We’ve pulled together a huge local line to help us Celebrate 10 Years Of Base FM – so much talent in 1 place,

WHEN: Saturday 6th September

WHERE: Galatos (all 3 rooms)

PRICE: Free Entry with RSVP

 

RSVP: text ‘No Commercial Bullshit’ and Your Name to 379

 

LINE UP: 

GALATOS MAIN ROOM

NATIVE TONGUES Live Showcase: King Kapisi, King Kapisi, Che Fu, Team Dynamite, MC Bjorn & Tyra Hammond, Lui Silk, Third3ye, Eddie Numbers, Imagine This, Raiza Biza, Bailey Wiley, The SuperVillains RMC, Rizvan, The Doqument, Legan Money Mike.

LIVE PRODUCER SHOWCASE: B.Haru, Haz Beats, Tausani, Si Res, Samuel Truth.

TURNTALBISTS on display: P-Money, CXL, Szizzorhands, Spell, Richie Mills, DJ Koncept

BASE FM DJ SETS: Junior, Killamanraro, Dylan C, Corinthians, Milo B, Exile, TDK and Ill Baz.

GALATOS LOUNGE

Manuel Bundy, Chip Matthews, Dan Tippett, The Boil Up, Big Sene, Peter Mac, Dan Paine, Aimee, Sunday Sounds, Reggie D, Coopa Blu & Average White DJ, Mr Brown, Benn Morrison, Luke King, Ian Beatmaster Wright, Tido on Percussion. Hosted by MC Slave.

GALATOS BASEMENT

Lowquid, Grassmouth, FJ, Sandy Bay Social Club, Deejay Locksteady, Danny 2 Chains & Azbo, Oogun, Tommy Flowers, Original Vibe, Chicorelli, Issa plus MC Arme, Jah Red Lion & Silva MC

 

Live and direct from Japan, MUM CLUB x Sick Disco present

Rondenion (Ragrange Records/Underground Gallery - Japan)

Friday 29th August, Cassette Nine, Vulcan Lane, AK City

For a rare collaborative occasion, Cassette Nine’s long-standing sibling club nights have teamed up to bring you renowned producer and live performer, Rondenion all the way from Nagoya, Japan.

Joined on the night by Recloose, Frank Booker, Magic Sam & Gran Derby DJs A DJ and producer born in Japan. He began working as a recording artist in the late 90s under the name Hirofumi Goto, and released his global debut, "Ameria EP". It drew attention for its dark beats, unusual for a Japanese artist, and was played by top DJs like Derrik May. He changed his name to RONDENION to show respect to Chicago and Detroit, and began working on an overseas release. Ultimately, his "Love Bound EP" was released by major labels such as "Rush Hour" and became a big hit. It reached the top on the RushHour Store sales chart, and became popular in Europe. In 2012 he formed "Ragrange Symphony" with his old friends NO MILK and KEZ YM, and he is currently working on a number of projects for his own record label, "Ragrange Records". 

Links:

Ragrange Records Website

Facebook Event Page

 

Ladi6 with Team Dynamite

Touring NZ August

Tickets for The Powerstation Friday 22nd August from www.ticketmaster.co.nz

 

Tickets for other gigs available from www.eventticketing.co.nz

 

Released last year to great acclaim, their third album AUTOMATIC was recorded between Detroit’s legendary Studio and Revolver Studios in Waiuku. It was hailed by the NZ Herald in a breathless five-star review as a ‘sonic stunner’, and even professional curmudgeon Simon Sweetman declared it “the record of her career”..”slinky and groovy and - sonically - it’s a joy”. It debuted at number three on the national charts and featured on many end-of-year ‘best of’ lists.

This year has seen the band make their dubut tour of Brazil, and they are about to embark on a comprehensive tour of Europe and, for the first time, the US. Their mid-winter tour of NZ is something of a victory lap for Ladi, Parks, Brandon Haru and Julien Dyne - a band who have always let the music speak for itself.

In support are hotly-tipped Auckland hip-hop collective Team Dynamite. Their laid-back, jazz influenced style has invited comparisons to A Tribe Called Quest, Outkast and De La Soul, albeit with a distinctively NZ Flavour. Their latest release, the album Shepherd’s Delight features guest appearances from members of Hombrew, @peace and Che Fu and was highly praised by reviewers for its “great mix of sharp flow, clever lines and warm production, evoking the DIY East Coast sound of ’90s. [Team Dynamite] navigate easily between social commentary, quirky metaphors and retrospect.” (NZ Musician).

 

Guilty Simpson

Sunday 3rd August, 7:00pm

Ponsonby Social Club

Support from DylanC & DJ Hudge.

Free Entry

 

Check out a recent interview with Guilty Simpson over at Grindin here

Guilty Simpson was born in Detroit, the son and grandson of the family’s performing musicians in his father and grandfather. At age four, Simpson and his mother began traveling with an aunt in the military, living in California and Birmingham, Alabama, before settling back in the Motor City at 15. Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, and Scarface were all major influences, but it was Queens-bred street bard Kool G Rap who made the biggest impression. “That’s my crème de la crème rapper right there,” says Simpson, his own presence among the latest in a rich lineage of heavy-handed MCs. For years Guilty Simpson has been a rock on the Detroit hip-hop circuit alongside those such as J Dilla, Slum Village, Eminem (whom Guilty still calls “Marshall”) & D12, Obie Trice, Proof, Phat Kat and Black Milk. A member of the Almighty Dreadnaughtz crew, Guilty emerged as a sound to be reckoned with after linking with producer Dilla in 2001. In the midst of recording an album’s worth of material on the MC – including the recently released duet “Take Notice” off of Dilla’s heralded Ruff Draft album – Dilla gave Simpson his first appearance on disc with “Strapped” (from 2003’s Jaylib album). 2006 marked his allegiance with Stones Throw Records – at Dilla’s behest – and appearances on both Chrome Children installments and subsequent tour. It’s taken years, but finally Simpson’s full-length solo debut, Ode to the Ghetto, brings him worldwide, chronicling a life led in the rough-hewn city that birthed him. Featuring an all-star cast of producers normally reserved for those signed to six-figure deals (J Dilla, Madlib, Denaun Porter of D-12), Ode to the Ghetto marks an evolution, incorporating a more topical and thought-provoking persona in addition to the extra-savage braggadocio Simpson is known for. “I want to make the consumer care about the music again,” the 31-year-old explains. Guilty’s testosterone-charged, inner city themes possess of a sense of humor at times so side-splitting, it only proves how serious he really is. This rapper was raised on the field of battle and he has more to say than just how fresh he is and how fresh “they” are not. As a matter of fact, he’s found that he’s here to remind the hip-hop world – currently captivated with that manufactured freshness – that life in the ghetto is real. The evidence shows excessive use of double entendres, too much flavor on public grounds, microphone assault, and verbal harassment of an officer of the law. On the counts of freshness AND realness: The Court of Hip-Hop finds Mr. Simpson to be Guilty.

 

 

Something We Can Dance To

Golden Dawn Tavern Of Power

Saturday 26th July from 8pm

DJs Kirk James, Campbell Ngata, Jubt

From Base FM the Boil Up show's Kirk James and Jubt, and The BOP's boogie boss Campbell Ngata comes Something We Can Dance To. No need to harass the DJs for tunes: they've got the dance floor covered.