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Long established as one of New Zealand's finest bands and with a solid foothold in Europe and North America, The Black Seeds have carved out their reputation on the back of mulit-platinum selling albums, and a masterful live show that has been filling dance floors across the globe for over a decade.
While firmly based in the island grooves that inspired the birth of the band over a decade ago, The Black Seeds' sound casts a wide net, layering funk, soul, Afrobeat, and other eclectic elements over their dub/reggae foundations. It's "contemporary groove music with influences from soul, funk and reggae rhythms – and even rock on the new album," explains guitarist/vocalist Barnaby Weir.
Described recently by the German Rolling Stone as ‘The best reggae band in the world right now’, The Black Seeds supremely danceable live show infuses raw energy and good vibes wherever they go making the band a regular fixture at the world’s leading music festivals.
The release of their latest album Dust And Dirt last year marked an exciting new chapter for the band capturing The Black Seeds’ characteristic brand of reggae-funk fusion at its most authentic and fundamental.
From the get go the trippy album opener ‘Out of Light’ with its shimmering keyboards and trippy vocals showcases a reinvigorated band with a more expansive sound. ‘Loose Cartilage’, inspired in part by an AC/DC concert comes flying out of the traps with a beast of a riff before slipping into a funk-laden ‘Black Seeds’ groove.
The chilled-out disco dub of ‘Don’t Turn Around’, born out of a spontaneous jam before rehearsal, and the blaring horn line and varied use of instrumentation on ‘Love Me Now’, are testament to a band at the top of its game, revelling in a new found creative freedom.
Released worldwide through the band’s own label Proville Records, the album received widespread acclaim, debuting at Number 1 in the New Zealand album charts and achieving some of the band’s best ever chart positions in Germany, UK, United States and Australia, as well as picking up Best Roots Album at the 2012 Vodafone NZ Music Awards.
The release was supported by a monster tour run which saw the band performing over 80 shows across three continents, including perfomances at festivals such as Rock en Seine, Lowlands, Sziget and many more.
Originally formed in 1998, The Black Seeds is led by the vocals of Barnaby Weir and Daniel Weetman. Lyrically their music expresses messages on different levels. Personal triumphs and failures, relationships good and bad, give a personal insight into the lives of the musicians. Ultimately though, their songs are always under-pinned with an underlying positivity and optimism.
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The Black Seeds Announce New Album & North American Tour

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New Zealand reggae-funk heavyweights The Black Seeds announce their return to North America in April to support the release of their highly anticipated new studio album, Dust And Dirt, out in April on Easy Star Records. Renowned globally for their legendary live shows, the band has spent the past 18 months holed up in their Wellington, NZ studio finishing what is being tipped as their finest album yet. With multi-platinum selling albums down under, The Black Seeds have built up ...
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The Black Seeds Plant New Zealand's Roots Sounds on New Album

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The Lord of the Rings put New Zealand's beauty and creative spirit on the pop culture map. Flight of the Conchords revealed New Zealand's unique wit. Now reggae/funk sensations The Black Seeds Conchord friends and former band mates are ready to take listeners one step deeper into the Other Down Under, with infectious grooves, slamming brass, and booty shaking beats on the group's first North American release, Solid Ground (Easy Star Records; Released exclusively on iTunes September 15; everywhere else ...
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