Dallas Tamaira or as he is better known, Joe Dukie, is the vocalist for the New Zealand group

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. His stage name is inspired from his father Joe, also a singer, and his grandfather, a musician nicknamed Dukie after

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. Tamaira is

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. Dallas' style is greatly influenced by

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. Tamaira was awarded Best Vocalist at the

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2005. He made the comic strip on the cover and sleeve of Fat Freddy's Drop's EP ''Hope for a Generation'' (2004).

Discography

Solo (under the name "Dallas")

* ''Better Than Change EP''Reviews extracts at Amplifier.co.nz
/ref> (The Drop, 1999) * ''The Garden'', on the compilation ''Styles Upon Styles Part Two'' (Sugarlicks, 2002)

With Bongmaster (Dallas, Iain Gordon, Mu, Antsmif)

* Bongmaster, "Ground My Ego," Loop Select 003 (Loop, 2002)

With DJ Fitchie

* ''Seconds" b/w "Grounded" (Especial, 2005) * ''This Room'' plit 12" with Fat Freddy's Drop(Best Seven, 2003) * ''Midnight Marauders'' b/w dub version (Best Seven, 2002) * ''Midnight Marauders'' b/w "Seconds" (The Drop, 2002)

With Fat Freddy's Drop

See

discography.

Appearances on other artists' tracks

* Tubbs, ''Five Day Night'' /New Chefs Mix and Baloo Mix(Carbon, 2003) * Tubbs, ''Falling'' (Carbon, 2003) * Twinset, ''Sweet Thing'' (Loop, 2003) * Markus Enochson, ''Follow Me'' (Vinyl Junkies, 2004) * Del Rey System, ''Sweet Division'' (Bounce Records, 2005) * Bongmaster Inc - Brothers & Sisters (2004) *

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, ''Long White Cloud'' (Truetone, 2004) * Eva Be, ''No Memory of Time'' (Best Seven, 2004) * Clara Hill, ''Flawless Part Two'' (

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, 2004) * Tubbs, ''Five Day Night'' /Fat Freddy's Drop Mix and Baloo Mix(Exceptional, 2005) *

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, ''Take It Slow'' (Studio !K7, 2005) * Dutch Rhythm Combo, ''Venom'' (Pulver, 2005) * Recloose, ''Dust'' ( Peacefrog Records, 2005) * Recloose, ''Time Is on Your Side'' ( Peacefrog Records, 2005) *

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, ''Did No Wrong'' ( Antidote Records, 2007) * The Nextmen, ''The Drop'' (Antidote Records, 2007) * Recloose, ''Deeper Waters'' ( Peacefrog Records, 2008) * Pacific Heights, ''Peace'' ( TruTone, 2008) *

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, ''What Do You Want ?'', (Sonar Kollektiv, 2008) * The Bamboos, "Venom" * Shapeshifter, "My Way", "Long White Cloud" *Julien Dyne, "Resolution" (Soundway Records, 2021) *The Upbeats, "Beams" (Vision Records, 2021)

References

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
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