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THIS SATURDAY 3rd October at Galatos

DISRUPT VS NARAM (Auckland Show)

Two Reggae Juggernauts going head to head for one night only!

Tickets available here >> https://shorturl.at/simLU

Disrupt V Naram Aotearoa Tour – Galatos Since 2003 Disrupt has been a trailblazer for the DIY 8 bit sound of Jahtari – and anyone who follows the evolution of 21st century reggae will be familiar with impact of this sound from the east Germany city of Leipzig.

The Reggae Rodeo Sound System

Coming to Whanganui for the Disrupt vs Naram show on September 26th at Porridge Watson

Check out the Rodeo selection by Red Robin on this old school cassette mix

https://youtu.be/7CInSsR5siY?si=sWsCe0N_MEj78XEB

DISRUPT VS NARAM (Auckland Show)

Naram

Whanganui-based musician and producer Naram has spent more than two decades studying the science of digital reggae and rub-a-dub.

Inspired by the artistry and technology of Jamaica’s 1980s recording studios, he composes, plays, records and mixes his own riddims using vintage instruments, analogue tape machines and a menagerie of antiquated studio effects.

In 2014, Naram was invited by German producer Disrupt to join the renowned Jahtari label. His resulting debut album, March of the Gremlins, won critical acclaim for its dark, idiosyncratic collision of nostalgia and futurism, launching a career that has since produced more than 40 vinyl releases on labels including Jahtari, Scotch Bonnet, Cubiculo, Irie Ites and Red Robin Records – the Aotearoa rub-a-dub label he co-founded.

His landmark 2020 album, Midnight Riders Meets the Naram Rhythm Section, was the culmination of five years’ work and two recording trips to Jamaica to work with legendary Waterhouse vocalist Midnight Riders. Released to international acclaim, it cemented Naram’s reputation as one of the most authentic modern purveyors of 1980s-style digital reggae and rub-a-dub.

In 2025, Naram returned with Musically Bad, a full-length collaboration with deadly Jamaican deejay Tippa Lee, recorded in Los Angeles and mixed to half-inch tape in Naram’s analogue Whanganui studio. Recent 12-inch releases have also seen him build, play and dub riddims for reggae royalty Linval Thompson, Sister Carol and Freddie McGregor.

Live, Naram performs his original riddims as an uncompromising live dub set, dismantling and rebuilding them in real time. Expect heavyweight basslines, haunted synthesisers and spontaneous excursions through roots, rub-a-dub and digital dancehall.

Catch Naram live at two shows this Spring
DISRUPT VS NARAM (Whanganui Show) on 26th September at Porridge Watson

DISRUPT VS NARAM (Auckland Show) on 3rd October at Galatos

DISRUPT VS NARAM (Auckland Show)

DISRUPT - Leipzig (Germany)

With a background in breakcore, weirdo electronic music and a love for video game soundtracks disrupt and a trashy laptop set out on a mission to unite bits and bytes with the goodness of DUB back in 2003.

Starting the Jahtari imprint as an outlet for those humble but fun experiments helped to gain momentum for the sound and DIY approach the label is now known for.

A fair heap of releases followed since 2007: “Foundation Bit” (on Werk Discs), “The Bass Has Left The Bilding” (LP), “Dot Matrix With Stereo Sound” and many ruffneck dancehall EPs and 7″s alongside Maffi and Naram.

Disrupt also produced the cosmic enka LP “Karma No Kusari” by Kiki Hitomi, and the dub poetry epics “Dis Side Ah Town” and “Dog Heart City” by Roger Robinson.

With the trilogy of cosmic library albums “Omega Station“, “The Recreation Room” and “Under Triple Suns” disrupt ventures out deeply into the unexplored space between dub and sonic fiction.
DISRUPT performs in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on October 3rd at Galatos Theatre!

Disrupt playlist and info here >> https://jahtari.org/artists/disrupt/

DISRUPT VS NARAM (Auckland Show)

EARLY BIRDS SOLD OUT
ADVANCE PASSES AVAILABLE HERE >> https://galatos.co.nz/live/disrupt-v-naram-aotearoa-tour/

Saturday 3rd October @ Galatos!