Quick version: Dam Native band will be playing the support shows of Leigh Sawmill Friday 3rd February, and Kings Arms Sunday 5th.

Press release from the promoter:

THE RED EYES

NZ HOMECOMING TOUR

JAN / FEB 2012

NEW SINGLE >> Circles <<

The Red Eyes, Australia’s much loved Dub/Reggae monster group, celebrate their 10th birthday in 2012 with their first NZ Tour, kicking off at Revolver, Queenstown on Jan 26, before taking in venues in Dunedin, Wellington, Leigh, Hamilton and Auckland. They will also appear at the inaugural festival Winchfest on Jan 28 performing alongside Katchafire and Cornerstone Roots.

The Red Eyes ‘NZ Homecoming Tour’ heralds the prodigal return of NZ’s long lost sons El Witeri and Damien Charles. Born and bred in Auckland, the two musicians’ musical roots were developed touring around NZ throughout the 90’s before they re-met in OZ and honed their alternative Dub/Reggae style for an appreciative Australian audience. Over 10 years their fan base has grown exponentially, seeing them play major festivals throughout the pacific and Australia including the 2011 Australian Raggamuffin tour with Jimmy Cliff and Mary J Blige.

Established in 2002 The Red Eyes’ successful 2nd album ‘Red Army’ was a finalist for Best Blues and Roots Album at the Australian Independent Record Label Awards and lead singer El Witeri was a finalist for APRA songwriter of the year. 2007 release ‘Rudeworld’ and their two EP’s ‘Highplace’ and Prolific/My Kingdom’ have collectively sold over 12,000 copies worldwide.

Exploding onto the NZ turf with a string of club dates through Jan and Feb 2012, The Red Eyes are touring their new track Circles, the first single release from their anticipated third album.

Mixed at the Andy Baldwin Studio in Brooklyn, ‘Circles’ took The Red Eyes producer King Charlie to the US to make the most of the strong Aussie dollar and NY talent with the production of their new single.

The lyrics allude to the relentless touring and winding road that is a musician’s life, where artists are increasingly at the bottom of the recording industry food chain.

For independent bands like The Red Eyes, creating a path outside the mainstream label structure has become more of a reality, particularly with the explosion of social media driven opportunities to reach new audiences.

It may be ‘a winding road… full of hoops and loops and circles’, but The Red Eyes are proving that there will be no stopping them.

NZ Tour Dates

Thu 26 Jan: Mint, Wanaka

With guest DJ Damon (The Nomad) DJ Set

Fri 27 Jan: XIIB/12 Below, Dunedin

With guests Skull Dubbery and DJ Jungle Far I

Sat 28 Jan: Bodega Wellington

With guests Newtown Sound feat Israel Starr

Sun 29 Jan: Winchfest, Oakura, New Plymouth

Also feat. Katchafire and Cornerstone Roots

Fri 3 Feb: Sawmill Cafe, Leigh

With Dam Native and DJ Dubhead (TBC)

Sat 4 Feb: Flow Bar, Hamilton

With guest DJ Captain Nemo

Sun 5 Feb: Kings Arms, Auckland

With Dam Native and DJ Dubhead

Ticketing: www.eventfinder.co.nz

thered-eyes.com

www.facebook.com/themightyredeyes

www.soundcloud.com/the-red-eyes

A print quality PDF file version of the poster artwork is available for printing.

Stoneleigh wines have setup a temporary pop-up bar in Wynyard Quarter and are running an event called Stoneleigh Summer Series. EASY will play this Wednesday 7 December and again on Thursday 15 December (arguably a better gig since you also got Chloe Bartlett band before us and Sweetmix Kids doing a short DJ set after we play).

Location: Viaduct Events Centre, Wynyard Quarter, Corner of Halsey & Jellicoe Street, Auckland [map]

Two legends of Aotearoa Hip Hop play together again this weekend.

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EASY are due to play a fairly major sounding gig this Thursday: Rhyme Summit Aotearoa at The Studio on K Rd. A spoken word sorta gig read below…

