P-Bass Expressway Sydney Tour
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:15 am

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“GIVE EM A TASTE” TOUR Featuring MC Janny (Rastawookie)
SYDNEY MAY 2006

- Thurs 25th May @ Beach Rd Hotel Bondi 9.30pm
- Fri 26th May @ Bar Broadway with Supersede Blaze 8.30pm-Late
- Sat 27th May @ Macquarie Hotel 9pm Free Entry

After performing at major events throughout New Zealand recently including Unity and Rippon ‘06 and playing alongside acts like FAT FREDDYS DROP, SALMONELLA DUB and SHIHAD, P Bass Expressway are comming to Sydney to give us a taste.

Inspired by such artists as Herbie Hancock, The Bar Kays through to Chic and James Brown, these NZ funksters are here to serve up a slab of their original phat grooves.

P-Bass Expressway have honed their sound by touring NZ on the back of their 2003 album 'Express Funk' and their 2005 vinyl EP releases (Reverberation).

Their tracks have spent numerous weeks in NZ Radioscope Top 10 with extensive airplay on B-Net Radio stations. P-Bass Tracks have been broadcast on New Yorks top rated radio show The Groove Boutique and five songs feature on the soundtrack for NZ Cult film Offensive Behaviour (TROMA N.Y.) which has recently recieved international DVD release and will be screening at the Cannes Film Festival later this month.

Downtown Browns’ remix of 'Easy Ride' (included on vinyl EP and Loop 'Select 007') was given worldwide airing on MR SCRUFFS Hot Pot Show
"...slick no nonsense funk, their cohesiveness on stage produced an extraordinarily powerfull performance.."

http://www.pbassexpressway.com/

P-Bass Expressway On Tour Again
Posted: Thu Jul 1, 2004 8:32 am

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Once again NZ's premier raw funk and dirty groove outfit p-bass expressway are bringing the funk to a venue near you.

Inspired by classic old school jazz funk, disco funk and early 80's funk, p-bass will be laying down set of tracks from their debut album Express Funk and a bunch of new grooves which are seriously heavy on the 1. Guaranteed to get your groove on!

This time round p-bass expressway will also feature the smooth vocals of Matiu Tehuki on a selection of tracks. Support will be from Christchurch raw funksters Magnetic Funk, and DJ's Soul Providah and Partido throughout the tour.

Presale tickets are available for Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington from Cosmic Corner. Door sales will also be available at the gigs.

Don't miss the funk event of this winter..and may the funk be with you..!

Full details can be found on the muzic.net.nz gig guide.

P-Bass Expressway On Tour
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:33 pm

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Heavyweight Soul Productions presents six piece Christchurch funk outfit P-Bass Expressway on their 2004 New Zealand Tour.

P-Bass will be laying down a set of solid grooves and raw funk from their debut album 'Express Funk' (released Dec 2003), and plenty of new groove focused material from their next forthcoming release.

In support will be live funk from Christchurch five piece Magnetic, and funk/soul/rare groove DJ’s Soul Providah and Partido.

Tour Dates for the Easy Ride tour are listed as follows:

- Thurs Aug 5th @ Paddy’s, Wanaka
- Fri Aug 6th @ Refuel, Dunedin (with Def-innit Breaks)
- Sat Aug 7th @ Subculture, Queenstown
- Thurs Aug 12th @ The CD Store Colombo St, Christchurch (lunchtime)
- Thurs Aug 12th @ The Jetset Lounge, Christchurch
- Fri Aug 13th @ The Rising Sun, Auckland
- Sat Aug 14th @ Bodega, Wellington (with Vital Sounds)

P-Bass Expressway play all styles of funk from old school funk to disco funk and early 80’s hip-hop grooves. Recently added to the line up in P-Bass is Matiu Tehuki who performs vocals on a number of new tracks.

If you missed P-Bass Expressway on their last tour in February, make sure to get a solid dose of funk this winter on the Easy Ride Tour…..P-Bass are bringing you the funk!

p-bass expressway tour review
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:38 am

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Thursday 26 February
Dux de Lux

There was a nip in the air and the only thing for it was warm, feel good funk. And that’s exactly what p-bass expressway delivered.

The Garden City drifters, on the second leg of their nationwide tour, pulled off a polished and well refined set at The Dux, leaving locals and travelers alike with grins from ear to ear.

Having released their debut album Express Funk at the end of last year, p-bass have sustained momentum throughout the summer, gigging, promoting the album and jamming it out in preparation for their next release. This talented band sure knows how to warm up a room, belting out all the greatest tracks from Express Funk; from loveboat funk, to disco funk, and everyfunk in between. Fusa MC’s lifted the room’s atmosphere to boiling point, and provided the sought after vocals that compliments the energy this band exudes superfluously. Not a frown could be spotted.

The congregation of a fairly decent Thursday night crowd could not refrain from tapping their shoe and wiggling their toosh. And The Dux’s fine Ginger Tom just kept on pouring! While jack frost whipped around the ankles outside, the very much appreciated outdoor gas burners left patrons forever grateful and able to enjoy the funk kicking back al fresco style, as the dedicated ones continued to get their groove on cozied up to the next bloke inside.

Polishing off Wellington’s famous Cuba Street Carnival, after a thrash in Auckland, it’s obvious that success is imminent for p-bass expressway, who are rapidly metamorphisising funk in the new millennium.

Rach

P-Bass News
Posted: Thu Oct 2, 2003 7:56 am

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The debut album from Christchurch funk band P-Bass Expressway will be released in early 2004. The album entitled 'Express Funk' will be available on Heavyweight Soul Productions and distributed through Rhythmethod.

'Express Funk' is a assortment of old school funk originals ranging from raw funk with fat horn lines through to downbeat sleazy late 70's funk.

P-Bass will be touring NZ's main centres with the original line-up to support the release. Listen out for demo track 'It's a Journey' playing now on the b-net and performing well in the Radioscope Alt Chart. For more info write to [email protected] We look forward to bringing the funk to you!