
Original single release UNIQ-191, November 2011

15. JUST TO BE FREE,  Pt. 1    3:42
(R. Nakata)
Originally released RDBV-014, June 2001

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‘25th ANNIVERSARY
SINGLES COLLECTION’
on Public Opinion Music
will be available at all shows
and in-store November 15.

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David Roy Williams Presents

OSAKA MONAURAIL

AUSTRALIA 2018

Thursday November 15^th The Triffid, Brisbane
For tickets visit

Friday November 16^th & Saturday 17^th November
Mullum Music Festival, Mullumbimby
For Tickets visit

Sunday November 18^th The Factory, Sydney
For tickets visit

Tuesday November 20^th Caravan Club, Melbourne
For tickets visit

Wednesday November 21^st Prince of Wales, St Kilda
For tickets visit

Thursday November 22^nd The Nightcat, Fitzroy
For tickets visit

Friday & Saturday November 23^rd
& 24^th Queenscliff Music Festival
For tickets visit

Sunday November 25^th The Gov, Adelaide
For tickets visit

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