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Electric Avenue (New Zealand Festival)
Electric Avenue is an annual summer music festival held in February each year in Hagley Park, in Christchurch, New Zealand. History The festival launched on Waitangi Day (6 February) 2015 with local headliners including Shapeshifter, Fat Freddy's Drop, and Ladi6. 8,000 people attended in the first year. In January 2022, the planned festival on 26 February was cancelled due to an outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. At the time, it was described as New Zealand's largest one-day music festival, and over 90 percent of tickets had been sold. In 2025, it became a two day festival, attracting 70,000 people. Line-ups 2015 The 2015 event was the first of this event and took place on 6 February 2015 and featured artists including Rüfüs Du Sol, Shapeshifter, Fat Freddy's Drop, Dub FX. The Correspondents, State of Mind, Ladi6, AHoriBuzz, Electric Wire Hustle, Cairo Knife Fight, Truth and many more. 2016 The 2016 event took place on 6 February 2016 and featured art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over half a million. It is located in the Canterbury Region, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains. It is located near the southern end of Pegasus Bay, and is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the ancient volcanic complex of the Banks Peninsula. The Avon River / Ōtākaro, Avon River (Ōtākaro) winds through the centre of the city, with Hagley Park, Christchurch, a large urban park along its banks. With the exception of the Port Hills, it is a relatively flat city, on an average around above sea level. Christchurch has a reputation for being an English New Zealanders, English city, with its architectural identity and nickname the 'Garden City' due to similarities with garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Presets
The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Recordings, Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs (''Blow Up (EP), Blow Up'', ''Girl and the Sea'') in advance of their debut album, ''Beams (The Presets album), Beams'', released in 2005 to positive critical response. After two years of touring, including as the Australian support for Daft Punk, the band's 2008 release, ''Apocalypso (The Presets album), Apocalypso'', debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart, and went on to win six awards at ARIA Music Awards of 2008, ARIA Awards 2008, including Album of the Year. In 2009, Hamilton and Moyes won an APRA Award for Songwriters of the Year and another ARIA Music Awards of 2009, ARIA Award, this time for Best Dance Release for "Talk Like That". They released their third album, ''Pacifica (The Presets album), Pacifica'', in Australia in September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dallas
David Dallas (born 28 August, 1982) is a New Zealand rapper and songwriter of Samoan and European descent. He began his career under the stage name Con Psy, as part of the rap group Frontline, before changing his stage name to his birth name and pursuing a solo career. Con Psy/Frontline Days Dallas, performing under the name Con Psy, met producer Nick "41" MacLaren in 2001 in Auckland and they formed Frontline, a rapper/producer rap group and began recording material. In 2003, Dallas, performing as Con Psy, featured on Scribe's popular single, " Not Many – The Remix!", along with Savage and P-Money. It reached #1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and was certified Platinum in New Zealand and Gold in Australia. Frontline released their debut mixtape, ''What You Expect?'' in 2004, which sold over 1,000 copies without any formal broadcasting or distribution. Frontline then signed to Dirty Records, an Auckland-based independent record label founded by P-Money and Call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krafty Kuts
Krafty Kuts (real name Martin Reeves) is an English producer and DJ of electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ... and breakbeat. His first album, ''Freakshow'', was released in 2006 on his Against The Grain label and contains guest artists Tim Deluxe and Ashley Slater from the UK band Freak Power. He had previously released ''Tricka Technology'' with his fellow producer and DJ, A Skillz. Reeves has since released an installment of the ''Back to Mine'' compilation series. In October 2009, he released the double mix CD ''Against the Grain'' which has 19 of his previously unreleased re-edits. The release won Best Compilation at the 2010 Breakspoll Awards, with Reeves also winning another Best DJ award at the ceremony. References External links Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chali 2na
Charles Stewart (born June 26, 1971), better known as Chali 2na (), is an American painter and rapper, associated with the groups Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli. He is known for his bass-baritone voice and quick-delivery rapping style. Personal life Early life As a young boy, Stewart moved to South Central Los Angeles, where the group Jurassic 5 was formed in 1993. He was raised by his grandmother, a practicing Christian, he later converted to Islam. His stage name is a reference to Charlie the Tuna, the deep-voiced animated mascot of StarKist Tuna. He and Cut Chemist became friends in high school. Together with Marc 7, they were part of a three-man group called Unity Committee. The Unity Committee crew would often spend Thursday nights performing at the Good Life Café, where rappers and spoken word poets showed off their skills in an open mic format. They were, along with another three-person troupe called the Rebels of Rhythm, routinely chosen as the crowd's favorite performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiki Taane
