Blackbird (Deluxe Edition), by Fat Freddy's Drop

Blackbird (Deluxe Edition)

by Fat Freddy's Drop

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freejazzy Steady and irresistable. This is what they are. And multidimensionally checking out every corner of conciousness. Favorite track: Blackbird.

Libby Cheap Wine BLUES me away. Best band in the world. And when they come to the U.S. lay me down to rest because I will be able to die happy. Favorite track: Cheap Wine.

openmind nz dub is there any better,
some how the kiwis just do it better.
Favorite track: Bohannon.

Morgane Tenenbaum (LaGronde) Comme toujours Fat Freddy's Drop fait preuve d'un maniement du groove et des genres sans pareil. Un réel bonheur et à chaque écoute c'est des sonorités nouvelles qui éclosent, et qui laissent part à une nouvelle émotion. Un album fait de magie et de groove qui s'accorde aux états mélancolique comme aux jours heureux... Favorite track: Russia.

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1.	Blackbird 09:27	buy track
2.	Russia 05:31	buy track
3.	Clean The House 04:14	buy track
4.	Silver & Gold 06:10	buy track
5.	Bones 07:31	buy track
6.	Soldier 06:36	buy track
7.	Never Moving 08:00	buy track
8.	Mother Mother 08:59	buy track
9.	Bohannon 07:20	buy track
10.	Never Moving (The Original) 01:31	buy track
11.	Barney MIller 05:47	buy track
12.	Tropo 06:27	buy track
13.	So You Wanna 03:56	buy track
14.	Blue Logg 01:50	buy track
15.	Cheap Wine 07:38	buy track
16.	Maranouchi 02:49	buy track
17.	Yacht Ride Dub 03:56	buy track

about

Heavyweight soul providers Fat Freddy’s Drop take flight once again with their third full-length release Blackbird.

Featuring nine tracks, Blackbird was written and recorded at Bays, the band’s own studio, which was one of the last vinyl pressing plants in New Zealand and then an apostolic church. Fitchie says, “What you hear on the album is the sound of Bays; the room itself, the vibe of the place and the performance we can get out of the band in there.”

“Blackbird is truer to FFD's musical philosophy than anything else we've done”, says Chopper Reeds. “The song structures are open and unruly - just like our live shows - whilst we've pushed ourselves to deliver rich and deeply layered arrangements that showcase Joe Dukie's exceptional voice. We feel totally at home melding together this unholy mix of disco, rootsy dub, blues, soul and electronic funk - it's what we do.”

This deluxe version of the album features:
8 previously unreleased tracks
Exclusive album interludes from the cutting room floor

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released October 20, 2013

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Fat Freddy's Drop Wellington

Internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live draws, Fat Freddy’s Drop hail from New Zealand, South Pacific.
FFD has navigated its way from an incubator of sunshine reggae thru a colour-saturated field of soul psychedelia before swerving onto a desolate Detroit superhighway at night. It’s a potent mixture of jazz virtuosity and diaphragm-wrecking digital sonics. ... more

shows

May 19

Kurrawa Park

Broadbeach, QLD
Jul 30

Hipódromo Manuel Possolo

Cascais, Portugal
Jul 30

Hipódromo Manuel Possolo

Cascais, Portugal
Aug 1

Sala Razzmatazz 1

Barcelona, Spain
Aug 3

Le Rocher de Palmer

Cenon, France
Aug 6

Villa Ada

Rome, Italy
Aug 7

Masseria Ferragnano

Locorotondo, Italy
Aug 12

O2 Academy Oxford

Oxford, UK
Aug 13

O2 City Hall, Newcastle

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Aug 15

Escot Park

Ottery St Mary, UK
Aug 15

Rock City

Nottingham, UK
Aug 17

Scenic Stage, Dreamland

Margate, UK
Aug 27

Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld, Parkbühne

Hamburg, Germany
Nov 13

AFAS Live

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 15

Zénith de Paris - La Villette

Paris, France
Nov 17

Royal Circus (Cirque Royal/Koninklijk Circus)

Brussels, Belgium
Nov 18

Royal Circus (Cirque Royal/Koninklijk Circus)

Brussels, Belgium
Nov 20

Alcatraz

Milan, Italy
Nov 22

Raiffeisen Halle Im Gasometer

Vienna, Austria
Nov 24

Halle 622

Zürich, Switzerland
Nov 25

Zenith, die Kulturhalle

Munich, Germany
Nov 26

myticket Jahrhunderthalle

Frankfurt, Germany
Nov 28

Palladium

Cologne, Germany
Nov 29

DEN ATELIER

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dec 1

TEMPODROM

Berlin, Germany
Dec 3

Docks

Hamburg, Germany
Dec 4

VEGA - Musikkens Hus, Store VEGA

Copenhagen, Denmark
Dec 7

Wolverhampton Civic Hall

Wolverhampton, UK
Dec 9

Bristol Beacon

Bristol, UK
Dec 10

Manchester Academy

Manchester, UK
Dec 11

Usher Hall

Edinburgh, UK
Dec 13

Roundhouse

London, UK
Dec 14

Roundhouse

London, UK

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