Dub: A subgenre of Reggae, basically an instrumental remix of existing songs and may be accompanied by vocalizing.
Funk: A blend of soul music, jazz and R&B established in America.
All of these genres emerged out of the late 1960's and have continued to develop. We now see a culmination of these genres through the melodic swank of The Black Seeds. The Black Seeds began in Wellington, New Zealand in 1998. They didn't publish their first album until 2001 (Keep On Pushing LP).
They are an 8 piece band that utilizes vocals, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums, bongos, keyboard and woodblock in the creation and performance process, the combination of all of these instruments sound AMAZING!!!
Some interesting information about the band, well, sort of about the band; it's actually about a former band member named Bret McKenzie. He broke off from The Black Seeds, teamed up with Jemaine Clement in New Zealand and formed a Grammy winning acoustic-comedy duo known as, "The Flight of The Conchords" . Check this out:
101.3 on Korean Radio
or
http://tbsefm.seoul.kr, click on "On Air!" (upper right corner)
2:30PM Seoul, Korea time
12:30AM US Eastern Standard Time
Here's the title song from The Black Seeds latest CD Solid Ground (2008), "Slingshot". (Listen to the instrumentation in the song!) Peace ya'll!
~ Pinnacle, The International Hustler
3 comments:
Great Show Pinn... I think one of my favorite parts (aside from all the fat ones where you requested cookies), was when the guy said you were 18... in dog years. HA!. Well, I think it's cool that you got to broadcast your voice around the world on your birthday- many people will never get that privilege. Enjoy your opportunities and continue to be blessed.
Now as for the music selection, niiicceee. Although I can't say that I'll be listening on my iPod any time soon, I did enjoy the knowledge that you dropped on us. I love hearing about the origins of different types of music (ie. Dub..lol). You'd think that a combining of so many genres would sound crazy, and it does... but in a good way. Any way, keep up the good work and happy birthday (again). :-)
Thanks Dolce, that is kind of a wild birthday present huh? Are - are - are you gonna bring me some cookies?
Yea, I'd say so. As far as the cookies... sure, but only if I can come bake them at your place? >:-)
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