The Black Seeds July 27, 2010

Formed in 1998, New Zealand's The Black Seeds fuse dub, reggae and funk sounds to form a unique musical "party" sound. They usually perform with ten members, with instruments including vocals, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums, bongos, keyboard, woodblock and more. The Black Seeds' lead singer Barnaby Weir is also the mastermind behind the sideproject Flash Harry, and band member Bret McKenzie is also a member of international award-winning comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and sideproject Videokid, as well as playing Figwit the elf in Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. The Black Seeds have released four albums, 'Keep On Pushing' and 'On The Sun,' a remix album 'Pushed' and 'Into the Dojo.'