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/ R&B and

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boy group from West Auckland,

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. They formed in April 2003 with the view of entering the Smokefree Pacifica Beats national competition. Aged between 13 and 18 years they won the competition first time up. Until April 2005, the band played a number of festivals and concerts and increased their fan base in West Auckland. In March 2006 Spacifix signed a management agreement with Ocean Entertainment Ltd, a management team dedicated to taking New Zealand music on to the world stage. World Fresh (Director Ondrej Havas) commissioned Spacifix to write and record the 2006 40-hour Famine soundtrack – Spread da Word. A television series commissioned with

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was produced – Henderson To Hollywood – following the band's preparation for a major opportunity in

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, U.S. Spacifix have recorded ''Sunshine Day'' and it has been released to radio and television. Sunshine Day was selected by

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to be distributed to all radio programmers on their February Hit Disc release. On 8 March 2006 Spacifix supported

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in their Tongan concert and performed to a crowd of over 10,000 people. Telecom chose Spacifix to launch the Telecom Music Store to promote the new cellphone download phenomenon. Spacifix appeared as virtual

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s in Telecom's downtown store in Queen Street throughout May, June and July in the hours of darkness. They have released two more singles; "Gotta get Like This", and more recently, "Make things Right" released on Tuesday 20 February 2007. In August 2007 Spacifix released 'Old Skool Remix (feat. AMG). The song received heavy radio support. July 2008: Spacifix returned from touring Europe, UK and Australia. They performed to a huge audience of around 34,000 at the Christian music festival EO Youth Day in the Netherlands and the show was broadcast to over 1 million viewers throughout Holland. Upon their visit, the band's self-titled EP has become available in stores throughout Holland. 2009 has seen the band move to

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, Australia.

Television appearances

During the first half of 2006 Spacifix performed on the following television shows: *December 2005: Tagata Pacifica – TV2 *January 2006: Disney TV – TV2 *February 2006: Mai Time – TV2 *March 2006: Coast TV – Maori TV and TV3 *April 2006: Pacific Beat Street – TV3 *May 2006: Studio 2 – TV2 *April 2007: Good Morning – TV1 *April 2007: Parachute 2007 Highlights – C4 *June 2007: Good Morning – TV1 *June 2007: Studio 2 Saturdays – TV2 Plus many more...

Performances

Spacifix live performances are electric, known for their quirky flair, upbeat funky sound and groovy dance moves. Their gigs include: * March 2006: Pasifika 2006 – Air New Zealand stage and APRA stage. * April 2006: Titirangi Music Festival * May 2006: Spacifix performed as live in-flight entertainment on a chartered

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flight to celebrate the beginning of

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. This had never been done before in New Zealand. * May 2006: Thrive conference – Performed at closing. * May 2006:

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* August/Oct 2006: Smokefree Pacifica Beats competition – Guest performance at regional competitions and finals. * April 2007: Official Opening,

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, Auckland. Appearing on the same bill as

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, Goldenhorse,

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and

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" with him) * July/August 2007:

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, they were to be the support act for the two dates in Auckland, but the shows were cancelled due to the singer's illness. * December 2007: Spacifix performed at the 20th annual

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in Queensland, Australia. * June 2008: EO Youth Day – expected audience of 35,000 people in the Gelredome Soccer Stadium, The Netherlands. They performed together with

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and Starfield. * October 2011: Polyfest, Australia – Performed alongside

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and Mark Lowndes for Australia's biggest Polynesian Music Festival.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Spacifix Official Site

Spacifix Myspace Site

Local music video wins at prestigious LA awards
''New Zealand Musician Magazine'', 14 July 2006 {{Authority control APRA Award winners New Zealand contemporary R&B musical groups New Zealand reggae musical groups Pacific Music Award-winning artists