Ooz Music

Heads start nodding early when Ooz plays. He's an acoustic roots reggae artist, and the mood he sets is relaxed without ever going flat. A loop pedal does a lot of the work: he builds bass guitar lines and percussion beats in layers, then sings over the top, so one performer carries the sound of a small band. His repertoire is big and eclectic, heavy on crowd favourites, with plenty of older songs people had half forgotten they loved. That mix makes him easy to put in front of a laid-back afternoon crowd that might drift onto the floor as the day goes on. Ooz carries public liability insurance and will travel to gigs right around Australia.