Fat Laced Funk feat K+Lab (NZ) & JDubs (UK) @ Rakinos
K+Lab and Micah - A Whole Lotta Feel Good Mix
Friday, April 1 at 9:00pm - April 2 at 3:00am
Rakinos Cafe
Wellington NZ based K+Lab ( Caleb Cowie ) is one funky Son of a preacher man! Born and raised a Jehovah's witness he rebelled against the cult like religion and found his comfort and relief through music. At the tender age of 10 he received his first guitar from his older brother Joe. From there spawned an ever growing love for music, learning to play the Bass guitar, Drums, Synths.
This live music background comes through in K+labs music and shows giving him a reputation as a party rocker with high energy vibes and whacked out costumes, he insists on bringing the madness to each and every show. This approach has gained him countless slots alongside some of the finest Electronic artists the world has to offer such as Bassnectar, Freq Nasty, Shapeshifter and many more.
K+lab has delved in to many styles of music but feels now he has the perfect balance of all his previous loves, this has helped him create a sound unique to him "It's a combination of all my favourite genres, Drum n bass, Breakbeat, Funk and Hip hop, it's like I'm Charlie sheen, I've managed to convince all my girlfriends to live together." This formula has helped him gain global support releasing music on Skanky panky (UK) and Empathy records (NZ).
His first release Wrecked featuring Analog MC instantly hit number one on download charts and went on to become one of the top downloads of the year across several stores in 2009. Following on from Wrecked he put together The whole world's ill EP, has remixed Opiuo, Minuit, Kolab and William Breakspear as well as dropping his dancefloor destroying Talking Smack.
London born, JDubs represents the truth and the light. Universally maneuvering through mind pollution and systematic lies and manipulation to speak to one's soul. Knee deep in the beats, 9 rhymes later JDubs is set to drop multiple albums.
JDubs has featured on the Pacific Heights album In A Quiet Storm, toured with Shapeshifter and worked with beatmakers Parks, P-Money and Charles Kickens.
Stickybuds (CA) @ 1885 Britomart!
Stickybuds - Free Downloads
1885 Britomart, 27 Galway Street, Britomart ,Auckland, New Zealand
After raising the roof with Fort Knox Five, & J*STAR back in February REGROOVED is bringing the good time party vibes back to its new home at 1885 Britomart. This time we are going north of the boarder to Canada and bring you the bass-heavy, funkafied jam master Stickybuds! Tyler Martens (aka Stickybuds), has been making his mark on music all over the globe. In the last year and a half he has toured in Brazil, UK and Canada headlining and supporting with some of the best artists around. His work ethic and passion have earned him a residency at Shambhala music festival (2005 – 2010), and gigs all over the place.
With 8 releases under his belt on esteemed labels like Goodgroove Records, Bombastic Jam and Fort Knox Recordings he brings to the table his unique mix of funk, hip hop, reggae, breaks, and big basslines. His tracks have received global play from his heroes like Featurecast, A.Skillz and Fort Knox Five, while frequently hitting number one on best seller charts like the well respected Juno Records store.
Randomplay
Adam O
Funk Ferret
Karn Hall
Scratch 22
Coolhand Luke
Normski
Alias
Jarrod Phillips
Zane:Tee
Marcel
Hosted By Mikey Rockwell
Fort Knox Five (USA) & JStar (UK) @ 1885
Fort Knox Five - DC's Finest Remint
Fort Knox Five DJ Set @ 1885 Video http://bit.ly/g3jUcT
The Regrooved crew are going all out this time to kick off 2011 - here's an artist we simply couldn't turn down. Alongside a second international we can't mention here, we bring you an act widely regarded the world's number one modern funk collective - FORT KNOX FIVE. Their list of collaborators, remixers and fans speaks for itself making them a leading force in the international funk and breaks scene, with props from the likes of the legendary Afrika Bambaata, remixes for Bob Marley, Louis Armstrong and A Skillz&Krafty Kuts. Having released an arsenal of floor rocking singles and remixes, the FORT KNOX FIVE has the midas touch for producing heavy hitting records. When Splore city finishes on Saturday night, there's only one place to be for your fix - 2 supreme internationals, and a huge local lineup at Auckland's newish plush venue over three levels, 1885 Britomart.
FORT KNOX FIVE (Washington DC, USA)
JSTAR (UK)
Normski
Cool Hand Luke
Bobby Brazuka
Adam O
Funk Ferret
Randomplay
R.I.A
Dave Boogie (Radio1, Dunedin)
Sambro
Dj Alias
Hosted by Mikey Rockwell