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Short and Sweet NYC, Album Review >>

What can one expect with a band of Maori musicians, a Maori singer/songwriter, a Samoan beat conductor, and a Kiwi horn section living in the South Pacific growing up on a whole lot of 70’s funk and soul, 80’s R&B, jazz, reggae and hip hop?

Known for their improvisational live shows and love for what they do, roots reggae band Fat Freddy’s Drop is that group. This seven-piece New Zealand-outfit consist of lead vocals by Joe Dukie, DJ Fitchie on MPC, Dobie Blaze on keys, Tony Chang with trumpet, Hopepa on trombone, Jetlag Johnson on rhythm guitar and Chopper Reedz on sax.

Condensing nine-tracks into 70-minutes of various musical influences ranging from the techno-flavored “Shiverman,” to the soul-induced lead single “Big BW” and it’s introspective lyricism: “…gotta know what you’re running from before you know where you’re running to,” Boondigga is that album in the spotlight.

When you have Garth Trinidad at KCRW in L.A. hailing you as “the bugged out love child of Isaac Hayes and Lee Scratch Perry,” rest assure, you’re well on your way to mainstream success. Though according to DJ Fitchie, the album’s title is the antithesis to what may become their future. He says, “I take the Big BW to mean The Big Brain-Wash and Dr. Boondigga is some evil creature who’s trying to sign us to a major label.” Be careful of what you try not to wish for… 12/09/09 >> go there
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