Celebrating NZ music throughout May: 11 – Supergroove / Che Fu / Salmonella Dub

It’s Friday again already and time to groove down.

I’m moving forward into the 90’s… For you youngsters, that will seem soooo last century, but for me that’s almost modern. And no, I don’t need you to point out that 1993 is 25 years ago.

Let’s start with Supergroove. From AudioCulture website

At the turn of the 90s, the sound of the moment was a fiery mix of funk, hip-hop, and metal guitars. Supergroove were ahead of the curve in this respect and forced their way into the local music scene with a seemingly unending run of explosive live shows. The band members were still at high school when they started and they had energy to burn, so when Supergroove found commercial radio wouldn’t play their music, they simply booked more shows and reached out to their audience directly. They were rewarded with a string of hits and a debut album, Traction (1994), which stayed at the top of the charts for a month, eventually selling over 70,000 units.

Ready to funk out to “Can’t Get Enough”?

One of the members of Supergroove was Che Fu. Born Che Ness in Auckland, his mother is of Māori descent and his father is Niuean. He was a member of Supergroove from 1994 to 1996, then went on to a solo career. He is maybe best known for “Chains” recorded with kiwi DJ DLT, protesting French nuclear testing in the Pacific. It was a Number One hit, won several awards and brought some attention to Hip Hop in New Zealand.

His debut album 2b S.Pacific was released in 1998. It went double platinum, with four top-ten hits. The follow-up album Navigator came out in 2001, going straight to number one and with triple platinum sales. Here’s “Fade Away” from that album.

He was active till 2006, when he released two albums “Beneath the Radar” and “Hi-Score: The Best of Che Fu”

How about a bit of Salmonella Dub now?

They started as a pub band in 1992, and released their first album in 1994. In 1997 they released the album Calming the Drunken Monkey, but their first commercial success came with the single “For The Love Of It” from 1999. They don’t come more mellow, yet funky, than this.

Another well known song was Love Your Ways, from the album Inside the Dub Plates, released in 2001.

They are still performing now, and you can read more about them on their website

Some other NZ Music Month posts you might have missed this week

From @kiwideb: Topp Twins / Pody Cameron ~ Allison Durbin / Kunoichi ~ Blerta / Corben Simpson / Bernie Griffen ~ Rei / Dalvanius Prime / Maisey Rika ~ Harry Parsons / Tony Backhouse (gospel song leader) ~ Dave Dobbyn with DD Smash & Herbs / The Beths

From @ravenruis: Pat McMinn / Mavis Rivers / Rockinghorse / Mi-sex / The La De Das ~ January / J ‘n B / Toni Williams / Lutha / The Quincy Conserve / Allison Durbin ~ The 3Ds / The Knobz / The Narcs / Golden Harvest / Red Hot Peppers ~ The Radars / Suburban Reptiles / Screaming Meemees / Tall Dwarfs / TrueBliss ~ Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos / The Dead C / Plagal Grind / The Double Happys / Bored Games ~ This Kind Of Punishment / The Verlaines / The Chills / Zed / Working With Walt

From @kiwscanfly: Headless Chickens, with Strawpeople in the comments ~ Patea Maori Club – with that great kiwi classic, Poi-E ~ Herbs

From @conradt: Heavy Metal – Beastwars, Blindspott/Blacklistt, 8 Foot Sativa, Devilskin ~ Solo artists – Hollie Smith, Gin Wigmore, Dave Dobbyn, Lorde ~ The Classics – Split Enz, Crowded House, The Exponents, Dragon

Thanks for listening

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