King Of The Door - March 26th, 2010!

This is where bouncers show their customers that walk in the door that like Wu Tang, ain't nuttin' to fuck with basically.  In a charity event where bouncers (who I think do MMA) will fight each other to raise money for a Charity, fight for their venue & the King Of The Door title. The winning bouncer also gets the Afterparty at the venue.

Should be a good night. I heard Kora is playing & if that's true, you'll no doubt see me there! Cop the full details on the website below.


KING OF THE DOOR
Friday March 26th, 2010
Venue: ASB Stadium
Tickets: $35 (Pre-sales) $45 (Door Sales)

King Of The Door - Official Site

THE LOCALS: DJ Susbstance - The D Mixtape

There's a lot of solid DJ's NZ's got spinning wax & DJ Substance is one of them, specialising in Hip Hop.  I knew this guy was good, but until I went onto his site, it's obvious he's up there. I'm not going to say all the gigs he's done, you can check his slideshow after the drop (it's fuckin crazy) but one thing i'll tell you, is that Substance was the firt NZ DJ to attend a Red Bull Academy; Respect bro, big ups! that's a dream to go to one of them!

He's apart of the Home Brew & Team Dynamite Crew (Audio Engineer), so he knows what's good & no doubt he does some mixing for them and lets them use what he's got to make dope fresh Hip Hop. Haven't really studied him as a DJ but I'm sure he's been the one on the decks when I'm dancing non stop at Zen, Rakinos and other local venues.  I think you'll see him on a Bill every week.

Substance also has his own radio show on George FM called "Urbanology" and if you want to keep in the loop of the solid Hip Hop travelling around, then this is the Hour of Power for you Hip Hop Heads. Bringing you exclusives each week & supporting that local good/hood shit!

So if you want a solid Hip Hop DJ, Substance is the man (I think he's even got Sean Kingston, Hurricane Chris, Young Jeezy & other up there artists) & to cop a sample of his work, download his D Mixtape & yes it's FREE. Catch him this weekend at the J Dilla Tribute gig @ Zen, $15, Saturday! Gonna be dope.

DJ Substance - The D Mixtape

Music With Substance

"Urbanology" Radio Show - Wednesdays @ 10pm on George FM      

New Dawnraid Album - Coming March 1st

Just hope it's not all club bangers aye.

George FM Parties 2010!

Finally cracked SOME info! You know them George FM Park Parties they had last year? Well somethin similar is gonna happen soon & I'm pretty wrapped to here it. I've been trying to source whether or not these will be going on since Oct 2009 & finally found out it's on this year!

From what I know there's gonna be 1 pool party, 1 beach party & 1 park party! Shhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Girls are gonna be bangin'! (and the music)

So keep on the look out for these Parties & when the time comes, call up everybody & pitch in on a party!

NRL ALL STAR GAME! - This Weekend!

This came fast, which means NRL season is going to start soon! The all star game that by looking at both teams will be a state of origin (maybe a bit more in a sense) attitude type game.  Both teams are stacked with reliable players running through each line up & heaps of mongrel in the Indigenous side.

This is also the first game where the double try rule will be trialed.  This is where teams get to choose whether they want to go for a try or attempt the conversion, kinda NFLish if you ask me & changes the game when it doesn't need to be, I mean the state of the players these days you don't need such thing, takes away excitement.

Anyway, here's the teams, both publicly voted & you can catch the game live on Sky Sport 2 this Saturday at 9.30pm.

INDIGENOUS ALL STARS

Preston Campbell, (Titans) (c)

Yileen Gordon, (Bulldogs)

Blake Ferguson, (Sharks)

Jamal Idris, (Bulldogs)

Beau Champion, (Rabbitohs)

Greg Bird, (Titans)

Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, (Raiders)

PJ Marsh, (Broncos)

Nathan Merritt, (Rabbitohs)

Cory Paterson, (Knights)

Scott Prince, (Titans)

George Rose, (Sea Eagles)

Wendell Sailor, (retired)

Jamie Soward, (Dragons)

Sam Thaiday, (Broncos)

Joel Thompson, (Raiders)

Johnathan Thurston, (Cowboys)

Travis Waddell, (Raiders)

Carl Webb, (Cowboys)

Jharal Yow Yeh, (Broncos)

NRL ALL STARS

Luke Bailey, (Titans)

Adam Blair (Kiwis)

Matt Cooper (Dragons)

Robbie Farah (Tigers)

Israel Folau (Broncos)

Kurt Gidley (Knights)

Jarryd Hayne (Eels)

Michael Jennings (Panthers)

Darren Lockyer (Kangaroos) (c)

Benji Marshall (Kiwis)

Josh Morris (Bulldogs)

Nate Myles (Roosters)

Luke O'Donnell (Cowboys)

Billy Slater (Storm)

Cameron Smith (Kangaroos)

Sam Burgess (Rabbitohs)

David Shillington (Raiders)

Anthony Tupou (Sharks)

Manu Vatuvei (Warriors)

Anthony Watmough (Sea Eagles)

NRL All Star Game

Saturday February 13th

Live on Sky Sport 2, 9.30pm (NZ Time)

Weekend Gig Reviews - Home Brew/ Koru Licks & Kora

First up, the blogs unco atm, my lappys broke & yeah just can't be consistant as I used to but i'll post when I can.  I like reviewing music/events & giving my opinion on stuff so I just wanted to give you a little of what went down in what was yet another dope weekend for music!

