Saturday, 4 September 2010

Fat Freddys Drop Tour the UK

Heading off to see FFD on Thursday, taking my daughter, introducing a whole new generation of the wonder that is NZ Dub.

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Fat Freddys Drop is a seven-piece band from Wellington, New Zealand, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by musicians from other bands in Wellington, Fat Freddy’s Drop gradually became its members' sole focus. Band members continued playing with their other respective groups—The Black Seeds, TrinityRoots, Bongmaster, and others—for much of their 11-year career. Fat Freddy’s Drop are known for their improvised live performances; songs on their studio albums are versions refined over years of playing them live in New Zealand, and on tour abroad.

Seven men in suits standing near the ocean posing for a photo.
Seven musicians on a stage with various instruments and microphones, audience members raise their hands in a clapping motion
"Wandering Eye" (2006)








The first single of Based on a True Story demonstrates the band's reggae and soul influences.




Aerial view of Wellington, New Zealand. The band, and The Drop label, are headquartered in Lyall Bay (center-left)[48]
A sprawling city on a peninsula as seen from an aircraft. The landmass is pocketed with many bays and coves.
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