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Formidable Vegetable are an electro (music) funk/swing music band Fremantle, Western Australia, led by ukulele player, drummer and vocalist Charlie Mgee. The band formed in 2012, originally as Formidable Vegetable Sound System with core members Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan and others including Alex Burkoy, Mayuka Juber, Tim Bennett and Kevin Jones, later working closely with Australian electronic producer, Spoonbill and collaborating with well-known artists such as Harry James Angus and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo.[1] The band's experimental style combines principles of permaculture, sustainability and regenerative design with dance music and has performed at festivals such as Glastonbury[2] and Woodford Folk Festival.[3] They've also been in frequent rotation on Kids.Radio[4].[5] In 2023, they also won Best Album and Best Music Video at the MMMA Australian Children's Music Awards,[6][7] ahead of well known and longtime children's band, The Wiggles.
History
edit2012-2015: Beginnings - Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual
editFormidable Vegetable was started by Charlie Mgee on ukulele, vocals and an electronic sampler. In late 2011, Mgee co-founded and performed in Fremantle-based electroswing band, Ensemble Formidable after returning from a year of studying permaculture with Robyn Francis. The band performed songs inspired by the course including 'No Such Thing as Waste' and 'The Edge', at folk festivals and events around Western Australia.[8] The following year, Mgee wrote and recorded 'Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual', the debut Formidable Vegetable album based around the 12 principles of permaculture and the book: Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren.[9][10]
The first official listing of the 'band' was at the Eclipse 2012 Festival[11] in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The album, Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual was officially launched in April 2013 via the band's newly created independent label Grow Do It, at the start of what would be the band's first international tour, with their track 'No Such Thing As Waste' receiving a WAM Song of the Year Award in 2013 for Best Folk Song and their music video for 'Yield' winning two awards at the Australian Independent Music Video Awards[12] that year.
2015-2016: Radish Beets – Remixed & Revegetated
In mid-2015 Formidable Vegetable released through their own label a mini-album of remixes by international EDM producers of songs from 'Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual'.
Between 2013 and 2016, the band toured to 17 countries before Mgee announced on BBC Oxford[13] that he was pledging not to fly anywhere for an entire year, due to the harmful ecological impact and contradiction to the band's ethics.[14]
2016-2019: Grow Do It
At the same time as the permaculture songs were being remixed for 'Radish Beets', the band was writing and producing their first children's album, 'Grow Do It' with renowned Australian electronic producer, Spoonbill, which was released in September 2016 through their independent label of the same name and launched with a flight-free, waste vegetable oil-powered national tour, which took them to every state and territory of Australia.[15][16] The album featured the addition of New Zealand-based drummer, Michael Barker (drummer), formerly of John Butler Trio and contained the singles, 'Kimchi' and 'You Are What You Eat', which was the official song of the United Nations's 2015 International Year of Soil by the Food & Agriculture Organization.[17] Formidable Vegetable followed up with another international tour in 2017, which took them to the USA, UK, Iceland, Malta, Italy and New Zealand.[18]
2019-2020: Earth People Fair
The band's 4th album, 'Earth People Fair', released in April 2019 featured collaborations with Grammy Award winning children's hip-hop artist, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, beat-maker and producer, Dazastah of Australian hip-hop group, Downsyde and Hugo The Poet, formerly of The Juice Media's subversive Juice Rap News. The album featured collaborations with Indigenous artists and the 'Yagu Wila' choir, formed in the remote Gascoyne region of Western Australia.[8] In early 2019, just before the album's release, Mgee once again pledged to stop flying, this time without setting a time limit. The decision came after reading the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5˚ C and led to the band canceling their upcoming World Tour, which, according to the BBC World Service, made them the first band in history to turn down an offer to play at Glastonbury on the grounds of climate change.[19] For the same reason, during this period, Formidable Vegetable also turned down various advertising licensing offers and an invitation to perform at the Sydney Opera House alongside world renowned American cellist, Yo Yo Ma.[20]
2020-2022: Garbage Guts & In Real Life
In early 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Formidable Vegetable was offered a licensing deal and 'Grow Do It' being licensed retrospectively, became the first release on the newly established 8 Pound Gorilla Records label.[21] Soon followed by their next EP Garbage Guts'. The EP featured seven songs, one of which was a new version of the 2011 song 'No Such Thing as Waste'.
In 2022 the band released another EP, 'In Real Life', which was commentary to kids about the shallowness of social media and screen life.
2023-present: Micro Biome
Formidable Vegetable ended their licensing contracts in 2023 and went on to release 'Micro Biome', an album of 8 songs released back on their own independent label, Grow Do It.
The album charted at number 4 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) charts in its first week of release and later that year received two MMMA Children's Music Awards for Best Album and Best Music Video (for the single 'The Seaweed on Al G').[22] In addition to regular band members, the album featured collaborations with multi-instrumentalist, Linsey Pollak, known for the TEDx talk in which he turns a carrot into a clarinet as well as Logie Award-winning Australian TV gardening personality, Costa Georgiadis. [23] Following two years of COVID restrictions, the album launch lead to an 18-month-long Australian tour.
