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Wellington, New Zealand (2001 – present)
Fat Freddy’s Drop is a 7 piece live Dub/Reggae band from Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 2001, the current lineup consists of DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie, Toby Chang, HoPepa, Chopper Reedz, Jetlag Johnson, and Dobie Blaze. The name “Fat Freddy’s Drop” is a reference to a piece of blotter art that was circulating in the NZ dance scene in the late 90’s.
Fat Freddy’s Drop have now released their second major studio album, Dr Boondigga & The Big BW - shipping GOLD on the first day of release on 26th May 2009. Featuring Art & Design by Otis Frizzell, the album features nine fresh phat tracks that span soul, dub, reggae, techno, blues flavors.
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.
Fat Freddy’s Drop have now released their second major studio album, Dr Boondigga & The Big BW - shipping GOLD on the first day of release on 26th May 2009. Featuring Art & Design by Otis Frizzell, the album features nine fresh phat tracks that span soul, dub, reggae, techno, blues flavors.
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.
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| FULL TRACK The Camel (radio edit) | 4:16 |
| FULL TRACK Hope (3 Generations Walking Rmx) | 6:58 |
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HighAndDriving2 wrote:
listening to hope right now. how the hell is this classified as dub/reggae? this track is pure soul/r&b. i guess they just switch it up a lot?
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andover wrote:
Supporting Erykah Badu, nice one!
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Gackalie wrote:
Awesome
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dopelyloud wrote:
respect from brazil. keep it up
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joeyjoefro wrote:
you gota hold the house down... :] Wild Wind Need some new stuff man
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Geeeena wrote:
just WOW!
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agacini wrote:
you are doing great dudes! keep it going on!
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cokita wrote:
Como to South America...maybe Colombia!!! You have a great music...really good!!!
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Crazyfann wrote:
Another level of music. Those guys are amazing!! [2]
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Darya01 wrote:
Great! Come back to Berlin..
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glamourtunes wrote:
Hi ! Similar tunes you can find in this last.fm group The Boudoir. Greetings !
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samirss wrote:
Another level of music. Those guys are amazing!!
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Elisisciousz wrote:
Luv you guys! <3 as always!
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Stawech wrote:
'cause i feel so goooood! Thanks Freddy!
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SaloMusic wrote:
Да, супер и супер
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DarkBoudin wrote:
Thanks from Brussels!
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stefucha wrote:
Great concert on Open'er! The trombonist was incredible! [2]
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achaaa wrote:
trombonist was awesome!! i loved his "dance":) incredible concert on Open'er!
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ziomaliszta wrote:
Great concert on Open'er! The trombonist was incredible!
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gont wrote:
Thank you for such a wonderful, extatic, amazing concert in Berlin last night!!!
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Events
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Feb
22
Erykah Badu
Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
20 going
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Feb
23
Fat Freddy's Drop
Prince Bandroom, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
3 going
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Feb
25
Erykah Badu
Belvoir Amphitheatre, Upper Swan, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
7 going
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News
Tru Light Hamburg Photos
21 Nov 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/fatfreddysdropnz
Stunning selection of photos taken on vintage cameras by
Niels Kramer aka Tru Light at Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg are now
available to view on our FFD Gallery. Niels used film cameras
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Tru Light Hamburg Photos
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20 Nov 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/fatfreddysdropnz
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