Dr Boondigga & The Big BW went straight to #1 of the New Zealand Music Album charts, having shipped Gold and hitting Platinum in the first four days. Two years in the making, the album is the successor to the band’s 2005 debut album Based On A True Story, which also went straight to #1 in New Zealand, reached 8 x platinum and won a raft of awards including Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Album of The Year in the UK. “We’ve absorbed a few influences along the way: Berlin Bashment, Portuguese Top Forty, Tooting Bhangra Beat and Montmartre TV Shop Techno Hi-Life”, reports trumpet player Tony Chang on the musical stopovers of the bands creative process. “There was no external pressure. Only the self pressure to naturally progress, improve & take the music somewhere fresh” says DJ Fitchie, producer and MPC technician, about Dr Boondigga & The Big BW. “We didn’t go in with any preconceptions. We’re better songwriters now and we’ve moved away from the big long jams that are better left for live performance.” Fat Freddy’s Drop Are: Joe Dukie aka Dallas Tamaira (Vocals) Dobie Blaze aka Iain Gordon (Keys & Synth) Tony Chang aka Toby Laing (Trumpet) Jetlag Johnson aka Tehimana Kerr (Guitar) Hopepa aka Joe Lindsay (Trombone) Fitchie aka MU aka Chris Faiumu (MPC) and introducing Chopper Reedz aka Scott Towers (Saxophone) KEY SELLING POINTS - Dr Boondigga & The Big BW went straight to #1 of the New Zealand Music Album charts, having shipped Gold and hitting Platinum in the first four days. - It’s the successor to the band’s 2005 debut album Based On A True Story, which also went straight to #1 in New Zealand, reached 8 x platinum and won a raft of awards including Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide A[info from ]