Fat Freddy's Drop hail from Wellington, Aotearoa and are one of the finest contemporary musical exports New Zealand has to offer. I picked up this CD from the merchandise stall at the gig they played at in Hobart at the Odeon theatre on Liverpool Street. They actually do not have a conventional rhythm section and instead rely on a DJ who creates the bass lines and drum tracks. Their sound is hugely reminiscent of dub, and the formation of their songs is a ''riddim'' which is a reggae term. Repetitive rhythms that create massive amounts of groove on the off-beat, this is the formula of many reggae songs and some can include only possibly two chords. Their horn section is also considerably impressive.
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