The most invigorating, rejuvenating and stimulating experience awaits you in the music of As You Are. Get ready to tantalise your senses, be spiritually uplifted and musically stirred with the Global sound and the compelling performance of As You Are’s music.
The definitive and beautifully unique blend of World Fusion will take you on a journey like never before. Follow ‘As You Are’ into the Dreaming melodies throughout the storylines and landlines of time.
Feel the pulsing earth grooves of tribal drums, blending djembes, congas, doumbek, talking drum and electronic dance beats. As You Are fuse together ancient vibrations of didgeridoo, mesmerising songs and mantras, glorious harmonies, pinned with soothing keys, hauntingly beautiful harps, Middle Eastern melodies of dulcimer as well as a range of different flutes and whistles from around the world.
They draw upon the tribal and indigenous cultures of the Earth, the beauty and the wisdom of Mother Nature, from the desert to the ocean, the forest to the mountains, As You Are create the perfect soundscape to feed your mind, body and soul. Uniquely synthesising tribal, folk and native with electronic dance music and ambient trance, you will find a true love and celebration of all nations, and an overwhelming respect for our planet and it’s every living creature. Float upon the soundwaves and fly with the soaring songs of As You Are’s musical adventure.
When Charly and Rodger Bradshaw perform together, there is a soul fulfilling energy created where the listener is urged to surrender to the hypnotising melodies and infectious beat, it is as if you had felt it inside you within another lifetime. Performing regularly at festivals, markets and venues throughout Australia and Europe, check the gig guide for the next As You Are experience near you!
RINGS & BELLS
“Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
she’s spinning with the turning world “
As They Are
Charly Bradshaw
Charly Bradshaw has relocated to Australia from the U.K having spent many years as a solo artist and in a variety of independent bands. As a multi-instrumentalist, Charly plays hammered dulcimer, keys, flutes and percussion in As You Are’s live show. Charly is also a vocal specialist, training at the Academy of Contemporary Music, she teaches singing lessons and runs vocal workshops. Her vocal style has been compared to Kate Bush, Tori Amos and Loreena McKennitt mixing a haunting range with a sultry tone and a unique ability to convey emotion and inspire any audience. Charly writes all lyrics and melody lines, composes and arranges and has co-produced and recorded the Tribal Music, Submerge and World Keeps Spinning albums at their own “As You Are Music Studios”.
Her love of world music stems from an early age with a fascination for cultural diversity and was developed in the bustling multicultural hub of North London, where she taught music at a high school with students from 83 different nationalities.
Now based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, she is inspired by the land, nature, legends, spirit and experiences around her which forms the songs, chants and message which is planted and pollinated through As You Are’s growing collection of music.
Rodger Bradshaw
Rodger Bradshaw plays didge, drums (djembe, dun duns, talking drum, doumbek, congas, bongos), percussion, kalimba and has won numerous awards including best album 2000 for “Zyan” with “Jabaru”. The band also landed the award for Sunshine Coast Entertainer of the Year in 2001and went on to wow audiences annually at Tamworth CMF, Byron Bay Bluesfest and Darwin Mindil Twilight Markets. With Jabaru, Rodger toured extensively throughout Europe, Australia and new Zealand for 10 years before taking his solo act “Didge and Drums” to India and the U.K.
Accolades with Tribal Trance include Best Song for “Jamakewa”, best production for “Deep in Didge” and finalist for best folk / world song with “Kuwatee” and “Zion”.
With a musical career spanning 3 decades, Rodger has written and recorded over 14 albums, including 5 with As You Are, taking the heart and soul of tribal, world music through many styles and genres.
Rodger was conceived in South Africa and sent to be born in England, due to his multiracial ethnicity and the oppression of apartheid that existed at the time. He returned to South Africa at the age of 17 and went on to travel the world. Rodger’s mix of African and Australian heritage is apparent in the style of his freeform rhythmic improvisation. He writes all the beats and grooves, fusing African soul, traditional Latin percussion, driving kick drum and his own creative flair with a pounding, energising pulse. His unique style of didgeridoo playing using loops and delay create a memorable sound which is synonymous with his music and is distinctively recognisable.
