Soul Jazz Records Presents: Box of Dub: Dubstep & Future Dub
Dubstep is something that is only just starting to make sense to me. I've always appreciated its half-time jungle aesthetic and its constant use of reggae and ragga samples and motifs, but a small…
Kerb Top Ten – June 2007
DJ Kerb is a New Zealand hip-hop legend and long time practitioner of the hip-hop arts, as a prolific graffiti writer with his crew Triple S and his company Top Shelf Creative. He is also a well…
Reggae Gold – Sat 19 May 2007
When: Saturday 19 May Where: Tupelo - Edward Street, Wellington Featuring: Conviction Roots, Antoine and Art Official 10pm start, gold coin entry Come join the NiceUp Family for Reggae Gold - a night…
Art Official Top Ten – May 2007
Art Official has been a key player in the Wellington reggae, dancehall and hip-hop scenes for many years. He runs Newtown Sound and produces, promotes and interviews local, national and international…
Antoine Top Ten – April 2007
Antoine has been a resident in Wellington since 2003 after moving to the Capital from Paris, and he has been spreading reggae throughout the city and selecting around town for the past two years. His…
Ride Inna Town – Fri 30 Mar 2007
When: Friday 30 March Where: Tupelo - Edward Street, Wellington Featuring: Dubhead, Cpt Nemo, DJ Lemon, Ras Twig and Tuffy Culture 10pm start, $5 on the door Auckland and Hamilton link-up with…
Digital Mystikz – Mala
23 and 24 March will finally see the arrival in New Zealand of an international dubstep artist. The artist in question is Mala of Digital Mystikz from the UK, one of the styles most well known global…
Dubhead and Cpt Nemo Top Ten – March 2007
Dubhead Dubhead arrived in New Zealand from the UK with his family in 1969 and grew up in Maraetai Beach, South of Auckland. He became active as a DJ in 1983 and has played reggae, funk and hip-hop…
Mista Savona Presents Melbourne Meets Kingston
Melbourne Meets Kingston is one of the most stunning album length releases of Jamaican influenced music I have had the pleasure of witnessing emerge from the Pacific. I have always considered the…
Firehouse Top Ten – February 2007
Firehouse - L.Static, Nardo & Adrian - hail from Sydney and this ranking reggae crew always rock a dance. Their big bad selection of reggae, dancehall and exclusive dubplate is delivered in…
Steve Rice Top Ten – January 2007
Steve Rice resides in Bristol, UK. He passion for reggae developed around the age of 16 when he began going to blues dances in South London. He later began holding his own dances around Brixton and…