12 July 2010 - 0 Comments

JAY ROACHER – IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS EP RELEASE PARTY

Live performances by JAY ROACHER w/ RIZZ KID & CAOIMHE, ALPHABETHEAD, USUAL SUSPECTS, DMN

When: Saturday 17 July, 2010
Where: 656 New North Road, Kinglsand.

He's New Zealand's own king of emo-grime and he's releasing an EP called 'In The Mouth Of Madness'. We had to throw him a party, and we had to throw it in Auckland. So Jay's packing one of them big animal hats into his suit case next to fellow Christchurch rapper Rizz Kid and he's heading north. Picking up Wellington’s genre-less turntablist Alphabethead on the way, they'll be joining Auckland locals Caoimhe [Drab Doo Riffs], DMN, and Usual Suspects for a night of weird rap festivities.

Following up from his 2008 self-titled debut and last month's 'Judge Me Before You Know Me' mix-tape, Jay Roacher's latest is a 6 track EP with guest appearances by label mate Tourettes and vocalist Caoimhe. The production is moody, the delivery is emotional, the catalyst is depression, and the result is good music. With a full length album out later in the year thru independent hip hop label Breakin Wreckwordz, 'In The Mouth Of Madness' is a tantalizing appetizer.

Jay possesses all the traits you need to be a standout artist: drug addictions, dysfunctional relationships and a skewed perspective on life. What sets him apart is that he’s actually an excellent rapper. With a control of word play and imagery that puts most local poets to shame, Jay Roacher paints pictures of a mundane life only broken up with downers and dole payments. His music is honest and innovative, his live show is hype, and he wears animal hats. Aside from that he’s also a former NZ battle champion and a member of heavy smoking rap duo Cancer with Louie Knuxx.

A performer equally adept to rocking boisterous rock crowds as he is to intriguing audiences at jazz festivals – Alphabethead has been described as "a virtuoso of the phonograph turntable" and "an outrageous performer who you really must see to understand". Once a champion hip hop DJ, Alphabethead is now an explorer and destroyer of all sound-on-vinyl. From Mongolian throat singing and heavy metal guitars to field recordings and electronica, no LP is taboo.

From ironic glee to geek faced braggadocio, positive rap duo Usual Suspects show case Saia and Sam’s maturity in music and mind (and spirit). Their trade mark sense of humour and quirk-hop beats remain intact but the music has developed beyond punch lines to include social commentary and a broader palette of ideas and experiences all of which come through in their recently released album Hire Learning.

In The Mouth Of Madness EP Release Party - Saturday July 17 @ 656 New North Road

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT www.undertheradar.co.nz

For show details go to: www.breakinwreckwordz.co.nz, www.myspace.com/jayroacher, www.myspace.com/alphabethead, www.opshopmodels.com

Thanks to www.breakinwreckwordz.co.nz for this story.

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