Dallas Tamaira

Joe Dukie with Fat Freddy's Drop at TFF Rudolstadt 2013

Dallas Tamaira or better known as Joe Dukie is the singer of the New Zealand group Fat Freddy's Drop . His pseudonym refers to the name of his father Joe, also a singer, and that of his grandfather, a musician named Dukie, named after Duke Ellington.

Dallas' style is largely influenced by Bill Withers . Tamaira was nominated for best singer at the b-Net NZ Music Awards 2005.

Discography

Solo (under the name "Dallas")

• Better Than Change EP (The Drop, 1999)
• The Garden , based on the compilation Styles Upon Styles Part Two (Sugarlicks, 2002)

With Bongmaster (Dallas, Iain Gordon, Mu)

• Bongmaster, "Ground My Ego," Loop Select 003 (Loop, 2002)

With DJ Fitchie

• Seconds b / w Grounded (Especial, 2005)
• This Room [split 12 "with Fat Freddy's Drop] (Best Seven, 2003)
• Midnight Marauders b / w dub version (Best Seven, 2002)
• Midnight Marauders b / w "Seconds" (The Drop, 2002)

With Fat Freddy's Drop

See Fat Freddy's Drop discography

Appearances in other songs

• Tubbs, Five Day Night [w / New Chefs Mix and Baloo Mix] (Carbon, 2003)
• Tubbs, Falling (Carbon, 2003)
• Twinset, Sweet Thing (Loop, 2003)
• Markus Enochson, Follow Me (Vinyl Junkies, 2004)
• Shapeshifter , Long White Cloud (Truetone, 2004)
• Eva Be, No Memory of Time (Best Seven, 2004)
• Clara Hill , Flawless Part Two ( Sonar Collective , 2004)
• Tubbs, Five Day Night [w / Fat Freddy's Drop Mix and Baloo Mix] (Exceptional, 2005)
• Boozoo Bajou , Take It Slow (Studio! K7, 2005)
• Dutch Rhythm Combo , Venom (Powder, 2005)
• Recloose, Dust ( Peacefrog Records , 2005)
• Recloose, Time Is on Your Side ( Peacefrog Records , 2005)
• Recloose, Deeper Waters ( Peacefrog Records , 2008)
• Pacific Heights, Peace ( TruTone , 2008)
• Jazzanova , What Do You Want? , (Sonar collective, 2008)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr Boondigga & The Big BW The New Zealand Herald
2. ^ Reviews extracts at Amplifier.co.nz