Activism & Advocacy
Since 2016, the band has been a regular contributor and recognized patron of the Permaculture International Public Fund (commonly known as Permafund),[24] which distributes micro-grants to communities for permaculture projects in underprivileged parts of the world. They are also a regular contributor to the Pay The Rent movement, which is an independent financial reparations initiative for Indigenous Australians.[25]
In 2019, after cancelling their international tour on ecological grounds, lead member Charlie Mgee converted a waste vegetable oil-powered fire truck into a mobile stage and joined a convoy initiated by former Greens senator Bob Brown, protesting a new coal mine being opened in north Queensland.[19][20]
Over the years, Charlie Mgee and Formidable Vegetable have performed in Australia and around the world at numerous charitable and environmental events in support of small farmers and food sovereignty, the Great Barrier Reef, ending native forest logging, and climate justice.[26][27][28]
In 2018, Mgee gave a TEDx talk on the power of making music with purpose for a regenerative world.[29] He has also served as board member for the charitable not-for-profit organization, Permaculture Australia.[30]
Awards & Recognition
- WAM Song of The Year 2013 – "No Such Thing as Waste" – Best Folk Song
- Australian Independent Music Video Awards 2013 – "Yield" – Best Blues Song & Best Editing
- Funky Kids Radio Awards 2021 – "No Such Thing as Waste" – Song of the Year[31]
- Funky Kids Radio Awards 2021 – "Garbage Guts" – Album of the Year[31]
- MMMA Children's Music Awards 2023 – "Micro Biome" – Best Album
- MMMA Children's Music Awards 2023 – "The Seaweed on Al G" – Best Music Video
Notable Events & Festival Performances
- Woodford Folk Festival, Australia (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022)
- Glastonbury Festival, UK (2013, 2015, 2017 and online in 2020)
- Rainbow Serpent Festival, Australia (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Folk Rhythm & Life Festival, Australia (2012, 2019)
- Shambhala Festival, Canada (2013)
- Boomtown Fair, UK (2013, 2015)
- Symbiosis Festival, USA (2013)
- City of London Festival, UK (2014)
- Cairns EcoFiesta, Australia (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023)
- Cygnet Folk Festival, Australia (2014, 2017, 2023)
- Nannup Music Festival, Australia (2014, 2015, 2023)
- Fairbridge Festival, Australia (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Boom, Portugal (2015)
- Bhoomi Festival, India (2014)
- Luminate Festival, New Zealand (2015, 2017, 2019)
- Pangaea Festival, Australia (2023)
- Electric Picnic, Ireland (2015)
- Gittanakesfoor, Belgium (2015)
- Nordic Permaculture Festival, Denmark & Iceland (2013, 2017)
- Compost Festival, Malta (2017)
- Sustainable Living Festival, Australia (2018)
- Green Festivals, USA (2017)
- Shambala, UK (2015)
- Latitude, UK (2015)
- Lovebox Festival, UK (2015)
Members
edit- Charlie Mgee
- Mal Webb
- Kylie Morrigan
- Mayuka Juber
- Tim Bennett
- Brenna Quinlan
- Alex Burkoy
- Alex Borthwick
- Dave Lawrence
- Dave Elliston
- Michael Boase
- Michael Barker (drummer)
- Harry James Angus
- Olly Watkins
- Scott Kociuruba
- Kevin Jones
- Harry Jakamarra
- Jimmy Halliday
- Bohdan Pračhar
- Katrina Button
- Jamie Bretman
- Nikki Dagostino
- Sanshi
- Freya Hanly
- Gemma West
- Melissa Gibson
- Lee Harsidty
- Dazastah
- Janine Oxenham
- Petha Farrer Shoveller
- Carlien Jeanne
- Aria Scarlett
- Bec Schofield
- Dave Mann
- James Abberley
- Wynx
- Jeff Harold
- Marsha Ashwell
Discography
editAlbums and EPs
edit- Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual (2012, Grow Do It)
- Radish Beets (2015, Grow Do It)
Grow Do It, Released: 2016, Format: CD, digital, Label: Grow Do It, MGM
Earth People Fair, Released: 2019, Format: CD, vinyl, digital, Label: Grow Do It
Garbage Guts (EP), Released: 2021, Format: Digital, Label: 8 Pound Gorilla Records
In Real Life (EP), Released: 2022, Format: Digital, Label: 8 Pound Gorilla Records
Micro Biome, Released: 2023, Format: CD, digital, Label: Grow Do It
Singles:
Title & Details No Such Thing as Waste Album: None Released: 2011
Yield Album: Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual Released: 2013
SOS: Save Our Seeds feat. Vandana Shiva Album: None Released: 2014
The Edge (Spoonbill Remix) Album: Radish Beets Released: 2015
You Are What You Eat Album: Grow Do It Released: 2015
Kimchi Album: Grow Do It Released: 2016
Trees Eat Us All Album: Earth People Fair Released: 2016
Dad's Dunny Album: Earth People Fair Released: 2017
Grow a Garden Album: Earth People Fair Released: 2019
Singing Makes It Better Album: Earth People Fair Released: 2019
Not The End Album: Earth People Fair Released: 2019
Earth People Fair Album: Earth People Fair Released: 2019
Climate Movement (with Spoonbill) Album: None Released: 2020
