The Party, Party, Party tour is selling fast and will be one of the hip-hop tours of the year, don’t delay in getting your tickets as we expect a lot of shows on this run to sell out before the day, so get on it! Presented by The Ayems Records, Fidelity Corporation, vmusic.com.au, The Brag, Rave Magazine, Beat Magazine, dB Magazine & X-Press Magazine.
Kicking off with Armidale University today (12 October) it’s the start of Drapht’s second last week on the road with Muph & Plutonic, Thundamentals, Layla and Dazastah for The Party, Party, Party Tour BUT everyone’s pretty pumped as they’re bringing it not only to Armidale University but also stopping into C.Ex Coffs on Thursday 13 October and Yamba Bowling Club on Friday 14 October. On Saturday 15 October, Drapht will be at Sprung Hip-Hop Festival in Brisbane alongside Funkoars, Illy, Mantra, Pez & 360 and more! Full dates are below the new promo video for channel ‘ONE’ featuring the Drapht track Sing It (The Life of Riley). And for the big news today – Drapht has been nominated for 7 ARIA Awards including Best Male, Best Urban Release and Single of the Year just to name a few! .
Wednesday 12 October – Armidale Uni, NSW Thursday 13 October – C.Ex Coffs, NSW Friday 14 October – Yamba Bowling Club, NSW Sunday 16 October – Sugarland Tavern, Bundaberg, QLD Wednesday 19 October – Townsville Uni Club, QLD Thursday 20 October – Andergrove Tavern, Mackay, QLD
It’s a huge week for Drapht. The local hip hop powerhouse’s album The Life of Riley has gone Gold, he has added a run of dates in NT and WA to his massive Party Party Party Tour and today he is premiering the video for his latest single ‘Bali Party’ right here on allaussie hip hop.
Drapht – The Party Party Party Tour: With special guests Muph & Plutonic, Thundamentals and Layla & Dazastah. Wednesday 14 September – Station Hotel, Thredbo, NSW Thursday 15 September – Penrith Panthers, NSW Friday 16 September – Enmore, Sydney, NSW (Licensed/All Ages) Wednesday 21 September – Bluestone Ballarat, Vic Thursday 22 September – Chelsea Heights Hotel, Vic Friday 23 September – Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Vic Saturday 24 September – Thearton Theatre, Adelaide, SA (Licensed/All Ages) Sunday 25 September – Mildura Settlers Tavern, Vic Thursday 28 September – The Discovery Nightclub, Darwin NT – NEW SHOW Friday 30 September – The Roey, Broome WA – NEW SHOW Sat 1 Oct – The Pier Hotel, Port Hedland, WA – NEW SHOW Sat 2 Oct – The Mermaid Hotel, Dampier, WA – NEW SHOW Thursday 6 October – Players, Mandurah, WA Friday 7 October – Metro City, Perth, WA Sunday 9 October – Prince of Wales, Bunbury, WA Wednesday 12 October – Armidale Uni, NSW Thursday 13 October – Coffs Ex-Sericeman’s Club, NSW Friday 14 October – Yamba Bowling Club, NSW Sunday 16 October – Sugarland Tavern, Bundaberg, QLD Wednesday 19 October – Townsville Uni Club, QLD Thursday 20 October – Andergrove Tavern, Mackay, QLD
Also appearing at Coaster September 17th, Sprung Festival 15th October and 600 Sounds 21st October.Thundamentals not appearing at Townsville Uni Club or Andergrove Tavern. Layla and Dazastah not appearing on Vic or SA shows.Tickets on sale NOW. For info go to the shows page on Drapht’s official site.
Drapht’s adding new dates to his Party, Party, Party Tour so that he can finally take the number one debuting The Life of Riley album to the dusty stages in the northwest of the country. Not only is the album and his full live show hitting towns in the north of WA this tour now also marks Drapht’s first visit to the Northern Territory.
Bali Party is the new single from the The Life of Riley album, which we are very excited to announce has now reached official ARIA Gold Status. This is Drapht’s first gold album, an enormous achievement for a record which has been released on his own The Ayems label which is distributed by Sony Music. Bali Party is all over the radio at the moment, and next week people should keep an eye out for the killer clip for the song. Filmed only last weekend in some unspecified locations, with some of SBX’s and Perth’s finest in full effect, as well as a small cameo from the one and only Mr Trials, and on top of that we could never forget Bali Party compadre N’fa who had to fly in from France just for the shoot. Amused or disturbed, it’s your choice!
