To celebrate the release of the album Blue King Brown are running a competition for you to win an amazing prize pack and all you need to do is fill in the form below and you are in the draw to win:-
BKB MERCH PACK
2 Hoodies, 2 Tshirts, (you pick sizes) & Two Tix to a show of your choice on the Blue King Brown / John Butler Trio Tour!
Post a video saying you name and “I AM READY FOR WORLDWIZE” and go in the draw to win a SINGED COPY of WORLDWIZE and a merch pack including a BKB t-shirt and flag. You can post your video as a video reply to this video, post it on our facebook or send us the link by tweeting “@bluekingbrown I am ready for #worldwize (link to your video)“, or you can simply email us a link o the video at theword@bluekingbrown.com . Video entries Close Thursday 19th August!
WORLDWIZE PART 1 NORTH AND SOUTH – ALBUM REVIEW
Blue King Brown and are poised to grow their fan base to a larger more mainstream scale with the release of Worldwize. First single lifted Women’s Revolution feat Queen Ifrica, illustrates their ability to harness power and deliver message with finely honed production values. The entire album lends itself to different vibes while staying in the reggae style; there’s some very sexy sounds, and it gets pumping in all the right places. It’s not a sound I expected from such a large band, frankly it’s smooth as fuck. All in all a high quality album, recorded over several worldly locations with varying influences, though I couldn’t pin point just one. Part 1 North and South is out August 20. Read More
Hello, Hola, hallo, こんにちは, здравствуйте! olá!, 여보세요, ciao, γειά σου, bonjour, 你好!
To the global BKB community, our brand new album “WORLDWIZE part 1 North and South”… is now ready to release to the world!
The release date for Australian record stores and itunes worldwide is Friday AUGUST 20th!! Click here for info on pre sales
WORLDWIZE (PART 1 NORTH AND SOUTH) – has been a huge part of our lives, a labour of love that’s taken 2 years of generating and crafting our creativity to manifest and produce an album we’re not only excited about but ready to launch into our worldwize community…
WORLDWIZE (PART 1 NORTH AND SOUTH) was recorded in studios from Jamaica to New York, Las Vegas to New Zealand and back home here in Melbourne town.
Some great people came together to make this album what it is today, including producers and engineers; Chris Macro (Scribe, Katchafire), James ‘Bonzai’ Caruso (Gwen Stefani, Nas, Damien Marley, Madonna) and Colin ‘Bulby’ York from Kingston Jamaica (Rihanna, Jimmy Cliff, Britney Spears, Madonna, Michael Franti, UB40).
Not to mention our inspirational guests, whose sounds have fused with Blue King Brown to create the unique resonance of Worldwize: Sly & Robbie, Queen Ifrica, Jah Mason, Elliott Martin of USA’s ‘John Brown’s Body’, & Voodoo Dred (Haiti/Melbourne).
Yes fam, it’s time to move this to the next level, as we set our sights on the next manifestation Worldwize part 2 East and West, we give you part 1 North and South, a double disc conscious album like no other…Click here for info on pre sales
And because we love you… For a limited time & only while stocks last, we will be giving away a free Blue King Brown flag with every physical album purchase. (In participating stores only.)!!
Listen out for our next single ‘Never Fade Away’, the most recent song written for Worldwize part 1 North and South… we will also be touring Australia with The John Butler Trio, hit up our website for all dates and details on where to catch us: click here
Yes…Worldwize (part 1 North and South) our 2nd album, is finally here, so get down to your local record store on the 20th of August and grab one!!! … The flags are the same as the one I use on stage. They are only free while stocks last, so get in quick.
Big luv…
Hope we see you soon…
Peace and Strength>>>
xNatalie and the whole BKB crew.
While stocks last when you purchase a copy of Blue King Brown’s latest album from selected record stores and the official online store you will receive a free Blue King Brown flag. As seen onstage at live performances. The album will be available for sale on the 20th of August, click here for more details. Worldwize is a double album with special guests Sly & Robbie, Queen iFrica, Jah Manson, Elliot Martin, Voodoo Dred & More..
Blue King Brown has teamed up with THE BODY SHOP & CHILDWISE to help the fight against against Sex Trafficking..
There are currently 1.8 million children around the world who are victim to sex trafficking. Every country is implicated, including Australia. It’s modern day slavery and a human rights abuse that can be prevented.
