Waitangi Weekend : Saturday 5 February :
A collection of Aotearoas
hottest acts join together on the green of a revamped Trafalgar Park
outdoors in sunny Nelson for a celebration of summer sounds, the
inaugural Soundwavez : from heavy dubsteppin to infectious grooves to
world music to dirty rock n soul to roots reggae to scratched-up
breakbeat to pumpin drum n bass.....get your groove on the green & spend
the day with a picnic, friends & family..all ages welcome, under 12
free, tickets only $29 if you get in early..bring ID if you want to
partake of the licenced bars...loads of food stalls,...wicked sun & bass
EARLY BIRD TICKETS (released 6 December) : $29 + booking fee
From Everyman Records, Hardy St, Nelson;
Cyberworld Café, Motueka;
or online : www.everyman.co.nz ; tel 03 5483083
FULL PRICE TICKETS (from 20 December) : $39 + booking fee
GATE SALES on the day $50 from 11am
Fully licenced bars
A large variety of tasty foodstalls
Coffee vendors
Shade/shelter in the seated grandstands
All Ages permitted : Under 12 Free ; ID required to purchase alcohol
No BYO ; No glass ; No passouts ; No dogs
THE BLACK SEEDS
Originating from Wellington, New Zealand, The Black Seeds have carved
out their reputation through platinum selling albums, a masterful
8-piece live show, and a unique sound that fuses infectious grooves and
melodies with undiluted roots music. With numerous European festival
tours and releases behind them, and a successful 2009 North American
release, their following continues to spread quickly around the globe.
Led by the vocals of Barnaby Weir and Daniel Weetman, at its core The
Black Seeds music is a boundary-crossing sound fusion of big-beat funk,
dub, soul, and afro-beat, mixed with vintage roots-reggae.
Described by Clash Magazine as one of the best reggae acts on the
planet, their legendary 8-piece live show brings the raw energy and
good vibes wherever it goes. They now have countless sell-out New
Zealand and Australasian tours behind them, and regularly perform at
many of Europes biggest festivals.
http://www.myspace.com/theblackseeds
THE CHECKS
When The Checks relocated back to NZ after living in London for 18
months, they had the killer Ian Broudie-produced debut album Hunting
Whales, four 7 singles, and a whole spectrum of touring experiences
under their collective belts : Touring Japan with The Hives, hitting the
road with Muse, pressured by Oasis to be their opening act, and being
introduced on stage every night of an REM tour by uber-fan Michael
Stipe. Bagging a 2005 New Zealand Music Award after releasing just one
single, their restless creative energy fuelled equally by vintage R&B,
indie rock classicism, and the wild side of 21st century acts, was
channeled into self-recording and self-producing the raucous intensity
of second album, Alice By The Moon, and undertaking two sold out tours
of New Zealand. The Checks are about capturing the heavy soul which has
always made rocknroll music great: the kind of unrestrained
rhythmnblues-singed fire of love which has infected groups from the
Gun Club to the Black Lips. Still only in their early 20s and already
veteran performers and recording artists, The Checks have played their
way into becoming one of New Zealands most adrenalised, vital and
consistently thrilling live acts.
http://www.myspace.com/thechecks
CONCORD DAWN
Concord Dawn are the true pioneering force behind the NZ drum n bass
scene that is now universally acclaimed around the planet. Gold records
such as Uprising & hit singles such as Morning Light & Dont Tell
Me have taken what is an underground genre in its original home base
the UK & brought it into mainstream appreciation in NZ. With a string
of bNet & NZ Music Awards & their catalogue released world-wide, this
years new album The Enemy Within is just another success story in
their massive collection. Find out why Concord Dawn are respected as
dancefloor destroyers wherever they go as they windup & headline the
inaugural Soundwavez Celebration.
http://www.myspace.com/weareconcorddawn
ORGANIKISMNESS
Organik_ism_ness Aka Harry Bretherton is known by many as one of New
Zealands most diverse and prolific drum n bass, dubstep & electronica
producer/DJs. Starting out in Nelson 6 years ago when Alion ( Alison
Harley ) and Fiction ( Harrys alias at the time) combined there music
forces, Organikismness has since sounded its deep raw hybrid sound of
drum n bass and dubstep throughout New Zealand and Australia.
Organikismness has toured along side Pendulum (live), Black sun empire,
Teebee,Goldie, Evol Intent, Spor and the Stanton Warriors, shared PHATs
infamous main stage along side acts such as Diesel boy, Andy C, Noisia,
Phace and Misanthrop, D Bridge, Pendulum, Aphrodite, Benga and Skream to
name a few all of these sets consisting of 100% Organikismness material.
He has released 2 albums and other tracks on Organikismness , Optimus
gryme , Empathy and Bassweight recordings and has releases forthcoming
on Protogen recording (Germany), Trust in music (Germany) and Betamorph
recordings (USA).
http://www.myspace.com/organikismness
WICKED DRAW
Wicked Draw are Nelsons premier dub/reggae/roots live band that have
played numerous major outdoor festivals including the Kaikoura Roots
Festival, Raglan Roots Festival, Nelson Arts & all of the Phat
Festivals. Led by vocalist Lil Jah who was originally from Chchs
seminal outfit Dubwise, the band have recorded one album & one EP but
are known best for their rocking dancehall inspired live sound.
PACHA ATMA SOUND SYSTEM
Pacha Atma - loosely translated as Spirit of the Earth.
Live, evolving dance music flavoured with rootz, world, funk, house and
latin influences. Musik up!
http://www.myspace.com/PachaAtmamusik
ONE VIBE
Led by the original African born vocalist Judah, One Vibe have
established a reputation for sweet authentic roots reggae
THE PROGRAM
Noon : One Vibe
1pm : Lil Jah
1.30pm : Pacha Atma Sound System
2.30pm : Aunty Ethyl
3pm : Wicked Draw
4pm : Prota
4.30pm : The Checks
5.30pm : Organikismness
6pm : The Black Seeds
7.30pm : Concord Dawn
