Kelowna favorites featured in the great Relix magazine!! Rated #1 band on teh verge of making it big!

http://www.relix.com/content/blogcategory/41/119/

Written by Shain Shapiro
Friday, 09 March 2007

WASSABI JAM

In true jamband fashion, Vancouver’s The Wassabi Collective has two main goals when it comes to performing: make you dance and make you think. By combining socially conscious lyrics and forward political activism with world-beat-infused trance, reggae, funk and soul, the quintet has become one of Canada’s best live acts. Led by sultry vocalist and percussionist Melissa Meretsky, the collective mixes Particle’s groove with Toubab Krewe’s global consciousness, dusted off with a Deep Banana Blackout-themed sensuality. “We aim to keep people moving for hours while spreading good intentions to create music that inspires positive people, in order to engender positive change,” explains Meretsky. This spring saw the release of Stories Not Forgotten, the band’s most accomplished sonic feast to date, successfully transcribing its live ferocity in the studio, ensuring that the Wassabi Collective will, inMeretsky’s words, “continue to spread a message of environmental, social and spiritual activism through music.” www.wassabi.net