Thursday 20 October		EASY @ Aotearoa Rhyme Summit Rhyme Summit Aotearoa is a brand new annual event on the NZ Spoken Word, Rap & Lyrical-Music map that will see some of the country’s finest hip-hop and reggae wordsmiths take the stage alongside our most well respected spoken word and poetry performers, with special international flavors including ‘Grime’ and ‘Latin’. Join us for one outstanding night of lyrical entertainment in the style of Def Jam poetry. The event will be covered by Maori Television and broadcast in New Zealand. ______________________________ 95bFM Presents: In association with Anahera Press An Obese Squirrel Event ______________________________ 6:30 – Doors Open 7:00 – HAKA POWHIRI 7:10 – MISAYA THE LIONESS 7:30 – SILVA MC 7:35 – SOLOMONIX 7:40 – JAH RED LION 7:45 – HOLLIE SMITH 8:00 – GRACE TAYLOR (South Auckland Poets Collective) 8:03 – BILL E-FLUID 8:06 – LEIANA ROBERTSON 8:09 – SELINA TUSITALA MARSH 8:12 – TYSON TYLER 8:15 – K-ONE 8:18 – EMMA HAND (Queenstown) 8:21 – GUS SIMONOVIC (Serbia) 8:24 – ROBERT SULLIVAN 8:27 – KIRI PIAHANA-WONG 8:30 – EASY (8 piece band) 8.55 – EASY w PHD 9:00 – PHD (NZ / USA) 9:06 – DAREN KAMALI (South Auckland Poets Collective) 9:10 – KAY POETA 9:13 – TAURIZZ 9:16 – PENNY ASHTON 9:19 – ERMEHN (King Of The Doors) 9:22 – RUIA APERAHAMA 9:25 – CRONIK RE 9:28 – PROJECTILE (England) 9:30 – SOUL STATION (5 Piece) 10:00 – WORDPERFECT 10:10 – JAI MACDONALD 10:13 – NOWROZE NAYAR (Bangladesh) 10:16 – ZANE SCARBOROUGH (South Auckland Poets Collective) 10:19 – CARRIE RUDZINSKI (USA) 10:22 – PAKKZ THE GENERAL & DLAR (Borough Kings) 10:25 – SIMONE KAHO 10:35 – GLENN COLQUHOUN (Kapiti Coast) 10:38 – KING KAPISI 10:48 – QUEEN SHIRL’E 10:51 – UPTOWN SWUITE (USA) 10:54 – JINETERO MC (Cuba) 10:57 – BIG SMYLE 11:00 – RESIN 11:03 – THE FEELSTYLE (Samoa) 11:06 – MICHELLE BOLTON (USA) 11:09 – J-KUPA / BADU KID (Kamo Collective) 11:11 – CHRISTIAN JENSEN (Norway) 11:14 – DUB TERMINATOR & MANA MC 11:40 – MATTHEW HARVEY (UK) 11:43 – BRIGHT SPARKS (Scotland) 11:46 – MICHAEL RUDD 11:49 – FLUENT 11:52 – FREDDIE BISH & PIATA 11:55 – RAZOR CHEST 11:58 – SPEARMAN / BOXX 12:01 – BELLA MAFIA 12:04 – DEMI KAHN (USA) 12:07 – BEN BROWN (Christchurch) 12:10 – STUNTMAN 12:13 – SOMETHING DIFFERENT 12:19 – MOMENTUM 12:16 – BELLA SHANTI / SHINE FORUM   Hosted by AMANDA ASHTON (Maori Television) ______________________________ TICKETS – TICKETS – TICKETS 1 Night ( www.1-night.co.nz/browse-campaigns/view/605 ) Real Groovy (438 Queen St), Beat Merchants (555 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn), Conch (115A Ponsonby Rd) 1-night iphone app ? $20 Presales (Limited) ? $29.90 First Release ? $40 Door (Subject to availability) _______________________________ *Original Artwork ‘Tawhirimatea’ by Rewi McLay *Graphic Design by Kameron Hollis & Darryl Jones Big Thanks to: Maori Television K Rd Business Association Bill Gray Photography (1 Snap Music) Rockstar New Zealand Central Promotions South Auckland Poets Collective 1 Out Street Battles
Key:		A band I play drums for A band I think are The Bomb Interesting Event/Multimedia

Videos o’ the moment:

Video for Dub Me Crazy by Bulletproof feat. Jessie G

The draw will be on Friday 21 October 2011, so you need be signed up before then:

Email address:

Australasian Premiere

2011 // 88 Min // Political, Documentary // DVCAM

Director/Screenwriter/Editor/Photography: Rodrigo Mac Niven

Music: Rafael Capuzzo

Producers: Rodrigo Mac Niven And Mariana Genescá

Production Company: Mixer, Miravista, Globo Filmes, Teleimage

“Smokescreen is an independent project, inspired by the wish to construct a more balanced society based on freedom, diversity and tolerance.” — Rodrigo Mac Niven

Obviously if you do not win the tickets, you should still strongly consider checking out some of the other films on offer:

Head on up to good ole Leigh Sawmill this saturday 8 October for some live native goodness. Also, in the next email, I’m giving away a double pass to Smokescreen, a film from ReelBrazil film festival coming up in Auckland.

Saturday 8 October		Dam Native @ Leigh Sawmill
Saturday 8 October		EASY @ Aotearoa Rhyme Summit
Key:		A band I play drums for A band I think are The Bomb Interesting Event/Multimedia

Videos o’ the moment:

 

This just in: EASY are playing a gig at Tabac tonight, the same night as the launch of the infamous Rugby World Suck! Sorry actually I’m freaking loving the crazy Rugbyfication that Auckland city has seen recently in the lead to the RWC. Also, I just heard Dam Native may be doing a little gig / practice at the House of Taonga salon on Sunday, but that’s not finalised atm.

This Tabac show we go on at midnight sharp and we finish at 1am. $10 on the doors at 9pm, $5 for students. Other acts are .  Tabac is at 6 Mills Lane (pedestrian lane off Queen, between Customs and Wydnham).

Saturday 24 September		EASY @ Ponsonby Market DayWe normally set the band up outside Golden Dawn / Clothesline, corner of Richmond Rd and Ponsonby Rd.
Saturday 8 October		Dam Native @ Leigh Sawmill
Saturday 8 October		EASY @ Aotearoa Rhyme Summit
Key:		A band I play drums for A band I think are The Bomb Interesting Event/Multimedia

Videos o’ the moment:

EASY IAMTV Interview.

 

I’m doing my first proper selector-style DJ set down at Barrio 20 August. A Crafty Kiwi has put together an interesting sounding event: 5 DJs, playing 2 tunes each in rotation. Mark Williams and Scott Towers from Fat Freddies Drop, Average White DJ, Coopa Blu, and DJ Tomachi himself. Kick off from 8:30pm.

Also, a Dam Native gig has been booked! Leigh Sawmill Saturday 8 October.