July 11th / 8:00PM
21+ / $8 adv.

Nectar, Culture Yard & Fusion Radio Presents

New Zealand's 8-Peice Fusion Roots-Reggae Band

The Black Seeds

San Fransisco's Afro-Beat
Funk Band

Aphrodesia

BIO

SEEDS: “Best Soul Album of 2009” -Dennis Cook of Jambase.com (U.S.A) - Jan. 10’

Originating from Wellington, New Zealand, The Black Seeds have carved out their reputation through platinum selling albums, a masterful 8-piece live show, and a unique sound that fuses infectious grooves and melodies with undiluted roots music. With numerous European festival tours and releases behind them, and a successful 2009 North American release, their following continues to spread quickly around the globe.

Led by the vocals of Barnaby Weir and Daniel Weetman, at its core The Black Seeds music is a boundary-crossing sound fusion of big-beat funk, dub, soul, and afro-beat, mixed with vintage roots-reggae.

Described by Clash Magazine as ‘one of the best reggae acts on the planet’, their legendary 8-piece live show brings the raw energy and good vibes wherever it goes. They now have countless sell-out New Zealand and Australasian tours behind them, and regularly perform at many of Europe’s biggest festivals.

APHRODESIA: An 11-piece Afrobeat orchestra direct from San Francisco, Aphrodesia has been filling theaters around the country with their rowdy blend of African rhythms, exotic melodies, slamming percussion and monstrous horns. At once socially charged in the tradition of African greats like Fela Kuti and as intoxicating as a drop of honey on your lover's trembling backside, Aphrodesia's music and stage show are irresistible.

Emerging in 2003 from the fertile San Francisco Bay Area music scene, Aphrodesia's highly original brand of ‘Super Aphro Beat’ and uncompromising political stance made them resist easy classification. In 2004, the band exploded into the national consciousness with the “Just Vote Tour”, a swing-state voter registration tour that took the band all the way to NYC and back in their vegetable oil-powered bus and landed the group on the cover of USA Today. Showstopping performances at the High Sierra Music Festival and the Baja Bash also won the group high praise, and while the band was busy extending its reach into Southern California and up to the Pacific Northwest with several phenomenal tours, the band’s debut CD, “Shackrobeat Vol. 1” (Flatbed Lamborghini), was picked as one of the best records of 2003 by the East Bay Express. The band's brand-new second CD, "Front Lines" (Full Cut Records), is already generating a buzz that looks to broaden their appeal even further- the CD was reviewed in May on National Public Radio's "Weekend America."

LINKS

• The Black Seeds on Myspace
• Aphrodesia website

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