Hey all, come down this Friday to The Swan Basement to check out The Freakz Of The Nature as they promote their latest single "Thoughts In My Head".
Perth/Sydney based electro hip hoppers, The Freakz of The Nature, announce their brand new single, ‘Thoughts In My Head’ and the WA launch of the song.
As a special preview as to what to expect from their forthcoming album, ‘2000Zen’, The Freakz of The Nature will be launching the Thoughts In My Head single on Friday November 5th at Swan Basement in North Fremantle.
Last seen live supporting Arrested Development in their Perth show a couple of years back, this is an ultra rare gig that you don't want to miss. The Freakz are most known for their energetic live shows, and this live set will feature all new material from their new album.
Supporting The Freakz on the night will be a diverse lineup including Wisdom2th (The Anonymous), Paulie P, JR and The Pantheon Vanguard. $5 entry, doors open at 8pm, with the first act on at 8:10pm, so get there early.
To say it's been a long time coming would be an understatement. The Freakz of The Nature formed back in 1996 before Australian hip hop was in the mainstream. Featuring Optimystic as an MC and Krazie Kraze also as an MC but also providing production, they were joined by their 3rd member, Illuminousity in 2002. In 2004 they released their 6 track EP 'Artistic Integrity' featuring the single Futuristic Mystics which scored itself a place in the Triple J Unearthed WA final selection.
Many gigs and a couple of years later saw Optimystic and Illuminousity move to Sydney and the members focus on solo projects. In 2009 they started recording what would be surprisingly, their debut album '2000Zen'.
2000Zen see's Krazie Kraze step away from production and introduce two new producers. Perhaps what may be called a concept album, the album is split into two halves "2000" and "Zen".
The 2000 side has 5 tracks produced by Loftee, an up-tempo electro/dubstep/dance influenced slice of hip hop.
The Zen side has 5 songs produced by Max Taylor. This side being a more darker and down-tempo trip hop influenced side.
This equals the sort of album you should expect from The Freakz of The Nature, a massively diverse collection of songs, all while still maintaining it's roots in hip hop, with everything from a special feature by Speech from legendary US hip hop act Arrested Development in one song, to a paranoid opera vocal wailing away in the chorus and verses of another. There's of course a few party style jams amongst the mostly politically and conscious rap style verses that have been typical of The Freakz past.
