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Press quotes on the debut album:
Based On A True Story
"original, heartfelt and utterly, utterly beautiful. Simply Superb"
iDJ
“From the deep-dub opener, 'Ernie', to the soulful closing number, 'Hope', the group's debut is a slow-burn winner.”
Observer Music Monthly
“one of the finest and sweetest male vocalists to emerge in recent years”
DJ magazine
“essential summer listening”
The Blue Room (Radio 1)
"Best soul singer in the world today? I vote for Dallas Tamaira. From Fat Freddy's Drop"
Charlie Gillett
“rubbery basslines, skanking rhythms & sun-dappled horns…4/5”
Independent On Sunday
“A touching debut, which will make you itch to see them live”
Keep On
“Mellow, meaningful and truly expressive… a beautifully rich and soothing debut”
Flux
“Think reggae, dub and jazz improv spun into huge slabs of funk and soul… this album should do well with the masses”
Blowback
“A deeply moving experience indeed”
Straight No Chaser
“This is undoubtedly a work of sublime beauty and inspired musicianship”
Stranger
“Love dub reggae? Love nu-skool soul? Here's your new favourite album then, simple as that”
Knowledge
“Modern funk has never sounded smoother…”
Trust The DJ
“the perfect way to dip your toes into the warm musical waves currently rippling in the South Pacific.”
BBC Collective
“Production is exceptional, beautifully rich and giving off endless blissful vibes...”
The Leeds Guide
“Unique deep, heavy & soulful roots music. Required listening for both ears! Already in my top 5 for 2005. 10/10”
Mr Scruff
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“One of the best live sessions of 2004 for WorldWide”
Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 1)
“Great quality music – love it”
Laurent Garnier (Radio Nova)
With their thunderous horn section, gut bottom bass sound programmed by DJ MU and Dallas's conscious lyrics they follow the rhythm of their entrancing drawn songs like an unstoppable steam train on a journey across the deepest and funkiest dub landscape.
DJ Martin Morales – Songlines magazine
“I will start of by saying, with everything going on in this world of ours, is it any wonder myself and like minded people will think twice about bringing children into this world but as the lyrics suggest on this absolute gem of a 10”, ‘music will hold us together'. Mr Bush, if you're reading this take heed.
Fat Freddy's Drop are a class act and with 3Generations Walking's Michael Kenneth Lopez and Herman ‘Soy Sos' Pearl on remix duties, this slab of vinyl will not be leaving my box for quite a while if ever, as the message is so true and the production 1st class.
future classic and a track that would have been championed at NYC's Body and Soul no doubt.'” 5/5
Pathaan - DJ magazine
“Definitely one of the best live shows I've seen in One World Live, if not the BEST!”
BBC 1 World Live @ Notting Hill Arts Club
“Fat Freddy's Drop is a reggae-style group from New Zealand, whose 10” single (Hope) has sat unplayed on my floor for months. Finally checking it out, I discovered an extraordinary epic, which moves from being a gentle lament supported by muted trumpet, into a more intense section with honking tenor sax, before floating away into space. At nearly ten minutes, I think this is the longest track I have ever played on the radio. A listener called to say it was the most remarkable thing he had heard in a long time”
Charlie Gillet, BBC LDN
“Amazing, we love Fat Freddy's Drop”
Judy, Fabric London
“Staunchly refusing to play the industry game – Freddy's have proved that all you need are some original fresh ideas, some great tunes & a burning desire to take it to the world. Forget formulized pop music – Fat Freddy's Drop are the real deal, and I for one, are glad they are on our side”.
(The late) Shaun Joyce – Marketing Director, Sounds Music Stores
“Fabulous furry freak brothers…the most interesting band in the country…Fat Freddy's magnificent mongrel of a sound is sufficiently fresh and original that many believe this band offers our biggest chance of international musical success outside the mainstream rock market…”
Grant Smithies - Sunday Star Times
”…gaining ground all the time and this is a real winner. it comes on in a Cody Chesnutt, sa-ra kind of vibe with a heavy dub influence and very much the sound of soul for 2005. the flip is a live track from a Giles Peterson Worldwide session”.
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