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Originally Posted by jackhammer
New Zealand Reggae/Dub Scene
New Zealand has over the past 10-15 years seen an explosion of Dub and Reggae bands that fuse Maori past along with the musical leanings of Funk and Soul. The most well known are Fat Freddy's Drop who are a firm festival favourite who wow their audiences with their improv slow jams and sleek delivery. Yet there are many others too worthy of a mention. Rhombus, The Black Seeds, Trinity Roots and the Roots Reggae band Katchafire (who started out as a Bob Marley tribute band!) all keeping the Reggae flag alive. Although the music does splinter and span many genres it's gratifying to know that a new audience is being introduced to Reggae infused music and still have something new to bring to the table.
Here is a selection of vid's for ya to bump and grind to:
The jam that kicks in just after3 minutes through this track is just toe tappingly good and they are a band I would love to see live:
Love the guitar work on this one and a great soulful voice too:
A band that likes a side order of fun:
Terrible vid but Fat Freddy's Drop are one of my absolute faves:
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I think I pretty much completely missed this post, or else I can't remember replying to it, but I am totally digging New Zealand reggae/dub at the moment! And it's been you who has pretty much introduced me to all of these fantastic artists, which is pretty embarrassing actually considering I'm part kiwi...
Anyway, fantastic post and I just thought I'd do a quick little belated reply to it to express my appreciation for these bands and to thank you for introducing me to them! I'm going to a couple of music festivals in NZ in a couple of months time so I'm hoping to see a lot more of their dub/reggae scene.
I also had no idea that Bret from Flight of the Conchords was once a valid member of The Black Seeds. Odd!