15 years of ‘No Commercial Bullshit’… Happy Birthday to BASE! From humbled beginnings as a small local FM station, broadcasting from a tiny closet and out into Ponsonby & Grey Lynn only. We certainly have grown up a bit… There’ll be a jam-packed lineup of over 20 artists, so come and celebrate with the Base […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster Wright Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: 16th September 2019 Guest reviewer: Mo Muse Featured release: David Dallas ‘Hood Country Club’ Released: 2017 https://daviddallas.bandcamp.com/album/hood-country-club Featured track #1: Probably Featured track #2: This Is It Featured track #3: Don’t Rate That Somali-New Zealand rapper Mo […]
This week’s Local Eye’s is from Rwandan-Kiwi rapper Raiza Biza. ‘Stolen Youth’ is his follow up to his outstanding Black Hole Sun EP, which was a collaboration between REMI and Black Milk (with guest verses by Sampa The Great), as well as cuts alongside Melodownz and Illbaz for their High Beams project. This brand new track is the first release from his forthcoming solo album. Recently signed to Australian independent […]
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With a national tour under their belt, this week’s Local Eye’s is Church & AP‘s brand new single ‘Roulette’, produced by their frequent collaborator Dera Meelan. “We’re not trying to play it safe. We aren’t jumping on a new trend from across the ditch, or sticking to what we know,” Church & AP. Church and AP met on the first day of high school in 2013 over […]
Ticket update: You’ve seen it with campervans, with Fuzen Lounge tickets and soon it will happen with 3 Day passes and 3 Day camping… everything is selling faster this year so don’t leave it too late! Remember! Everyone camping on site needs to get their own camping pass (even if you are in a campervan […]
Three powerhouse creative talents join this year’s Manawa Ora production Three major New Zealand creative artists will collaborate with a group of Auckland teenagers to create this year’s Manawa Ora, a series of ground-breaking performances at Tāmaki’s Basement Theatre staged by Ngā Rangatahi Toa. The creative artists assisting rangatahi in their development of the production […]
This week’s local eyes is from Hanju Kim aka Hans. Making his name firstly on Soundcloud then moving onto Spotify where his ‘Froyo’ track has racked up over 3.5 million streams. He’s been working with another standout from the local scene, producer, SWRLY. HANS. ‘Honeysea II’ is a result of SWRLY hearing Honeysea by Ivoris and wanting […]
Hosted by: Max Oldfield Guest reviewer: Dirty (ENO x DIRTY) Featured release: Homebrew – Homebrew Released: 2012 Featured track #1: Dedicated to (intro) Featured track #2: Alcoholic Featured track #3: Everybody (feat. Lui Tuiasau & Lucky Lance) Manu Walters (stage name “Dirty”) is one half of Auckland’s ENO x DIRTY and was a member of […]
This week’s Local Eyes video is from Auckland’s very own 9-5ers who visit their ‘Happy place’ and explore escapism from the workplace. “Life is short already, without waiting for life to begin after hours. In Happy Place Back Pack Rap parody band, the 9-5ers explore escapism in the workplace. Where afternoon smoko breaks turn to oasis chasing […]