" ROUND MIDNIGHT "
San Fran Bathouse
29th August from 11pm
Featuring: Rio Huniki-Hemopo,
Justin Firefly Clarke,
Maaka Boom Bap McGregor,
James Illtones llingworth
and special guest
EBB
Lias Tomlins
Iain Gordon
DJ Mu
Rio Hunuki-Hemopo former bass player and singer/songwriter of the now defunked Trinity Roots, has spend the last few years touring/recording and play live throughout New Zealand and around the world, with the likes Fat Freddy’s Drop, Breaks Co-Op, Scribe, Fly my pretties, Hollie Smith and many more….
Bitten by the beat, Rio continued to write, entered the Lyall Bay studio of The Drop, crafting a lush three track 12inch EP produce by Fat Freddy’s Drop master - Mu. This limited release (May’08) of 500 vinyl records has since sold out.
“Rio Hunuki-Hemopo’s vinyl taster from his forthcoming solo album, is the most splendid slice of slo-mo hip-hop funk I’ve every heard emerge from this country. Produced by Mu, it is a irresistible mid tempo head nodder.”
Grant Smithies (Herald)
Now Rios bringing the flava home to Wellington, playing all new tracks from his sold out vinyl and debut album due for release early 2010.
