BASE Party 2009

2 nights, 2 rooms, and a Jam Packed line up of Live Acts & DJS

Thurs August 27th & Saturday August 29th @ the Lake Wanaka Centre

DOPE FOR A DECADE

The 10th Base Party is bigger than ever!  With two nights and the best of the best of Kiwi artists, Dope for a Decade will not disappoint!  Purchase your tickets online NOW!

Flying in from Wellington with killer tunes to rock the party, once again, are Kiwi favourites and headlining act, Rhombus.

With the release of their 3rd self-titled album late last year to glowing reviews, Rhombus are gearing up to throw down the fresh cuts for the Wanaka Massive!

Rhombus will bring their iconic dub& bass sound to Wanaka, featuring the vocal styles of Lisa Tomlins and MC Antsman, along with the dub stylings of Simon Rycroft and Thomas Voyce, plus Peter Hill on Guitar.

With numerous tours of New Zealand, Japan and Australia, this well-oiled machine is set to ignite the dancefloor with a mixture of brand new tunes, old favourites, and a special visual show, all designed to power-up the party! As those fortunate enough to catch Rhombus from 2years ago can attest, this is a band not to be missed.

Not only will Rhombus Be there, but also The UPBEATS.

Influenced as much by fresh Vogel's toast, indoor cricket, eighties glam rock stage costumes and just the right amount of hermitism as they are informed by Jamaican dub, Memphis funk, Detroit techno and the timeless musical traditions of folk and Bluegrass, Jeremy 'Terror Snake' Glenn and Dylan 'Downie Wolf' Jones are The Upbeats, an internationally renowned New Zealand based d&b production outfit turned DJ duo who just aren't like the others.

Abstracting inspiration for their production name from Lee Scratch Perry’s 1976 release The Upsetters: Super Ape back in the watershed year of 1998, The Upbeats (otherwise known as the Big Skeleton) have cut a unique and unclassifiable figure on the global d&b circuit since formally emerging back in 2001.

What sets them apart from the rest of the pack is their character and influences as artists and individuals. Self-depreciating in humor and iconoclastic in approach, The Upbeats unique 21st century urban pub rock breakbeat fueled sound injects just the right dose of fluro, sweatbands, mullets and midi-triggered live reese basslines into d&b’s often formulaic, faceless nature.

Don’t get it twisted though. They might seem like the Kiwi d&b version of Flight of The Conchords, but with a catalog of releases on scene leading labels like Bad Taste, BC Presents, Virus Recordings, Project Human, Soul:R and Subtitles, and a touring history that has taken in most of New Zealand, Australia, Europe and North America, it’s safe to say The Upbeats are anything but New Zealand’s fourth most popular comedy-folk duo.
 

For a full line up for each night check out Base Party 2009!