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August 07 2012

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UPCOMING: Dam-Funk - I Don't Wanna Be A Star 12" (STONES THROW)

Written By 1 - August 07 2012

Due out October 2012, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

[Via FactMag]

Stones Throw have announced a new EP from DâM-FunK.

I Don’t Wanna Be A Star will be released in October 2012, and features four new tracks by the LA boogie king, including a cover of Prince‘s ’17 Days’. To whet your appetite, DâM has made a previously unreleased track, ‘Happy’, available for free download [above]. Of the track, which does not appear on the forthcoming EP, he says: “No rocket science. Just a straight up summer ‘glide’ 4 U.”

I Don’t Wanna marks FunK’s first solo release of 2012; earlier this year he collaborated with fellow West Coaster Ariel Pink on a cover of Donnie Emerson’s ‘Baby’. You can stream that here.

  Tracklist: 1. I Don’t Wanna Be A Star! (12″ mix) 2. 17 Days 3. Fadin’ 4. New Knock

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August 06 2012

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SOUNDVISION REGGAE FESTIVAL: MUSICALLY MAD

Written By 1 - August 06 2012

Musically Mad 12th August 7.30 Director: Ken Folke

MUSICALLY MAD takes you into the hearts and heads of the singers and soundmen, the backbone of the UK roots reggae sound systems. With them they bring the deepest bass and the highest chants, delivered by massive stacks of speakers and custom-built sound equipment. For some, attending a sound system dance is a religious experience, channelled through the music and the message. For others it`s the natural way to connect with the music they love. Either way, sound system culture is growing and changing.

From their humble beginnings in the backyards of Kingston, Jamaica, sound systems were brought along by Carribean immigrants, gradually gaining a strong following in the UK. As David Katz included extensive essay "Steel Horns And Bass Bins In Blighty" concludes, the dances were crucial in lifting the spirits of the Caibbean exiles, helping them to forget their hardships. Something that reggae and sound system culture now does worldwide, regardless of color or nationality.

MUSICALLY MAD is the story of the people pushing reggae to the masses.

Sunday 12th August 2012 Lion Rockers Hi-Fi playing from 6pm Film at 7.30 pm $15 on the door.

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August 06 2012

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LOCAL RELEASE: Seva Hi-Fi - Early (SUGARLICKS)

Written By 1 - August 06 2012

Available here on CD

Seva Hifi is a unique collaboration between producer Gmuva, percussionist Levani Vosasi & multi instrumentalist & soul vocalist Baz Suamili. Baz comes from a Niuean family of seven, and has a background singing in Niuean church groups, before a 9 year journey playing with his Father's band the Tuleki Brothers. More recently he has played in Auckland reggae bands such as Tenement Yard and Jah'licious. Baz has been likened to a young Pacific Bill Withers - no surprise, when you hear his silky smooth and emotional soul tones... Seva Hifi release debut single Pressures of Life May 25th 2012, with debut album "Early" released August 2012. Expect conscious laced Pacific dub and soul music, psychedelic electronica & Island drums... Check the Sugarlicks blog here for more info

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August 06 2012

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Sticks Bamboo Sunglasses

Written By 1 - August 06 2012

We recently got a shipment of locally designed bamboo sunglasses, by Sticks.  There is a range of different style combinations, check below for some of them.  For a particular style please contact us at info@conch.co.nz or pop in store at 115A Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland.    

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August 03 2012

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UPCOMING: Kid Koala - 12 Bit Blues (NINJA TUNE)

Written By 1 - August 03 2012

Due out Sept 2012 on CD or 2LP+MP3, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

As a real, genuine kid, long before he became Kid Koala, Eric San wanted an E-mu SP-1200 sampler– the Ark of the Covenent of hip hop production, used by his idols and heroes and imbued with legendary, almost supernatural, audio powers by rap aficionados worldwide. Unfortunately, he worked out he would have to deliver around eight million newspapers to buy one. Now, having hit his thirties, Eric finally has the machine he always craved.

Of course, music production has largely moved on, so Eric began working out what he could do with it - a kind of reverse engineering back to his childhood self. A little mucking around and it came to him – the blues was always about stripping music back to its bare essentials, which is exactly what the SP1200 does, too. Over three days he cut up and reassembled the bed tracks for “12 Bit Blues.” No sequencing software was used. Using the pads on the machine and a multitrack, Eric played each part of the tracks in real time, before finally returning and adding cuts over the top. The result is a really raw, immediate and strangely beautiful album, much like the music it draws on for its inspiration. In attempting to outplay and out-think the technology he is working with he revives the unworldly oddness of blues music before it became a staple of beer adverts and the jam-fantasies of middle aged marketing executives. This is the music, ripped and scratched and distressed until all those souls sold down the crossroads rise up and send shivers down your spine. It’s that real and, yes, that made up.

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