well we are back on the net yeah......boyz....
so we have 5 new designs in the pipe line including a colab with local Dj and all round nice guy Dub.
So he became active as a DJ in 1983 and has played reggae, funk and hip-hop at all manner of events around the country since then, including playing as a support act for touring international artists such as; Sly & Robbie, Burning Spear, Toots & The Maytals, The Wailers, Luciano, Mikey General, Michael Rose, Collie Buddz, Shaggy, Stranger Cole, Sean Kingston, Ziggy Marley, Mary J Blige, Lauryn Hill, Steel Pulse, Jimmy Cliff, Eddy Grant, Maxi Priest, Inner Circle, Julian Marley, Renegade Soundwave, Mad Professor, African Head Charge, Ben Harper, Rockers Hi-Fi, Dry & Heavy, Arrested Development, UB40, The New Beat, Ty, Flying Lotus and Soul Jazz Sound System. He hosts a weekly specialist radio show on Auckland’s 95bFM which has broadcast continuously since 1990. The Rhythm Selection airs every Monday night from 9.00 - 11.00PM and can also be heard worldwide as a live audio stream see the link below ! !. From 2000 to 2004 he was bFM’s Programme Director and during this time was responsible for securing airplay for countless local artists, particularly those from New Zealand's reggae and hip-hop underground. Since 2000 he has been an executive producer for eight New Zealand music compilations, including “Dub Combinations Chapter 3”, which won the 2003 bNet New Zealand Music Award for 'Best Compilation'. He has produced his own music under the name of The Sound Foundation, which has been released here and in Australia and Europe on the Deepgrooves, Kog Transmissions and Stereo Deluxe labels. His writing has been previously published in magazines such as Back 2 Basics, Planet, The Fix and Debate. He currently works for Auckland Student Movement at AUT, holds a DJ residency at Shadows Tavern and is writing a book about the history of Reggae in New Zealand. so no mean feat ? ?
After chats with Dub we are doing a collectors re-issue of a Dubhead t-shirt he used to rock back in the day and we are stoked to be bringing this to ya !
so look out for that and more on our Facebook page or here ?
chur
Link: 95 Bfm/Dubhead/The Rhythm Selection
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