Todays NZ band are Fat Freddys Drop.
Despite having been around for 10 years now, I only came to know of them earlier this year when a friend sent me one of their albums, it wasn't as easy to listen to mid winter as it is now while the sun is shining and I'm kicking back.
Fat Freddys Drop is a 7 piece live Dub/Reggae band hailing from Wellington, New Zealand.The group’s first major release was a live album, Live at the Matterhorn, a lengthy jam session recorded in a popular Wellington night club. Their first studio album, Based on a True Story was released in 2005. After only a day of release it had gone gold and was number one in the New Zealand album charts despite having little advertising or marketing. The album’s first single, “Wandering Eye”, spent 17 weeks in the RIANZ Top 40 Singles Chart and peaked at number six.
Freddy’s dominated the 2005 New Zealand Music Awards, taking Best Group, Best Album, Best New Zealand Roots Group and the Peoples Choice Award. On December 18, 2005 the group were awarded the Worldwide “Album of the Year Award”, as voted for by over 20,000 listeners of Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 ‘Worldwide’ show.
"The industry will never find me. Here among the trees,
My footsteps will be, will be all that I leave"
The Raft, Fat Freddy's Drop
Their debut single:
Fat Freddys Drop - Wandering Eye
Some tracks from their current album Dr. Boondigga and the Big BW (BUY)
Fat Freddys Drop - Pull The Catch
Fat Freddys Drop - The Camel
Fat Freddys Drop - The Nod
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