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DRAX PROJECT
Release New EP
‘DIAMOND’
LISTEN TO DIAMOND HERE
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“Drax Project have gone from street side performers to supporting the biggest names in pop, including Camila Cabello, Ed Sheeran and Lorde.” – Rolling Stone
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One of the most watched groups ever to come out of New Zealand, Drax Project, have gone from 4-piece buskers to Pop RnB arena fillers. Today, New Zealand’s slickest live band are celebrating the release of their first EP in 4 years – Diamond.
The last two years have been a reset for everyone, Drax Project included. For this EP, they’ve eased back into releasing bodies of music with a collection of songs they love to play live. Diamond features studio versions of fan favourites ‘Hollywood’, ‘Fashion Sense’ and ‘Love In The Morning’ alongside recent singles ‘Crazy’ and ‘Mad At You’. Production duties across the EP are shared between Grammy nominees Grey and Rogét Chahayed, along with Drax themselves. The record is mixed by Grammy winning engineer Tom Norris.
While they have been fairly quiet on the new release front since 2020, they’ve also been quietly collecting wins. Hot New York Neo-soul group Phony Ppl joined their fellow New Zealanders Six60 on a new version of Drax’s hit “Catching Feelings” – which sat for months in the US RnB radio top 40. They now have more platinum records in Australia than any other band ever to come out of New Zealand. Singles off the self-titled debut (300/Universal) album have collected nearly half a billion streams worldwide and 24 Platinum certifications to date, with “Woke Up Late” recently hitting the 500k unit threshold for US gold. They’ve also amassed the largest Tiktok following of any major NZ music artist. These numbers only look set to grow upon the release of Diamond and a new studio album scheduled for late this year.
“It’s been a pretty weird last couple of years for everyone! From a health standpoint, we’ve been extremely lucky to be in New Zealand – especially early in the pandemic, when we got to play stadiums while the rest of the world was in lockdown – but it has meant being a long way away from a lot of our audience. Focusing more on recording than releasing has made sense. With New Zealand now opening up to the world again, it feels like the right time to start letting out more of the music we’ve been working on” – Drax Project.
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About Drax Project
Drax Project are Shaan Singh (lead vocals, sax, keys), Matt Beachen (drums), Sam Thomson (bass, keys, BVs) and Ben O’Leary (Guitar, keys, BVs).
Beginning as jazz students busking on the streets of Wellington New Zealand, Drax Project have grown into one of the most successful groups ever to come out of the country. Through their own headline tours, international festival performances and opening for the likes of Ed Sheeran, Christina Aguilera, Lorde, Brian McKnight and Camila Cabello, the band have established themselves as one of the world’s emerging ‘must see’ live acts.
After two early EPs established their reputation in New Zealand, their self-titled debut album, on US label 300, made ripples around the world. To date Drax Project have collected nearly half a billion streams and 24 platinums internationally, with the single “Woke Up Late” ft Hailee Steinfeld recently passing the threshold for US gold. “Catching Feelings” ft Six60 and Phony Ppl recently peaked at #16 in the US RnB radio charts. They accompanied Famous Dex on the standout single “Light” from his chart-topping gold-certified 2018 debut, Dex Meet Dexter, which bowed at #12 on the Billboard Top 200 and more recently collaborated with Diamond certified New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap and Aacacia on the AUS/NZ hit “Firefly”. Highlight US performances include the i-Heart Radio Festival, Rolling Stone Magazine’s Coachella party and two sold out headline club shows in New York. They have the largest streaming New Zealand band on Spotify for over 3 years uninterrupted and have the biggest following of any major New Zealand music artist on Tiktok.
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