THE SHIRE TEAHOUSE IS SIX!

26 AUGUST 2010

Rudekat recently celebrated 6 years at the Shire Teahouse in West End, an event that saw Kafka, Apex and The Rude mash up a fine selection of punk, drum n bass and boho funk! A bottle of spiced Captain Morgan's rum makes any more detail impossible to recount and bless the cherub who tucked me safely in bed that night..

Thanks to all our well wishers, dapper staff - Taylor, Dre, Buttons, Abi, Lauren and all the fantastic musicians and bands that have performed over the years - in particular Laneous, Darky Roots, Spacifix, Paua, Choc Strings, The Barons of Tang, Emma louise, Bessy Lou, Anarchist Duck, Feri Dun and everybody else, you know who you are!! xxx

We hope to keep going for another 6 years - Bless up

x Rudi and Winston

5 1.5

by investigative journalist Seamus O’Donnell, Dublin Beat

Rumours abound regarding the origins of trans-global record giant Rudekat Records and its founder, the enigmatic Federico Quinzalez. In a journey that took me from Russia’s frozen wastes to sharing crackpipes with the homeless on the streets of Trinidad, I managed to get some inside information on the man behind the empire.

Born Federico Quinn in Luzon City, Philippines in 1975 to Liverpool dockland gangster Mickey Quinn and high society transgender prostitute Lena Gonzalez, Federico was fostered by his aunt and lived his childhood in a nunnery on the island of Mindanao.

The quiet life of meditation and abstinence only served to fuel an intense opposing reaction in his teenage years. Changing his name to Federico Quinzalez – a bastardized version of his parent’s names, he joined the feared Bananos Mutilados Gang.

Gaining a reputation for fearlessness, diplomacy and tea-making, he soon rose to senior level in the gang and made valuable alliances with the Japanese Yakuza and Chinese triads. By the age of 17, with the help of tattooist friends in the Yakuza, he had a complete body suit inked and it is rumoured his penis is decorated with Emperor Hu’s battle junk complete with all 47 sails.

Little is known between 1991 and 1998, save for speculation that he made and lost close to 800 million yen on various dubious business ventures the most notorious being the 300 ton haul of Cannabis off the Venezualan coast. It is also estimated that the upkeep of his scores of children and mistresses worldwide was close to 27 million Euros per year. Finally, In 2002, tiring of the media spotlight and running from underworld bosses, Quinzalez settled in Brisbane, Australia to pursue his musical hobbies and become a ‘legitimate’ businessman.

His underworld experience helped keep his eye sharp for opportunity and he quickly recognized Brisbane as being a future global hotspot in the world music industry.

Together with his partner in crime Winston Morrow, they jointly operate a small café/record shack in West End called The Shire Tea House, where much of the music and merchandise of the RudeKat label can be found, as well as weekly gigs showcasing the emerging talent of West End.

Of course, finding Quinzalez may be difficult, given his secretive and unassuming character – however, if you happen to be at a urinal and find yourself staring at Emperor Hu’s battle junk ….

BACK TO WELCOME

Rudekat began as a small screenprinting and music label, dedicated to creating cool threads and releasing local Brisbane music..

..while not much has changed on that front, Rudekat has taken a giant sideways leap into event organizing and promotion. Together with a large network of highly talented event managers, designers, production crew and sexy volunteers, Rudekat has helped to create the Island Vibe Festival, Kuranda Roots and West End Carnivale.

The aim?

To spawn a cult of rastafarian bacchanalian hemp growing permaculturalist drop outs..

To inspire new generations of art hobos to blaze in the vacuum of mindless consumer mediocrity! to respect and explore the art and spiritualism of indigenous and world cultures ... to look at reality with different lenses and question everything - especially this imminently imploding capitalist corporate delusion..

Thanks for your support!

On behalf of the crew

muchos gracias

Senor Quinzalez