ADI DICK - Musician, singer, beat maker, producer...
ACCOMPLICES - Fly My Pretties, Seven Suns (Formerly Stylus77), Sons of Puha, Ishfaq, O Boogie, Fat Freddys Drop, Steve Spacek, Mark Pritchard, Om'mas Keith (Sa-Ra), Theo Parrish, Mizell Brothers, Skymark, Black Spade, Ota, Julien Dyne, Miss Memory, Roman Rosic, Andreya Triana, Six Leader...
"A CLASS OF IT'S OWN" - Cologne, Germany.
Here is the winner of the "BEAUTIFUL VIEW VIDEO COMPETITION". The video was made by MoFresh (aka Preston and Jeremy)...
"I WILL NOT GO"... Directed by Mark Williams has been nominated for BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO in the 2007 Juice TV Music Video Awards! Go to www.juicetv.co.nz to vote!
Check out my backing vocal styles for FAT FREDDYS DROP at Glastonbury...
FAT FREDDYS DROP UK/Europe Summer Tour 2007 Photo diary...
Influences
Moe, Sons of Puha, Blues Clues, Ota, Julien Dyne, Taay, Eru Dangerspiel, Fitchie, Dukie, Fulla Flash, Manuel Bundy, Submariner, Cian, Open Souls, Tornadoes, Six Leader, Dylan C...Madlib, J Dilla, Kan Kick, Jneiro Jarel, Flying Lotus, FlyamSam, SamIam, Prefuse 73, Savath and Savalas, Dimlite, Ill Dubio, Jay Scarlett, O Boogie, Mweslee, Ishfaq, Black Spade, Hudson Mohawke, Morgan Spacek, Tadd Mullinix/Dabrye, Andrew Meza, Jamie Lidell, PPP, Oh No, Aloe Blacc, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Up Hygh, Hearin Aid, Freddie Cruger, Dj Vadim, Wajeed, IG Culture, Mark De Clive-Lowe, The Wach, Will Holland, Alice Russell, Soulquarians, D'Angelo, Steve Spacek, Bilal, Dudley Perkins, Cody Chesnutt, Nino Moschella, Shuggie Otis, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Booker T, Sly and the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers, Gil Scott-Heron, The Funk Brothers, Albert King, Robert Johnson, BB King, Muddy Waters, Corey Harris, Robert Randolph, RL Burnside, John Lee Hooker, David Axelrod, Eddie Gale, Sun Ra, Tony Allen, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ramsey Lewis, Norman Whitfield, Enoch Light, Martin Denny, Dick Hyman, Tomita, Bob Moog, Perrey and Kingsley, Esquivel...
Sounds Like
ALL BLACKS - "The Music" Digital EP
(Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa 2007)
Feat. "Down Home"
ISHFAQ - "The Change EP"
(Scribble Records 2007)
Feat. Vocals on "Change"
MUSIC - I started playing guitar at 16 and have always loved singing. Finished High School, started working in a music shop, did four years at University Studying Graphic Design, went back to work in a record store (Real Groovy, Wellington) and decided to make music for a living...
I got my start in bands (Mainly fronting STYLUS77/SEVEN SUNS), now I produce my own music as a solo artist and collaborate with many friends from around the globe...
I attended the RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY in Seattle 2005, made some music and some new friends. Released a solo EP NOISE IN YOUR STEREO" in New Zealand to take with me to the academy to show people my musical direction...
Was a part of the "Return of FLY MY PRETTIES" in 2005. The project brought together many different songwriters and musicians from bands in NZ and put together a live show which was recorded and filmed for live CD/DVD album which was released later that year. My song "Get Out" was definitely a crowd pleaser and convinced me to quit my band and start a new musical journey...
2006 was spent touring with FLY MY PRETTIES and doing regular gigs around town with friends. Then came a band I created that was the spawn of these new ideas. With me behind the MPC and playing guitar, alongside good friends Pet Johnson and LP (aka Lisa Preston) we started jamming as SONS OF PUHA. Influenced by Hip Hop beat makers and soul singers we jammed out live imrovised sets at local spots in Wellington...
