
About Digital Playground:
Digital Playground started up early 2015. The band consists of a horn section, a singer, an MC and two DJs / Producers.
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Digital Playground started up early 2015. The band consists of a horn section, a singer, an MC and two DJs / Producers.
Zimbabwean born Metaphysics (a.k.a. Herbert Schwamborn) is regarded as one of Africa’s hip hop pioneers. Based in Germany, and soon to hit the shores of New Zealand, he is a member of the multi-platinum German band Sons Of Mannheim (Söhnemannheims).
Ryan Lovins (USA) and Jarod Liversedge (NZ) were two guys with a dream. Hip Hop was running through their veins, with a destination – the world’s ears! A scratch battle title under his belt, the PHD family became 3 when Selekta-Q (Jaime MacKinnon), a keen enthusiast of the table, entered in 2009 as the official PHD DJ. Adding his element of over 12 yrs’ experience to the mix, PHD are forever stepping it up a notch.
Well my name’s Tapfuma Gerald Munengami most people refer to me as Storm or Child Ether. I am a writer and a musician hence the aliases. I have been writing and making music since as far back as I can remember – most probably since I was about eight years old.
A Turntable/Drum/Throat Trio.
Adrift in the sonic cosmos, somewhere between the constellations of Hip Hop, Free Jazz and Experimental Rock exists Alphabethead; a tea-drinking, turntable musician from New Zealand.
Samuel Truth (Troy Samuela) is a guitarist turned electronic music producer from Otorohanga currently based in Auckland.
Knights of the DUB Table combine elements of drum and bass and electro into their own fusion of Dub flavoured music with powerful high-energy performances that leave the crowds wanting more.
The Dastardly Bounder is a cad and a total scallywag! He produces a mixture of chunky dancefloor tunes and head noddery, eagerly appropriating classic sounds from rhythm and blues, dub, rock and old school hip hop.
Race Banyon mixes the pulse and musicality of Chicago house, juke and footwork with the raw emotional heft of modern RnB and the uninhibited theatrics of contemporary hip-hop.