Red Bull Music Academy Presents Space Invadas

Red Bull Music Academy proudly presents Space Invadas – the live fusion of Katalyst and Steve Spacek. Mixing bonafide soul and laid back hip hop to create a futuristic sound.

Katalyst is the Sydney based producer Ashley Anderson of international acclaim. All of his solo releases have been nominated for ARIA Awards in Australia and there’s a strong fan base established for his work worldwide. He also runs the Invada label in Australia with with Portishead's Geoff Barrow.

Steve Spacek originates form London landed in Sydney via and LA. He has worked with the likes of J Dilla, Mos Def, Slum Village, Common and many more. He is likened to classic soul singers Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye and has been championed by everyone from Entertainment Weekly to Mos Def.

In Australia Space Invadas have had the cover of most of the nation's street press and have been critically acclaimed in all the broadsheets. They have also been nominated for an ARIA Award (Australian Grammys or Mercury awards) for best Urban Release in 2010.

The film clip for the Aus single “Done It Again” was directed by Nick Fogarty who has won awards for his previous film clip work in Australia.

They have toured around Australia many times on all the major national festivals of 2010, including Future Music, GTM, Days Like This and Splendour In The Grass.

Over 2 nights this genre-bending pair will bring their live format show to New Zealand shores, with a 5 piece band made up of drums, bass, guitar, samplers and other electronics, and Steve Spacek on front man duties.

It will be a night to get down to the futuristic sounds and out of this world retro vibes that is… Space Invadas.

Support from The Isaac & Rachel Ensemble, Frank Booker, Recloose & Nick D.

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