Musicadium Blog

Kahibaloo (meaning “conscious” or “know”) are a two-piece production team that are breaking down boundaries between different musical genres and are gaining a solid reputation throughout the hip hop scene in the process. Jad Dapat and James Mangohig both have roots from the Philippines and together share years of musical experience with national tours and high rotation airplay in both the Philippines and Australia. Kahibaloo incorporate futuristic sounds with tribal rhythms brought together to create what they describe as a ‘Tribal Boom’. When asked how punters should dance to their music, the boys told us that some people want to ‘get all warrior’ and stomp around. Any kind of music that creates that kind of reaction has got to be a powerful force to be reckoned with.

Check out Kahibaloo and their party track ‘Fiesta’ which features Ozi Batla from Aussie Hip Hop crew The Herd – bound to get anyone stomping around all ‘warriorlike’ on a Saturday night. Availble at the itunes store.

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Musicadium artist James A is only 14 years old and is currently working on his third album when most of us by that age were still figuring out how to master that deceptively tricky F chord. His first release included a track penned for Australian sporting and cultural icon Cathy Freeman, who came to James’ house to firstly hear the song, and afterwards helped the young musician to launch his release in front of a 300-person crowd. James must have developed a social conscience at a young age, as he continues to donate a proportion of the proceeds from his albums to the Charity ‘Cottage By The Sea’ which provides beach holiday escapes for families in need.

Musicadium distributes James’ 2^nd release titled ‘J Minor’, which is a collection of piano-based songs written entirely by James who does not play and write music in the traditional sense of learning written notation but instead relies entirely on his memory. James’ Mum Anna told Musicadium that James is now working on some ‘trance’ music and we are excited to hear the fruits of his labour! We applaud James for his achievements and vigour in an industry that requires a tenacity as well as talent.

If you’d like to help James (and his brother who is his manager!) in their quest to assist families in need, check out his release here.