The Party, Party, Party tour is selling fast and will be one of the hip-hop tours of the year, don’t delay in getting your tickets as we expect a lot of shows on this run to sell out before the day, so get on it!Presented by The Ayems Records, Fidelity Corporation, vmusic.com.au, The Brag, Rave Magazine, Beat Magazine, dB Magazine & X-Press Magazine
DRAPHT – THE PARTY, PARTY, PARTY TOUR DATES: With special guests Muph & Plutonic*, Thundamentals* and Layla & Dazastah* TICKETS ON SALE NOW from outlets listed below *All shows over 18’s except Enmore Theatre and Thebarton Theatre which are licensed / all ages Wednesday 14 September – Station Hotel, Jindabyne, NSW Thursday 15 September – Penrith Panthers, NSW Friday 16 September – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW (Licensed/All Ages) Wednesday 21 September – Bluestone Ballarat, VIC Thursday 22 September – Chelsea Heights Hotel, VIC Friday 23 September – Palace Theatre, Melbourne, VIC Saturday 24 September – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA (Licensed /All Ages) Sunday 25 September – Mildura Settlers Tavern, VIC Thursday 28 September – The Discovery Nightclub, Darwin NT – NEW DATE! See your local guide or http://www.drapht.com for ticketing details Friday 30 September – The Roey, Broome WA – NEW DATE! The Roey & http://www.heatseeker.com.au Sat 1 Oct – The Pier Hotel, Port Hedland, WA – NEW DATE! The Pier Hotel & http://www.heatseeker.com.au Sat 2 Oct – The Mermaid Hotel, Dampier, WA – NEW DATE! Trax Music Karratha, The Mermaid & http://www.heatseeker.com.au Thursday 6 October – Players, Mandurah, WA Friday 7 October – Metro City, Perth, WA Sunday 9 October – Prince of Wales, Bunbury, WA Wednesday 12 October – Armidale Uni, NSW Thursday 13 October – C.Ex Coffs, NSW Friday 14 October – Yamba Bowling Club, NSW Sunday 16 October – Sugarland Tavern, Bundaberg, QLD Wednesday 19 October – Townsville Uni Club, QLD Thursday 20 October – Andergrove Tavern, Mackay, QLD
*Also appearing at Coasterfest 17/09/11, Sprung Festival 15/10/11 and 600 Sounds 21/10/11 **Muph & Plutonic not appearing at The Discovery Nightclub, The Roey, The Pier Hotel, The Mermaid Hotel shows ***Thundamentals not appearing at The Discovery Nightclub, Townsville Uni Club, Andergrove Tavern orThe Roey, The Pier Hotel or The Mermaid Hotel shows ****Layla and Dazastah not appearing on VIC shows, SA shows or The Discovery Nightclub, The Roey,The Pier Hotel or The Mermaid Hotel shows
Bag Raiders, Goodwill and AJAX have all trundled on down to Adelaide to play Carlton Dry’s series of free shows, Carlton Dry Industry Nights. With other acts such as Bluejuice, Gypsy & the Cat, Miami Horror and more playing around the country, Carlton Dry have proven that they’re not booking a half-assed marketing campaign; they’re in it for the long haul.
The next round of nights has been announced today, and features Bag Raiders for Perth (June 13) and the Gold Coast (May 30th), and Drapht for Adelaide (May 23rd) and Geelong (June 6th). Previous installments have all proven a massive success, with the nights aimed at giving those who work in hospitality their own weekend, on a Monday night. For more information or to RSVP for the guest list, visit the Thank God It’s Monday Facebook Page.
Drapht is still currently on tour with his The Life Of Riley tour. With only 3 dates remaining and all of them in WA ,the Carlton Dry Industry nights may be your last chance to catch Drapht for sometime. Here’s what Drapht had to say on the whole situation.
Drapht:“Back home now, and half way through the tour! But while I was on tour, I got the news that ‘The Life of Riley’ had come in at number one on the ARIA charts!!!!!! I can not express the amount of gratitude I have, to you, the people that made the first half of the tour, and this huge album accolade a possibility. And an extremely successful one at that. From the old fans that have been there from day one, to the new fans that have just stumbled across my music, I whole heartedly can not thank you all enough for all your support, I really do appreciate it!“
Triple J, Drapht,The Ayems Records and Fidelity Corporation are incredibly proud and happy to announce the release of Drapht’s new studio album The Life of Riley, as well as the tour to launch said album around the nation. It’s been a long time coming and a hell of a process but we assure you, The Life of Riley has been worth the wait.
