Effective period / Period of releases: 2011 - 2022

Members: Jon Hunt (2), Ross McHenry, Kevin van der Zwaag, Locky Ridge, Chris Weber (4), Dylan Marshall, Joel Prime, Adam Page, Tim Bennett (2), Alex Taylor (9), Jarrad Payne, Andrew Crago, Jason McMahon (2), Brenton Foster

The Shaolin Afronauts are an Adelaide-based instrumental afrobeat band that is styled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Sun Ra. Their music incorporates elements of avant-garde jazz, soul and traditional African and Cuban percussive rhythms. Founded in 2008 out of a fascination with Afrobeat and creative improvised music the band began their life as a support for The Transatlantics before branching out to play their own shows. Over the course of the next few months, the group solidified with a core of twelve band members and expanded their repertoire of original songs.