| House of Shem | |
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House of Shem performing live at Brisbane, Australia, January 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New Zealand |
| Genres | Reggae |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Labels | Shock EMI Capitol Moving Productions House Of Shem |
| Associated acts | Herbs, Maxi Priest, Katchafire, |
| Website | houseofshem.com |
| Members | |
| Carl Perkins Te Omeka Perkins Isaiah Perkins Kaya Webster Francis Harawira Roy Venkataraman Chris Nielson Karl Thomas |
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House of Shem is a New Zealand Reggae band from Wanganui, New Zealand.
House of Shem have had songs featured on the Conscious Roots compilations. In May 2008, their debut album, “Keep Rising” was released throughout New Zealand. It was released again in April 2009 throughout Australia and Hawaii.[1]
They have toured Australia[2] and New Zealand[3]. They were also on the bill of the 2010 Raggamuffin Music Festival[4] alongside acts such as Shaggy, Sly & Robbie (featuring Ms. Lauryn Hill), Julian Marley, Blue King Brown, Steel Pulse and Sean Kingston.
In April 2010, House of Shem started recording their second album Island Vibration with engineer and producer Errol Brown who has worked with many well known reggae bands and artists such as Alton Ellis, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Gregory Isaacs, Peter Tosh and Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers. The album was released in New Zealand on the 14th of February 2011.
Contents |
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog Number |
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| 2008 | Keep Rising | Shock | - | - | HOSCD001 |
| 2011 | Island Vibration | House Of Shem Music | #1[5][6] | NZ | 81491 |
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Conscious Roots | EMI | - | - | 8636632 |
| 2005 | Conscious Roots 2 | Capitol | - | - | 3495142 |
| 2006 | Conscious Roots 3 | Capitol | - | - | 3774962 |
| 2007 | Conscious Roots 4 | Moving Productions | - | - | 5197652 |
| 2009 | Conscious Roots 2009 | EMI | - | - | 2655252 |