Conch Gig Guide

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July 21 2014

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Dustin Lindale

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GIG: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Thurs 4th Sept

Written By Dustin Lindale - July 21 2014

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Return to New Zealand
Thursday 4th September
Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Tickets available here from Ticketmaster
 

Billions, Daptone Records and Whitepaper are delighted to announce Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will be gracing New Zealand once again for one show in Auckland this September.

After facing a brave battle with cancer, this is a triumphant return to the stage for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’ and comes off the back of a very well-received release of Give the People What They Want earlier this year.

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings formed out of the ashes of Desco Records, a fiercely independent label that developed an international underground following for releasing hard funk vinyl in the nineties. After the label’s demise in 1999, the family of musicians that populated it’s roster regrouped to form an all-star band that would become the core of the Daptone Records stable. It was obvious that the new label’s first release would be the debut full length of the fiery Sharon Jones. 2002’s Dap Dippin’ with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings would prove to be the birth of a juggernaut.

For over a decade, the band has travelled the world, blowing minds with their explosive live performances and their raw, hand-crafted studio recordings.  While other artists have ridden the crests and troughs of passing fads, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have bypassed the hype-and-hit superhighway and taken a detour straight to the hearts and bodies of their listeners, transcending fleeting trends and demographics and delivering a visceral rhythm and soul sound to an ever-expanding base of deeply loyal fans.  

New Zealand fans can expect a stellar show from this prolific band, as Give the People What They Want is poised to become not only an iconic album, but a fixture in the canon of Soul Music. With the album offering up "an up-tempo stomper with ominous, thundering arrangements, and marches directly into the pulsing Detroit-flavoured soul” through to mellow feel-good anthems, their new work delivers every bit of the unbridled soul and studio acumen that defines this bands’ universally loved sound.

Expect a captivating and energetic show from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Don’t miss out. 

Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster on 15 July 2014.

Date

July 15 2014

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Dustin Lindale

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GIG: Inkswel @ Cassette Nine - Sat 19th July

Written By Dustin Lindale - July 15 2014

inkweL2-1 Sick Disco and Cassette Nine are thrilled to finally be joined by Adelaide favourite, Inkswel.

INKSWEL - Saturday July 19th, Cassette Nine

+ Frank Booker Recloose Tom McGuinness The Michigan Measure Manuel Darquart Alex Matthews Effaitch $10 from 10PM www.sickdis.co The drum machine obsessive. Ex bboy turned worldwide rumpshaker. Inkswel holds the torch for those who cannot be pigeon holed. Australian native, worldwide resident. Residing in a studio somewhere between Adelaide, Amsterdam. Melbourne and London, his sound traverses vibrations. Crafting creations early on for Rush Hour sub label Boogie Bash. Remixing the likes of Darwins Theory (Lotus Land) , Rondenion (Japan), Tevo Howard (Rebirth), Tiago (Kinfolk) and Maseratay (Brussels).
Increasing the underground energy with his GINSENG ROOT ep on Dopeness Galore, which featured collaborative medicine from Tom Trago & Benny Badge. The 2012/3 cult 10″ vinyl on cult UK label FIRECRACKER recordings Unthank series, featuring Chico Mann and Funkineven. The beat tape esque, mutated house mini album Australaborialis on Faces and MCDE, in which the title track is featured on Brandt Brauer Fricks 2014 DJKICKS compilation on K7.
In 2013 he also launched his new label HOT SHOT sounds (distributed by DC boogie label PPU), the debut featuring a new track with Reggie B, and a b side jam from his partner in crime FREEKWENCY- the label then dropping the CLOUDEATERS opus with Merwyn Sanders from Virgo Four Fame, also backed by remixes from his contemporaries Linkwood & GB, topping both Juno and Rush Hour charts and featured as vinyl release of the week by Fact Magazine.
In 2013 Inkswel returned to Europe for his 3rd european tour, playing vinyl only sets at Bradley Zero's Rhythm Section Party and Lowkey in London, Wild Renate in Berlin, Denis Simachev in Moscow and at Rush Hour's instore party as part of Amsterdam Dance Event alongside Hunee & Kid Sublime. 2014 seems busy as ever for Inkswel, his upcoming NOMORESUCKAS ep dropping on Burek Records, featuring collbaborations with Dave Aju & Isaac Aesilli and backed by mixes from DJ Nature, Ig Culture and Iron Curtis. Other drops this year include releases on THIS THING, Wolf Music, Kinfolk, Rebirth and Dopeness Galore.
 

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