![Album Review: Satori Vs. Dr Echo – Dub Defender Sessions [Anicca Records; May 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/satori_va_dr_echo_-_dub_defender_sessions-2048x2048-335x335.jpg)
Back in 2005 reggae enthusiast and experimental artist Steven Jess Borth II founded Satori. Soon after the band’s debut album, Savor Every Moment came out, Borth began collaborating with sound engineer and fellow Californian, Justin De Hart (aka Dr. Echo). Borth is currently based in Denmark while De Hart resides...
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![Album Review: The Leonard Simpson Duo – LSD [Jakarta Records; January 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/leonard-simpson-lsd-cover-335x335.jpg)
Take one long-time, respected Detroit hip hop rapper (Guilty Simpson) and mix with one awarding-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist from New Zealand (Leonard Charles), and what do you get? The Leonard Simpson Duo who, with a convenient acronym, have synthesised LSD (released on 31st January 2020 on Jakarta Records). The pair...
At times, we ask the Rhythm Passport family some cruel tasks. For example, to musically retrace their 2010s and pick only five albums among the hundreds (or thousands) they have listened, loved and/or felt particularly important considering the world music world. Click on the names below and you will meet...
Reggae has increasingly become New Zealand’s most successful music export. Think about acts like Fat Freddys Drop, Katchafire and Salmonella Dub for example… or consider Wellington born-and-bred Black Seeds. Next to their upbeat and smooth sound and South Pacific origins, all these bands have other things in common; the most...
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Preview: Fat Freddy’s Drop @ The Electric Brixton (London; Friday 9th & Saturday 10th November 2018)
Since their debut album Based on a True Story was released in 2005, progressive dub-jazz masters Fat Freddy’s Drop have risen to recognition as a fundamental sound on the scene and have dropped albums that consistently impress to near cult status. Fat Freddy’s are also globally renowned for their completely...
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We know that it’s too easy, almost predictable to recommend a Fat Freddy’s Drop gig. Every time the loud, larger than life New Zealand band visits London, they create such hype that you know about it at least a month in advance. But, we can’t get enough of their sound....
There aren’t many musicians or bands able to amaze and confound their fans on such a regular basis, and Fat Freddy’s Drop are arguably one of the most distinctive examples of this. Full of free-spirited, eclectic artistry, their recent London shows in front of an jubilant crowd at the O2 Brixton Academy were...
Fast approaching the 1000th show in their career, the New Zealand heavyweight soul purveyors Fat Freddy’s Drop return to London for two nights this Easter, locked and loaded with their fourth studio album, BAYS. Internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live acts, the seven piece band have navigated...