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EARTHTONZ, the biggest NYE party in the South Island this year, just got bigger!

In addition to main stage acts Tommy Lee (Motely Crue) & DJ Aero, The Crystal Method, British break beat musicians The Freestylers, hip hop legend DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), Dutch trio Kraak & Smaak, AK 1200/DJ Dara/MC Messinian (Planet of the Drums), Boombox, Ana Sia, Heatbox and NZ’s own Minuit, a second stage at Queenstown’s Gibbston Valley, named The Edge Bass Camp, will run especially for Earthtonz Festival campers from 2pm to midnight on 30 December. 

Featured at The Edge BassCamp will be Hamilton musicians Knights of the Dub Table Soundsystem, Dunedin groups Hunting Bears and Simple Thieves, Invercargill band Rhythmonyx and Queenstown based acts The Station Agents, Dub Side, Ghetto Blaster and The Fletcherz.  DJ’s and MC’s will keep the party going by cutting up the music breaks courtesy of The Edge FM.

Earthtonz American partner Dan Allen said the Kiwi bands bring another dimension to the event. 

“Extending the festival to include more NZ acts has provided both the opportunity for local bands to play alongside some of the world’s best electronica, drum n bass, dub step, hip-hop, progressive house and techno groups, while showcasing NZ’s rising talent in the pop, rock, reggae, funk and soul genre” said Allen.

Headlining Edge Bass Camp, KNIGHTS OF THE DUB TABLE Soundsystem, combine elements of reggae, drum n bass, hip-hop and rock into their own fusion of dub flavoured music.  With powerful high-energy live performances, the Knights have played alongside Katchafire, dDub, Rhombus, Cornerstone Roots, Opensouls, Optimus Gryme, Tiki Taane, The Black Seeds and popular Australian dub outfits The Versionaries and Groundation.  In 2010 they released their debut Tronic EP containing four original tracks and five remixes from Tiki Taane, Optimus Gryme, AUM, Undertow and their very own Mr Samy'samson (distributed by Border Music).  Their debut album, titled Way of the DUB, is out now.  Don’t miss them at Earthtonz!

http://www.knightsofthedubtable.com/

HUNTING BEARS are a Dunedin-based alternative rock band featuring Maddy Parkins-Craig (vocals & rhythm guitar), Josh Simons (guitar), Michelle Anderton (bass) and Sam Holdom (drums).

Blending the sound of groups such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Pixies and PJ Harvey, Hunting Bears present a high energy set of driving rhythms and songs that explore the fragility of human connections.

http://www.facebook.com/huntingbearsnz?v=info

Dunedin rock band SIMPLE THIEVES formed at Wakatipu high school and consist of Ross Stewart (vocals & rhythm guitar), Shaun Coombe (bass & vocals), Connor Williams (lead guitar) and David Carter (drums).  They describe themselves as being focused on writing and performing fierce original rock songs.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Simple-Thieves/100114543430698

RHYTHMONYX have been described by the  Southland Times as “a fresh, vibrant and obesely phat mash of Kiwi grooves, Pasifika beats, reggae chops, old-school British ska, hip-hop and electronica: impossible to define, wonderful to behold.”

With a sound somewhere between dub, dance and hip hop, this Invercargill based 8-piece havean infectious live show which has seen them share the stage with acts like Shapeshifter, Fat Freddy's Drop, Tiki Taane, Katchafire, OpShop, Hollie Smith, Ladi6 and international legends The Original Wailers and Dragon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZW55PmQ9sU

Quoting awide variety of influences ranging from the The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Led Zeppelin, Tool, Hendrix, Slash and Robert Plant, THE STATION AGENTS - Alex Fraser (vocals), Molly Devine (vocals), Connor Williams (guitar), Michael (guitar), Jack Devine (bass) and Yuki Brown (drums) - are a progressive pop/rock act who have supported acts like Steriogram, Dr Hook and Creedence Clearwater Revisited and recently performed at the opening of the Queenstown Winter Festival. 

DUB SIDE are asix piece dub band from Queenstown and feature Michael Eden (guitar), Simon Petre (drums), Hertzog Burger (vocals & keyboards), Matt Bradford (bass), Tom Gray (trumpet) and Jonty Norton (saxophone).

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dub-Side/176076635784654?v=info

Queenstown’s GHETTO BLASTER is a reggae roots/funk/soul group. Vocalist/guitarist Peti Seiuli (Jahfire Southland), drummer Jeremy Wynyard (Jahfire Southland), Matt Eddy (Zuvuya) and bassist Mark Godinho have played at the Rock for the Miners (2011) concert, the Winter Games Awards Ceremony and are about to release their debut album titled Black Art.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ghetto-Blaster-QT/190557630961473?sk=wall

Performing alternative indie, rock n roll and psychedelic music, THE FLETCHERZ won high praise from Mike Chunn (Split Enz) when he heard them.  Mike said “I loved the originality. I loved the variety. I loved the enthusiasm. I loved the intensity!” 

The Queenstown group describe their sound as being “If Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd had a baby. And Nirvana and The Strokes had a baby. And then those two baby’s made a baby which made a baby with Radiohead, I guess that's what we want to sound like!”

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fletcherz/155282214494751

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gvdnm9ij8w

Be in quick to secure your place with 10,000 of your closest friends!

Earthtonz New Year’s Eve festival

December 30 – January 1^st 2012, Gibbston Valley, Queenstown

TICKETS

Festival Concert ticket: $149
Two Day Camping Pass: $15
Festival Parking Pass: FREE

http://www.earthtonz.com/
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