Rain is a Single by Strangely Arousing,  reggae/dub and Hip-hop band based in Auckland .Rain is a dub soaked journey of chaos telling a story of what will happen to the greedy.

Rain

Rain.

Airplanes is a single by Auckland Reggae/Dub band, Strangely Arousing, blending Hip-hop and Dub to tell a story, examining what can push a desperate man to commit acts that go against his moral standing.

Airplanes

UFO. The new single by Strangely Arousing. Soaked in Dubs and blending reggae with hip hop, This is a song about Aliens

UFO.

This song is our first single that we recorded at York St. Studios and shot a music video for with 50 Cent Mixtures and Matiu Sadd. 
Big thanks to Pacifica Beats. Enjoy.

And i’m back 
On the scene 
Let me great ya with the insight that the wide world has given to me. 
And i’m back 
To help you understand what I mean when I say na to rourou na taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi.

And i’m preaching the only way I know 
To preserve the taha wairua for each and every one of ya’ll. 
Listen as your glasses overflow 
Listen to mine and man I saw the light and she grows 
Only further from the mould. 

And i’m back 
Here with me. 
I tell you that your back yard will save you from the pockets of the powers at be.
And i’m back 
To help you understand what I mean, when I say na to rourou na taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi.


And i’m preaching the only way I know 
To preserve the taha wairua for each and every one of ya’ll. 
Listen as your glasses overflow 
Listen to mine and man I saw the light and she grows 
Only further from the mould. 

And i’m preaching the only way I know 
To preserve the taha wairua for each and every one of ya’ll. 
Listen as your glasses overflow 
Listen to mine and man I saw the light and she grows 
Only further from the mould 
She grows, she grows
Only further from the mould
She grows, she grows
Further from the mould
We grow
We grow.


Kupenga

Liam Rolfe wrote Skar for his NCEA Composition in 2012 and then we developed it as a band for our first entry into the Smokefree Pacifica Beats Competition. We all wrote our respective parts to it and Lukas even added in a Whaea Korero that he remembered from his childhood as a bridge. We developed it for over a year until we entered the same competition again in 2013, not only taking about best song and best Maori language incorporation for Skar but we also took out 1st place in the National Finals!

Skar

Another one of our originals written a while back but finally recorded! we're very happy with how it came out and hope you will be too. This and the rest of our originals will be on our EP which is out next month. share! follow! help us out <3

Lyrics:

I wonder why we live under the wire.
I wonder who's pushing expectations higher.
I wonder how much more to fuel the fire.
I wonder who's pushing expectations higher.

When you look into it's eyes you see reflected.
Through and past your lies we see your true intentions. 
The more that I look the larger its dimensions. 
The less that I look the less they like to mention.

I wonder why we live under the wire.
I wonder who's pushing expectations higher.

When you look into it's eyes you see reflected. 
Through and past your lies we see your true intentions. 
The more that I look the larger its dimensions. 
The less that I look the less they like to mention.

Our appetite for excess, god knows I cant satisfy. 
Why must we live for excess, why can't we just live to get by. 
How can we measure success, sick of working overtime. 
Why must we live for excess, why cant we just live to get by.

When you think your going under.
Why must we live for excess, why can't we just live to get by. 
How can we measure success, sick of working overtime. 
Why must we live for excess, why cant we just live to get by.

Live To Live

Yeah, times moved on and we’re still here, we’re still in the fields. 
Ten score until the last son came to us with a deal. 
Got my seat picked out at the back of the bus and they look, so relieved.
They look down like they’re better than us but they don’t know enough, to just leave us alone son.

There’s no life living on the run.
We’ll find peace in a loaded gun.
No going back when its done 

You’re in the wrong place, the wrong time, today. 
You’re getting off light boy for your kind and i’ll give you the chance to turn away
So forget what I said, he struck a match head. 
So set it alight boy for your kind today. 

You stutter when you talk boy. 
He smiles through his teeth. 
An old dog with his old toys that i’d bring to his knees.
If I had one less ounce of compassion, i’d lust just enough, to be free.
He looks down like he’s better than us but he don’t know enough, to just leave us alone son.

There’s no life living on the run.
We’ll find peace in a loaded gun.
No going back when its done 

You’re in the wrong place, the wrong time, today. 
You’re getting off light boy for your kind and i’ll give you the chance to turn away
So forget what I said, he struck a match head. 
So set it alight boy for your kind today. 

So don’t you wonder, what it would be like to wander, if you believe in that today better get yourself out the dark age.

You’re in the wrong place, the wrong time, today. 
You’re getting off light boy for your kind and i’ll give you the chance to turn away
So forget what I said, he struck a match head. 
So set it alight boy for your kind today. 


Lincoln Parks

I may be mangy but I ain’t no hound,
I said to the officer whose ego’s weighing in by the pound,
The way he acted yeah you’d think he was crowned,
But show him what your mumma made today and he’ll come around.
Old people get low or get gone, 
I’ll be impressed if you can wear it til’ the end of this song.
There’s a lot of hip shaking and breaking to be done, 
But I guarantee my special spice will have you up till the sun yeah. 

Don’t,
Tell my mother, 
That i’m thinking ‘bout taking another, 
It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass.

I had a woman and I wanted a sprout, 
But it seemed to make no difference as she was cussing me out. 
I can’t remember, what we fought about, 
But the worst, it seemed to come around when I went without,
My special hit me baby one more time, 
While we sit inside this van and wait for stars to align.
I can’t move and the feelings divine, 
Yeah you might think its ugly but man I’ll pay the fine.  

