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Scalper is Nadeem Shafi, born and raised in East London of Pakistani descent. First seen in Aotearoa New Zealand at WOMAD 1997 as the vocalist for the British band Fun-da-mental. Now based on the wild West Coast of Auckland, having moved here in 2007. Scalper is Hip Hop like you’ve never heard it before. Moody, gritty beats with introspective lyrics that conjure visions of epic proportions, and an electrifying live performance that demands attention.

Flesh & Bones - Out Now




The Scalper debut album Flesh & Bones is now available on CD at all major and independent music stores across New Zealand.

"Ruthless and dark...informed and empowering."
**** Scott Kara, NZ Herald

"What could be New Zealand's most polished and accomplished album for 2010."
**** James Belfied, Sunday Star Times

"Heady, intelligent and intense...an extremely serious release...very impressive."
**** Jeff Neems, Waikato Times


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Stuff.co.nz Scalper album review today 11th Feb 2010

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/album-reviews/3317003/CD-review-Flesh-Bones-Scalper

If you like the spooky intensity of Massive Attack and the paranoid ramblings of Tricky then you’ll like this: Meet Nadeem Shafi, a London-born New Zealand resident creating his own brand of brutally dark hip-hop under the name Scalper.

He’s been around for a while now and it’s taken time for Shafi, a former member of British act Fun-da-mental, to release his debut solo album, but it’s well worth the wait.

Thanks to the unsettling, Portishead-style trip-hop beats and frequent use of Middle Eastern strings, Flesh & Bones bristles with tension, and album opener Black Glory - with its warped samples and thudding production - sets up the album’s ominous atmosphere perfectly.

Shafi obviously has a chip on his shoulder and it’s his gruff vocals about “death knocking on that door” that shine in the bouncy ThreePointOneFour and makes Obsessive Idols darker than a funeral procession. Superior  instrumental Numbers sounds positively chirpy after the thrillingly moody Abacus.

The overbearing bleakness can get a little monotonous but if you’re looking for something to soundtrack a thunderstorm at 2am, Flesh & Bones is perfect.

By Chris Schulz.

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