Between the immediate and heartfelt expression of the folk song, and the spontaneity and conversation of an improvising ensemble, Alora find some middle ground.

Lyrically the compositions explore themes of human thought, belief, action and interaction, at times with a deep sense of reverence, other times with a little tongue in cheek.

Against a tonal background influenced by both jazz and folk based harmonies Alora explore latin, drum and bass, and odd time grooves, but just as often play freely and without time following the singer or soloist wherever they choose to take the phrase.


Alora are - 

Matt Moras - Guitar/Composition
Malia Sloman - Vocals
Mariel Koroibulu - Vocals
Will Morrissey - Tenor Sax
Olaf Scott - Keys
Ben Christensen - Double Bass
Salvatore Aidone - Drums

Vive la Difference is a versatile band, based in Melbourne, Australia, with a distinctive touch that comes from a mix of Europe and World music influences, taking its roots in Jazz, Latin and Blues.

We perform lively acoustic sets in many languages: English, French, Brazilian, Spanish or Italian, and invite our audience to a musical journey with alternative and exclusive covers of songs from all over the world.

Obliveus plays an infectious blend of bass, funk, rnb, hip hop, indie, reggae, northern soul, dancehall, disco, edits, rock, pop, house and just about anything else he can use to work the room. A party beat specialist, the one thing you can say about his style is that he’s hard to define; yet always plays to the crowd and will pull out whatever it takes to get the room jumping…assuming that’s what’s required.

He has held down residencies at every major club night worth mentioning, holds down the St Kilda, Come Together and Sydney Road Festivals every year and rocked sets at Soulfest, Harvest, Earthcore, Rainbow Serpent and Adventjah. He’s been played on Triple J national radio, has written plenty of edits that make the rounds, formed Black Caesar Events to promote club gigs in Melbourne with his partner in funk Mr Lob, joined Funkdafied (out of Sydney) soon after and now sits on quite a few choice gigs on the regular with sets and residencies all over Melbourne Town. He was also the monthly author of a beat-flavoured column for ‘The Music’ magazine, The Get Down, for 10+ years. 

A few years back, he started a 45's only label with good mate Shan Frenzie called Juke Joints and he’s also the head responsible for plenty of donut parties in Melbourne Town in between releasing edits digitally (as Hoopty) and on his imprint label, 45 Fanclub, with Mexi out of Oregon, USA.

As a sign of his eclectic nature, his music career has seen him support and play with many of the top names in soul, funk, breakbeat, hip hop, reggae, drum’n’bass and live music. Acts such as Portishead, Nile Rodgers & Chic, DJ Koco, D’Angelo, Opiuo, Fatback Band, Late Nite Tuff Guy, Roy Ayers, Common, Beck, No Doubt, Bliss N Eso, Aloe Blacc, Mos Def, Maxwell, Mr Thing, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Santigold, Stickeybuds, Andy C, Omar, The Kashmere Stage Band, Miami Horror, Robert Glasper, The Dandy Warhols, Pato Banton, Plump DJ’s, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Freestylers, Mike Patton, Pendulum, Angie Stone, Chase & Status, Saskwatch, Incubus, Ed Solo, Donovan Frankenreiter, Freq Nasty, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, Herbalizer DJ’s, Kylie Auldist, Trojan Sound System, Marky, Mr Savona, The Putbacks, Shortee Blitz, The Nextmen, Cactus Channel, Katalyst, Fort Knox Five, The Maestro (Blue Note), The Flaming Lips, Andy Smith, Ozomatli, The Family Stone (of Sly fame), All Good Funk Alliance, Katch (Resin Dogs), The Herd, Stanton Warriors, DJ Food, TV On The Radio, Spikey Tee, Ben Folds Five, Jacques Lu Cont, The Silversun Pickups, Cake, Ladytron, Tiesto, Mark Pritchard, Lanu and more. He even supported Chris Rock for 3 dates on his ‘No Apologies’ comedy tour, highlighting just how varied he can be as a DJ.


Contact:

Email: obliveus@gmail.com
Web: http://obliveus.com
Mixes: http://mixcloud.com/obliveus
Hearthis: http://hearthis.at/obliveus
Label: http://jukejoints.com.au
Radio: http://basefm.co.nz
Podcasts: http://shanandob.com

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