With their fusion of Reggae, Rock, Metal, Dub and Roots, the SONS OF ZION are a six piece crew hailing from various locations around Aotearoa. The Sons of Zion are:
SAMUEL ERIWATA – Percussion, Vocals
RIO PANAPA – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
JOEL LATIMER – Keys, Saxophone, Vocals
MARIKA HODGSON – Lead Guitar
DYLAN STEWART – Bass Guitar, Vocals
TAWHIRI LITTLEJOHN – Drums
Fat Freddy's Drop is a 7 piece live Dub/Reggae band from Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 2001, the current lineup consists of DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie, Toby Chang, HoPepa, Chopper Reedz, Jetlag Johnson, and Dobie Blaze. The name "Fat Freddy's Drop" is a reference to a piece of blotter art that was circulating in the NZ dance scene in the late 90's. Fat Freddy's Drop have now released their second major studio album, Dr Boondigga & The Big BW - shipping GOLD on the first day of release on 26th May 2009.
The Red Eyes, Melbourne’s Dub/Reggae monster band, continues to wow audiences with their unique sound, combining masterfully produced beats, soulful, heartfelt lyrics and grooves, with shake the house dub rhythms that have set a benchmark for Australian Dub/Reggae.
Founded in 2002 as an 11-piece act, The Red Eyes describe themselves as a bit like the hotel California – you can check out anytime but you can never leave.
Lucky Elephant are united in a desire to provide warm, inviting, melodic, challenging, fresh music. The 4 dashing young blades armed only with a collection of high maintenance, but hugely loveable old synths, tape delays, Wurlitzers, harmoniums, drums, ukuleles and guitars stride proudly out to battle – confident that the truth will out, and that once again music can provide inspiration and comfort.
Making the breakthrough into the world of the D&B MC is no small task, yet 28 year-old SP:MC has managed to establish himself as one of the busiest & most innovative on the circuit in the last 5 years. He proudly represents Shogun Audio , & Emcee Recordings . He has also represented for labels as diverse as Hospital, Renegade Hardware, Commercial Suicide, Prototype, Bassbin, Good Looking, Metalheadz, Quarantine, Digital Soundboy, Soul:R, Exit & Valve.
http://www.myspace.com/ramadanman David ‘Ramadanman’ hails from north London, but now lives near Bournemouth and goes to university in Leeds. He has been DJing from the age of 14, beginning with deep house and hip hop, becoming attracted to hip-hop and jungle as he grew older. Ramadanman has been interested in music all his life, and began producing by recording keyboard songs onto cassettes. After learning how to make music on computer, Ramadanman started to use his brother’s copy of Fruity Loops at around the age of 15. He has stuck with this program ever since.
There are several artists with the name Vishnu: 1. Vishnu is an up and coming dubstep and breaks producer from Perth, Western Australia. In October 2009 he released an EP, Shelter EP, on Bassweight Recordings. He also supported 2562 in the same month.
Magnetic Man is a collaboration between Benga, Artwork and Skream. They signed to Columbia Records in February 2010, and released I Need Air as their first single on the label.
Tanuki Dub’s "Glad to be Glad" is the premier solo offering from the versatile bassist of pop/rock bands The Beautiful Girls and George, former metal band Pangaea and Brisbane Jazz/World/Groove all-stars The Neighbourhood Groove Collective. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Paulie+B" class="bbcode_artist">Paulie B</a>. is an Australian music gem, tucked away in his West End studio ‘The Tanuki Lounge’ when he isn’t touring internationally with The Beautiful Girls. As a producer and engineer, Paulie B.
