Featuring two mind melting drum and bass bangers which have taught us more about playing the stocks. And, most importantly it's taught us more about ourselves than we ever thought drum & bass song(s) could ever do. 
 
Full disclaimer this EP is full on! With plenty of highs and very little lows join Rua as they journey over the DBBL RNBW (double rainbow) and establish they are not a cat.

Mastering by Break
Artwork by Abi Will

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Rua Tui - DBBL RNBW

D-Funk - 'Classic Big Mac' [Free Download]
[Free Grits EP // GNG024]

"It's been a little while since I released any mid tempo breaks style tunes. You know the ones that wobble & are quite 'heavy' on both the bass bins & the content. It's a style I'm finding myself increasingly moving away from but I had these 2 nuggets that I'd made to play at various festivals that I really liked. And so the Free Grits EP was born!"

If you don't have Soundcloud or would like the wav version of this track, get it from the Grits N Gravy Bandcamp here: grits-n-gravy.bandcamp.com/album/free-grits-ep

Artist...
Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

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Soundcloud: @grits-n-gravy
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gritsngravymusic/
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/grits-n-gravy/31316
Juno Download: www.junodownload.com/labels/Grits+N+Gravy
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

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Free Grits EP

D-Funk - 'Classic Big Mac' [Free Grits EP]

Following on from the highly successful sold out double vinyl release ‘Infinite’. The next instalment ‘Infinite II’ is about to hit the decks with a blazing handpicked 16 track selection from The Nomad’s vaults spanning the past 25 years.

Once again the album is full of amazing collaborations with NZ vocalists, musicians and special overseas guests dropping by to check the pitch and go the distance. Collaborations are a strong feature throughout The Nomad’s career, with many artists going on to be leading lights in the NZ music scene.

Tracks featured on Infinite II include;
2 Another Level ft. Pearl Runga, Where are you? ft. Lotus Hartley, Better Stand up ft. MC Antsman + MC Rizla, Check Da Pitch ft. Mad Professor (UK) + Tehimana Kerr and Sunny Day ft Rio Hemopo (Trinity Roots), Perilous Times ft RayJah 45 (Aust) and Life Forms (Subtropic remix)

Stunning album cover art work by Francis Cheetham builds on the subtle stylised theme from the first vinyl release and when put together side by side the art work reveals an expanded visual landscape.

After the final gig of the 25 Year anniversary tour which started on Oct ’23 in Auckland and finishes 27 April ’24 in Wellington, The Nomad will take a well- deserved break and then start production on a brand new album ready for release in 2025. The show continues in these perilous times.

If you missed the first release make sure you don’t miss out on this one. Limited edition double vinyl of 300 copies only, each one hand numbered. 180g and pressed by Holiday Records, Auckland. Strictly for the heads that know how to put the needle on the record, ya hear!!

2 Another Level

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The Niceguys - Confident Feat. Louis Logic & Greg Blackman (Instrumental)

Hermetico Vs Koan Sound - Give Me Some (FC Mashup)

In the beginning, Ghetto Funk productions centred around unlicensed sampling to fuel an iconic sound with influences from funk and hip hop. Now 6 years on, Ghetto Funk producers Second Hand Audio have begun to collaborate with the artists they originally sampled. This Remixed Album is a glimpse into the future of a sound and idea that has gone full circle. Original beats, dope original vocals and amazing remixes.

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Second Hand Audio - Shine Bright (feat. Jazzarae) (B Side Remix)

"Night & Day" 
Vocals written/performed by Megan Hamilton 
Guitar by Patrick Olson 
Bass Guitar by James Geisinger & Megan Hamilton 
Tenor Saxophone by Alex Kish 
Violin by Tony Smith
Mixed by Megan Hamilton 
Mastered by Kevin Israel, River Rock Studios

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Night & Day - Megan Hamilton & The Bermudas

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Speakeasy Carousel - Selected by DR Cat

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Gaslight Troubadours -  Devil Swings Out (Mortisville Remix)

BodyHigh

Shepdog gives us an insight into the inspiration for this new Mixtape which we can't get enough of here at Minirig HQ! 

"I wanted to show some of my influences as a young kid, discovering and buying dance music for the first time around 1990/91. I don't seem to remember there being defined genre names back then - it all seemed to come under the umbrella of "rave". It's obvious there's a massive Jamaican and Soundsystem influence on a lot of this music - reggae and dancehall samples and basslines mixed with ruff breaks and beats; a formula which undoubtedly helped shape later genres such as jungle, drum and bass, garage, dubstep, etc and has been a huge influence on NICE UP! as a label"

Shepdog (NICE UP! Records)- Minirig Mixtape

Dubwisestation release by Veak, sept-2020

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The Nomad bio 2024

After a quarter century of pushing boundaries and frequencies Daimon Schwalger, aka The Nomad, firmly fits the bill as a pioneer of the electronica music scene in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since his first album release ‘Movement’ in 1998, he has gone on to release nine full length albums, remix albums and various singles while working with some of music’s leading talents.

“The nomadic traveller working on beats all day” has compiled an impressive body of work, which features collaborations with many different artists and musicians from New Zealand, Australia, UK and Jamaica.
Artists include Barnaby Weir (Black Seeds), MC Antsman (The Nomad/Rhombus), Tehimana Kerr (Fat Freddy’s Drop), Pearl Runga, Tiki Taane, Opiuo, King Kapisi, Farda P (Rockers HiFi), Luciano, Lisa Tomlins, Oakley Grenell (O.G.), Pepsi (Wham), Ras Stone, Tim Budgen (WarpTV) and many more.

This year 2023 saw the release of The Nomad’s finest work – Infinite, double album release, featuring 16 hand-picked tracks celebrating twenty-five years of his musical journey. This retrospective anthology maps the progression of Aotearoa’s electronic music scene, with many then-emerging artists now firmly established stars.

Nomadic by name and nature, The Nomad has clocked up the miles from the early days in Dunedin
and Christchurch, featuring at the infamous The Gathering festivals, maturing as a musician and father, through to his more recent success as a videographer based in Westport, capturing the beauty of Aotearoa’s West Coast. This is all part of the rich textures that make The Nomad a unique ‘life form’.

Hi-Fives:
- 9 album releases as an independent artists
- Played support for international artists; Moby, Rockers HiFi, DJ Vadim, Fat Boy Slim, Mad Professor
- Second Selection (1999) was awarded the “Best Dub/Hip-hop/Reggae Release” in the B-net New Zealand Music Awards.
- The Nomad – Infinite (2023), #1 NZ Independent Music Charts (Sept), #2 NZ Music Charts (Sept)

2 Another Level

THE NOMAD

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