The funksters of Deep Street Soul will emerge from the city’s underground music scene and bring their “in your face funk” to Moruya for the Granite Town Festival next month.
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For more than a decade, the Melbourne seven piece has garnered a devout following and risen to the forefront of funk.
“The scene’s gone from something that was underground to something that became massive when Amy Winehouse got big 10 years ago. It’s out in the open now,” Hunter told the Bay Post/Moruya Examiner.
“With what we do, we don’t modernise the sound at all. It’s still rooted in the sixties.”
A perfect storm of supportive audiences, community radios stations and a resurgence in vinyl records has driven a growing interest in genre and Deep Street Soul, says Hunter.
With about 80 per cent of the band’s music sales being on vinyl, its clear audiences are chasing an authentic return to the retro scene.
Hunter said the band was no stranger to the festival scene, having played Glastonbury and Australia’s own Woodford Folk Festival and Falls Festival.
Granite Town will mark the first time the band has brought its soulful flavour to the South Coast.
“We’re always a good and to have on a festival bill as we bring lots of good energy,” he said.
“This music is meant to be danced to and put a smile on your face … it hits you in the face.”
So what can audiences expect when the funksters take to the Granite Town stage?
“You an expect lots of energy, lots of dancing and happy, great musicianship” Hunter said.
Joining Deep Street Soul on the Granite Town stage will be The Invisible Vibrations and Cuppa Shred, who were added to the bill this week.
The Granite Town Festival will be held on September 23 at Moruya Racecourse. For details, visit granitetown.com.au