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Spiral has a groove. The groove is alive; it has soul, it has emotion, it can get hot and sweaty and it does not fear to get a little dirty.
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Spiral has a groove. The groove is alive; it has soul, it has emotion, it can get hot and sweaty and it does not fear to get a little dirty.
The AGM features Richard Adams (Nairobi Trio), Paul Gurney & Stuart McIntyre (The DeSotos), & Paul Crowther (formerly Split Enz & the Con Rays, plus creator of the Hot Cake guitar pedal).
Stingray is a 5-piece blues band from New Zealand who play original, big, hot blues with a front line of harmonica and guitar. Stingray influences are broad – especially with their up tempo swing sound – it shimmies and it shuffles and there’s rock and roll and boogaloo rhythms that make you want to dance.
Julian Temple Band formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in February, 2004 have since independently recorded and released four albums and have completed various successful tours around N.Z. and overseas.
Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes have twisted the fabric of musical time and lived to deliver you a curated selection of infectious and original rhythm and blues.
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.
House of Shem hail from Aotearoa, New Zealand and like many legendary reggae groups this band is built around the classic harmony trio format. At the helm is Carl Perkins, a man with over thirty years experience writing and playing reggae music. As a former member of Herbs, Mana and the Twelve Tribes of Israel Band amongst others, Carl’s musical credentials are impeccable.
Weird Together is the studio and live project from Dick Johnson and Nick Dwyer, spurred on by Nick’s love of exotic musics and crazy sounds from all far corners of the globe, and Dick’s love of taking said sounds and moulding them and sculpting them into solid grooves that make people wanna dance lots.
Best described as a soul lost in the spirit of song, Arthur Ahbez is found around the outskirts of town donning a good pair of roman sandals and a cactus shirt.