Day Tripper is a stop motion music video created by budding filmmaker and human beatboxer, Luke Cavalan (aka LC Beats), for the latest single off Def Wish Cast’s recent album Evolution Machine. The hard hitting track features production from esteemed Australian beat maker, Dizz1, and vocals from the UK’s Spikey Tee.
The video features claymation caricatures of pioneering Sydney Hip Hop group, Def Wish Cast, running wildly through the city streets, promoting their upcoming performance, eventually finishing things off by delivering a high energy live show. Expect to see an incredibly entertaining, fast paced treat for the eyes and ears! The Day Tripper music video, which recently walked away with the “Animal Logic Encouragement Award” at the annual COFA / UNSW film screening, is the third stop motion animation video created by Luke Cavalan.
His first two features, Mayhem in May Lane and Kaos in King Street, were well received by the industry, but it is this latest project which pushes the boundaries of his talents even further. After nearly 3 years in the making, having filmed 1 hour of footage for each second of film, the time has finally come to showcase this work of art.
Sola Rosa are set to release their new album, Low and Behold, High and Beyond before embarking on their first tour of Australia since 2010. Written over New Zealand’s past two summers, founder-producer Andrew Spraggon has drawn together a host of familiar names and new faces, and produced an album that’s more beat-driven, but as always, tinged with his trademark soul and funk.
Watch and listen as it comes to life on stage alongside previous hits from his distinguished career. Spikey Tee, Ben White, and Matt Short have joined Spraggon to form the musical core of the group and are joined on stage by Cherie Mathieson and L.A. Mitchell this September. Sola Rosa will also tour the album throughout Europe and the US later this year, where they have recently returned from after a successful jaunt, collecting accolades from such media sweethearts like NPR’s ‘The World’ program.
For fans, the new album has been a long time coming, for the uninitiated, it could well prove revelation. With six albums under his belt, a raft of awards and well over a decade of producing genre-splitting music, Andrew Spraggon’s work as Sola Rosa has cemented him as one of the world’s most exciting and versatile producers. From a humble, self-released one man project, Sola Rosa has grown to a live collective of international repute. Successfully melding hip hop, reggae, jazz, latin, soul and funk, the group have never sat comfortably in one box, but with Spraggon’s guidance, that restlessness has been channelled into six succinct albums.
Despite a rapturous reception for all of those, it was Spraggon’s last, Get It Together, which really catapulted the Rosa sound into the consciousness of the wider world. Surrounding himself with an uber-talented cast of musicians, including the likes of Serocee, Bajka, and Julien Dyne, Spraggon produced an album that proved his most successful yet. In New Zealand, the album reached the number one spot on iTunes and the Independent NZ Music Album Chart (where it stayed for four months). It reached number 15 on the NZ Album Chart, and eventually went on to achieve Gold status. Join Sola Rosa as they play from coast to coast (including a stop at Big Sound 2012) and don’t miss them as they debut their all new live material as well as playing all of the catalogue favourites.
Def Wish Cast are back in full force with the release of their 20th Anniversary album, Evolution Machine! Always staying true to the culture, DWC utilize Hip Hop’s purist elements to transport us through time and space. This is futuristic B-boy funk at its finest!
Production is handled byM-Phazes, Plutonic Lab, DJ JS1, Katalyst, Resin Dogs, Dizz1plus more, and features a stack of guests, including Thomas Rockon vocoder, Joyride, Tom Thum, Thvy Ear, Spikey Tee, and more. Def Wish Cast – Evolution Machine is available May 18th on Creative Vibes
Track list: 01. Entry feat Tom Thum (prod by the Human Beatbox Tom Thum) 02. Evolution Machine (prod by Plutonic Lab) 03. Dun Proppa (prod by Resin Dogs) 04. Rock On (prod by M-Phazes) 05. Preparing For Re-Launch (prod by DJ Sing & DJ Skizo) 06. I Can’t Believe It feat Thavy Ear (prod by DJ JS1) 07. The Possibilities feat Joyride (prod by Sereck) 08. Hard Times feat Scotty Mac (prod by DJ Vame) 09. Day Tripper feat Spikey Tee (prod by Dizz1) 10. Rap vs Hip Hop (prod by DJ Sing & DJ Skizo) 11. Rhyme Animalz (Scientific Mix) (prod by DJ Murda 1) 12. One Destination feat Andre Kaman (prod by JP & Brass) 13. Forever feat Sye McRitchie (prod by Katalyst)
