Port of Spain, Trinidad based rock band ORANGE SKY will release their label debut, Dat Iz Voodoo, on StarCity Recording on February 17th, 2009 with distribution to be handled by MRI, a division of RED Distribution.

The band recently returned to the US to kick off a fall/winter tour prepping the album release. Earlier this summer, the band previewed material from the upcoming full-length release during a 20+ run of the east coast.

Dat Iz Voodoo was recorded through 2007 and 2008, in St. Anns, Trinidad at Imagi Studios in part with legendary producer and engineer Jeff Glixman (BLACK SABBATH, BOB MARLEY, KANSAS). Together, the band laid down 12 genre-bending tracks, described as “Rise-era Bad Brains,” their insistent and diverse musical styles fuse together a modern-edged metallic rock sound with reggae. View the video for 'Yesterdays & Tomorrows' below, and download the free mp3, a live version of the band taking on the SCORPIONS 'Is There Anybody There', here.

Brothers Nigel and Nicholas Rojas formed Orange Sky and began playing gigs in their home country, rapidly gaining a reputation as a highly entertaining and respected live act. Becoming increasingly popular throughout the Caribbean, the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Tourism officially named the band International Ambassadors.

Opening for a wide range of touring stars from HATEBREED to LUDACRIS, the band signed with Granite/Universal where they released their first album, Upstairs, in 2006, and supported it with a tour opening for ADEMA and two US tours opening for YNGWIE MALMSTEEN.

Now, ready to unleash their second album on the world, Nigel says it’s packed with music that existing fans and new listeners alike will go wild for. “Dat Iz Voodoo has stuff that’s really meant to be played live. Not just songs to listen to, but songs to bang your head to. It’s a more progressive record,” he continues. “We were a little more open to each other, playing songs we knew would go off better live.”

Dat Iz Voodoo runs the gamut from the delicate, piano-led ballad 'Never' to the almost thrash 'Psycho World', from the industrial-strength reggae-rock of their take on the Scorpions’ 'Is There Anybody There?' to the crunching funk-metal riffs of 'Dark Room' - a dozen songs in all, guaranteed to get fists pumping and moshpits swirling, with a couple of lighters-in-the-air, arm-around-your-girl moments in between.

StarCity Recording Company was founded by Grammy-nominated producer Jeff Glixman and partner Jim Gentile in July, 2005. They quickly added Glixman’s long-time associate Phil Ehart, founder and manager of rock legends Kansas to head the Artist Development side of the company.

Orange Sky band members include brothers Nigel (guitars/vocals) and Nicholas Rojas (bass/vocals), Obasi Springer (drums/percussion) and feature additional keyboard work by Richard Hall and guitars by Dion Howe.

Tour dates:

October

23 - The Rock Room - Sterling Hotel - Allentown, PA
25 - Penn’s Peak - Jim Thorpe, PA w/Kansas
28 - The Nick - Birmingham, AL
31 - The Pit: Halloween! - Jacksonville, FL

November

8 - Boomerz - Seminole, FL
14 - North Gate Tavern - Baton Rouge, LA
15 - 516 Soundstage - Shreveport, LA
18 - Room 710 - Austin, TX
20 - Momo’s - Austin, TX
22 - Checkpoint’s - New Orleans, LA
28 - Oade’s Hidden Camel - Lansing, MI

December

5 - Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY
6 - The Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA
11 - Alley Katz - Richmond, VA
12 - Budda’s - Newport News, VA
13 - Sullivan Hall - New York, NY