To quote the man himself, “Never in my life have I put so much time and energy into one single thing. Mentally, the making of this album broke me and drove me to the brink of insanity on so many different occasions, a song wasn’t worthy of the record unless it did so.” The Life of Riley will be the first release on Drapht’s own label The Ayems, which is distributed through Sony Music. “The concepts and subject matter around The Life of Riley are based on living the life you want to live, not abiding by society’s pressures and no longer working for the man. So I thought it would be a fitting time to start my own label The Ayems. The Life of Riley will be released on April 1st.
The Rapunzel single was the first taste of The Life of Riley and was a very very big track at radio, as well as coming in a healthy #12 on the Triple J Hottest 100. We are proud to announce that Rapunzel has now been certified platinum on the ARIA single charts. The Life of Riley is an incredibly diverse album with material derived from a wide range of influences, and adds to what is already a broad musical palette over the breadth of Drapht‘s back catalogue.
Of course the best way to celebrate a new album is to get out and tour it, and Drapht is leaving no stone unturned on that front. We are very happy to announce that not only is Drapht heading out on the Groovin’ The Moo Festival to take it to the regionals, he is getting his full live show together to showcase The Life of Riley to the nation. It’s a large tour with a large line-up, with Drapht enlisting his good friends Mantra and The Tongue as supports to help give the album the launch it deserves. Dates are below, and relax Sydney, we have a special date for you to be announced soon!
You can grab yourself a FREE download of the new single ‘On & On’ by following the link here and signing up to the mailing list.
Tracklisting:
Intro
Sing It (The Life Of Riley)
Down
Rapunzel
The Eulogy Feat. Briggs
RIP JR
Won’t Listen When
People Won’t Know
Bali Party Feat. N’Fa
Skit
Air Guitar
The Paul The Dan feat. Trials
Murder Murder
Take The Party With Us feat. Funkoars
Good Morning
We Own The Night feat. Mantra & Urthboy
On And On
Triple J, Drapht, The Ayems Records and Fidelity Corporation are incredibly proud and happy to announce the release of Drapht’s new studio album The Life of Riley, as well as the tour to launch said album around the nation. It’s been a long time coming and a hell of a process but we assure you, The Life of Riley will be worth the wait. To quote the man himself, “Never in my life have I put so much time and energy into one single thing. Mentally, the making of this album broke me and drove me to the brink of insanity on so many different occasions, a song wasn’t worthy of the record unless it did so.”
The Life of Riley will be the first release on Drapht’s own label The Ayems, which is distributed through Sony Music. “The concepts and subject matter around ‘The Life of Riley’ are based on living the life you want to live, not abiding by society’s pressures and no longer working for the man. So I thought it would be a fitting time to start my own label ‘The Ayems”. The Life of Riley will be released on April 1st.
The Rapunzel single was the first taste of The Life of Riley and was a very very big track at radio, as well as coming in a healthy #12 on the Triple J Hottest 100. We are proud to announce that Rapunzel has now been certified platinum on the ARIA single charts. The next taste of the album Sing It will be unveiled shortly. It’s an incredibly diverse album with material derived from a wide range of influences, and adds to what is already a broad musical palette over the breadth of Drapht‘s back catalogue.
Of course the best way to celebrate a new album is to get out and tour it, and Drapht is leaving no stone unturned on that front. We are very happy to announce that not only is Drapht heading out on the Groovin’ The Moo Festival to take it to the regionals, he is getting his full live show together to showcase The Life of Riley to the nation. It’s a large tour with a large line-up, with Drapht enlisting his good friends Mantra and The Tongue as supports to help give the album the launch it deserves. Dates are below, and relax Sydney, we have a special date for you to be announced soon!
Full Tour Dates
Wednesday April 6 – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Thursday April 7 – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Friday April 8 – Kay Street, Traralgon, VICS
Saturday April 9 – Bended Elbow, Geelong, VIC
Sunday April 10 – New Albury Hotel, Albury, NSW
Thursday April 14 – Kings Beach Tavern, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Friday April 15 – Hi Fi, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday April 16 – Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta, QLD
Sunday April 17 – Great Northern, Byron Bay, NSW
Thursday April 21 – HQ, Adelaide, SA
Friday April 22 – Billboard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday May 5 – Carrington Hotel, Blue Mountains, NSW
Friday May 6 – Wollongong Uni, Wollongong, NSW
Thursday May 19 – Breakers, Geraldton, WA
Friday May 20 – Metro City, Perth, WA
Saturday May 21 – Heaven, Albany, WA
Drapht will also be playing all Groovin’ The Moo Festivals.
