Melbourne Shuffle | en

Thrillingly unpredictable hip hop/jazz/punk/rock n' roll, this is a new London band who won the Diesel-U-Music 2005 award (previous winners include Tom Vek and Mylo). There is also japanese skinhead band named Shuffle. .

Hirini Melbourne (1950-2003) Hirini Melbourne was from Tuhoe and Ngati Kahungunu tribes. He was a secondary school teacher and editor of Maori language school publications. A writer of stories, as well as composer and singer, Hirini is a significant figure in the revival of the Maori language with dozens of his now classic songs sung in classrooms throughout New Zealand. The power of his melodies and the brilliance of his compositions have still to be widely recognised beyond the classroom however. In the last two decades of his life Hirini’s musical interests extended to a fascination with traditional Maori instruments....

Buster Shuffle are a East London based Rock n Roll Ska band, who are currently unsigned. The band is made up of: Jet Baker - Piano/Vox, Dan Piper - Guitar/Vox, Tezza Mascalli - Skins, Popey Doyle - Double Bass. Myspace www.bustershuffle.co.uk/ .

In 2005 after being friends and associated production whores with Mikah Freeman, Vance Musgrove & Ross McGrath started their digital label project, dubbed The Aston Shuffle. What started off as a group effort to get their previously unreleased tunes to the masses has skyrocketed into 2007 with the group heavily in demand for their white hot remixes – a little electro, a little techno, but all house. When the swing on their tunes hits the dance floor you’ll be more than pleasantly surprised how hard it is keep your body from going retarded. In 2008, Ross McGrath left the group...