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No eventsA New Zealand Showcase, it's an island ting! (Katchafire & Black Seeds)
A New Zealand Showcase...it's an island ting!
July 8, 2010
The Black Seeds w/ Giraffe Aftermath
www.theblackseeds.com
www.myspace.com/giraffeaftermath
Originating from Wellington, New Zealand, The Black Seeds have carved out their reputation through platinum selling albums, a masterful 8-piece live show, and a unique sound that fuses infectious grooves and melodies with undiluted roots music.
The Black Seeds music is a boundary-crossing sound fusion of big-beat funk, dub, soul, and afro-beat, mixed with vintage roots-reggae.
July 9, 2010
Katchafire w/ Los Furios
www.katchafire.co.nz
www.myspace.com/losfurios
Reggae is one of the bloodlines of New Zealand music - which accounts for the extraordinary success of Hamilton’s Katchafire who, several years ago, emerged as the hardest working band in the country.
Katchafire’s music is uplifting and celebratory, and their live shows are joyous sing-a-long affairs where people of all cultures and affiliations are welcomed. Their audiences continue to be the most cross-cultural and cross generational for any reggae artist today.
FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING...DON'T MISS THESE LEGENDARY SHOWS!
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE @ THE GLC (WHISTLER, BC)
Number 1 Breakbeat DJ in the world...KRAFTY KUTS (Finger Lickin'/Against The Grain/Super Charged)
Krafty's Headline Set from 10:30-12:30, so come early!
Check these sites for info on the DJ's
http://www.myspace.com/djkraftykuts
http://www.fingerlickin.co.uk/index.php
http://www.againstthegrainrecords.com/home/
http://www.superchargedmusic.com/
ALSO FEATURING SUPPORT DJS JT +
9:00-10:30...TEN80 (NZ) Birthday Set - Breaks & DnB
12:30-1:00...ADAM BOMB Closing Set after Krafty
TICKETS (Limited Capacity): $20 (First 100) On Sale now, only from @ THE GLC, located at the base of Whistler Mountain (open all day & nights)
tickets are almost sold out now, last 50 on sale @ The GLC, go grab them this week to avoid missing out
DRINK SPECIALS: Kokanee Draft $5.00, Appleton VX Rum & Coke $5.00, Triple Appleton VX Rum & Coke Bucket $10.00
Produced by Vancouver Whistler Entertainment (JT), The GLC and proudly supported by Red Bull and Whistler Wake (Aron & Adrian) giving out Green Lake Wakeboarding Prizes between djs.
Redbull 3 style - DJ IV & DJ Flipout Wednesday April 21 @ Maxx Fish
There are some awesome sets coming at The Mix this April. Be sure to check them out.
Win 2 tickets to 'Freestylers' at Maxx Fish this Thursday March 25th by commenting below, joining our Facebook group and entering there, or following us on Twitter (@whistler24).
These breakbeat banditos first hooked up after a chance conversation exposed their joint love, some might say bordering on obsession, for music: “We were just chatting about old hip hop records”, recalls Aston. “And realised we both owned all the same tunes. We’d both been making house and Matt had this idea for an electro track so we just started working together.” That electro track became ‘Drop The Bomb’ and on release in ‘97, launched the pair as the Freestylers. “The first record we ever sampled was by an act called Freestyle”, Aston explains. “At that time sampling played such a major part in our sound, we felt it would be a fitting name. Raised on a diet of Public Enemy, Afrika Bambaataa and, erm, The Jungle Book (”That soundtrack was the first record I ever bought”, laughs Aston. “I was the original junglist!”), the Freestylers sound is rooted in hip hop but has evolved into a unique British concoction, taking in everything from dancehall to reggae, electro to soul and breakbeat to drum and bass. “It’s pretty tricky trying to sum us up,” admits Matt. “Our sound is pretty raw, raw and very instant. Basically it’s like breaks for the masses, but as we’ve both got pretty eclectic tastes we bring a whole spectrum of influences from the seventies onwards”. “Hip hop heads come to see us,” continues Aston. “But so do ravers, reggae fans… it’s quite mad really - two funky white boys bringing all these people together”.
