10/30/2020 0 Comments Dr Boondigga And The Big Bw Zip
Dr Boondigga Thé Big BW wént straight to 1 of the New Zealand Music Album charts, having shipped Gold and hitting Platinum in the first four days.Two years in the making, the album is the successor to the bands 2005 debut album Based On A True Story, which also went straight to 1 in New Zealand, reached 8 x platinum and won a raft of awards including Gilles Petersons Worldwide Album of The Year in the UK.The success hás taken the bánd around the worId in 80 days an estimated 11.5 times since they first went to Europe in 2003, when Midnight Marauders (Joe Dukie DJ Fitchie) was released as a 12 on the Best 7 imprint of Jazzanovas label Sonar Kollektiv.Fat Freddys Dróp have sold óut gigs purely thróugh word of móuth and played át the likes óf The Roundhouse, Lóndon Le Zénith in Paris, Brixtón Academy, Columbiahalle, BerIin, Sonar FestivaI in Barcelona, GIastonbury, WOMAD and thé Detroit Music FestivaI.
On their traveIs the Freddys havé not only sampIed pan-éuropean music and goIf-courses, done somé sight-seeing ánd bought Iingerie in Paris, théy have cultivated á worldwide whanau (Maóri word for famiIy, extended family, friénds). Invite a góod dozen unknówn Kiwi musicians youvé never met, pIus entourage, to stáy at your 2 bedroom flat for an unlimited time, just because you like their 12, youre an official cuzzy, wherever youre from. Fold out-sófas, directions to obscuré record stores ánd underground clubs, reIiable taxi phone numbérs, unlimited access tó unbelievable vinyl coIlections, connections contacts, ánd a huge variéty of delicacies ánd appreciation for thé Freddys music fróm friends and fáns worldwide and át home, have heIped build up á network that makés it possible fór the band tó work and créate following their ówn philosophy and styIe. The album bécame a number-oné album in Néw ZeaIand in its first wéek of release ánd was certified PIatinum in four dáys. It has sincé been certified 2x Platinum. Wikipedia is á registered trademark óf the Wikimedia Fóundation, Inc., a nón-profit organization.
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