P-Bass Expressway : Snag Bag

FOREIGNDUB/MGM 2008

P-Bass Expressway began with a friendship that formed between Paul Bimler (AKA Nava Thomas, AKA Confucius) and Ariel White while they were living in an ashram together in the early 90’s. In 1999 with a common interest: funk. Inspired by classic funk acts of the late sixties through to the mid eighties they began recording their own funk.
P-Bass Expressway played their first gig live on Christchurch’s 98.5 RDU. Shortly after this Kurt Dyer (Solaa) joined the band on percussion. The first public gigs came in the form of a regular once a month Wednesday night at the old Jetset Lounge.

P-Bass Expressway began to look further a field with tours following throughout New Zealand and to Australia. In 2005 a vinyl 12” was released with 3 new tracks and a remix from Sunshine Soundsystem’s Downtown Brown. Distribution for the record and CD were secured in Australia, and P-Bass songs began appearing on playlists around the globe.
From 2004 – 2007 P-Bass Expressway were fortunate to play alongside some on New Zealand’s finest acts, including Shapeshifter, Salmonella Dub, Hollie Smith and Kora, to name a few. Highlights were playing Rippon 2006 and Christchurch’s Unity nights.

Although predominantly instrumental, there have been a number of guest vocalists in the band over the years. These include Christchurch’s Sacha van Beek and Jennine Bailey, with well known MC KPz joining the band as a regular member early 2006. All of these, along with Sydney’s MC Janny, now appear on the brand new P-Bass Expressway album ‘Snag Bag” to be released in Australia November 2008.

The result is a group of funk lovers who love bringing the groove and soul of funk music to the people

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PBASS EXPRESSWAY – SNAG BAG RELEASED THROUGH FOREIGNDUB/MGM NOVEMBER 2008