Fat Freddy’s Drop is a 7 piece live Dub/Reggae band from Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 2001, the current lineup consists of DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie (Dallas Tamaira), Toby Laing, Ho Pepa, Fulla Flash, Scott Towers, Tehimana Kerr, and Iain Gordon. The name “Fat Freddy’s Drop” is a reference to a piece of blotter art that was circulating in the NZ dance scene in the late 90’s.
The group’s first major release was a live album, Live at the Matterhorn, a lengthy jam session recorded in a popular Wellington night club. Their first studio album, Based on a True Story was released in 2005. After only a day of release it had gone gold and was number one in the New Zealand album charts despite having little advertising or marketing. The album’s first single, “Wandering Eye”, spent 17 weeks in the RIANZ Top 40 Singles Chart and peaked at number six.
Their second major album, Dr Boondigga & The Big BW was released on 26th May 2009. Album artwork by Otis Frizzell.
They dominated the 2005 New Zealand Music Awards, taking Best Group, Best Album, Best New Zealand Roots Group and the Peoples Choice Award. On December 18, 2005 the group were awarded the Worldwide “Album of the Year Award”, as voted for by over 20,000 listeners of Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 ‘Worldwide’ show.
They won three awards at the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards (18 October). The People’s Choice Award, the Highest Selling NZ Album ([album/artist=fat freddy’s drop]Based On A True Story[album/artist]) and Best Music Video for the single Wandering Eye.
Midnight Marauders and Hope both scaled to the number one spot on Gilles Peterson’s top twenty Worldwide picks in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
From the underground to the higher-ground, Fat Freddy’s Drop do it for the love of music, and food!
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Source: http://www.last.fm/music/Fat+Freddy's+Drop/+wiki?ver=8
