Oka are hitting up the West Coast this Summer with a string of Summer Sessions that are set to get things even hotter this February.

After selling out venues on their last tour and being begged to come back, Oka are bringing something are set to hit Scarborough (Feb 6), Fremantle (Feb 7), Albany (Feb 8), Margaret River (Feb 9) and North Fremantle (Feb 10).

By dawn on Sunday, we’d had a strategic nap and returned to the main stage to see the sun come up with a soundtrack from Tsuyoshi Suzuki, one of Japan’s most prominent trance DJs. The intensity had remained high for this time of morning, with the fiery spectacle at the main stage continuing and the dancers who had lasted the night still in an intense spell of raving.

When Laurie Anderson sang ‘Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much, much better’ she could have been describing the Mullum Music Festival - four days of international and national profile artists mixing with locals and visitors in the beautiful and vibrant little town of Mullumbimby on the NSW north coast.

Following their sold out West Australian Tour earlier this year, Oka are back by popular demand for a run of shows in early June, celebrating the release of their forthcoming new album ‘Milk & Honey’.

Mud. I have never seen so much of it. Mud crusting on to my legs, mud seeping into the tent, mud swallowing me on the dancefloor. Mud, and rain.