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Tjupi Band
Genre: Indigenous, Roots
Region: Alice Springs, NT
Members: Barnabus Daniels (29 years old) – Lead Singer. Jason Butcher (25 years old) – Guitar. Malcom Karpa (23 years old) – Rhythm Guitar / Backing Vocals. Jeremiah Butcher (21 years old) – Keyboards. Lesley Pearce (23 years old) - Keyboards Dwayne Abbott (24 years old) – Backing Singer. Desmond Inkamala (18 years old) – Drums. Ethan Macdonald (19years old) – Bass Guitar / Backing Vocals.
Sounds Like: Warumpi Band, Bob Marley, Lucky Dube
Influences: Warumpi Band, Reggae

Tjupi (Honey Ant) come from the Papunya,250k NW of Alice Springs. Tjupi Band play energetic and emotive desert reggae. Singing in Luritja (as well as in English), they are the foremost musical inspiration for people across Central Australia.
From growing up learning from the members of Warumpi Band, They form part of the new wave of uniquely Indigenous Australian reggae; alongside other musical innovators such as Saltwater Band and Letterstick Band.
In September 2009 they were chosen as one of three acts to perform in Darwin at the Telstra NT Indigenous Music Awards; sharing the stage with Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and Jessica Malbouy.

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Wati Kutjungku
rating:  4/5
Love the harmonies on this - it paints such a rich picture of how inland Australia sounds. It cruises along simply but beautifully.
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Wati Kutjungku
rating:  5/5
Love this track - coming up with some great bittersweet reggae tunes. I did a write up on you guys on the Home & Hosed blog - http://triplej.net.au/...
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Kutju Nagrala
rating:  3/5
Nice and slow, with a rolling reggae feel. That descending synth line really gives it an anthemic air. Definitely music to chill to.
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rating:  2/5
Sorry, but this isn't "the sound of Australia", it's "the sound of Jamaica" (and a poor Lucky-Dube inspired copy at that) by a hard working band who ...
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This project is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Music Board Section.