The Black Seeds
The Black Seeds are an 8-piece, Wellington band that have carved out their reputation on the back of two double-platinum selling albums, and a masterful 8-piece live show regarded as one of the finest in New Zealand.
Hailing from Wellington, and led by the vocals of Barnaby Weir and Daniel Weetman, at their core The Black Seeds’ produce a boundary-crossing fusion of dub, funk, afrobeat and soul, mixed with a vintage reggae base. It is The Black Seeds unique style and ability of layering supremely infectious grooves and melodies over raw, undiluted roots music that has set them apart and now sees their music spreading quickly throughout the globe. Importance is placed on maintaining their own original interpretations in their music and staying true to their own local culture and values.
Lyrically the Black Seeds’ music expresses messages and sentiments on different levels. Personal triumphs and failures, the fear of Love, death and apathy, relationships - good and bad, and personal insights into their lives in New Zealand. But, ultimately The Black Seeds lyrics and music is always underpined with an optimistic undertone, even when confronting hard truths or lessons learned.
Onstage, The Black Seeds ability to connect with their audience has gained them a reputation as one of New Zealand’s finest live acts and now see’s their live reputation spreading quickly offshore. Effortlessly gliding between big-beat funk and deep roots-reggae, their dynamic, supremely danceable, live show delivers a freight train of flavour to the people, on time, every time. Whether it’s a summer festival, or club show, the raw energy of The Black Seeds’ live show always hits the mark.
The Black Seeds are an 8-piece, Wellington band that have carved out their reputation on the back of two double-platinum selling albums, and a masterful 8-piece live show regarded as one of the finest in New Zealand.
Hailing from Wellington, and led by the vocals of Barnaby Weir and Daniel Weetman, at their core The Black Seeds’ produce a boundary-crossing fusion of dub, funk, afrobeat and soul, mixed with a vintage reggae base. It is The Black Seeds unique style and ability of layering supremely infectious grooves and melodies over raw, undiluted roots music that has set them apart and now sees their music spreading quickly throughout the globe. Importance is placed on maintaining their own original interpretations in their music and staying true to their own local culture and values.
Lyrically the Black Seeds’ music expresses messages and sentiments on different levels. Personal triumphs and failures, the fear of Love, death and apathy, relationships - good and bad, and personal insights into their lives in New Zealand. But, ultimately The Black Seeds lyrics and music is always underpined with an optimistic undertone, even when confronting hard truths or lessons learned.
Onstage, The Black Seeds ability to connect with their audience has gained them a reputation as one of New Zealand’s finest live acts and now see’s their live reputation spreading quickly offshore. Effortlessly gliding between big-beat funk and deep roots-reggae, their dynamic, supremely danceable, live show delivers a freight train of flavour to the people, on time, every time. Whether it’s a summer festival, or club show, the raw energy of The Black Seeds’ live show always hits the mark.
Jim Beam Homegrown 2012
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:05:01
VENUE: Wellington Waterfront , Wellington, New Zealand
Kiwi Music’s Biggest Day is back!
Jim Beam Homegrown is at the forefront of music culture; with a record of 4 consecutive sell out’s drawing thousands of people from around New Zealand. The festival returns to the Wellington Waterfront on Feb 18th with an imposing line up and a reputation for ground breaking live performances.
Ever evolving, Homegrown 2012 will be mixing it up - literally - at the new Red Bull Lab. Kiwi musicians are famous for collaborating with their mates so the challenge has been issued to our nation’s music fraternity to come, jam and make some magic. Hosted by Nick D, The Red Bull Lab will showcase the ultimate collective of super bands and DJ battles; already announced are The Adults, AHoriBuzz with guests Tiki Taane, Fran Kora and LA Mitchell with more guests to be confirmed; and a DJ sound-clash featuring Concord Dawn vs. P Money.
For the first time, the Jim Beam Rock Stage proudly combines the two biggest names in Kiwi Rock: Shihad and Blacklist (featuring 4 of the 5 original members of Blindspott). Also confirmed are Black River Drive, The Thomas Oliver Band and Shotgun Alley with 3 major acts still to be announced.
