Fat Freddy's Drop

Originally released in 2001, this excellent recording from FFD is now re-issued at last! 'Live At The Matterhorn' was the EP which started the ball rolling for Fat Freddy's Drop's current success. Hear the roots of their sound & the accuracy of their craft on this seminal NZ roots reggae release....

The Drop present The Raft, the latest single to be lifted from Fat Freddy’s Drop’s double-platinum selling album Dr Boondigga & The Big BW. This 7” single features two mixes from Freddy’s producer & mastermind, Mu: the 7” edit & the Steppers Dub. The c...

Pacific purveyors of hi-tek soul Fat Freddy's Drop are a seven-piece family of musicians who have grown up together in Wellington, New Zealand. Emerging through a multitude of incarnations from funk jam bands to reggae soundsystems, jazz improvisation to live techno, their eagerly awaited debut stud...

So you would have thought that, when it came to recording 'The Big BW', the follow-up, main-man, producer and beat-master Mu, born Chris Faiumu, aka DJ Fitchie, and his band-mates would have felt the pressure to live up to the praise heaped on 'Based on a True Story' -- in the UK, The Observer calle...

Live At Roundhouse is the brand new LIVE album from Fat Freddy’s Drop. As any long-term fan knows, live & direct is the very best way to feel the mercurial magic of Fat Freddy’s Drop. Onstage performance is the life-blood of their music, which evolves into a spontaneous, eclectic ...

Enjoying national and international success since their 2005 album Based on a True Story, New Zealanders Fat Freddy's Drop release their latest single Pull the Catch through Kartel Records. The 7 piece dub roots band, originally from Wellington, were known around New Zealand mainly as a decisive...

This is a limited edition 2LP set of the 'The Big BW' album by Fat Freddy's Drop on Vinyl. So you would have thought that, when it came to recording 'The Big BW', the follow-up, main-man, producer and beat-master Mu, born Chris Faiumu, aka DJ Fitchie, and his band-mates would have felt the press...

CD single release from the band's sophomore album, featuring the duelling vocals of Joe Dukie and Alice Russell on a lethargic, dub-infused downtempo track. Instrumental on the flip.