The Conscious Club Presents - Ōtautahi Stand Up Afterparty
Following our powerful Stand Up Speaker Event we will be having an afterparty celebrating Ōtautahi’s local talent.
FEATURING:
DJ NIU
LOCAL ELEMENTS
QUAKESIDE
BIG SIMA
+ More to be announced
Genre: Disco/funk/reggae/hiphop
Musicians:
The name Big Sima is synonymous with Christchurch Hip-Hop. Starting out as a BBoy in the early 2000’s Big Sima has since made a name for himself as an MC who cut his teeth on the battle grounds around mainly ChCh but often beyond. With over ten years’ worth of grind and dedication under his belt, in 2018 he was granted an opportunity to work with long-time friend and acclaimed producer Tiki Taane. Together they birthed their maiden project “Underground King” which has to date amassed over one million total streams across all platforms and two entries in the hot Aotearoa/NZ single chart. Last year Big Sima also achieved a milestone success with two sold out headline shows and has just recently taken the stage beside Taane and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in front of a sold-out Christchurch town hall audience. He has also stood by his values in speaking out against racism and drug addiction, common issues that continue to plague society. Currently, he is working on his debut album “Stereotypes of A Polynesian Misunderstood” which is set for release end of 2021.
Local Elements also known as “Local” is a hip-hop artist from Ōtautahi. Originally formed as a group in 2015 ‘Local Elements’ has over time become a solo endeavour. Local is very invested in social and environmental issues and a lot of his lyrics reflect his views on the state of Aotearoa and the world. With influence by the likes of Tom Scott, Scribe, David Dallas, just dirty and Tipene to name a few, local takes NZ Hip-hop very seriously and his stage performances are not one to miss.
Quakeside Productions is a Samoan hip hop group with producer and DJ NiU and NUMYNEiM representing their heritage through music. DJ NiU is a very talented producer and is currently studying sound engineering at MAINZ.
aije is of maker of things - like scribbles / stickers / visuals and sounds. her waters flow from the waikato river, and her roots growing outta the plantations of sāmoa - she is excited to tautoko such an important kaupapa with the conscious club - with a heavy love for hip hop and rnb aije will be sound selecting all the tunes to make u stand up and siva mai
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