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| Rapture Ruckus |
|  | | Country: | New Zealand |
| Website: | http://www.raptureruckus.com |
| email: | brad@raptureruckus.com |
| Info: | Brad Dring also known as Rapture Ruckus released his debut
album "I Believe" on Parachute Records in 2006.
Beginnings
Wellington. Windy City. 2001. Burgeoning audio engineer and
rock drummer Brad Dring sequences a Cypress Hill tune to rap
along to for a class music project. His performance with
sideman and friend Doug Aitofi wipes the floor clean with
power, attitude, and a skill level no-one realized he had
inside not even him. As New Zealand?s underground hip hop
scene would soon find out, this was the day Rapture Ruckus
was born.
Youth
Growing up in a hard fought working class neighbourhood,
Brad Dring learned to tell the story of life from watching
his mother single-handedly raise a family the only way she
knew how - passionately. Moving house over a dozen times,
living with his grandparents, taking the good with the bad
was a struggle, but as always Dring plays his story down,
??looking back I can see that it was definitely hard, but
hey, I had Leggo? it wasn?t exactly South Central.? Whatever
it was, it was certainly character forming and it saw the
young man who was to become ?Rapture? discovering his place
in life the only way he knew how - through making music.
Hip Hop
Having stumbled across the sound of Cypress Hill, Rage
Against The Machine and a pile of aggressive West Coast
beats (courtesy of Dr Dre and Bone Thugs n Harmony), a
wide-eyed 13 year old immersed himself in a lifestyle that
within a few short years saw Brad descend into the local
drug culture and his life quickly spiral out of control.
Habit
At age 18, still struggling with a drug habit, he found
himself studying every facet of music he could find -
writing and recording a fusion of hip-hop, beats, jazz,
rock, you name it ? looking to both songs and substances,
trying to find a purpose until one day that purpose found
him. Tripping out in the backseat of a friend?s car, Brad
heard God speak to him about where his life and his music
were headed if he stayed on this track and thankfully he
listened. Next Sunday Brad hauled himself out of bed, went
to church with his mother and at the first opportunity just
walked up the front - slowly, simply - and put his future in
greater hands.
Recording
Partnering with Doug Aitofi, a newly focused Brad recorded a
10 track Rapture Ruckus album paying more respect to God
than the ghetto and released it on a local Wellington indie
label to critical underground acclaim. Selling a few
thousand on the back of outstanding shows and word of mouth
(including being the highest selling debut act ever at
Parachute Festival), it didn?t take long for important
people to discover their hard hitting sound and, following
brief tours and support shows through Australia, Rapture
Ruckus found themselves looking for the next step to take
their music to a new level.
Label
Significant negotiations with local record labels ensued
until that step appeared in the form of Brad bringing alter
ego Rapture into the hard working fold of Parachute Music.
Touring
This quickly saw him touring in support of other outstanding
artists, bringing his music to grassroots audiences
throughout Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, the United
States, Canada, Europe, Africa and the United Kingdom until
the Rapture Ruckus that we now see is a young but veteran
act of hundreds of shows the world over.
Awards
Rapture Ruckus won the Best Gospel/Christian Album with his
record "I Believe" at the 2007 Vodafone New Zealand Music
Awards held in Auckland on the 18th of October, 2007.
Albums
Rapture Ruckus released his debut album "I Believe" on
Parachute Records in 2006. |
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| Release: | I Believe |
|  | | MyHHHdb | |
| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2006 [ Listen to HHH from this era on Spotify ] |
| Recordlabel: | Parachute Records |
| Info: | 1. Intro
2. Got This Feelin
3. Rockin
4. Rhymes For Times
5. Lose Control
6. I Believe
7. Move
8. Freight Train
9. Forever
10. Get Ready
11. Thank You |
| Rating: | Our users rated this release: 9 out of 10
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