Black Jesus Experience

"Brilliant beyond belief." ~ Velo Mitrovich Glaston bury 2014Join Music Victoria Award winners, Black Jesus Experience in a high-voltage night packed full of Ethio-Jazz, funk, groove and hip hop.If you haven't had the pleasure of a night out with BJX, now is your chance to experience what music lovers around the world have been coveting for years.In 2019, the band released their 6th studio album, their second collaboration with their long time mentor, the inventor of Ethio-Jazz: Mulatu Astatke.The album 'To Know Without Knowing' was recorded and mixed across 3 continents, and upon release was 'The Guardian Jazz Album of the Month' and 'Bandcamp Album of the Day' as well as topping the Transglobal Music Charts for weeks on end. The album also earned the band 'Best Intercultural Act' at the 2020 Music Victoria Awards.BJX are back in the studio and about to release a new double vinyl album, with the rhymes and chimes of BJX delivering the power and beauty of Africa through the vocal prism of Hip-Hop and freedom of Funk.You will not be disappointed.This show is possible thanks to Music Victoria, Creative Victoria and is part of the 'On The Road Again' project to bring the joy of live music to regional and outer suburban venues.Image description: Pop art circle graphics in different earthy colours surround a photograph of two members of the band during a live performance. There is text indicating the name of the band.