Bacardi B-Live Tour: Back In October

Bacardi B-Live Tour: Back In October With Top US Talent

- Kiwi artists collaborate with top US DJs to provide unique performances -

Bacardi is bringing two leading US DJs/ Producers, King Britt and Nickodemus, to New Zealand for the Bacardi B-Live tour in October.

As part of a new music initiative, the DJs will join Kiwi artists for a series of collaboration concerts, delivering eclectic music through a live performance exclusive to the tour.

The New Zealand artists joining King Britt and Nickodemus on the Bacardi B-Live tour include Module, Recloose, MC Kyla, and Lisa Tomlins, plus special unannounced guests. Performances will take place in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown.

The October tour builds on the success of Bacardi B-Live OE: Brazil, which involved six of New Zealand’s most talented musicians travelling to Sao Paulo to record an amazing album with some of Brazil’s finest talent.

“Last year we took top Kiwi talent to the world…this year we are bringing some of the world’s best DJs to New Zealand’s shores,” says Natarsha Urquhart, Bacardi Brand Manager.

The Bacardi B-LIVE Tour is a joint effort between Bacardi NZ and LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)roa. It is the first time music icons King Britt and Nickodemus will have visited this country.

Kiwi music lovers will get the opportunity to experience the unique music when the Bacardi B-LIVE tour visits Auckland (4:20, 12 October); Wellington (Sandwiches, 13 October); Christchurch (The Civic, 19 October) and Queenstown (Subculture, 20 October).

Ms Urquhart says Bacardi is committed to helping develop Kiwi musical talent on both a local and international scale.

"Bacardi B-LIVE tour is a great project for Bacardi NZ to be involved in. It allows us to keep supporting some of New Zealand’s most accomplished musical talent, while bringing some of the world’s best talent for all New Zealanders to enjoy," says Ms Urquhart.

“The project provides our home-grown artists with opportunities to explore new musical cultures and influences. Bringing DJs who have different styles, sounds and experiences, to collaborate with Kiwi artists reinforces the level of commitment by Bacardi to the development of New Zealand music.”

Bacardi's continued support of this project has ensured that New Zealand artists will yet again get the chance to collaborate in the studio with some world renowned producers. Look out for the follow up album to OE: Brazil, entitled OE: New York, in the near future.

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ARTIST INFORMATION

King Britt
King Britt is known as a pioneer of all things soulful, rhythmically textured and melodically provocative. A Philadelphia native, he expresses his music creations through deep house, hip hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk and afro-tech. As a DJ, producer, songwriter, bandleader, music director, remixer, composer and film music scorer, King Britt has created his own blend of eclectic music for a variety of mediums, while rocking dance floors all over the world. He continues to deliver performances as a house, hip-hop, funk and even 80’s DJ, to adoring fans on an international scale.

Nickodemus
From the early days of the Giant Step gigs on the Lower East Side, to today's legendary Turntables on the Hudson parties, Nickodemus has been a key element in the NYC dance music scene for over 10 years. As a DJ & a producer, he spans the world with sounds of Funk, Folk, Jazz, Hip Hop, House & Dub- all with a message of peace, awareness & love for the dance. Nickodemus has opened for live acts such as Gil Scott Heron, Jazzmattazz, The Pharcyde, Mos Def & Kweli, KRS-One, Us 3, Thievery Corporation and played in clubs from Paris, Vienna, London, Kosovo, La Coruna, Barcelona, Madrid, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Playa del Carmen, Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney, and all major cities in the USA, as a featured guest DJ.

Recloose
A native of Detroit, Michigan (USA), Matthew Chicoine aka Recloose now resides in sunny Auckland, New Zealand. He has been an in-demand DJ and performer for over ten years, travelling the earth regularly to drop his dance funk sets to most corners of the globe. 2005 saw the release of Recloose's second album and debut on Peacefrog/Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa, 'Hiatus On The Horizon', an album that encompasses live instrumentation, soul-fuelled vocals, and featuring many of New Zealand's finest musicians. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his latest funk odyssey 'Perfect Timing' (ready for release later in 2007) which features more of the usual musical suspects (Joe Dukie, Mike Fabulous, Jonathan Crayford) plus some stellar new artists introduced to the stable (Tyna Keelan, Rachel Fre).
www.recloose.com, www.myspace.com/mattchicoine
Module
Module is a futuristic time traveling music nerd who took musical steroids and exploded on the music scene with his own brand of electronic dance music. Module loves playing to large crowds; his main ambition in life is to stand on top of a speaker and play a lead guitar solos on his synthesizer keytar to a huge audience. Since his debut album Remarkable Engines (2005) Module has been touring NZ and Australia constantly supporting a variety of acts including Pitch Black, Salmonella Dub and Fat Freddy’s Drop and playing with Fly My Pretties, Rhombus, Rhian Sheehan and The Blush Response. Module is a 100% live electronic performer using computers, samplers, and synthesisers to take people away on a musical odyssey across the vast soundscapes of the audio spectrum, using the vehicle of instrumental hip hop, electro, drum n bass and classical music. The Module live show is a unique New Zealand experience, crowd satisfaction guaranteed. Module will be showcasing unreleased tunes from his forth-coming double album, due for release early 2008.

MC Kyla
Kyla began her career on the mic with one of the longest running Drum n Bass collectives in NZ, Wellington’s Bass Frontiers Crew. She has gone on to drop rhymes for a series of internationals, from Bad Company to Marky, DJ Jazzy Jeff to Sage Francis- right through to sets with Storm, Fresh, Total Science, Mickey Finn, Digital, Concord Dawn, The Upbeats, Pendulum and many more. Along with being the resident MC at Club Sandwiches, Kyla continued to collaborate with artists from around the world. Turning her hand to Breaks, she performed with the UK’s Aquasky and Rouge Element, scene makers Tayo, Freq Nasty and Stanton Warriors, as well as local boys Timmy Schumaker and Antiform. With her mic talent gaining notoriety after recording with the likes of Agent Alvin, Confucius and Mysterious D, Dub Asylum, The Nomad and her own Hip Hop collective G.N.D, 2007 saw Kyla with international releases on Passenger U.K. and Trans:verse U.S.A. Kyla is currently working with various international artists on tracks ranging from Breaks, Drum n Bass, Dubstep and R n B.

Lisa Tomlins
Wellington vocalist with the soulful voice and the shake your ass vibe Lisa Tomlins has worked with Rhombus, Shaken Not Stirred, Hollie Smith, Deva Mahal, Shapeshifter, Fat Freddy's Drop, TrinityRoots, Little Bushman, Eru Dangerspiel, Recloose, Twinset, The Vipers, Wai 100%, Jerusalem, Ebb, The Saturday Night Live Band, Opensouls, The Eggs, Solaa, The Five Pleasures, The Skins and many more! One of New Zealand's most versatile performers, Lisa has been the veritable 'gun-for-hire' for many local bands, cementing her place as a much sought after vocalist.

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