Spartacus R &The Puddle + More

Spartacus R with support from The Puddle, The Something Quartet and DJ Eclectica (Lyt).

Spartacus R (by Simon Sweetman):

If you haven't heard Spartacus R I would recommend taking the punt. I enjoyed the band's album. And I like the fact that they take an almost cinematic approach to performance; creating elements outside the music that augment the performance, that motivate it, guide it even, but never take away from the music being made; always enhancing the songs.

And chances are you have heard some of the members in other configurations. The band features Ryan Prebble (guitar/vocals), Michael Kane (percussion), Shanti Costar (vocals/Korg), Mataio Daniela (guitar), Benjamin James (horns, keys) and Tim Prebble (bass).

- http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/1303

The Puddle:

Seminal Dunedin band the Puddle were formed in 1983 by leader-singer-writer-guitarist George D Hendeson and Bass player Ross Jackson- in their time many of the lummaries of the Dunedin music scene (Shayne Carter, Peter Gutteridge, Leslie Paris, Norma O'Malley, Richard Steele, Alan Starett, Martin Phillipps) have played in the ranks of the Puddle: the Puddle's drummer is Heath Te Au, who played with George in Mink in the 1990s.

The Puddle's Catholic mix of pop, blues, psychedelia, jazz, minimalism, rock'n'roll and God-knows-what-else appeals to humans of all ages who are not too proud to dance and the lyrics of love, sex, drugs, bewilderment and space travel are clearly audible at all times. Once known as psych-pop, the Puddle's style has since become hugely influencial and many of today's musicians owe what cool they have to ill-acknowledged liftings from the Puddle songbook. Once-cult-now-people's favourites, and widely considered one of New Zealand's most inspiring live acts, today the Puddle are hotter than ever.

Spartacus R links:
- http://www.myspace.com/spartacusr
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSgUT186VaE
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhTqkiqYe1s

Puddle Links:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q3hhurq5Fo
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hykA1_jCmo
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9v4CsfVuFM

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