Urban Tramper "10,000 times glorious" tour of NZ

'Future Folk' band: 'URBANTRAMPER & HALO LIKE A HOOLA HOOP".

They are about to embark on the "10,000 times glorious" tour of NZ - to release their third album: 'tokon & the colours'.

The dates are as follows:

NORTH ISLAND...
thurs 22/3: Mighty mighty, Wgtn W: Date with doom
fri 30/3: Schooner tavern, Auck, W: White birds & lemons, Simon Comber, George & Queen
Sat 31/3: Ward Lane, H-town, W: the Shrugs & the Deadly Deaths
Thurs 5/4: Allelujia Cafe, Auck, W: TBCSun 8/4: Sawmill cafe, Leigh.
(more dates and support to be confirmed)

WHO: Lake, aka ‘urbantramper’ is a 24 yr old devout treeninja, always doing his best to follow the principle of ‘one is life’ and make the world a better place for all to live in. He has been playing music under the ‘urbantramper’ moniker for 7 years. He has played with musicians such as: Calexico, John White (mestar), disasteradio, ryan prebble…etc.. He has released 2 albums: ‘to the future on foot…’ (2004) and ‘the treeninja always gets through…’ (2005) Both albums receive airplay on B-net, commercial and Government owned radio. A compilation of urbantramper’s albums was the bonus CD on the June ‘06’ Low Hum tour. The recent ‘urbantramper’ single ‘shitty flat’ reached number 2 on the Kiwi Fm top 10, and the new single ‘sunsets on the empty carnival’ has just been released . The current incarnation of urbantramper is: ‘urbantramper & when we were free’. A band comprising of: lake (vocals, acoustic guitar, melodica, triangle, harmonica), eli D (vocals, guitar, tambourine), joe (bass) and griff (drums/percussion). They have recently played shows in Auckland and Tauranga, and play regularly in Wellington. The music could be described as ‘future folk’. There are beautiful boy/girl harmonies, well structured pop songs, psychedelic jams, soulful ballads and driving beats….

WHAT THEY’VE SAID:
"it's clear that this album is something pretty special, reminiscent of Gramsci and Age Pryor but going beyond both of these to plumb new depths of echoing instrumental layers. Urban Tramper's music is both mournful and joyous. It is homemade yet polished." - NZ Musician ( NZ music magazine)
"Like a mellow Beck crossed with radiohead, yet totally original in the trampers own distinctive voice, this is a hell of a lot more pleasing to listen to then any of those cheesy "lazy sunday" compilations.
beautiful.
Singer/songwriters take note." Blink (a low hum)
“urbantramper’s live performance is, aurally speaking, very similar to his recorded music…the audience certainly liked it and got into all he had to offer, joining him onstage and dancing freely to his almost-spiritual melodic beats…urbantramper’s determination and self-belief, coupled with his proven musicianship, make him a name to watch” –the Package (Wgtn/chch street mag)

Web: www.oneislife.org www.myspace.com/urbantramper

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