The Dynamic Hepnotics were a successful Australian soul

Soul music

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/blues

Blues

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Funk

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 band during the 1980s. They had major success with their chart topping song Soul Kind Of Feeling

Soul Kind Of Feeling

"Soul Kind Of Feeling" was a 1984 hit single from Australian musical group Dynamic Hepnotics' album Take You Higher.-Other uses:The song featured prominently in the background in Australian soap opera Neighbours until the early nineties...

in 1984 and 1985, followed up by Gotta Be Wrong (Way To Love) later that year.

Frontman "Continental" Robert Susz went on to form the band The Mighty Reapers after the split of The Dynamic Hepnotics in 1988. Susz still performs today in the group Continental Blues Party.

Robert Susz and members of The Dynamic Hepnotics came together in 1998 to perform at the Mushroom 25 Live

Mushroom 25 Live

Mushroom 25 Live is a live album, video and DVD by various Australian musicians and was recorded at the Mushroom 25 Concert held on Saturday 14 November 1998, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground...

 concert, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

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Albums

• Shakin' All Over 7" EP (1980)
• Strange Land 12" EP (1982)
• The Dynamic Hepnotics Live (1984)
• Take You Higher (1985)

Singles

• "Hepnobeat" (1981)
• "Hepnobeat" 12" remix UK & USA (1982)
• "Gotta Be Wrong" (1984)
• "I'll Make You" (1984)
• "Soul Kind Of Feeling
  Soul Kind Of Feeling
  "Soul Kind Of Feeling" was a 1984 hit single from Australian musical group Dynamic Hepnotics' album Take You Higher.-Other uses:The song featured prominently in the background in Australian soap opera Neighbours until the early nineties...
  
  " (1984)
• "Believe Me" (1985)
• "Whenever You're Ready" (1985)
• "On Our Way Now" (1986)

Band Personnel

Vocals

• Robert Susz (1979–1986)

Guitar

• Andrew Silver (1979–1985)
• Dave Brewer (1985–1986)

Bass

• Manuel Patty (1979–1980)
• Allen Britton (1980–1986)
• Lloyd Swanton
  Lloyd Swanton
  Lloyd Stuart Swanton is an Australian jazz double bassist/bass guitarist and composer, based in Sydney. Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986 and co-founded, jazz trio The Necks in 1987 with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck....
  
   (1986)

Drums

• Richard Ruhle (1979–1980)
• Robert Souter (1980–1986)
• Duncan Archibald (1986)

Saxophone

• Tim Martin (1979–1980)
• Bruce Allen (1980–1985)
• Mark Simmonds
  Mark Simmonds (saxophonist)
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   (1985–1986)

Trumpet

• Peter Bishop (1985–1986)

Keyboard

• Mike Gubb (1985–1986)
• Chris Pascoe (1986)

Trivia

• Mike Gubb has worked with a number of high-profile Australian bands, including Mental As Anything
  Mental As Anything
  Mental As Anything are an Australian New Wave–rock music band formed at an art school in Sydney in 1976. Their most popular line-up was Martin Plaza on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; Wayne "Bird"...
  
  , Ganggajang
  GANGgajang
  Gang Gajang are an Australian rock band who formed in 1984. The three principal figures in the original lineup were former Riptides frontman Mark "Cal" Callaghan and two former members of popular Australian hard rock band The Angels, bassist Chris Bailey and drummer Graham "Buzz"...
  
  , The Whitlams
  The Whitlams
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   and Dog Trumpet
  Dog Trumpet
  Dog Trumpet is an Australian rock band, formed by brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa . Both Mombassa and O'Doherty were founder members of the iconic Australian band Mental as Anything, and they formed Dog Trumpet as an outlet for their original material...
  
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• Dave Brewer has worked with The Catholics (formed by Lloyd Swanton in 1991) and currently performs with Perth-based blues band The Doodaddies. In late 2008, Brewer released a solo album titled Life Of Riley.
• Richard Ruhle performs with Sydney-based jazz 4-piece Seriously Cool.
• Robert Souter performs with Mental As Anything.
• Duncan Archibald performs with Sydney-based band The Moods.

External links

• The Dynamic Hepnotics Discography at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
  
• Complete Dynamic Hepnotics Discography
• Continental Blues Party (Entertain Oz)
• Dave Brewer (Solo To Symphony)
• Diamond Dave & The DooDaddies
• The Catholics (Bugle Records)
• Seriously Cool
• The Moods