Raw Material receives #35 in Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2017!

Raw Material receives #35 in Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2017!

NUMBER 35. Lance Ferguson – Raw Material

Music obsessive, workaholic, maverick. These are all true of Lance Ferguson. But his first album under his own name demonstrates just how inadequate these descriptions are of The Bamboos leader.

The intricacies of this album’s making are mindboggling. Ferguson made 12 songs, pressed them onto vinyl, sent them to producers he admired and asked them to sample, rework and reimagine the tracks into new songs. The scope of the concept, the passion for collaboration and vinyl is evident and slightly staggering.

But it never gets heavy handed. Crisp, clean melodic lines pervade throughout. The huge community of musical cohorts he’s drawn upon for this record give you the sense of the esteem in which he’s rightly held but also, they give Raw Material an undeniable warmth and allure that delivers in abundance. – Caz Tran

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Cherry Bar Residency - Thank you for coming!

Cherry Bar Residency - Thank you for coming!

The BIGGEST thanks and love to you all for coming out and and supporting our residency through November at Cherry Bar. We had an absolute ball and it looked like you did too!
Hard to pick a favourite moment but playing the new album last night for the very first time was next-level fun...Bringing a one hour all-instrumental fully-segued set in Week 3 sure kept us on our toes...and what about Ross Irwin making his Bamboos lead-vocal debut after all these years!!! xoxo

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