New Zealand got soul
Since when did New Zealand land the rights to being the funkiest nation in the area? Even if they don't have the rights, they certainly do have a monopoly on funk/soul/reggae/dub. Saturday night saw Kyle and myself rock on down to @ Newtown to see yet another piece from the NZ funk/reggae scene: The Black Seeds, supported by The Red Eyes. What a night, these guys really know how to live it up, both bands putting on a stellar show ranging from laid back funk through to up beat drum and bass. The crows were into it into a big way, most of them from ‘the motherland’ itself. Anyway a big huzzah to New Zealand and their reggae/soul. Some fantastic NZ reggae/dub/soul/d&b/funk bands are:
From Australia we have:
posted by Westy at 10:13 PM
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Westgarth - why do you suprised that NZ have good musicians?
That country is full of specialists, full of artists.
sound surprised
I am not surprised they have good musicians... I am surprised that this immense amount of talent has honed in on the dub/reggae field and produced such an incredibly consistant scene. Australia produces good music but we have yet to produce a good scene or spectrum of artists that support each other. The comraderie shown in the NZ dub/reggae scene is honourable, best demonstrated by the amount of cross promotion and tour support they offer each other.
you didn't mention the resin dogs (australian).
Are you surprised that in a country as small and isolated as NZ the bands in a particular genre all know each other? There are probably a handful of clubs that they all hangout at.
There you go AL, I have put them in... I also added good old Carus & the True Believers and Ash Grunwald
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