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Chartfest 09

Next month (May) is NZ music month all throughout the land of the long white cloud.  To celebrate the occasion and shine the spotlight on some local talent in the garden city, Christchurchmusic.co.nz are putting on a bit of a gig. There will be 4 stages of live music, a school band search, career workshops, backstage tours, prizes and lots more action to keep the crowds entertained. This will be Christchurch’s largest annual indoor music festival and industry expo. Everything you need to know about the Christchurch music scene is on show. It’s not only a concert but a chance for people who want to be involved in this industry to learn more and do some ‘networking’.

Solaa – ‘Seek’ feat. Hollie Smith

So here are the vital statistics:

What: ChartFest ’09
When: Friday 29th May 2009 4pm-10pm
Where: Christchurch Town Hall Complex | 86-95 Kilmore St, Christchurch
Who:

Solaa
Shocking Pinks
Aaron Tokona Buzz
The Eastern
Ragamuffin Children
Lindon Puffin
and many many more…

All ages welcome!

To find out more about the festivities, check out the organiser’s website!

Get into it, not out of it!
…Yossarian

Tags: Funk, gigs, New Zealand Artists

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Pete Philly and Perquisite – Win ‘Mystery Repeats’

So Australia and New Zealand missed out on their chance to see the ‘Mystery Repeats’ tour that Pete Philly and Perquisite took around Europe, Asia, and a few other countries lucky enough to be involved. So we thought to give their fans in Australia and New Zealand a little taste of what they missed we would pass on one of their albums they gave to us.

Just sign up to our newsletter before the end of April, and the winner will be contacted by e-mail on June 1st.

And for those of you who haven’t seen it yet below is the tidy little clip Pete and Perq released for the albums title track ‘Mystery Repeats’.

Pete Philly and Perquisite – Mystery Repeats

…bs

Tags: Competitions, hip hop, Soul

Big Daddy Kane at Okayplayer

For Those of you who follow the origins of hip hop, I thought I would point out a sweet little video on Big Daddy Kane that www.okayplayer.com just published. As one of the forefathers of hip hop, and one of the major introductions of smooth hip hop, it’s nice to see his take on the scene over the years.

Enjoy

…bs

Tags: hip hop

Hip Hop – Australia VS New Zealand Round 1

A lot of people, both artists and fans, hit our website in search of an ‘underground’ or conscious group of artists that represent the Australasian  hip hop scene. I’m not talking about the hip pop, candy rap, gangster lifestyle that has become commercially accepted as what hip hop is, I’m talking about artists that have grown up listening to a diverse range of styles, artists and genres, and have been so taken by the underlying beat that is present in real hip hop that they have built it into whatever music they are creating … and then collaborated with the modern day poets and singers. So following this logic it usually leads to the question from foreigners – where is the freshest music coming from? hmmmmm well…

In the Red Corner: weighing in with some of the dirtiest MPC’s, meanest harmonies, and authentic reggae and soul influences is Aotearoa a.k.a. New Zealand

In the Blue Corner: weighing in with some of the most innovative crossovers, upbeat summer jams, and wide variety in the world right now is Ozzy a.k.a Australia.

For the purposes of this title fight there needs to be many rounds, with so many groups and individuals bringing their styles to the table.

Round 1:

Olmecha Supreme

Hometown: Arrowtown New Zealand

Group Members: 4

Special Attacks: MPC, Imagination, Dirty Bass

VS

True Live

Hometown: Melbourne, Australia

Group Members: 6

Strengths: Full Classical ensemble, theatrical performance, an Aussie accent that’s ok in hip hop

In reality there will be no champion between the countries, and the true question should be – why don’t these two countries have more collaborations between these awesome artists to solidify the community of like minded artists with something more to offer?

But for the purposes of this little comp… what’s it going to be people

We’re installing the voting poll section soon – so in the mean time just click on the picture of the kiwi and aussie at the top, and leave your vote on the comment section.

Two innovators in their games, tight vocals, wicked tunes, but only one can win.

You can check out more of these artists at:

www.myspace.com/olmechasupreme

www.myspace.com/truelive

see you in round 2

…bs

Tags: Australian Artists, hip hop, New Zealand Artists