To help raise awareness Blue King Brown are giving away their latest single ‘Women’s Revolution’ all you need to do is fill in your name and email at this link an you will be sent a link and password to download the track. You will automatically be added to the Blue King Brown mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time.
The time has arrived for Blue King Brown to drop their latest single – WOMEN’S REVOLUTION Feat Queen Ifrica (from Kingston, Jamaica).
The track & video will be specially priced & bundled and available for digital download only through iTunes Australia / New Zealand on Friday 11th JUNE. If you are outside Australia you can purchase the track in our online store.
The special price and free video download is our way of saying thank you to all the fans who have supported BKB over the years.. Read More
Blue King Brown will be hitting the streets with the new single and the new album on a national tour with The John Butler Trio, check the dates below TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!! Before then Blue King Brown will be playing Snowy Mountains of Music in Perisher on the 13th June. After that Blue King Brown will the jet setting across playing dates across EUROPE including a show at the Jazz Cafe in London, their London show sold out last time they were in town so be sure to pre book! Click here for all Blue King Brown’s tour dates.
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Today is a definitive day
Well well well, where to even start. woke up this morning with a need to express & release (excuse the pun)…
For various reasons, we all have landmark days in our lives, defining days, that hold importance that will effect how we continue our mission.
Today is one of those days for us.
Late 07 early 08 we locked ourselves away in a rehearsal room and crafted songs that would become part of the body of work we are releasing today. April 08 we dive into the most full on recording session we have ever done, over a couple of weeks we poured our souls to tape, were joined by some of the finest musicians, string players, horn players, percussionists, beat masters, programmers, engineers, assistants, studio owners, friends & family, we laid down a large amount of sound!
We then embarked on a plan that would shift change and evolve, and we just hung on the best we could. We find ourselves in Jamaica surrounded by some amazing people, legends of our time in fact. In this moment we threw away our release plans and focused on creating a record that would be released when its ready. From there we travelled to many corners of the world and honed a sound that reflects who we are. where we come from, and where we want to go.
2 years of blood, sweat, tears, re recording, ditching tracks, writing new ones, experimentation, joy, love, hate, amazement, confusion, bliss, sleepless months days & years, devastation & realisation and we find our selves with a record we are very proud to have created and ready to release to the world.
We have completed a mission that we set out to achieve, and we thank you for your support, motivation & inspiration whether you work directly on our team, distributed our records, sold our records in your store, booked us on your festival, event, or in your venue, slaved with us over the mixing desk, laid down amazing parts on our songs, booked our gigs, promoted our band, sorted our logistics, plugged our music, placed stories, played our music on your station, come to a show, rocked out in the front row, chilled & listened up in the back row, done our live sound, our lights, sold us instruments, given us instruments, taken us on tour, toured with us, played in our band, guested in our band on stage or in the studio, built our websites, taken our photos, created a music video, volunteered your time and / or your artform for us & with us, slaved tirelessly to support the band, slaved tirelessly to support an honourable cause, worked with us in our activism efforts, fought the good fight, raised your fists, stood for what you believed in, accepted our donations, given us donations, wrote us an email, posted a message on our online social profiles, put us down, questioned our ethics, lifted us up, praised our morals, have had us teach at your community, your school, put up with our studio or rehearsal noise! given us a bed, given us a couch, a floor or even your whole house, shared a beverage, given us a meal, given us a helping hand, funded our projects, managed our mission, shared your knowledge, wisdom, expertise or time, been a loving family or been a great friend – you are part of who we have become and we thank you all very much.
Today we deliver our second album “WORLDWIZE Part 1 North & South”.
A double disk record that we hope makes it your way, makes you think, makes you smile, makes you dance, chill, act, react, evokes an idea, an emotion, any form of expression or inspiration.
Share it, spread the word, we hope you dig it.
much respect as always,
Blue King Brown.
WORLDWIZE PART 1
Worldwize Part 1 North and South. The highly anticipated album pushes musical boundaries and boasts a fresh new direction. A double CD, featuring collaborations with artists Sly & Robbie, Queen Ifrica, Elliott Martin & Jah Mason. North Side disk mixed and engineered by James ‘Bonzai’ Caruso (Gwen Stefani, Nas, Damian Marley) and the SouthSide Dub disk mixed and engineered by Jamaican, Collin ‘Bulby’ York (Rihanna, Jimmy Cliff, Madonna, UB40).
