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Minority Sun
Genre: Indigenous, Roots
Region: Alice Springs, NT
Members: Sean Angeles (vocals / guitar), Galen Cole (guitar), Kenni-Anne Iles (vocals), Dale Egan (Bass) and Jason Ramp (Drums)


You can feel yourself bouncing along a red dirt highway from Alice Springs to the homelands with their uplifting songs of love and life in the desert.
Lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Shaun Penangke is a local Arrernte man from Ayampe country located 70 kms north of Mpantwua (Alice Springs)
He’s backed-up by talented musicians and haunting support vocals in songs that range in style from rootsy, laid-back rock to reggae and hip hop.
The message is about celebrating and gaining strength in a contemporary world from an unbreakable connection to country and family.
“I’m picturing grandfather, I’m picturing soakages, I’m picturing family and hunting grounds and sacred sites,” says Angeles.
“We are also singing about social issues and other things that have hurt our people in the past and now. They’re hard lyrics but true.

“We’re saying: be proud of culture, be proud to be Aboriginal, be proud of your grandfather’s and grandmother’s country. Be strong.”
Minority Sun includes Galen Cole on keyboards, lead guitar and vocals, Dale Egan on bass, Jason Ramp on drums and Kenni-Anne Iles on vocals.
The band has had a name change for cultural reasons since debuting in Alice just 6 months ago.
Under old name or new they are invariably greeted with rousing enthusiasm and are going from strength to strength with every gig.
Minority Sun is fresh, talented and determined to be heard.

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Ayampe
rating:  5/5
Awesome band! We played with you guys at the alice desert festival and thought it was amazing! Well done, hope to do another gig with you maybe in da...




Ayampe
rating:  5/5
This is a boppy song which also touches your soul.




Kwante Quench
rating:  5/5
sexy indigenous vocals, absoloutely beautiful, so strong and true, i personally love the music.




Ayampe
rating:  5/5
I was taken back with the smooth sounds of Minority Sun. From the mesmerizing melodic vocals of the Lead Singer to the captivating sounds of the ban...
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