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.

Herbie Hancock on the piano
Marcus Miller on the bass
Nguyên Lê on the guitar
Rakesh Chaurasia on the flute
Adriano Dos Santos Tenori on percussions
Dave Holland plays the double bass
Vinnie Colaiuta on Drums
Ambrose Akinmusire on the trumpet

The mysterious afro-soul of Shaolin Afronauts first echoed across the dance floors of Australia in late early 2008. Heavily inspired by the sounds of 1970′s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering avant-garde jazz artists of the same period the Shaolin Afronauts draw on the this highly innovative and sometimes volatile era in music, using it as inspiration to create music with the same fire and intensity. Their spirited performances have fast gained a reputation as some of the most exciting live shows around. Though there is something refreshing and original about the Afronauts, their music could be described as somewhere in between the heavy Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the Ethio-Jazz of Mulatu Astatke.

專輯 Amandla 是與 Marcus Miller 及 Duke 在譜曲上的另一次合作