Check out the brand new clip from Drapht for his latest track Rapunzel. The track is produced by Trials from Funkoars and mixed by DJ Reflux.
It’s been a long time between drinks for west coast emcee and wordsmith Drapht. Having had a massive 08 and 09, most of 2010 has been spent teaming up with Brothers Grimm producer Trials working on the follow up.Drapht has been holed up in a home studio writing, crossing out, rewriting, cutting, pasting, cutting again, deleting, occasionally banging his head against a wall and then finally kicking back and smiling. The success of 2008’s Brothers Grimm, which spawned the massive radio hits Jimmy Recard and Falling (Jimmy Recard was the #2 most played track on JJJ in 08 and was #10 in the Hottest 100 as well as receiving Nova rotation and V Ripe Clip of the Week) has brought with it a range of pressures and expectations, not only from Drapht’s fans but also from the man himself, who isn’t exactly known for resting on his laurels and not moving forward.
So has it been worth the wait and the blood sweat and tears? Well, we can’t give you the whole picture until the album is out early next year (the album title is The Life of Riley by the way) but the first taste is about to be revealed. It’s called Rapunzel and it’s the perfect way to lead into summer, let alone an album.
To quote Drapht“The love hate relationship that is Rapunzel- a subject that I had that was extremely close to my heart, so naturally the song itself was one of the easiest to write, but one of the hardest to nail in the recording process. Has to be one of my favourites to date, has made me fall in love with her all over again!”
Rapunzel hit the radio Monday on Triple J and the judging by the response, it’s going to be another massive album. Stay tuned for the styling video, being worked on at the moment.
The best way for people to get an idea of the full scope of the album is to come along to the Rapunzel tour where selected cuts from the new record will get a showing, as well as a wide smattering from Drapht’s back catalogue. It’s going to be the only shows this year, and it’s going to be big.
Friday 3rd December – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne with special guests Dialectrix and Briggs Tickets from Polyester, Greville, Prince public bar; (03) 9536 1168 and online http://www.princebandroom.com.au
Saturday 11th December – Villa, Perth with Optamus plus guests Tickets from http://www.heatseeker.com.au, Heatseeker retail outlets and Moshtix (1300 GET TIX or moshtix.com.au)
*Also appearing at Full Noise Festival, Townsville.=
It’s been a long time between drinks for west coast emcee and wordsmith Drapht. Having had a massive 08 and 09, most of 2010 has been spent teaming up with Brothers Grimm producer Trials working on the follow up. Drapht has been holed up in a home studio writing, crossing out, rewriting, cutting, pasting, cutting again, deleting, occasionally banging his head against a wall and then finally kicking back and smiling. The success of 2008’s Brothers Grimm, which spawned the massive radio hits Jimmy Recard and Falling (Jimmy Recard was the #2 most played track on JJJ in 08 and was #10 in the Hottest 100 as well as receiving Nova rotation and V Ripe Clip of the Week) has brought with it a range of pressures and expectations, not only from Drapht’s fans but also from the man himself, who isn’t exactly known for resting on his laurels and not moving forward.
So has it been worth the wait and the blood sweat and tears? Well, we can’t give you the whole picture until the album is out early next year (the album title is The Life of Riley by the way) but the first taste is about to be revealed. It’s called Rapunzel and it’s the perfect way to lead into summer, let alone an album.
To quote Drapht“The love hate relationship that is Rapunzel- a subject that I had that was extremely close to my heart, so naturally the song itself was one of the easiest to write, but one of the hardest to nail in the recording process. Has to be one of my favourites to date, has made me fall in love with her all over again!”
Rapunzel hit the radio Monday on Triple J and the judging by the response, it’s going to be another massive album. Stay tuned for the styling video, being worked on at the moment.
The best way for people to get an idea of the full scope of the album is to come along to the Rapunzel tour where selected cuts from the new record will get a showing, as well as a wide smattering from Drapht’s back catalogue. It’s going to be the only shows this year, and it’s going to be big.
Tour Dates
Friday 19th November – Tempo Hotel, Brisbane with special guests Dialectrix and Optamus Tickets from http://www.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets
Friday 3rd December – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne with special guests Dialectrix and Briggs Tickets from Polyester, Greville, Prince public bar; (03) 9536 1168 and online http://www.princebandroom.com.au
Saturday 11th December – Villa, Perth with Optamus plus guests Tickets from http://www.heatseeker.com.au, Heatseeker retail outlets and Moshtix (1300 GET TIX or moshtix.com.au)
*Also appearing at Full Noise Festival, Townsville.=
