Eat, drink and be merry!! Join the Christmas Party as we welcome the festive season in true Ponsonby style! Take advantage of the fabulous market day deals on offer and let your senses be entertained by a stack of musicians, choirs and performing artists. We’ve even got our beautiful drag queens handing out xmas cake.
Keep an eye out for the Greater Auckland Chorus, the DeSotos, the Jazz Santas, Lewis McCullum’s sax trio, Cameron Bennett and his One More Dollar band, the amazing percussion group AK Samba, African band Zoh Zoh, Mohave, Queen City Big Band, Easy, Radioglo, Montaca and a stack more.
Lots for the kids and Santa arrives in Western Park at 2pm by Fire Truck! Ho ho ho...
Second album by DJ Mitsu The Beats featuring: Kev Brown, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Maspyke, Jose James, Colonel Red amongst others.
Japan has a long tradition of talented DJs and beatmakers - DJ Krush, DJ Honda, Muro and more recently Kentaro. Another Japanese producer and DJ who's made a name for himself worldwide in the last few years is Mitsu the Beats, the alias of a diminutive yet very talented Sendai City native who stormed everyone's favourite charts a few years back thanks to his first solo LP, 'A New Awakening', and his group's, GAGLE, first album. Signed to the Jazzy Sport Productions in Japan, Mitsu the Beats soon found himself being name checked by the likes of Pete Rock, Gilles Peterson and DJ Spinna after releasing his LP, which featured the likes of K-Otix, Dwele, Mark de Clive Lowe, Rich Medina and many more.
The growing success allowed him and the label to call in some remix favours and re-release 'A New Awakening' in 2 volumes jam packed with remixes ranging from downtempo to broken beat, jazz, hip hop and more. Remixes came from the likes of Sa Ra, Wajeed (from Platinum Pied Pipers), Medaphor, Kev Brown and Rich Medina amongst others. And if all that wasn't enough, his success also brought the attention of many western labels, who called on him for remix and production duties. These include Chocolate Industries, Blue Note, Ubiquity and Universal and artists like Jazzy Jeff, Madlib, Kero One, PPP and Diverse – the kind of labels and artists you want coming knocking at your door!
All the success and interest doesn't seem to have changed Mitsu the Beats or dented his love of beatmaking and music one bit though. With a few recent European and US tours and some more upcoming releases, solo, with his band GAGLE and for a variety of international artists, Mitsu the Beats keeps knocking shit out and repping his home country worldwide. "
Once again we have spent the past couple of days processing new stock for the shelves including hats from Goorin Bros (US), Tees from 101 Apparel (US), Books and new CD's and Vinyl. Details of a selection of the new stock below with links for more info.
Best,
Dustin, Cian, Brent, Bobby & Jim
Check a selection of the hats here, also new t-shirts from 101 Apparel here
New 7" Bag from Soul Jazz
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