Unity The Band
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2002 | SELF
Music
Press
There was a lot of buzz about Unity's Wednesday night show - Grateful Web - Brent Fuqua
“I highly recommend checking them out! “ TJ – GB Nightlife.com
- GB Nightlife.com
“Always a treat! This reggae style band will take you out of the
tundra and into the tropics.” - The City Pages Wausau
- The City Pages Wausau
“Unexpexcted reggae music” - Advance Titan UW Oshkosh
- UW Oshkosh's Advance Titan
“Always a treat! This reggae style band will take you out of the
tundra and into the tropics.” - The City Pages Wausau
- The City Pages Wausau
“One of the hardest working bands in the Fox Valley” - Rick's
Cafe
- Rick's Cafe (CD Review)- Rick Tvedt
“Unity set the lovin' vibe on opening night at last year's 10,000
Lakes Festival . It was a rare treat to hear this band”. - Janie
Franz (Grateful Web.com)
- Janie Franz (Grateful Web.com)
“One of the hardest working bands in the Fox Valley” - Rick's
Cafe
- Rick's Cafe (CD Review)- Rick Tvedt
Rich with world rhythms, Pita's high energy reggae vocals, and songs that not only evoke harmony in the world but also raise awareness of its problems. - Janie Franz - FIJI Times Online 5-17-09
Rich with world rhythms, Pita's high energy reggae vocals, and songs that not only evoke harmony in the world but also raise awareness of its problems. - Janie Franz - FIJI Times Online 5-17-09
Discography
"Liberation” release date April 2004
“In The Beginning” release date March of 2006
Revival E.P. self-produced Jan. '10
Single "It's Raining" on rotation on 95.9 KissFM (Green Bay)
Oceania release date January 1, 2011
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Bio
Unity… Band is an award-winning original roots reggae group based in Wisconsin. Their intense touring schedule of varied venues around the US & Hawaii has honed an interactive outdoor stage show with positive party vibes and the knack for drawing club crowds into the irie groove.
They treat fans to old Roots, Rock, Reggae favs along with original music blending influences of roots, rock, blues, funk and reggae into their own unique sound. Fronted with island-smooth energetic confidence by Kai "Pita" Kotobalavu on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, the band’s talents includes the smooth bass lines of Tim Perkins, Anthony Robert Bessen laid-back guitar riffs and vocals, the cool intensity of Logan Pier on keyboards and innovative steady ease of Kelvin Ayres behind the drum set.
Unity's fan base has grown extensively regionally and globally with the release of five albums, Liberation, In The Beginning, Revival, Oceania & Sunset 7 a collection of diverse original songs written by Kotobalavu, centered on his roots as a native born Fijian. The album's release and unique cultural story of a Fijian making music in the Midwest have gained the band extensive media attention in the US, Europe, Fiji, Australia, Hawaii & New Zealand, as well as radio play for the new music.
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