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For the month of March iiNet is streaming a Dig (Directions in Groove) concert from the Perth Festival. According to their website it should be viewable by anyone but “internet quota free” if you are an iiNet customer. If you are clever you can probably also figure out how to download it.
URL: http://www.iinet.net.au/freezone/#app=f679&1d4c-selectedIndex=4
(Note the have part 1 and part 2 backwards on the site for some reason…)
Dig were one of my favourite Australian bands. I blogged about going to see them in Sydney last year. Was good even though it was only a cut down 40 minute show. Although their style and sound has changed a lot since their albums – its really more of a live remix they put on a fantastic show. Great grooving music.
I did find some more details on what happened to the band in a SMH review of a recent show. Will they reform and play again? Who knows. I hope to see them live again.
Here is the blurb from the site:
dig burst onto the Australian music scene in the 90s with a sound that quickly won them a huge following. Call it acid jazz, jazz funk or just great grooving music, dig delivered a rare level of musical excitement.
“Reinvent yourself”, “Dreamtime” and “Medium rare” are just some of the classics that lifted them to the top of the Australian charts and saw them appear alongside artists such as Herbie Hancock and Bootsy Collins.
Ten years after calling it a day, dig are back to put a brand-new spin on their best-loved tunes and unleash some dynamic new material.
Featuring Tim Rollinson, Scott Saunders, Rick Robertson, Terepai Richmond, Alex Hewetson with special Guest Vocalists Michelle Martinez and MC Wire.