Splore 08 Lineup Announced
Posted: Sat Oct 6, 2007 10:34 am

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American soulful hip hop artist Pharoahe Monch and top New Zealand band Shapeshifter head the line-up for Splore 08.

Splore 08 takes place from 8-10 February 2008 at Auckland’s Tapapakanga Regional Park and will once again meld together a strong line-up of international and New Zealand music acts, visual arts, film, performance art and workshops.

Pharoahe Monch was co-founder of the rap due Organized Konfusion and this year released his latest album ‘Desire’. New Zealand band Shapeshifter has been heralded as a musical phenomenon for their ground breaking live shows and unique blend of heavy soul/drum and bass.

Spinning grooves at Splore 08 will be renowned Swedish DJ Freddie Cruger, who’s known for playing everything from future to old-school funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, disco and latin, and Germany’s bossa nova styles DJ/producer duo Mo’ Horizons.

And from the UK comes two very different acts – Birmingham reggae/dub group Overproof Sound System, and London DJs Benji B and Steve Spacek.

Splore is well known for its strong New Zealand line-up, and as well as Shapeshifter, Splore 08 will also feature dubsters Kora, Salmonella Dub’s frontman Tiki Taane, taonga puoru (traditional Maori instruments) musicians Riki Bennett and Rewi Spraggon together as Te Aratoi, classic funk and soul group Tyra and The Tornadoes, together with dance music producer Epsilon Blue and Wellington multi-instrumentalist Module.

Splore director Amanda Wright says she is thrilled with the line-up for the 2008 event and promising that as well as fantastic music, there will also be “a stunning visual arts programme and additional content to set this festival into a league of its own”.

http://www.splore.net/

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