Karate Boogaloo

"There's a cult following surrounding funk twisters Karate Boogaloo”\- Beat MagazineFor fans of: Surprise Chef, The Ironsides, Sholto, Sven Wunder, Strongboi, Project Gemini, The Meters, Booker T & The MG’sAt the epicentre of Melbourne’s current renaissance of cinematic, instrumental soul sits Karate Boogaloo - a quartet whose tightly coiled grooves owe as much to crate-digging purism as they do to a distinctly Australian sense of irreverence.Meeting at high school , these four friends explored the teachings of the great small combo instrumental bands à la Booker T & The MG’s and The Meters.Karate Boogaloo lace retro-soul self-seriousness with a wry, left-field wit.

It’s a hyper-fluent, almost telepathic musical language forged over countless hours of basement jams and years-long camaraderie.Fresh off a blistering European run alongside label-mates Surprise Chef, ‘KayBee’ are preparing to unveil their third full-length LP, Access All Areas.

Arriving in 2026 via the reliably immaculate Colemine and College Of Knowledge Records."Endlessly creative...

A rich and cinematic musical language"- Everything Is NoisePresented by A L P H A B E T.This is an 18+ event