NZ On Air Music
Page: 3
This week’s Local Eyes video is from New Zealand hip hop musician Vallé with his new single ‘Prodigy’, featuring Sam V and John Givez. Packed full of hard-hitting bars and witty punchlines, ‘Prodigy’ is a song showcasing the talent the trio has to offer. ‘Prodigy’ is an unrelenting array of lyricism backed by an explosive […]
For this week’s Local Eyes Unknown Mortal Orchestra returns with a brand new single. ‘Weekend Run’ marks their first taste of new music this year and perfectly showcases UMO’s signature modern soul over the course of a five-minute sonic journey.
With the launch of the new Ngā Waiata Kairangi I Te Reo Māori Music Chart, this week’s Local Eyes we have picked a track recorded completely in te reo Māori. Katchafire have translated and recorded their track ‘100’ in te reo Māori, which is now called Karawhiua. The track is sitting at number 2 in the Top […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster WrightThanks to NZ On Air Music Date: 17th May 2021Guest reviewer: Meg TheronFeatured release: Church & AP – ‘At Thy Feet‘ (side A) Released: 2021 Featured track #1: OH NINEFeatured track #2: ROLLITFeatured track #3: YEAH NAH Church and AP met on the first […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from eleven7four with their latest track ‘Come Down’. This Zimbabwe-born duo, consisting of twin brothers Muche and Shingi Murare, have spent the past few years distilling experiences growing up on the other side of the world into music that embodies more than just the skating and party-starting aesthetic they inhabit.
This week’s Local Eye’s is from Auckland based Nigerian singer / songwriter D.Mathews with his track Omo Yen (That Girl). D.Matthews is known for his idiosyncratic style and abundant charisma, and inspires an audience through his stimulating lyrics and lively blend of Afrobeat/Afopop & Rap. He cites Afrobeat music pioneer & singer, Fela Kuti, Burna Boy […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster Wright Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: 21th May 2021 Guest reviewer: Taylah Featured release: Troy Kingi – Holy Colony Burning Acres Released: 2021 Featured track #1: Ethiopia Featured track #2: Colour Of My Skin Featured track #3: Mighty Invader Taylah Barker is a […]
This week’s Local Eyes is something a little different with Māori music collective ‘IA’ who have teamed up with Te Toki Waka Hourua to create a live music film which is a first of its kind. The band collaborated with Te Toki and film Director Moehau Hodges Tai to capture a live performance featuring taonga pūoro/traditional Māori […]
This week’s Local Eye’s video the week is from Gino October with Where Do I Stand?, the first track taken from his upcoming project titled The Fall. Born in 1994 in the township of Mitchells Plain, just outside Cape Town in South Africa, Gino immigrated to Aotearoa with his family in 2006, aged 12. “Some of my […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster Wright Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: 12th May 2021 Guest reviewer: Chris RL Featured release: Shedlyte ‘Shades’ Released: 2021 Featured track #1: 3BROWNUSOS Featured track #2: BREAK BONDS I & II (feat. Chris RL, SSU) Featured track #3: YEAR IS OURS Shedlyte are […]