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The Black Seeds - Solid Ground
ARTiST..[ The Black Seeds
TiTLE...[ Solid Ground
GENRE...[ Reggae GRABBER.[ Wavelab
LABEL...[ Sonar Kollektiv ENCODER.[ Lame 3.97
YEAR....[ 2008 QUALiTY.[ avg. 198kbps
SOURCE..[ CDDA MODE....[ Joint-Stereo
PLAYTiME[ 63:15 min REL.DATE[ 08.12.2008
TRACKS..[ 13 RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA
SiZE....[ 92,7 MB CAT.NO..[ SBCD0011
NR. TRACK. TiME.
01 Come to Me 04:41
02 Slingshot 05:50
03 Take Your Changes 04:43
04 Love is A Radiation 04:01
05 Send A Message 06:19
06 Make A Move 05:23
07 One Step at A Time 05:19
08 Bulletproof 04:27
09 Afrophone 03:09
10 Strugglers 03:56
11 Rotten Apple 05:30
12 The Bubble 05:13
13 Make A Move Dub 04:44
TOTAL: 63:15
Reaching the age of 10 years is always a major and
unique event in the life of a band. It is a very
special moment that invites you to look on back on
the past and admire the long way you’ve come. THE
BLACK SEEDS are celebrating this very special
birthday with Solid Ground, the best album they ever
released.
In ten years the 8 piece roots/dub/funk outfit
hailing from the coastal capital of Wellington, New
Zealand has matured to become one of the major
pacifasian music bands. In 2001 the band lead by
singer/writer BARNABY WEIR recorded the critically
acclaimed and gold-selling debut album Keep On
Pushing. They kept on turning heads around with their
second album On The Sun released in 2004. With its 2
hit singles So True and Turn It Around being on heavy
rotation on all the national radios and music
televisions On The Sun achieved double platinum sales
at home and helped solidifying THE BLACK SEEDS’
status as one of New Zealand’s premier groups. They
exposed internationally their pacific vibe and their
feel good, reggified and sunkissed grooves with Into
The Dojo released in 2007 on Sonar Kollektiv. To
support the release of their third album THE BLACK
SEEDS completed a very successful 18-show European
tour in July/August 2007 that included sell-out shows
in London (Mean Fiddler), the Edinburgh Festival (3
shows), Berlin (2 shows), a standout performance at
the famous Lowlands Festival in Holland (70,000
strong), a live performance on the BBC’s CRAIG
CHARLES Funk and Soul Show, as well as strong
attendances in many other venues across the UK,
France, Germany and Holland.
With such an extensive local and international
touring over the past years the members of THE BLACK
SEEDS have never been so close to each other. This
closeness has had a great influence upon the band,
his evolution and upon the creative process of their
fourth studio-album Solid Ground, in which everybody
has been constantly involved. Moreover founding
values such authenticity and integrity never left the
creative spirits of all the members of the SEEDS
after all these years. The result is an album showing
more creative maturity and more conscious
experimentation. As BARNABY WEIR puts it „THE BLACK
SEEDS are a tight. (...) We have set a solid
foundation for the band over 10 years (...) and with
Solid Ground we’ve been experimenting with some new
flavours and directions. (...) I believe we have all
got better at what we do individually and together
and have created some exciting new songs.“ Recorded
again at The Surgery Studio with DR LEE PREBBLE and
produced by MIKE FABULOUS, Solid Ground is a real
masterpiece fusing infectious dub-reggae grooves,
melodies and party jams with raw, uncompromising and
undiluted conscious roots music. Once again a great
importance has been placed on remaining true to who
they are and where they are from - from the expansive
green landscapes and coastlines of New Zealand and
the South pacific, to the urban community of their
home city Wellington.
With Solid Ground THE BLACK SEEDS aim for the truth
in twelves gems made of dub, funk, afrobeat and soul,
with a vintage reggae base. Crossing genre boundaries
in only a way THE BLACK SEEDS can, Solid Ground oozes
with the bands distinctive flavour – from the
heavy-hitting karma-inspired first single Slingshot,
to darker reggae/dub-infused tracks like Send a
Message &The Bubble, infectious reggae gems like Love
Is A Radiation, Come To Me and Bulletproof, and the
funk/soul filled - Rotten Apple and AfroPhone. Once
again every song conveys very deep feelings and very
strong messages: Personal triumphs and failures, the
fear of Love, death and apathy, relationships - good
and bad, personal stories and insights into their
lives in a multi-cultural, modern nation. But,
ultimately every song is underpined with a positive
and optimistic undertone, even when confronting hard
truths or lessons learnt. This year again THE BLACK
SEEDS will be performing all over Europe and
presenting Solid Ground in all the biggest festivals
such as The Lovebox Weekender (featuring the FLAMING
LIPS, MANU CHAO, GROOVE ARMADA) and Rip Curl
Boardmasters Festival in the UK, Roskilde in Denmark
(featuring RADIOHEAD, KINGS OF LEON, etc); the
Summerjam and Splash Fe
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