*GARY DIDIER PEREZ (Original singer who sung HIT first CD)

*FELDER ANTOINE

*EMMANUEL OBAS

NICKENSON and ARLY LARIVIERE responded positively to the invite, but according to Brutus, ARLY might be in Montreal with Nu Look on that day, and NICKENSON might be in ORLANDO with Harmonik.

We went straight to the source on this.

KM: Why once again is LABOR DAY FESTIVAL not featuring NU LOOK in their lineup?

LABOR DAY FESTIVAL representative REGINALD: “Hi pat,

I am sooo excited about what I have just experienced with the band… Not only where we the only act for the night, but it seems that the people have been waiting for Carimi for a while now… I am gonna try to make u guys live our first trip in new caledonia as it took us 2 days to get there and back and it was one of the most intense experience that we have had for a while now…

For those who don’t know where it is, ck ur map to the right of Australia, way south of Japan next to islands like Tahiti, not too far from L.A. if u are in to 20 hour trips… it’s about 10 times the size of Martinique with about 200,000 people… They are called Canack and look a lot like Hawaiian.. I have divided the activities into several folders and I will use this thread to post everything…

We left NY on wednesday morning June 3 in route to Japan… there we had to stay the night and only had time to go out to eat… I had posted those pics in another thread.

We finally arrived in Noumea at 10hpm on friday night June 5th and only had time to rest for the next day… The people here are super nice and the welcome with the flowers made me remember my trip to Maui…

BRUNO actually did NOT want to talk about his former group HANGOUT by saying “Nap fe zafe pa nou, yap fe zafe pa yo”…but we got him to bring out a few things.

We asked him if he is in a better position right now with BELJAZ, compared to Hangout, he beamed “AH PATRICK MON CHER. Come on Patrick. 500% better.”

BRUNO continues “In BELJAZ, every single decision is discussed between 4 people, myself, Jocelyn, which is our other manager, Ralph Menelas, and Pipo. We have meetings or conference calls to discuss every thing. The band that I was with before, if I wanted to do certain things, there would always be some “ENMERDEMENT”.

BRUNO continues “I can tell you right now, BELJAZ IS IN THE TOP 5 in terms of bands that are playing the best compas LIVE out there on the market. NO DOUBT about that.”

Just to let u know that we are safe and sound in new Caledonia performed in front of a sellout crowd of about 5000… We are so Happy to have taken this trip as it has really shown us that there are some really nice people out there… Little did we know that we had to get the blessing of the spiritual leader of the country to perform… The concert was off the chain, with hundred of people left outside… Place was pack to capacity and the people were going crazy for us… We are already in the works to come back later this year… Carlo, Jean and Stanley could not make the trip, I will give a detail review with pics when I get back to the States on Tuesday…

Last night, at Trottyl, the fans joined in the birthday celebration. It was a night of fun, laughter and cake  Vicieux yo te kontan. Apaches yo te anvayi! From the pictures, it seems that Port-au-Prince was yellow and blue last night!