DJs, producers and remixers Aston Harvey and Matt Cantor channelled their mutual love of hip-hop and electro to deliver dance floor hit Drop the Boom on their own Scratch City Records in 1996.
Multiple collaborations, world tours, four albums, six remix albums and 20 singles all followed.
These were capped most recently in Wakatipu when they headlined the inaugural EarthTonz New Year's Eve open-air music festival in Gibbston.
The Freestylers ignite Mint Bar, Wanaka on Wednesday, March 28, then Subculture, Queenstown on Thursday, March 29.
Limited presale tickets for either gig cost $25 plus booking fee from Dash Tickets online.
After presales have sold out, general admission tickets cost $35 plus booking fee from Dash Tickets, Quest in Queenstown and Wanaka, Chop Shop Wanaka and both venues.
Picks of the week
TODAY
7pm: Les Richardson on keyboard and Robin Whiting on saxophone entertain in the Friday Jazz Club in Les Alpes. Free. Singer Hine Marchand is scheduled to perform jazz and blues classics next Friday.
7.30pm: New Zealand Arts Foundation Award-winning photographers and siblings Fiona Pardington, of Auckland, and Neil Pardington, of Wellington, discuss their influences and careers in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown, then attend the public opening of their joint exhibition Tewhare next door in the Nadene Milne Gallery at 8.30pm. Seat bookings are encouraged; call the cinema on (03) 442-1964. Entry costs $8 to cover cinema costs.
9pm: Musical parodist and stand-up comedian Gish performs in the Frankton Ale House as part of his Oh My Gish tour. Free.
10pm: DJs Downtown Brown and Turbohag select hip-hop, drum 'n' bass and dubstep in Subculture. Free before midnight.
10pm: Young original Queenstown four-piece rock, metal and punk outfit Rules of Addiction deal to Dux de Lux. Free.
TOMORROW
10pm: Downtown Brown and DJ guests drop "Heavy Duty" hip-hop and drum 'n' bass in Subculture. Free before midnight.
10pm: Queenstown trio Ghettoblaster blends reggae, funk and soul covers and originals in Dux de Lux. Free.
SUNDAY
4pm: Queenstown solo singer and guitar strummer Tahne serenades Dux de Lux. Free.
THURSDAY
10pm: Queenstown-based South American quartet the Empty Bottles mix reggae-tinged originals and covers in Dux de Lux. Free.
