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homeward bound / 4th april @ PULL BAR

About Me

yo, born and raised in west auckland, spend my youth drinking far too much double brown and smoking too many spliffs with the boys...developed into surfing, design, photography and music...i am now a freelance designer/photographer/dj kinda dude. my main gigs being the designer of 'nz surfing mag', 'the package', 'heapa gig flyers' as well as spinning vinyl in the seedier parts of town and doin music bookings for ernesto cafe on cuba st....into music...reggae, underground wonky hip-hop on the funk/jazz tip, old/new funk and heavy bass laden beats...i have travelled some, samoa 98, indonesia in 00, oz in 01, back to indo in 04 (between bangs), fiji for honeymoon...welly is choice as with everything going well, sweet as crew, 5mins walk to town, 5mins drive to the south coast and a two hr drive to wairarapa where some of the best waves in nz are to be found, make that, moved to featherston, 30mins to lake ferry and some of the best waves in nz and 1hour to welly...make it, back to auckland now...!!!

My Interests

tunes, photography, art, design, vinyl, surfing, travelling, collecting, drinking, erb, hanging...

I'd like to meet:

this weeks undercover selection: krissy k - who do you think you are? johnny osbourne purify your heart, erykah budu honey - previous: prince fatty 'milk and honey' i can pretty much taste that sweetness....:0) massive roots tunes...alborosie sound killa' 'kingston town' 'and slam bam' // new version of the tempo riddim with gregory issacs and bunny general - soundclash styles / taxi and darker shade riddims with mr vegas ridin dem // new dubbed relick of 'stop the train' with george nooks and anthony cruz cuts // fireocious with the revolutionary riddim - new take on the surfin riddim / 'choice cuts' ep from umbiquity reggae version of Lyn Collins classic 'Think'. // opensouls james brown booties and reggae relick of the opensouls 'turn it up' on a 7" test pressing // 'the ones' talib kwali/jean grae promo ridin the billie jean lick. //raekwon and el michel affair ep - pj's.

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Music:

johnny obourne, sugar minot, alborosie, the nextmen, jstar, prince buster and fatty, truth and soul, dynamite soul, el michaels affair, the dynamics, prince buster, prince fatty, lyn collins, quantic, black twang, sly and robbie, peckings, brother culture, rodney p, paul nice, freddie/red, fort knox five, ra the rugged man, welsey bros, james brown, madlib, cymande, incredible bongo band, greyboy allstars, quantic, mr scruff, opensouls, ota, julian dyne, sollaa, fat freddies, tyra hammond, ladi 6, shapeshifter, hollie smith, ty, alice russel, povo, erykah badu, coldcut, j-live, souls of mischeif, j-5, de la, ms dynamite, common, up hygh, joni rewind, the pharcyde, j rawls, j-live, kinny and horne, lee feilds, keith lawrence, marc mac, nightmares on wax, mckay, ramsey lewis, marlena shaw, marva whitney, sharon jones, aldo vanucci, ohmega watts, de la, amp fiddler, plantlife, mark ronson, redheadkingpin, kool and the gang, kelis, overproof sound system, boozoo bajou, joe dukie, mu, anthony hamilton, max romeo, sergio mendes, gecko turner, beatfanatic, rebtuz crew, blackbeard, gamm crew, sound providers, dj numark, digable planets, dennis brown, alton ellis, ken boothe, jacob miller, jackie mittoo, sir coxone, dawn penn, ernest ranglin, sly and robbie, the skatalites, the heptones, barington levy, buju banton, junior reid, shaggy, damian/kymani/bob marley, mr vegas, kardinal official, rihanna, , lutan fyah, afu-ra, foxy brown and all the other freaks with bad beats......

Movies:

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Television:

lost, heroes, 3news, house, boston legal...

Books:

the world atlas, john lecarre, graham greene, early nz publishin...the alchemist, marching powder...

Heroes:

the sandy bay social club and the welly bros for inspriation, collaboration and dope selection always...