Tiki Taane (born 17 December 1976) is a New Zealand musician, experimentalist, musical activist, producer, and live engineer. He was a member of leading New Zealand band Salmonella Dub but left after eleven years on 1 January 2007 to pursue a solo career. His debut album, '' Past, Present, Future'', was released on 22 October 2007 in New Zealand and has since gone two times platinum, achieving a number one single, "Always on My Mind", which became the first digital single to reach platinum sales and also held the record by staying in the NZ Top 40 Charts for 55 weeks. Taane is also the exclusive live sound engineer for New Zealand drum and bass act Shapeshifter since their first gig in 1999. Taane has also produced multi platinum albums for bands such as Six60, Shapeshifter, Salmonella Dub and Tiki Taane. History Taane was born on 17 December 1976. In 1996, he was asked to become live soundman to Christchurch band Salmonella Dub, who were near becoming one of New Zealand's most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dub FX
Benjamin Stanford (born 11 June 1983), better known by his stage name Dub FX (stylised as ''Dub Fx'' or ''DubFx''), is an Australian musician and worldwide street performer. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia,Moses, Allan (2010)Dubbing into Dub FX, ''The Hindu'', 26 November 2010, retrieved 9 April 2012 at the start of his career he was singing in a local alternative rock and rapcore band initially known as Twitch, which would later change its name to N.O.N (Never or Now). In 2004 they released a debut and the only album ''Exeunt Omnes''. Soon after he moved to Italy and began a solo career. His trademark is creating rich live music using only his own performance aided by live looping and effects pedals combined with his voice.Wickrematunge, RaisaDub FX in Sri Lanka", ''Sunday Leader'', retrieved 9 April 2012 He creates intricate hip hop, reggae, and drum and bass rhythms. During the COVID-19 pandemic Dub FX moved from Victoria, Australia to Lisbon, Portugal with his wife S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shihad
Shihad were a Rock music, rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1988. The band consisted of founders Tom Larkin (musician), Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), who were joined by Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals) in 1991. The band were known as Pacifier between 2002 and 2004. Six of Shihad's studio albums have peaked at number one–''The General Electric'' (October 1999), ''Pacifier (Shihad album), Pacifier'' (September 2002), ''Beautiful Machine'' (April 2008), ''Ignite (Shihad album), Ignite'' (September 2010), ''FVEY (album), FVEY'' (August 2014) and ''Old Gods'' (October 2021). They share the honour for most number-one records for any New Zealand artist with Hayley Westenra. As of 2014, Shihad had the most Official New Zealand Music Chart, Top 40 New Zealand chart singles for any local artist, with 25; three of these reached the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermitude
Hermitude are an Australian electronic music, electronic-Australian hip hop, hip hop duo, originating from the Blue Mountains (Australia), Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Biography Early years Multi-instrumentalists, Luke Dubber (a.k.a. Luke Dubs) and Angus Stuart (a.k.a. Elgusto), have collaborated in bands since 1994, when they were aged 16 and 11, respectively. Their first functional band was called "Funk Injection" and included Stuart's sister, Aja Stuart, on bass. 2000–2009: Career beginnings of Hermitude After Stuart returned from a trip to the US in 2000 with a set of turntables, the two tried jamming together with Dubs playing keyboard, sans vocals. The combination worked so well that they realised they didn't need anything else, and Hermitude was formed. Signing with the Elefant Traks label, founded by The Herd, Hermitude released the vinyl-only ''Imaginary Friends'' EP in 2002. The collection of esoteric instrumental soundscapes, with two vocal cuts provided by U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katchafire
Katchafire are an all Māori New Zealand roots reggae band from Hamilton, New Zealand. History Katchafire formed in Hamilton in 1997, originally as a Bob Marley tribute band.Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2013)Katchafire keeping NZ reggae scene ablaze, ''Jamaica Observer'', 24 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014 The band's name derives from '' Catch A Fire'', The Wailers' debut album. They have released six albums: '' Revival'' (2003), which featured the highest-selling New Zealand single of 2002 "Giddy Up", ''Slow Burning'' (2005) '' Say What You're Thinking'' (2007), '' On the Road Again'' (2010), which peaked at No.3 on the US Billboard Reggae chart, retrieved 15-09-2010 and the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kora (band)
Kora is a New Zealand music group, which originally consisted of four brothers from the Kora family. The band, which began in Whakatāne, New Zealand fuses elements of reggae, rock, dub, roots, funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ..., and more recently space funk and dub step elements. Members Current members *Francis Kora (bass guitar/vocals) *Stuart Kora (guitar/vocals) *Dan McGruer (bass guitar/keys/effects) *Richie Allan (guitars) *Darren Mathiassen (drums) *Marika Hodgson (bass) *Karlos Tunks (guitar) Former members *Brad Kora (drums/vocals) *Laughton Kora (guitar/vocals) Discography Studio albums *'' Kora'' (2007) *''Light Years'' (2012) EPs *''Volume'' (2004) Singles *L-OVER (2021) *''Weekend (DJ Spell Remix)'' (2021) *Weekend (2020) *''Secret L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P-Money
Peter Wadams (born 25 February 1978), better known by his stage name P-Money, is a New Zealand DJ and producer. In 2008 P-Money released the single "Everything", which featured the New Zealand R&B singer Vince Harder. The song reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart for three weeks that year. He is also known for his early collaborative work with New Zealand rapper Scribe. This including Scribe's 2003 single that P-Money produced, " Not Many". P-Money is also credited as co-writer and producer on the 2017 single " Call on Me" by Australian singer Starley. Career P-Money's initial entry into the music industry was via DJ competitions and student radio. In 2004, he released his second studio album, '' Magic City'', which charted at number 2 on the RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart. His first single of the album, ''Stop the Music'', featuring New Zealand rapper Scribe, was P-Money's his first solo number one single and also charted within the top 10 of the Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
