Debut single from OMD album "Energy State"


Energy State

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One Million Dollars - Who You Are

Manuel Bundy remix of OMD album track. Also featured on Sugarlicks vinyl - Ultrasound Part One EP.

One Million Dollars - Get Off (Manuel Bundy remix)

First single from Ghost Tones album. A new collaboration between Maya and G-muva exploring afro-beat and hip hop dub in a pacific context. 

Maya Dorcil’s earliest musical memories stemmed from distant nocturnal voodoo beats in Petion-ville his birthplace in the Island of Haiti, in the Caribbean.  It wasn’t however until he moved to New York in the mid 80’s that he started honing his musical skills, firstly by studying a few traditional voodoo rhythms with drumming master: Bonga Gaston Jean-baptiste, and then starting in the summer of 87: Natty Ginen, an all-acoustic drumming ensemble, jamming every summer Sunday next in Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell. 

Maya eventually shifted to New Zealand, and his newly formed band Voodoo Moon won the nationwide Battle of the Bands in its first year. Gmuva's musical bent comes from playing a little in punk funk outfits in Dunedin, and Djing in Bath St's club. His extra flavour comes via a half Lebanese background, and a love of soul music. The two met at one of Auckland club Khuja Lounge's live electronic sessions, and the project was born.

Ghost Tones - Irie feat. D Kamali

Live & direct from deep within the tropical Hawaiian jungle. Stop. MURK108, Nuvonesian wordsmith, NZ MPC champion, Rhombus MC, ruff street beater, pop-lockin, beat smashin' intergalactic hip hop butta finger bringa. stop.

Lock and load. Stop. Just a taste. Debut single droppin, lettin awph shots, you are either with us or you are against us. stop. Transmit...

Murk108 - Vitality

Ma aro koe te ha o hinehuone. Pay homage to the essense of womankind.

Nat Rose here with a dedication to the strength of women, joined by the original Khuja Lounge percussionist Levani Vosasi.

Nat Rose - vocals, rhythm and lead Guitar; Levani Vosasi - congas, bass drum, agogo, shakers; Co-written by Meihana te Huia.

Nat Rose -  Mana Wahine

".. Some say that life sweet life is what you make it,
if you are lazy, all that you have will fade away.."

Pressures of Life is the debut single from Seva Hifi and features Nat Rose on backing vocals, and Isaac Aesili on horns. The single is released on 7" vinyl May 25th 2012 (Sugarlp007), and the upcoming album "Early" (sugarcd015), is released August 2012. Shot.

www.sugarlicks.com/sevahifi

Seva Hifi is a transcultural collaboration in Auckland city. Niuean soul vocals from Baz Suamili, Fijian percussion via Levani Vosasi & Kiwi Lebanese producer Gmuva ... plus Family Isaac Aesili, Spenz, Nat Rose, Manny Bundy, Xiyao Chen & Soulsista Aotearoa. Conscious soul laced psychedelic dub & polyrhythms. The familiar sound of urban funk & the unlikely beat of Island drums.
Our expression of music is to move, inspire, show diversity & impact lives Worldwide.

Seva Hifi - Pressures of Life (radio edit)

Seva Hifi - Til I Make You Move

Single from Sugarlicks EP "Manuel Bundy presents Solephonic". Track went to #1 on the Dancetracks digital Worldwide charts upon release. Vinyl EP is the highest selling piece of vinyl ever sold at Auckland's famous Conch Records. Vocals from NYC's Finsta, horn solo and licks from Isaac Aesili.

Solephonic - Jazzybizz

Solo single from Henry Taripo - a ballad sung in Rarotongan against Nuclear activity in the Pacific.

Henry Taripo - Mururoa

Interlude from Nat Rose debut album The Golden Hour. For the past decade Nat Rose has been considered one of Aotearoa’s leading female Soul and Rn’B singers. From the beginning, touring with Upper Hutt Posse back in ‘95 to laying down BV’s with Hollie Smith, Ladi 6, Seva Hifi and Solaa – this is one Pacific Rose who is ready to take the spotlight, with her eagerly anticipated, and much celebrated debut album Golden Hour. 

Nat Rose - Irie member

Sugarlicks acts as a hothouse of creative musical minds, inspiring artists and recording them at the valve-sound sugarlicks studio, to create the assured and deep sound of Pacific electronic soul. The studio and label are located in the Southern Hemisphere's most culturally diverse city, Auckland New Zealand.

We are the direct lifeline to your hit of Kiwi soul ... our distinctive sound is created by the use of analog valve sound equipment, for that warm lush soul sound. As a collective sugarlicks includes producers, musicians, vocalists, writers and video & graphic partners.

We are family and in this family its all about the music. Pacific Soul live & direct. Sugarlicks will take this soul free flowing across the globe so the World can see what music sounds like when made in paradise.

The skin of a drum, the softly spoken word, the expression of a belief, the translation of urbanism onto the pads of an mpc ....because talk won't cook rice ...

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