Friday was the double banger of Home Brew & Koru Licks! Place was packed as, walls were gonna break n shit, straight up. The Licks jumped on first (sory bros missed most of the set, got pulled up by mrs officer) & these guys rip it.  They've been together a while now so they no their sound and know how to work off each other in style, it's like 2nd nature & because they're a young band, they've got a lot of support that came and helped give Koru Licks the right kinda vibe to play a hearty n energetic set; Honestly, the crowd plays a big part in a live product, but good thing with NZineers, we rip shit regardless & the Licks have taken this trait, solid stuff brothers! You's amped the crowd for Home brew to finish.

Home Brew live was next and they did what they did best. Get live! Tom, Lui & Haz with a solid live band played another good set with tracks off their new "Vintage EP".  To be honest, I don't think Rakinos is a ideal live music venue for an event that went down , it's too small, but besides that, Tom still got the crowd singing (if thats what you call it) along to his songs & drove homies to the bar so they could come back and sing louder & make the crowd bounce higher; shit, even got dudes battling i the crowd on who knew the most words! haha shot HB! Their 2nd set was better for me cause a few people cleared out & the music seemed more tighter with a better listen & then Team Niue started a Niue chant haha But wherever Home Brew go, it's guranteed to be on & with the live band, it just gives them an even bigger audience to come n either listen to the music or come for the hip hop/atmosphere. Toms the illest emcee at the moment (safe to say I think) as an artist he knows what he wants & going by the gigs, it's exactly what you want too. My brother also plays for them & if you get to listen to him, you'll be amazed by his skill. Big ups to everyone for Friday!

Kora played live in South Auckland for the first time & they wanted to make sure they gave a good impression. They didn't fail! Coming off the plane from Japan & straight onto the stage, you'd think they'd be tired; far from it! They rocked it, and what more to say? The best band on this earth ended Waitangi Day the best way possible. Kora style!

The Weekend - Places To Be!

The below 3 gigs is what I recommend to you if you're looking for a good time for cheap or FREE for the matter. There's other mean stuff going down that you can find here but I think this is the top notchers for the weekend starting in about 6 hours & don't forget to download Home Brew's new/old EP, it's good.

Friday let's you forget all that shit that went down at work with a gig that promises to have nice girls there (and also good live music) Two bands, one night & $5 whiskeys so you can get the confidence to hit up that nice girl at the bar or wherever solid girls are found.

Nothing much to say here. Maisey has that sweet lil angel voice, J Williams...yeah what you said & KORA the best band in this side of the world to finish off with a high!

Also going down @ Okahu Bay is something similar with bands like 1814, Three Houses Down & Six60 are playing, that's gonna be a good one too!

Free live jazz is one of the better ways to end your week. Still something not enough people rock up to on the regular (me too) so go get live on a sunday & forget about that One Tree Hill shit.

The Brew Up! - BASE FM

This ones been a long time coming and I'm not suprised at the pic haha (no guys, a little kid did not consume alcohol like your dad) too funny.

But even better than the poster is the actual show, honest. After cracking a way around the firewall at work (and going to the show a few times) I discovered this radio show all about "yo gee, who's this by, can I download it" dope type music. On the often they even do live freestyles with whoevers up in the studio so you can know that goldilocks was a slut & the pigs killed the big bad wolf (and positive stuff)

So if you at a computer with fast as internet & or just down for good music, have a listen to the Brew Up; A mix of Hip Hop, Soul, Old School & Local music that'll convert you from commercial music (yes, there is other music besides this)

Base FM - Listen Now

THE LOCALS: Home Brew Vintage - FREE EP!

Home Brew Vintage EP

Wassup! Here it is homies, fresh out the cellar, the Home Brew Vintage EP. A collection of work from 06/07 that the crew brewed up to bring you a EP with higher alcohol content (for all you Bad Bad Whiskey horsey dudes). I mean look how many tracks you get, 10! That's an EP on drugs bro, so you're getting a pretty good deal all for FREE! 

I haven't listened properly to all tracks, but emcee Tom Scotch shows that he can rap about whatever in his style that he's owned & made world famous in NZ. The beats are still dope & now you got some new Home Brew to learn the words to (gimme a week haha) so you can horse it at the gigs n rap along like I can't help doing. So cop it, get a box & chill to some new but vintage Home Brew.

Here's a track from the EP

Since you got this for FREE, go n check the bros live this Friday (along with Koru Licks) at Rakinos & shout them a brew in appreciation of another dope FREE EP. But this ain't a hip hop gig, just a solid one. My brothers playing gat too & he's pretty good.

Big ups to Tom for hooking this up & to the HBC: Tom, Lui, Haz & Substance! I'll see you at the gig without a beer in my hand, cause my bank, yet again, has hit zero lol

4 The Rhyme - Word From The Licks

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.

Koru Licks Band Page

Rakinos Gig Guide 

Free Track: Brandon & Miso-Shiru - Chicken Love

NZ MUSIC TO THE FULLEST!