So don’t,
Tell my mother,
That I’m thinking about taking another, 
Track my seconds to thirds until i’m out on the curb.
So learn, 
From me brothers yeah,
If you think you got strange horizons to discover,
It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass. 

So don’t,
Tell my mother,
That i’m thinking about taking another, 
It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass. 
So learn, 
From me brothers yeah,
If you think you got strange horizons to discover, 
It’s fun while it lasts until you’re out on your ass.


Special Spice

I don’t mean to interrupt
But can you tell me what’s corrupt
Cause I can’t tell anymore.
Can you teach me how to act
Cause I can’t seem to find the facts or even what I’m being convicted for.
Can you teach me how to write, to sight, some way to fight
As we cling to the wreckage of our own indictment 
For those who reap but did not sow before.
Might I be the one to shun the grace of the sun
And brave the storm who’s weather might be just the run I need
To bring you back from not far off the shore.

Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine at the starting line
But don’t rush me as I breath it in again
Even though it bites
We’re in a state of under-appreciation
For what seems the lesser of the two
What I have and what I don’t
What more I need to feel at home seems the more I have to lose

This world is enough for me
Is yours enough for you?

It’s a wonder we stay with our heads above the water
And I’m hard-pressed to hame my way
Despite all the actions
Your court has brought to order
I’ll tread before I give you away.
Can you teach me how to write, to sight, some way to fight
As we cling to the wreckage of our own indictment 
For those who reap but did not sow before.
Might I be the one to shun the grace of the sun
And brave the storm who’s weather might be just the run I need
To bring you back from not far off the shore.

Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine at the starting line
But don’t rush me as I breath it in again
Even though it bites
We’re in a state of under-appreciation
For what seems the lesser of the two
What I have and what I don’t
What more I need to feel at home seems the more I have to lose

People causing me to see what i can be i'm ‘bout to be the 
one that tells you right from wrong so go and hide and go and seek some 
knowledge that'll make better priorities for your mental health put 
money on the bottom and put family on the top shelf.

Please don’t let me interrupt while i create something corrupt 
devil and deal and find out what my conviction is
please don’t teach me how to act if ignorance is how you act
in accordance all the problems life challenges you with. 

My information’s fundamental to an entire nation 
I’m trying to give peoples minds cardiopulmonary resuscitation
it’s too late now for some they'll stay as vegetation
I’ma prescribe for the rest deinstitutionalization   

This condition’s what we're in ‘cause of ignorance and
I don't think I'm strong enough to avoid me using 
this illusion it’s confusion, it’s what i'm using to lose myself in 
all your self absorbed hypocrisy I can't defuse it.

Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine at the starting line
But don’t rush me as I breath it in again
Even though it bites
We’re in a state of under-appreciation
For what seems the lesser of the two
What I have and what I don’t
What more I need to feel at home seems the more I have to lose

Ignorance, seems the perfect medicine.


Flood Warning

Medley of Ernie (Fat Freddy's Drop), Burning (Kora) and our original What Do, performed at the Kiwi Ball in Dubai. Enjoy!

Ernie / What Do - Live Jam

Strangely Arousing

Intro

I Don't Give A

Caught My Eye

The 1st single off the album.

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCc0NnW_vM

What Do

Stone Cold

This is the 2nd single off the album.

Check out the video ft. Naz from The Bachelor! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdeSGqDkyos

Groove Shooter

Take A Walk

Gold

Rebound

I Don't Think So

Summer Season

Having spent four months in the studio cooking, Strangely Arousing return with a fresh direction. Lifted from forthcoming sophomore offering, their psych-rock track Ladeda collaborates the member’s long accumulated music tastes while also featuring a definitive nod towards the current scenes of trap and alternative cultures.

Bringing a new, lyrically powered angle to their work, the band finds themselves showing a vulnerable side with lyrics reflecting on matters of addiction and mental health within the industry. 

Vocalist/Guitarist Lukas Wharekura’s Tame Impala inspired vocal delivery sits atop a mountain of lush synth pads which transports the listener into the shoes of an aspiring musician struggling to make sense of their life choices but ultimately finding reassurance in the friends supporting them in their trials, successes and failures.

Ladeda

Having already lasted longer than most modern marriages, Strangely Arousing’s odyssey from Rotorua, to Raglan, to the big smoke of Auckland has been vast. After 6 years of blood, sweat, Jim Beam and tears - July 2017 saw the release of ‘Strangely Arousing’, a self-titled, 11 song exploration into the minds, hearts and souls of 5 musical gypsies from Rotorua, New Zealand.
In an era in which Fat Freddy’s Drop and Red Hot Chili Peppers are considered heritage artists and humans are no longer boxed by sexuality, one might describe Strangely Arousing as “trans genre” And comfortably so. Their reggae-based, jazz-influenced sound has led them to play for a wide range of audiences. From Raggamuffin to Rhythm and Vines, from sell out tours around New Zealand to international adventures in the Middle East and Asia. 
Highlights from last summer include playing to 15,000 people in their hometown of Rotorua at the annual Lakeside concert, headlining the Whangarei Fritter Festival with Elemeno P and N.Z dub heroes Salmonella Dub, and smashing a set at the iconic Rhythm & Vines festival. More recently, the band enjoyed its first international tour in South Korea and China. Amongst a slot at the Pentaport Rock Festival (headlined by industrial pioneers Nine Inch Nails and Mike Shinoda), multiple headline shows in China, and a few frugal nights off spent at the clubs, Strangely has grown, as individuals and as a group, to an international standard, propelling their already compelling and uplifting live show to another level. 
Wherever they go, whoever they play for, the dance floor is sure to be full of people grooving. They implant their art deep in the hearts of lovers of good music and this has given them a loyal following that continues to grow.

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