Adi Dick (born 5 January 1978 in

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

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) is a singer, songwriter and producer who has been involved in many projects within the New Zealand music scene. Dick was involved in a roots and blues trio called the Seven Suns (Formerly known as Stylus77) and released a mini album under the name Stylus 77 in 2003 on

Capital Recordings Capital Recordings is a small record label formed in November 2001 based in Wellington, New Zealand. Their aim is to help musicians recording in their bedrooms, apartments and beach houses around Wellington and New Zealand reach a wider audience. ...

, and in Barnaby Weir's,

Black Seeds The Black Seeds are a reggae inspired musical group from Wellington, New Zealand.Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2013)The Black Seeds, rooted in reggae, ''Jamaica Observer'', 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013 Their rocksteady song "One ...

musical collaboration band

Fly My Pretties __NOTOC__ Fly My Pretties is a collaboration of musicians originally from Wellington, New Zealand who are known for coming together to record live albums, in various locations in New Zealand. The different musical backgrounds of the members make ...

, featuring on the 2005 album, ''Return of Fly My Pretties''. Here he played two songs; 'Get Out' and 'Foresight.' Dick also accompanied

on their sold out New Zealand tour in July 2006. In 2005 Dick attended the

Red Bull Music Academy The Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) is a world-traveling series of music workshops and festivals that was founded in 1998 by Red Bull GmbH. The main five-week event is held in a different city each year. The public portion of its program is a festiv ...

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, U.S., selected from 2000 applicants. Here he collaborated for two weeks with 59 other musicians, producers, singers, MCs, DJs from around the world. Before his excursion to Seattle, Adi Dick released his first solo EP, ''Noise in Your Stereo''. Recorded in his bedroom and released on his own label 'First Take Records,' it is inspired by jazz, hip hop, blues and soul. He has toured the UK and Europe including with the band

Fat Freddy's Drop Fat Freddy's Drop is a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by mus ...

. Adi Dick also founded the band Sons of Puha, featuring Adi on MPC, guitar and vocals, Doughboy Johnson on bass and Lisa Preston on vocals. On 1 May 2007, Adi Dick released his debut album ''Our Place'', featuring a new version of ''Get Out'' which he wrote and performed in Fly My Pretties. He released an EP ''Spacedust'' in 2012.

References

External links

Adi Dick's Myspace Page

1978 births Living people Musicians from Wellington 21st-century New Zealand male singers {{NewZealand-singer-stub