With my MPC as the centre of attention in my bedroom studio and my acoustic guitar not far from it I wrote and recorded my debut album. "OUR PLACE" was released on May 1st 2007 in New Zealand on Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa. The album was written, recorded, sung, played and produced by myself with the acception of some bass guitar by close friend Rio Hemopo (TRINITY ROOTS, SCRIBES OF RA...) and some horns from an old SEVEN SUNS recording.
2007... I moved to London, toured UK and Europe with FAT FREDDYS DROP as one of their backing singers. The tour was a great start to my move abroad and meant playing sold out shows around the UK (London's Astoria (singing alongside Alice Russell), Bournemouth, Nottingham, Glastonbury), Garance Reggae Festival in Paris and Fritz Club in Berlin. We also did some recording for an I-Tunes EP for Freddys at RAK Studios in London that will one day be released...
August 2007, I was invited to be part of another Red Bull Music Academy project entitled "A Class of it's Own" bringing together previous participants and lecturers from the RBMA for a two week recording session in Cologne, Germany. This saw me hanging with the likes of Steve Spacek, Theo Parrish, Mark Pritchard (Harmonic 313/Troubleman), The Mizell Brothers, Om'mas Keith (Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Black Spade, Skymark, Andreya Triana and many more... We wrote and recorded a multitude of tunes in the two week session that are about to hit the surface in the near future.
2008, New beats, new songs, new shows, new collaborations, new ideas, new home! I've been playing live with Andreya Triana (Singer on Flying Lotus's "Tea Leaf Dancers") providing the guitar, looped beats and backing vocals for her live shows and have been performing and djing myself on various occasions. I have many collaborations in the works and am working hard on a few of my own personal projects. Time is tight but hopefully a few things will surface from me later this year.
Keep an eye on the show listings for a gig near you soon!
Check out ISHFAQ's new 12" featuring me on vocals on the track "Change". Check out Ishfaq's page to listen!!!
Scribble 003 : Ishfaq - The Change Ep
A1. Change - (Feat. Adi Dick)
A2. Call the Boss - (Feat. Kissey Asplund)
B1. Acuzion
B2. Clap that - (Feat. Chef)
Scribble records third release comes from the multi–talented musical nomad “Ishfaq”. His debut EP is a blend of broken soul, Nu-jazz and Hip-hop. Featuring the sensuous vocal talents of Adi Dick, Kissy Asplund and The Chef, this record oozes soul appeal. ‘Change’ is a modern Stevie type affair, while ‘Call the boss’ introduces The Chef’s raw rhymes with catchy hooks from Kissy. ‘Clap that’ brings us into jazz territory with its meandering flutes and punchy Rhodes business. While ‘Acuzion’ on the other hand is a spaced out nu-carnival banger. All instruments played by the one man band that is ‘Ishfaq’. This EP is one for the summer.
cheers mang! rad pic! keen to see more when you get your flickr page up...speaking of beaches, you been to one this summer yet? I bet "blackpool" beach looks a bit diff from T. Bay!
sup mang! hows things? went to rotovegas for the week, some pretty sweet winter treats for the snapping! have uploaded heaps of new pics on my page, check it yo...
hey dude just brought your album of itunes, even though its winter over here in AOTEAROA , listening to your album just feels like its summer all year long... thats how hot it is....chur
ohhhh adi so so so so SO awesome to see u again in london!your set was dope and when u jumped on stage with me 4 sweet love i wanted u off u stole the show!hahahah your such an amazing singer yourself u know! mean mean mean im def hitting u up for remixs!looking forward to using ur beats too u way to talented guy! hahaha thank u so much for coming along!such a shame we couldnt party afterwards but all good nothing really happened at that club after 1 anyways! x
hey adi, hope you've had a great wkend. dinner tomorrow sounds ace although depends on the time as i have to submit my bbc thang tomorrow and still mucho to do.
Hey bro, how ya doin? Just dropping a line to let ya know that we just put up a new song on our page, stop by and check it out if ya got nothing better to do... "Redeem Yourself" Take care Marika