Get a Goat Album: Garbage Guts Released: 2021
No Such Thing As Waste Album: Garbage Guts Released: 2021
Our Street Album: Garbage Guts Released: 2021
All I Want for Christmas is Used Album: Micro Biome (CD only) Released: 2021
Short Attention Span Album: In Real Life Released: 2022
The Seaweed on Al G Album: Micro Biome Released: 2022
I Love Carrots Album: Micro Biome Released: 2023
Micro Biome Album: Micro Biome Released: 2023
Remixes:
Title Year
Formidable Vegetable – "The Edge (Spoonbill Remix)" 2015
Formidable Vegetable – "Change (feat. JPOD)" 2015
Formidable Vegetable – "Energy (Bumble Remix)" 2015
Formidable Vegetable – "Get Together (Griff's Unified Mix)" 2015
Formidable Vegetable – "No Such Thing as Waste (Mr Moon Remix) 2015
Spoonbill – "Fowl Play (feat. Formidable Vegetable) 2018
Spoonbill – "Fowl Play (feat. Formidable Vegetable – Staunch Remix) 2019
Formidable Vegetable – "Grow a Garden (Stickybuds Remix) 2019
Formidable Vegetable – "Everybody's Crazy feat. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (Father Funk Remix) 2019
Music Videos
Year Song Director(s) Album
2011 "No Such Thing As Waste" Wee Earthlings & Oz J Thomas None
2013 "Yield" Jono "Dropbear" Chong Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual
2013 "Oil" Oz J Thomas Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual
2014 "Limits" Oz J Thomas Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual
2015 "Patterns" Oz J Thomas Permaculture: A Rhymer's Manual
2015 "The Edge (Spoonbill Remix)" Jono "Dropbear" Chong Radish Beets
2016 "You Are What You Eat" Bigfish Grow Do It
2016 "Kimchi" Kiran Wilson, Daniel Fowler Grow Do It
2017 "Dad's Dunny" Kyle Wilson Earth People Fair
2018 "Plastic!" Runamuk Visuals Grow Do It
2019 "Grow a Garden" Formidable Vegetable Earth People Fair
2019 "Earth People Fair" Happen Films Earth People Fair
2019 "Everybody's Crazy (feat. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo) – Father Funk Remix" Formidable Vegetable None
2020 "Climate Movement (with Spoonbill)" Brenna Quinlan & Jono "Dropbear" Chong None
2021 "Get a Goat" Tim Bennett Garbage Guts
2021 "Our Street" Antony Petrucci Garbage Guts
2021 "No Such Thing as Waste" Formidable Vegetable Garbage Guts
2022 "Short Attention Span" Tim Bennett In Real Life
2023 "The Seaweed on Al G" Artrake Micro Biome
2023 "I Love Carrots" Formidable Vegetable Micro Biome
References
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- ^ "Eco-minstrels take groovy beets to Glastonbury". 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Woodford Folk Festival: Courtney Barnett, Marlon Williams and All Our Exes strike a chord". 3 January 2016.
- ^ https://kids.radio/
- ^ "KidsDotRadio".
- ^ https://mmma.com.au/
- ^ "Best New Australian Christmas Songs: The Wiggles, TISM & More".
- ^ a b "Earth People Fair - Formidable Vegetable".
- ^ https://formidablevegetable.fanlink.to/permaculture
- ^ "Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability - Hardcover".
- ^ "Eclipse 2012: New Festival Announced". May 2012.
- ^ https://www.aimva.net/2013awards.html
- ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Nick Piercey, Dragon training + the Formidable Vegetable Sound System".
- ^ "Aussie band turns down Glastonbury, Opera House gigs due to no-fly commitment". ABC News. 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Formidable Vegetable Sound System Announces New Single and Video 'Kimchi' + Album 'Grow do It' + Veggie Oil-Powered National Tour". 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Formidable Vegetable Sound System Kimchi Interview".
- ^ https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/soils-2015/events-doc/Agenda_WSD2015.pdf
- ^ "Formidable Vegetable Sound System (Music forum at permies)".
- ^ a b "BBC World Service - Newsday, the band who won't fly even if it means missing out on Glastonbury". 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Aussie band turns down Glastonbury, Opera House gigs due to no-fly commitment". ABC News. 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Children's Label 8 Pound Gorilla Records Launches with Diverse Roster".
- ^ https://air.org.au/chart/100-independent-albums-20-mar-2023/][https://mmma.com.au/
- ^ "TEDxSydney | Carrot Clarinet: Linsey Pollak". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Permafund - Permaculture Australia". 12 May 2013.
- ^ "'Pay the rent': Invasion Day protesters urged to hand over cash at march". 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Bhoomi 2014". 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Ash Grunwald, Deep Sea Arcade Lead Rock for the Reef Lineup". 2 October 2014.
- ^ "John Butler Announces WA Gig for Later This Month".
- ^ "TEDxPerth | TED".
- ^ "Permaculture Australia Team - Permaculture Australia". 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Funky Kids Radio Awards".