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Since Andrew Spraggon’s first formative releases as Sola Rosa at the turn of the 21st century, he’s steadily built a reputation for his deft synthesis of styles and quiet disregard for the niceties of genre boundaries. With a catch-all sound encompassing the best of hip hop, reggae, jazz, latin, soul and funk, all six of Sola Rosa’s critically acclaimed albums are a potent distillation of the music that’s influenced Spraggon over the course of his decade long career as a musician and producer. From a humble, self-released one man project to a decidedly deadly live collective, Sola Rosa has grown from a national treasure into an act of truly international repute.

While Sola Rosa’s first three albums undoubtedly cast Spraggon as one of New Zealand’s finest purveyors of downbeat-electronica – something that was backed up by a raft of accolades including a NZ Music Award for 2001’s Solarized, and b-net awards for 2000’s Entrance To Skyway and 2003’s Haunted Out-takes – his fourth long player, 2005s Moves On, saw a change in tact. Not content to simply stay within the bounds of any one genre, Spraggon expanded the Sola Rosa sound, incorporating more live instrumentation and adding a healthy dollop of funk, soul and reggae to an already considerable list influences. The new direction not only reinvigorated the Rosa sound, but earned Spraggon another nomination for Best Dance/Electronic album at the 2006 NZ Music Awards.
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  • ocbslim

    i love you guys :)

    October 2011
  • WTFortissimo

    Keen to hit la de da to see these guise this year :D:D:D

    August 2011
  • canillafunk

    muy buena banda con tremendos invitados en la voz me encanta Iva Lamkum ojo con esa voz!

    September 2010
  • tommyslade

    Awesome!

    May 2010
  • Zytrock

    Oh, my dear...

    May 2010
  • dmurphy10

    i love this band

    April 2010
  • tbagbaby

    is za best

    March 2010
  • recklessmac

    Good Stuff like your music ,if you are intrested in listening, we have some music it is a bit different .

    March 2010
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Australian Tour Update. Nov/Dec 2010

14 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/solarosamusic

It’s been a super busy month here in the Rosa camp. We’re only a few weeks away from our Australian tour.27th Nov�� Shine On Festival - Pyrenees Ranges, Victoria AU2nd Dec��� Roxanne Parlour – …

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