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Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Melbourne Ska Orchestra performing at Northern Lights Festival Boréal in 2014
Melbourne Ska Orchestra performing at Northern Lights Festival Boréal in 2014
Background information
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresSka, big band, reggae
Years active2003-present
LabelsFOUR FOUR
MembersNicky Bomba
Barry Deenick
Rodrigo Pino
Dorian West
Antonio Milillo
Michael Caruana
Michael Havir
Stephen Phillips
George Servanis
Dave Joseph
Elvis Aljus
Lennox Jordan
Steven Montgomery
Pat Powell
Paul Coyle
Patrick Cronin
David Henry
Sarah Heffernan
Theodore Kazan
Dean Hilson
Justin Forster
Robert Calvert
Peter Mitchell
Laurance Bongailas
Anthony Hicks
Sally Ford
Peter Slipper
Kynan Robinson
Wally Maloney
Michael Boase
Jake Savona
Cam Hassard
Piers Gooding
Russell Roberts
Stuart Ferguson
Ed Farrar
Dan Kerr
Jessica Jacobs
Anna Gordon
Past membersMohair Slim
Websitemelbourneskaorchestra.com

Melbourne Ska Orchestra are an ARIA Award-winning Australian ska band formed in 2003 in Melbourne. The group has up to 34 members, and is led by bandleader Nicky Bomba, formerly of the John Butler Trio. The band are signed to FOUR FOUR, an imprint of ABC Music.

Background

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The Melbourne Ska Orchestra was created by musician Nicky Bomba and radio presenter Mohair Slim. The band's inaugural performance was on 31 May 2003 to a sold out crowd at The Esplanade Hotel's Gershwin Room, in St Kilda.

The eponymous Melbourne Ska Orchestra album was released to rave reviews in 2013 and picked up two ARIA nominations that year.[1]

The band have toured extensively,, including festival appearances at Bluesfest, Golden Plains, Vivid, Caloundra, Queenscliff, and AWME. In addition to their highly visible presence on the Australian touring circuit, the band have built an impressive, ever-growing and dedicated overseas fan base.[2] The band sold out their debut London show, appeared on the bill for the iconic Glastonbury Festival and played a headline set to a crowd 50,000 at the Montreal Jazz Festival during their 2014 tour.[3] The band has performed in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, Canada, and Turkey, and has appeared in television commercials in Australia and Japan.

The band released their second album Sierra Kilo Alpha in April 2016, embarking on a national tour to support it.[4] Sierra Kilo Alpha won the 2016 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.[5] The band released a follow-up called Saturn Return in late 2016. Saturn Return comprises a selection of songs from the same recording session as Sierra Kilo Alpha and was released on a rocket-shaped USB drive.

In 2018, the band announced that they would release one song every week (each Friday, hence "52 Fridays") for an entire year. At the end of 2019, the entire 52-week series of single releases was successfully concluded with the song "Magnolia Springtime". The resulting collection, One Year of Ska, won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album in 2019.

The band draws inspiration from many elements of the ska genre, from the Jamaican movement through to UK Two Tone, as well as present day Latino Ska.

They are signed to FOUR FOUR, an imprint of ABC Music.[6]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Details
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Four Four (3729304)
  • Format: CD, 2xLP, digital download
Sierra Kilo Alpha
  • Released: April 2016
  • Label: Four Four (4736063)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Saturn Return
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Melbourne Ska Orchestra
  • Format: USB digital download
  • Unreleased recordings from the Sierra Kilo Alpha sessions
Ska Classics
  • Released: May 2018
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Format: digital download
TV & Movie Themes
  • Released: July 2018
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Format: digital download
Read All About It!
  • Released: October 2018
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Format: digital download
Transmission Fridays
  • Released: March 2019
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Format: digital download

Live albums

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Title Details
Live at The Triffid
  • Released: May 2020
  • Label: Melbourne Ska Orchestra, ABC Music
  • Format: digital download

Compilation albums

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Title Details
One Year of Ska
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Four Four Music (7762177)
  • Format: 4xCD, digital download
20 Years Young
  • Released: 10 March 2023
  • Label: Four Four Music (FOUR0005)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Awards and nominations

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ARIA Awards

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Melbourne Ska Orchestra has been nominated for five Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, winning Best World Music Album in 2016 and 2019.[7][8]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 Nicky Bomba and Robin Mai - Melbourne Ska Orchestra Engineer of the Year Nominated
2013 Melbourne Ska Orchestra Best Blues & Roots Album Nominated
2014 The Diplomat Tour Best Australian Live Act Nominated
2016 Sierra Kilo Alpha Best World Music Album Won
2017 Saturn Return Best World Music Album Nominated
2018 Ska Classics Best World Music Album Nominated
2019 One Year of Ska Best World Music Album Won
2020 Live at the Triffid Best World Music Album Nominated

Music Victoria Awards

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The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.[9]

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2013 Melbourne Ska Orchestra Best Global or Reggae Act Won [10][11]
2016 Melbourne Ska Orchestra Best Global or Reggae Act Won
2018 Melbourne Ska Orchestra Best Global or Reggae Act Nominated
2023 Melbourne Ska Orchestra Best Reggae and Dancehall Work Nominated [12]
2024 Melbourne Ska Orchestra Best Reggae and Dancehall Work Nominated [13]

References

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  1. ^ "Two ARIA Nominations for MSO!! - Melbourne Ska Orchestra". Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Melbourne Ska Orchestra " Vivid LIVE 2015". vividlive.sydneyoperahouse.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ DTan@sydneyoperahouse.com. "Melbourne Ska Orchestra With Mojo Juju @ Sydney Opera House". Vivid 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Sierra-Kilo-Alpha Australian Tour! - Melbourne Ska Orchestra". Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. ^ The Music. "The Music - news website". The Music. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Melbourne Ska Orchestra sign to FOUR|FOUR record label - single released! - Melbourne Ska Orchestra". Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Two ARIA Nominations for MSO!! - Melbourne Ska Orchestra". Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. ^ "And the 2020 ARIA Awards Go To…". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Music Victoria | 2016 Genre Awards". www.musicvictoria.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Nominees, Hall of Fame Inductees Announced for 2023 Music Victoria Awards". Music Feeds. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  13. ^ "G Flip, Hiatus Kaiyote, Ninajirachi Dominate Music Victoria Awards Nominations". The Music. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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