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Category Archives: Reggae

King Kapisi – Salvation

Salvation is a track about preserving culture and remaining steadfast to the ways of our ancestors. Colonialism has bought with it many injustices into our world. This is the song that states that fact. King Kapisi is a firm believer in traditional values specific to maintaining what is left of our natural environment and utmost respect for family values.
Salvation was shot on location at Pacific Resort Rarotonga, Muri Lagoon, Ngatangiia and the Avarua Punanga Nui Cultural Markets in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

DOP: Geoff Budd lensflare.co.nz
Editor: Bryce McNamara
DIR: Bill Urale.
PROD: Quabax Wax
Track mixed by: The Nomad
Mastered: Chris at Kog

Salvation

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Katchafire – On The Road Again

This video from Katchafires latest album On The Road Agian. Check here for Summer tour dates.

http://www.katchafire.co.nz/

On The Road Again

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Tahuna Breaks – We Funk the Party, Crazy P remix

The UK’s Crazy P remixed this for Tahuna Breaks and some lucky buggers made this video for it.
If you know who made the video let me know and ill put their name in lights.

We Funk the Party

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Sons Of Zion feat. Hazadus – Waiting Right Here

Their self titled debut album has just dropped and this is the first single off the album, featuring MC Hazadus who is well known around hip-hop circles peforming with Che-Fu and the samba powerhouse Batacuda Sound Machine. Watch out for their tour coming to a town near you!

http://sonsofzion.co.nz/
http://www.myspace.com/sonsofzionmusic

Directed By Ivan Slavov
http://www.ifconz.com/

Waiting Right There

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Sweet & Irie – Sweet & Irie

Sweet & Irie is the creation of singer/ song writer Edward Ru ( Lead Vocals) the vibrant front man that is leading a new wave of reggae music from the South Pacific.
With a powerfully distinctive voice and a passion for live performance Sweet & Irie wasted no time in establishing a name for the band, doing locals gigs and opening support dates.
This is the 3rd single from Sweet & Irie’s Debut album LOCALIZE IT – In stores, online & mobile July 27th!

http://www.myspace.com/sweetandirie
www.dawnraid.co.nz

Directed by Ivan Slavov http://www.myspace.com/ivanslavov

Sweet & Irie

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Sons of Zion – Be With You

With their fusion of Reggae, Rock, Dub and Roots, The Sons of Zion are a six piece crew hailing from various locations around Aotearoa. Their live stage presence has captivated audiences all over the country and their infectious sound is a mixture of reggae groove with melodic vocals, phat dubby base lines and metal inspired guitar rifts…there’s definitely something for every musical taste within their original set!
SOZ have independently produced all of their own original music in the garage of one of the bands members, Sam Eriwata, and released their debut self titled EP in Feb 2008.

http://www.myspace.com/sonsofzionmusic
http://sonsofzion.co.nz/

Be With You

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Ddub – Making My Way Home

dDub are one of Aotearoa’s best loved live acts. Engaging and uplifting, the dDub crew propel their way seamlessly through a powerful and non-stop roots explosion. Horns, harmonies, and hands-high dDub tunes combine to create an elevating musical experience not to be missed.
New Album Meidicine Man out now

http://www.myspace.com/ddubnz

A journey inside a Victorian stereoscopic viewer. Co directed by James Solomon and Leah Morgan. Flame by the equally talented Leon Woods.

Making My Way Home

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The Midnights – Keep Calling

Formed in 2002 and based in Auckland, underground stars The Midnights represent live reggae at its raw and exciting best.

Built around a core group of four talented musicians (Leo Horgan- Guitar/Vocals, Tobias Wright- Bass, Chris Varnham- Nord/Melodica/Sampler and Berin Hunter- Drums) The Midnights have developed an original reggae sound rich in lyric and infused with a hypnotic blend of roots, psychedelic soul, jazz, rock and rhythm & blues.

www.themidnights.co.nz
http://www.myspace.com/themidnightsnz

Director Joseph Howitt http://www.headspreadmedia.com/

Keep Calling

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Hikoikoi – Blood In The Sand

Hikoikoi are a conscious reggae group from Petone, Wellington. Their original sound is a marriage of skill and passion with an organic fusion of earthy beats and grooves, and lots of harmonic interplay. The groups jazz-flavoured beats create a cruisy twist of reggae, dub, and electronica that is difficult to stand still to. This track is called ‘Blood in the Sand’ is from their debut album. The album was self-recorded over three years at Sound Reserve Aotearoa, a recording studio the band has set up themselves, using analogue equipment and old school instruments. Much of it took place from an isolated boatshed in Petone’s Hikoikoi Reserve, on the shores of the Heretaunga River. The band takes their name from this magic spot, after many late nights song writing and recording whilst watching the water lap inches from their gear.

www.myspace.com/hikoikoi

Video by Bruce Nixon of Nixon Pictures.

Bood In The Sand

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House Of Shem – Thinking About You

Like many legendary reggae groups this band is built around the classic harmony trio format. At the helm is Carl Perkins, a man with over thirty years experience writing and playing reggae music. Joining him up front are two of his sons, Te Omeka and Isaiah who not only provide harmonies but both of whom also write, take turns at singing lead and play keyboards as well. The rhythm section are certainly one of the tightest you are ever likely to hear, with Kaya Webster who is a one-drop prodigy, having played drums for the Twelve Tribes of Israel Band since he was of primary school age and Frances Harawira, a heavy-duty bassist also formerly of the T.T.I. Band and Token Village. Rounding out the sound is the exceptionally gifted guitarist Roy Venkataraman a seasoned veteran himself who toured and played with The Wailers band for a number of years and the soul infused horns of Chris Nielson on sax and trumpet.

April 2009 sees the debut album “Keep Rising” distributed through Shock in Australia & Pacific Hawaiian in Hawaii with more interest worldwide.

http://www.myspace.com/houseofshem

Directed by Ivan Slavov http://www.myspace.com/ivanslavov

Thinking About You

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