Currently a five-piece band residing in Melbourne, the bands roots stem from a meeting of vocalist Natalie Pa'apa'a and fellow percussionist Carlo Santone in 2003. The pair had made names for themselves performing in percussion group Skin. The desire to further explore song and melody saw them perform as Blue King Brown, early gig highlights include supporting the John Butler Trio on an east coast tour of Australia. Quite the colorologists, the band chose their name to represent their beliefs; blue - because the blues is the roots, king - to represent power through music, brown - because brown is the funk, groove and soul. Deciding to give the band every possible chance the two left Byron Bay and headed their van towards Melbourne, where they recruited able and suitable local musicians. The band's sound is based around percussion, keys and drums and incorporating beats and groove in a soulful mix of afro beat, roots, rock and reggae and feature the evocative lyrics of Pa'apa'a. A debut EP was released in August 2005 and the band became festival fixtures playing the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, WOMADelaide, Woodford Folk Festival and the Big Day Out. The band picked up the APRA Songwriters Award and Best Alternative Group at the 2005 MusicOz Awards, and was featured as Triple J "Home and Hosed" artists and as "Next Crop" artists during their Oz music month.