Saturday 4pm - 6pm with CoopaBlu & Average White DJ

COOPA BLU:
Born a Kiwi but raised in the UK, CoopaBlu was brought up on a sultry diet of John Peel, Hip Hop, Motown, Dancehall, Ska and Soul. Collecting tunes and spinning since the heady housey days of 1989 - he has a wide taste for all things interesting for the discerning dancefloor - from Futurefunk, Afrobeat, Dub and Classic Soul through to Nu-Jazz, broken beats and worldly treats! His philosophy is to celebrate versatility and is at home bridging BPMs and collaging the unexpected wherever possible.

Over the past 5 years he has continued to bring his sound both here in Auckland and Wellington. Long running shows on FirmFM and Radio Active's 89FM; co-founding the 'Cheese and Pickle' nights at Sandwiches; supporting Big Bada Boom; spreading some sunshine at the Cuba Street Carnival; and setting up Wellington's long running 'Sundried' garden summer sessions (which is about to hit Auckland in 2010-11). Currently he can mostly be seen playing out at the monthly roadblock that is 'Jam'.

AVERAGE WHITE DJ (Rich):
Rich started DJing in 1990 around Auckland playing mainly hip hop and r'n'b.  He discovered techno early on and headed on a long trip into heavy electronica, putting in a pile of parties and promotions under various guises in Auckland clubs and other spots around NZ during the 90's. In 2000 he headed over to London, re-connected with his roots, started playing parties in Soho, moved on to rare groove parties in Angel and various residencies, crewed up with the Tukai/Bloom posse, and went on to play parties around South England, London, various festivals and even the Thames itself!

Returned to NZ in 2008 with a brief stint at Tabac and is now to be found mooching around the corridors of Base HQ filling in for anyone absent and having a ball while doing it.

Career highlights include among others, support slots for Richie Hawtin, Thomas Heckmann, Freddy Fresh, Mechanism/Micronism, Jazzie B, Dr Rubberfunk, Crazy P, Belleruche, all the Move parties, the Tukai boat parties and the Bloom Festivals.

SMASHEY & NICEY - Saturday Afternoons 4-6pm.