>> Which group is the NZ reggae band? > > Fat Freddy's Drop AKA Joe Dukie & Fitchie. Perhaps more an epic funk/reggae > hybrid with occasionally overt electronics but mostly just amazing > instrumentation and a very very good singer/lyricist. They toured with > Recloose last Summer (and were f*cking brilliant) and have received much > hype/attention from Giles Petersen.
...and they're currently on tour in Europe, so those of you not able to make it across the Atlantic for Movement can perhaps catch 'em at one of the following gigs: 30.05 Detroit/USA Detroit Movement Festival 28.05 Brighton/England Jazzbop/Brighton Festival 27.05 Manchester/England Band On The Wall 26.05 London/England Neighbourhood 24.05 Glasgow/Scotland TBC 22.05 Alicante/Spain Mestival 21.05 Barcelona/Spain La Paloma 20.05 Madrid/Spain Moby Dick 17.05 Vienna/Austria Flex Club 16.05 Cannes/France Film Festival Showcase Party 15.05 Warsaw/Poland Jazz Cafe I think it was Recloose touring with them last year, not the other way round ;) However, Recloose's live show at the North Sea Jazz Festival did feature Freddy's vocalist Joe Dukie and saxophonist Fulla Flash. Watch it here: "Smalband" (lo res)... http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/jazzbijdenps/nsjf2003/recloose_sb. wmv "Breedband" (hi res) http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/nps/jazzbijdenps/nsjf2003/recloose_bb. wmv Keep an ear out for Recloose's forthcoming single featuring Joe Dukie too (killa tune, bound to be be dropped by the man himself at Movement). Oh, and the afrobeat big band Scribes Of Ra outta Wellington, New Zealand featuring 'Cloose and members of many a fine local band. Andy
