❤️🔥O.T.F.❤️🔥 21/07/23 ✈️
Formed in a twist of fate, Honeydrip is a 5+ piece Funk ’n’ Soul enterprise that has exploded out of the suburban sprawl of Inner West Sydney, Australia. Bandleaders Ryan Light and Elliott Falzon have built a musical vision that knows no bounds: stylistic fusion with effortless flair, sincere passion, spectacular theatrics and playful mischief. From humble beginnings to new heights, Honeydrip has evolved into a multidimensional creative powerhouse that consistently defies categorisation and grows more impressive at every turn.
Honeydrip’s influences include contemporary vanguards in Sydney’s independent scene such as The Regime, Boomchild, CINTA and Thunder Fox. On an international level, their sound pays homage to such super-stars of today as Bruno Mars, Vulfpeck, Dua Lipa, Lizzo and The 1975. The result is a rich sonic tapestry that seamlessly weaves together the Classic Soul of a bygone era with the future of R&B, adorned with delicious Funk grooves and the unapologetic grandeur of Arena Rock. The live band now features Cody "C-M$ney" Jaikiew, Joshua "J. Smooth" Gullotto and Tahlia "Big T" Amato, with a wide range of guest appearances from instrumentalists and vocalists across the extended Honeyverse.
Their third single “O.T.F. (On The Floor)” is the long-dormant disco anthem that the world has waited for. After 3 years of radio silence, the hiatus is over. Honeydrip are back from the dead with a studio record of electrifying artistic and commercial ambition. Dynamic, infectious and elaborate, “O.T.F.” is a feat of collaboration that fully showcases the collective’s vibrant, enigmatic identity and sonically diverse horizons. Faturing backing vocals from Chelsea Warner (Universal) and a live horn section led by Danny “G.” Felix (The Monday Jam), it is an intricate production, epic creative statement and inspired re-brand for 2023. Listening to it catapults you down a psychedelic rabbit hole from an alternate universe where Jamiroquai meets Jacob Collier in a supercharged fever-dream, with the slick groove of Quincy Jones and epic scope of Earth, Wind & Fire in the background. It is elegant, heartfelt, adventurous and bursting at the seams with an irrepressible sense of joy and euphoria too hard to ignore.
