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“I am completely musically ‘turned on’ by Spartacus R. Their music is is well crafted and intricately sincere. Fresh, contemporary retro, and completely unpredictable...Beautiful.”
- Warren Maxwell, Founding member TrinityRoots, Fat Freddys Drop and The Little Bushman.
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Member Since:

June 01, 2006

Members:

Mataio Daniela (Space guitar)
Michael Kane (Percussion)
Shanti Costar (Vocals, Organ, Synth)
Benjamin James (Horns, Rhodes, Synth)
Ryan Prebble (Vocals, Rhodes, Guitar)
Tim Prebble (Melodic Bass)

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*****Contact - spartacusr@gmail.com ------ or phone Ben on 021 1413869****** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In no order of influence - also simply music we like...

Human Instinct, Sun Ra, La De Da's, The Little Busman, , Butler, Waves, King Crimson, Tom Waits, The Arabs, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Lee Perry, Jethro Tull, David Bowie, Phoebe Snow, J.J.Cale, Jesus Rodriguez, PINK FLOYD, CAN, The Doors, Hendrix, Burning Spear, Monk, Quincy Jones, Miles Davies e.t.c, Feliciano, Trinity Roots, Bob Dylan, Lou reed, Velvet Underground, SYD BARRETT, Black Seeds, Inkling, Safari, Ragamuffin Children, Jess Chambers Steel Pulse, J. Cash, RADIOHEAD, Osibisa, Peter Tosh, Madness, Rare earth, Andy Bautista, Beatles, Paul Ubana Jones, old Fat Freddys Drop ,Led Zepplin, Pentangle, Lou Reed, Dub Connection, Ryan Prebble, The Specials, The Night Show, She'll be right family, Dry & Heavy, SOFT MACHINE, Age Prior, Tessa Rain, Leonard Cohen, THe Pentangle, Harriet & the Matches, The Phoenix Foundation, Flying nun Massive, Massive Attack, Scribes of Ra, Module, Bunnys on Ponies, C L Bob, Alphabethead, Calexico, The Flaming lips, The Raskolnikovs, Blur, Super-Grass, Cassette abc, The Chandeliers ........ and many more

General Info

  • Genre: Progressive / Psychedelic / Rock

    Location Wellington, Wellington, Ne

    Profile Views: 51982

    Last Login: 5/4/2011

    Member Since 6/1/2006

    Website www.spartacusr.com

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    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    REVIEW's "When the fever takes hold" .. Rating: * * * * .. Wellington is a weird wee town when it wants to be and this is one of the oddest musical releases to come out of it in many a year. Spartacus R conjure up a disorientating and delusional fever on this unpredictable and unique debut. Blending everything from straight blues, rock and jazz to a more warped cocktail of psychedelia, prog and avant garde, it has a similar screwy sentiment as a band like New York instrumentalists Battles but without the energised chipmunks playing the instruments. .. While the spare vocals are a little twee and take some getting used to, Fever is odd and strangely enthralling as it moves from the romantic jaunt of cosmic singer/songwriter ditty Synthia, into the spooky desert slope of the title track, and on to the the fuzzed-out, high-frequency bedlam crescendo to eight-minute epic Foxbug and Snail. .. As is often common with releases out of Wellington, there are some familiar names involved in this project, the most notable being Prebble, with two of them (Ryan and Tim) in the band and Dr Lee Prebble (Black Seeds, Phoenix Foundation) recording it with the band at The Surgery in the capital. .. However, don't expect anything similar to those two bands from Spartacus R, expect something more odd yet just as appealing. .. Scott Kara ..

  • Members

    Mataio Daniela (Space guitar).. Michael Kane (Percussion).. Shanti Costar (Vocals, Organ, Synth).. Benjamin James (Horns, Rhodes, Synth).. Ryan Prebble (Vocals, Rhodes, Guitar).. Tim Prebble (Melodic Bass).. .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.. *****Contact - spartacusr@gmail.com ------ or phone Ben on 021 1413869****** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  • Influences

    Aotearoa is a huge influence.. Any music which is crossing new genre bridges.. Music that takes you on a journey.. Music made for music and with friends for friends.. Analogue greats of the past.. Robert Moog.. .. .. .. In no order of influence - also simply music we like..... .. Human Instinct, Sun Ra, La De Da's, The Little Busman, , Butler, The Waves, King Crimson, Tom Waits, The Arabs, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Lee Perry, Jethro Tull, David Bowie, Phoebe Snow, J.J.Cale, Jesus Rodriguez, PINK FLOYD, CAN, The Doors, Hendrix, Burning Spear, Monk, Quincy Jones, Miles Davies e.t.c, Feliciano, Trinity Roots, Bob Dylan, Lou reed, Velvet Underground, SYD BARRETT, Black Seeds, Inkling, Safari, Ragamuffin Children, Jess Chambers Steel Pulse, J. Cash, RADIOHEAD, Osibisa, Peter Tosh, Madness, Rare earth, Andy Bautista, Beatles, Paul Ubana Jones, old Fat Freddys Drop ,Led Zepplin, Pentangle, Lou Reed, Dub Connection, Ryan Prebble, The Specials, The Night Show, She'll be right family, Dry & Heavy, SOFT MACHINE, Age Prior, Tessa Rain, Leonard Cohen, THe Pentangle, Harriet & the Matches, The Phoenix Foundation, Flying nun Massive, Massive Attack, Scribes of Ra, Module, Bunnys on Ponies, C L Bob, Alphabethead, Calexico, The Flaming lips, The Raskolnikovs, Blur, Super-Grass, Cassette abc, The Chandeliers ........ and many more

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