the vibe is luscious & the line up legendary

The Motherland Collective is please to announce that, for the first time ever, the mighty Big Youth, with DJ Earl (Trojan Soundsystem) at the controls, will be performing live in session at SoundSplash 2006.

Veteran Jamaican deejay Big Youth is the first international performer to be confirmed for the SoundSplash Festival 2006 at Raglan's Wainui Reserve on Waitangi weekend.

Kingston-based Big Youth - real name Manley Augustus Buchanan - has been toasting on reggae sound systems for more than 30 years, and is widely credited with being one of the first deejays to bring Rastafarian culture into the island nation's music.

In his home country only the great Bob Marley rivaled him in terms of popularity among followers of reggae music. Through his initial work with the Tippertone Sound System and a string of hits in Jamaica including Hit the Road Jack and S-90 Skank, Big Youth to deejay lyricism to a higher and more conscious level and remains one of the most respected artists of his generation. He also became of the first Jamaican performers to openly sport dreadlocks, and is easily recognizable due to his remarkable teeth, which are encrusted with red, gold and green jewels, the colors of Rastafarianism. This will be the first visit to New Zealand by the 50-year-old musical sensation.

For the SoundSplash set, DJ Earl, of the world-famous Trojan Sound System, will back Big Youth.

Big Youth and DJ Earl join a select group of New Zealand performers already confirmed for SoundSplash 06:

BIG YOUTH
DJ EARL (TROJAN SOUNDSYSTEM)
SALMONELLA DUB
KATCHAFIRE
CORNERSTONE ROOTS
KORA
RHOMBUS
THE MIDNIGHTS
OPEN SOULS

HOUSE OF SHEM
STINKY JIM

THE CHAPLIN
KARIOI RHYTHM SELECTION
RENEGADE SOUND
BRAZILBEAT SOUNDSYSTEM
LADI 6
YARDWISE
DDUB
AK SAMBA
... more line up announcements still to come.

SoundSplash is part of a new generation of open-air events. This eco focused, zero waste festival is world class.... c. Each summer the word spreads & the festival attracts more & more loved up festivalgoers.

The SoundSplash festival is held in sunny Raglan... a town renowned for its surf, artisans, musicians & laid-back lifestyle.

This unique summer experience is set at Wainui Reserve, which is a natural amphitheatre 500 meters from the beach.

Camping is available on site.

SoundSplash tickets go ON SALE November 7

& are available from Ticketmaster, all NZ Post shops nation-wide, & the Raglan Info Centre
Tickets can also be purchased on line via the website http://www.motherland.co.nz

Ticket prices
$95 + booking fee till Jan 2006
Thereafter
$105+ booking fee

Family concessions (not available through the website)
1-2 Adults $80 + B/F each.
14yrs & under free with family concession only
15-17yrs $50 + B/F

On the day of the festival tickets are $125 & available only from the Raglan Info centre.

If tickets are not already sold out there will be some (strictly limited) gate sales on the day.
At this years festival a number of people were turned away so please, avoid disappointment by purchasing your ticket early.

SoundSplash Eco Reggae Festival 2006

Waitangi Weekend, February 4 & 5 at Wainui Reserve, Raglan