BLUE RIVER BABY / Devon Welch / Horizone
DJ set by MC WIZZARD
Wellington's Powerhouse Funk dub soul rockers BLUE RIVER BABY are touring NZ hot on the heals of hitting #1 in the IMNZ Top 20 NZ Album charts and claiming the #8 spot on the NZ Official Top 20 Album charts. This intimate show at Wunderbar Lyttelton will be a real treat with support Local rising stars Horizone , Hot Kapiti talent Devon Welch and MC Wizzard.
Limited $10 Early Bird Tickets - or MORE on the Door
Touring their Album recorded Live at the Surgery Studios with Lee Prebble who's worked with the Blackseeds, Trinity roots and more. Blue River Baby came together in 2016 in Wellington, are drawn together for their combined love of making music to move and connect people. The result that has captivated audiences at their shows, is a powerful infusion of vintage psychedelia with elements of funk dub rock, soul, ska and reggae.
With an organic, rocking sound that has been storming stages and filling rooms over the past few years. Blue River Baby pull together an epic group of groove monsters and deliver a unique, addictive sound with brilliant results that will have moving. BRB are ‘Dianna Ross’ like Ivy Padilla (Panda) Lead vocals, Cam Crawford Keys and vocals, Jason Hotton Drums, Dave Bamford Bass, Matt Fitzpatrick Guitar, John Gaulter Sax and woodwind.
BRB have built a strong and loyal grass roots following, they love to play live, feeding off the crowd’s energy and delivering an impressive show each time. Their biggest gig to date was as main headline act for NYE in Nelson where they delivered an electric set of originals to 20,000 party revellers keeping them on their feet well into 2019.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7reKDU1N0b5KMuUoI2tzkM
DEVON WELCH
Devon is an underground up and coming NZ artist from the Kāpiti Coast. Being lured out of the jam room, you'll find him smashing out high energy sets fused with hip hop funk and soul with the crowd always absolutely vibing.
Bringing some of the best to the stage - He will be joined by fellow jam heads Taylor Franks (Bass) and Ben Hillier (Drums) offering up an experience more powerful than the planeteers combined!
With an unmatched stage presence - The vibrations this guy puts out is not to be missed!
HORIZONE
Horizone is one of New Zealand's freshest new funky dub bands which was born out of the necessity for a post-earthquake Christchurch music scene. Josh Burke (Vocals) and Matty Coleman (Bass) were working on an acoustic music project when they decided to expand their acoustic duo to a full 5 piece band, which set the stage for Tyler Robbins (Drums), Mattisse Kennedy (Guitar) and Saba Charles (Keyboards) to join the band to form what is now known as Horizone.
The sound of Horizone is broad and is constantly overflowing into new musical genres. "Shine"(2018) has a chill reggae vibe and is inspired by NZ legends, The Black Seeds and Fat Freddy's Drop. Other songs like "Gravity" (2017) have influences that come from the early days of Salmonella Dub while the sounds "Cardboard City" and "Autumn Daze" come from jazzier influences. At Horizone's live shows you can expect to be grooving to funky, fat, dub and reggae grooves infused with sexual synths lines, Fast paced lyrical hip hop raps mixed with soaring melodies that deliver you down into golden guitar riffs. ooosh!
Recently Horizone returned from touring the length of New Zealand, playing at many of New Zealand's greatest venues and playing alongside NZ heavyweights such as Sons of Zion, Mako Road and The Butlers. the 2018/19 NZ tour included some of NZ's top festivals and venues including a maximum capacity Mussel Inn (Takaka) on New Years eve 2018/19 to promote their latest single "Shine". Since returning to Christchurch, Josh Burke and the team have been working on writing some new material for their upcoming full length album.
In this modern age of an ever-changing music industry, Horizone pride themselves on being an independent entity with a DIY attitude which has propelled them to be able to write, record, produce, master, film, tour, host events, and sell merchandise independently.
Big things are expected in the works for Horizone, as their ever growing fan base eagerly awaits their next move.
Check them out on Spotify here
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3okE420wxr8DCjgDS6ygf7?fbclid=IwAR1FraHC90hqJvabnrHUqrhFPGE76Gs5cRUdPuKc1yB7g4xvsonMZYzFiHc
MC WIZZARD
Freestyle drum & bass MC spinning the decks
This Upliffting Freestyle DJ and M.C is a member of (Bass Frontiers Wellington) MC Wizzard has worked with Renegade Noise (Dublin), Radio One U.K (Fabio and Crissy Criss). He's also played sets across NZ with local and visiting international DJ's. He'll be bringing the energy until the early hours.