The Vodafone Pop and RnB stage showcases the popularity of our Hip Hop cultural movement. With chart topping names like Smashproof, David Dallas, K One, P Money, Kidz in Space and crowd favourites Kids of 88 with 3 sensational acts still to be named.
The electronic stage offers a hedonistic super-club environment with top DJ/Producers Optimus Gryme, FM’s Karn Hall and Jay Bulletproof with Jesse G the voice of his smash-hit ‘Dub Me Crazy’.
The monster Dub & Roots stage welcomes back Six60 hot off the heels of their No1 single and new album. Rising reggae stars 1814 will kick start the day and The Black Seeds and Kora return this year to wow with their amazing live prowess. That leaves 3 huge acts still to be named to cap off a who’s who of Aotearoa’s dub & roots talent.
The second and final announcement will be made on October 31st adding another 18 massive bands and DJ’s to the line-up.
Every Homegrown festival has sold out, don’t miss out, go to www.homegrown.net.nz to register for the $75 Early bird presales on September 19th before the general public get their chance from September 26th.
Jim Beam Homegrown is at the forefront of music culture; with a record of 4 consecutive sell out’s drawing thousands of people from around New Zealand. The festival returns to the Wellington Waterfront on Feb 18th with an imposing line up and a reputation for ground breaking live performances.
Ever evolving, Homegrown 2012 will be mixing it up - literally - at the new Red Bull Lab. Kiwi musicians are famous for collaborating with their mates so the challenge has been issued to our nation’s music fraternity to come, jam and make some magic. Hosted by Nick D, The Red Bull Lab will showcase the ultimate collective of super bands and DJ battles; already announced are The Adults, AHoriBuzz with guests Tiki Taane, Fran Kora and LA Mitchell with more guests to be confirmed; and a DJ sound-clash featuring Concord Dawn vs. P Money.
For the first time, the Jim Beam Rock Stage proudly combines the two biggest names in Kiwi Rock: Shihad and Blacklist (featuring 4 of the 5 original members of Blindspott). Also confirmed are Black River Drive, The Thomas Oliver Band and Shotgun Alley with 3 major acts still to be announced.
The Vodafone Pop and RnB stage showcases the popularity of our Hip Hop cultural movement. With chart topping names like Smashproof, David Dallas, K One, P Money, Kidz in Space and crowd favourites Kids of 88 with 3 sensational acts still to be named.
The electronic stage offers a hedonistic super-club environment with top DJ/Producers Optimus Gryme, FM’s Karn Hall and Jay Bulletproof with Jesse G the voice of his smash-hit ‘Dub Me Crazy’.
The monster Dub & Roots stage welcomes back Six60 hot off the heels of their No1 single and new album. Rising reggae stars 1814 will kick start the day and The Black Seeds and Kora return this year to wow with their amazing live prowess. That leaves 3 huge acts still to be named to cap off a who’s who of Aotearoa’s dub & roots talent.
The second and final announcement will be made on October 31st adding another 18 massive bands and DJ’s to the line-up.
Every Homegrown festival has sold out, don’t miss out, go to www.homegrown.net.nz to register for the $75 Early bird presales on September 19th before the general public get their chance from September 26th.
The Black Seeds @ Slim's
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:31:01
VENUE: Slim's 333 11th Street, San Francisco, United States 94103-4313
The Black Seeds
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:30:00
VENUE: Electric Ballroom 184 Camden High Street, London, United Kingdom NW1 8QP
The Black Seeds
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:57:01
VENUE: Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH1 2HE
The Black Seeds
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:05:01
VENUE: Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1017 PH
The Black Seeds
Thu, 03 May 2012 10:10:01
VENUE: Underground Vogelsanger Straße 200, Köln, Germany 50825
The Black Seeds (New Zealand)
Fri, 11 May 2012 22:00:00
VENUE: Kaserne Basel Klybeckstrasse 1b, Basel, Switzerland CH-4005
- dub
- reggae
- new zealand
hiiiimmm! lahmacuuuun!
sorry about that; it was old information. Is updated now:)
i didn't know brett mckenzie was still playing for them..