
Various: Kaikoura Roots Festival CD
By Rachel Fallon
VARIOUS: Kaikoura Roots Festival CD
This is an awesome 15 track dub/roots compilation from the Dub Conspiracy Label, set up by Salmonella Dub who also organise the annual Kaikoura Roots Festival, first held in 2000. This collection is a gathering of tracks from many of the artists who played this year. Some distinct flava comes from the likes of local artists TrinityRoots, Salmonella Dub, Shapeshifter and Pitch Black with Australian input from The John Butler Trio, Resin Dogs and DJ Digital from the UK. A stand out track for me is Burning from the wonderful Kora, recorded live at Wellington's Radio Active FM studio. There is a mixture of originals and remixes by local producers, all demonstrating a high quality variety of production styles. The CD comes with a beautiful colour photo booklet, giving us an essence of what the festival is all about. Distributed by Rhythmethod. Check out www.kaikourarootsfest.co.nz.
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