Tag Archives: New Zealand
‘Bring the Sun’ is the brand-new single by Wellington-based reggae band The Black Seeds. With its funky and soulful arrangements, the tune is a hymn to the Austral summer and third extract from Black Seeds’ upcoming album, out later this year via Easy Star Records. More info on the band’s...
![Album Review: Satori Vs. Dr Echo – Dub Defender Sessions [Anicca Records; May 2020]](https://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...
![Album Review: The Leonard Simpson Duo – LSD [Jakarta Records; January 2020]](https://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...
