I know a few guys (Ben Trinick, Abe Pai & Brandon Haru) from school (which had shit music facilities sorry to say but if money was put to music than rugby, it would've been epic) that used to jam with what we had at school and they were consistant, always jammin, joining bands & keeping the groove on the move.
Now, 3 years on, I've been hearing this Band around town that play live jam sessions & I thought only older musos jam live on stage? but I guess I was wrong with the "Koru Licks" who Ben, Abe & Brandon are in along with other local Musicians/DJs Truent, Moiso Shiru & Mikey Rockwell!
Koru Licks, a band of exprienced musos who like to jam off each other & experiment with their sound play live regularly at Rakinos (Free with All The Way Live) and from what I've heard are quite tasty with what they got. So I got a hold of Brandon & Logan to let us know a bit about the Licks.
How did the Koru Licks come about & what's your style of sound?
LOGAN: We are just a group of best mates who have been involved in other projects / bands etc but brought it together to make something fresh. Our sound is just soulful & jazzy wether that be dub, hip hop, funk, disco & whatever feels good.
BRANDON: We established the group probly half way through 2009 and Logan came up with the name, but you'll have to ask him about it lol We were and still are really close friends from way back, sharing musical thoughts and ideas with each other. I would describe our style of music to be very loose with no restrictions because we've learnt to anticipate one another. Sort of like a psychic bond, everyone knows what to play and when to play it. Improvisation allows freedom and space to be creative when your in a groove.
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What's it like jamming live in front of a crowd?
LOGAN: We freestyle around most of our tracks so the type of crowd usually determines how long/loud/eclectic/sexual we make it haha. Like i say we are all boys so it doesnt matter if theres two people or a full house we just get drunk and have fun with it.
BRANDON: As the saying goes wether its 10 people or 100 people its always fun performing infront of a Live audience. It gives us the opportunity to share our music with everyone in real-time.
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What do you think of NZ music & it's scene?
LOGAN: NZ and Japan have the illest shit coming out right now, we're lucky. I love Aotearoa steez, Electric Wire Hustle, Julien Dyne, Jellphonic, Home Brew, Team Dynamite, Lisa Preston, Lewis McCallum etc etc. Its dope when ur favourite artists are just local cats you bump into at bars, record stores & gigs. Creates a real close-nit music community.
BRANDON: The New Zealand music scene in this day and time is incredible. Our sound reflects upon alot of Kiwi bands and musicians that have brought nothing but inspiration to this band. Homegrown talent thats becoming global and recognised in different parts of the World.
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Any album on the way?
LOGAN: We make tracks every week and think we're going to do a couple themed EPs before we think about doing an album. No hurrry, when we've evolved to a point we think we are on some next level shit then we'll do a proper album. Experimenting for now... i want do some filthy dicso synth shit and then on the flip do like an old King-tubby type dub ep aswell...haha
BRANDON: We're in the process of mixing and mastering an EP which will soon be available to everyone for free. An album however will probly take a little longer towards the end of 2010 or 2011
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So the Licks are in the mix with some projects, solid! Also, I 2nd that Japan & NZ are on some same level dope type music, the feel & groove is pretty amazing. I think both are similar in that it's a simple concept on sound, but the add ons & personal touch to switch up simple concepts makes it double dope. Japans got soul like Rudy.
Straight up, I agree with the bros in saying the NZ music community is "close nit" lol cause we've really got nowhere to go. Your bound to catch a local muso at Conch, Bar or keeping it real on their Skateboard (shot Truent) and the good thing about that is that you can stay in the loop with a lot & MOST musos are easily approachable lol The NZ live music scene is also busy as, so your guaranteed to see a good quality band jamming good vibes.
Shot to Brandon & Logan for that & you can catch em getting all live n shit at Rakinos every 2nd Sunday of the month or add them on FB and keep an eye on the status reports & invite lol Check their band page & Rakinos Gig Guide to see more from these smooth sexual soundin musicians.
NZ MUSIC TO THE FULLEST!
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