THE NEXTMEN versus JOE DUKIE ‘Hold Me Now’
Written by Admin on October 5, 2012
The Nextmen (UK) have just released a 4-track EP for free download, of archived recordings with Joe Duke (Dallas Taimara from Fat Freddys Drop) dating back to 2003. After a lively discussion with various respected figures within the NZ music industry, it was decided that yes indeed, this EP does in fact qualify as NZ Music.
A little history:
“Acclaimed genre-popping producers Brad Baloo & Dom Search from The Nextmen joined forces with arguably one of the world’s best Soul vocalists, Fat Freddy’s Drop frontman Dallas Tamaira – AKA Joe Dukie – in the Summer of 2003 to flesh out & record an idea hatched by Christopher Tubbs who, at the time, was working for ill fated London label Carbon Records. The trio met during Freddy’s first trip to London & with just four days in a front room to record, the boys enlisted band mates Toby Laing & Joe Lindsay on horns, along with the lyrical endeavours of Hamish Clark from Breaks Co-op to forge what would become something very special. The result was simply stunning, but like the path much trodden, the label folded, the record was never released & the DAT tapes lay undiscovered in a dusty archive until now. Thank heavens for a studio spring clean, a re-listen to love & the idea of gifting these tracks to beloved supporters of The Nextmen & Joe Dukie in the delay between long players. Time has not wearied this exceptional sound.”
– www.thenextmen.com
THE NEXTMEN vs JOE DUKIE “Blow Wind Blow” free download EP
http://soundcloud.com/thenextmen
http://www.fatfreddysdrop.com/
The Nextmen vs Joe Dukie – Hold Me Now by The Nextmen
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