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PERFORMING 2 SUPA-FUNKY SETS: Five Alarm Funk

Sat. September 26th 2009 Gabriola Island Community Hall Victoria BC $18-$20

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PERFORMING 2 SUPA-FUNKY SETS: Five Alarm Funk

Five Alarm Funk (11-piece Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz/Latin juggernaut from Vancouver) ...
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Sat. September 26th 2009 + Add to Calendar Gabriola Island Community Hall (All Ages)
9:30pm - 12:00am  Doors at: 8:30pm $18 Advance / $20 Door

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Five Alarm Funk
Afro-Funk from Vancouver BC
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High Tide Entertainment
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Five Alarm Funk (11-piece Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz/Latin juggernaut from Vancouver)

Friday, September 25, 2009
V-Lounge, 3366 Douglas St., Victoria
Doors 9:00pm - Showtime 10:00pm ? No Minors
Tickets: $18.00 Advance / $20 Door
Available at: Red Lion Inn (NO SERVICE CHARGE), Lyle's Place 770 Yates St., Ditch Records 635 Johnson St,
& online at www.hightideconcerts.net


Five Alarm Funk (11-piece Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz/Latin juggernaut from Vancouver)

Saturday, September 26, 2009
Gabriola Community Centre, 2200 South Rd., Gabriola Island
Doors 7:30pm - Showtime 8:30pm ? All ages welcome
Tickets: $18.00 Advance / $20 Door
Available at: online at www.hightideconcerts.net


Five Alarm Funk websites: www.fivealarmfunk.com & www.myspace.com/fivealarmfunk



Five Alarm Funk is Vancouver's own afro-funk orchestra. For more than four years the band has brought their relentless grooves to clubs and major festivals across Western Canada. Intense horn lines and percolating afro-beat guitar combined with the interplay of four percussionists create an unstoppable dance party.

The 11-piece phenomenon has performed over 120 shows throughout Western Canada, sharing stages with such artists as Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Herbaliser, Sly & Robbie, Fishbone and Xavier Rudd. In the process the band has built an enthusiastic fan base, large enough to twice fill the Commodore with over 900 fans in 2007.

Voodoo Hairdoo, the band?s second studio album, captures the boundless energy of Five Alarm Funk?s live show. It is a journey from fast funk and dance-crazed Latin to epic reggae and thunderous Afro-beat.

The title track blends a tight funky groove with punchy horn shots, searing lead guitar and outerspace keyboards. The song then shifts gears, dropping to a percussion groove that builds to an epic Afro-beat climax.

?Keeps Me Up At Night? is a slap-bass driven, heavy funk workout reminiscent of Earth Wind & Fire. The song features guest appearances by soul-singing powerhouses Tim Fuller and Dawn Pemberton, adding a new element to the band?s trademark instrumental grooves.

?We spent over three weeks in the studio to record and mix the 10 brand new heavy-hitting tracks,? says Justin Kennedy, one of the band?s four percussionists. ?We were able to isolate each part and make the grooves pop like Orville Redenbacher?s freshest kernels. This album will make the land that rhythm forgot remember.

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