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Formed and based on the east coast of Tasmania FATsmalls draws influence from both modern and classic soul and funk acts such as Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, and Maceo Parker. FATsmalls have been drawing people out of their living rooms and onto dance floors all over Tasmania with their modern Funk and Soul music for almost a year. FATsmalls is the most booty shakin’, hip grindin’, soul clappin’ band to spring forth from the beautiful state of Tasmania for some time. The band’s sound is characterised by tightly arranged irresistible grooves augmented by punchy horns, funky keys and smooth, fresh vocals. The funk is built on the solid foundation of Joel Delphin’s hip dropin’ drum grooves Simon Holmes’s booty moving bass lines, Robbie Cameron’s funky guitar lines and the syncopated soul of Pete Cornelius’s keyboard. Perfectly complimenting the unstoppable groove, the band also boasts a killer horn section of Lila Meleisia, Owen ‘Hank’ Hankin, while vocalist Erin Clarke ties it all