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Blue Panther are a trio made up of Mark Jenkinson: a drummer in the Melbourne music scene since the late 80s, Oliver Froböse: a bassist graduate from NMITs Collingwood TAFE music course and Lee Cardan: an exciting young guitarist and engineer. Oli & Mark experimented briefly in 1999 with an art rock band called Ashtray Madonnait failed dismally and Mark went into the folk circuit playing Celtic Rock for a couple of years. On meeting with Oli and Lee mid 2005 things were more promising and reconnected with the excitement of making original music. The chemistry was immediately so good the trio jammed weekly for 6 months recording all the rehearsals and finding a shared affinity for classic psychedelic rock, African flavoured rhythms, contemporary art rock and improvisation. Out of 25 rough rehearsal CDs an instrumental set was developed and performed at the Libation Bar in Brunswick. Selecting 6 of the most promising instrumentals, lyrics were written and jams were developed into