Welcomed to the fold

Wellington band Recloose earned a positive plug in the Hamstead & Highgate after a packed gig at the Jazz CafÈ. Recloose was formed around the Detroit born producer/DJ of the same name, who relocated to Titahi Bay in 2003. His all-star NZ band includes Riki Gooch (ex Trinity Roots) on drums and Mike Fabulous (The Black Seeds) on guitar and bass. Recloose describes his latest album Hiatus on the Horizon (2005), which includes contributions from Dallas Tamaira (Fat Freddy’s Drop) and Jonathan Crayford, as “really alive and loose and fun and playful. And I think how it sounds is totally to do with the calibre of the musicians that played on it. I didn’t want to rely too heavily on samples like I did on the last one. I had access to great musicians and it made sense to get them in, rather than relying on luck when you’re going through records and trying to find samples.”