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This week’s Local Eyes is from Aotearoa/Samoan emcee FREDDY REYNOLD with the video to his lead track off hi brand new EP. ‘Southside Run It’ comes with a slick yet earthy video directed by Raymond Edwards (Younger and Remember Me by Teeks, and the film Cousins). This drop has been a long time coming. Ever […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from Auckland based Somali-NZ rapper Mo Muse who has returned after his 2020 David Dallas collab ‘Lighters Up’, and series of knockout singles as Auckland hip-hop collective BLKCITY, Mo Muse steps back on the scene with ‘PESOS’. This is the first single taken from his sophomore project Insider Trading, set for release later […]
‘Breaking Artists’ on Base is a monthly feature where we pick 3 local artists and showcase 3 new tracks we think you should know. All ‘Breaking Artists’ tracks are fresh and featured for the entire month so that we can push their music far and wide. This month’s picks… Hāni Dreak – “Kōkiri” Waikato musician […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from New Zealand-based experimental rapper/producer WHO SHOT SCOTT has just drop a new video for ‘LOVE WE’LL NEVER KNOW’, the next single lifted from the follow up to his debut EP MERCY, MERCY II. A departure from his experimental rap and production fundamentals, the new single finds WSS rapping with […]
Due to ongoing Alert Level restrictions, the Pacific Music Awards Trust has decided to forgo a live event for the 2021 Pacific Music Awards. Originally scheduled for Friday 1 October, the winners will instead be celebrated in an online awards ceremony on Saturday 11th December on the 7pm, screened by Tagata Pasifika on TP+ (tpplus.co.nz). […]
SPLORE 2022’s theme and line up have been announced! Come alive and wiggle your dancing toes, it’s time to hear the music. With an abundance of incredible home-grown talent Splore 2022 is keeping things typically eclectic. The charismatic and soulful TEEKS will debut a festival show and Ladi6 will also bring a new show this summer […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from Auckland-based wordsmith LB, with his new track ‘Home Sweet Home‘ taken from his latest project, STRESS & PROGRESS. Following his 2019 debut project dntBOTZit.KHAN , LB has crafted a 8-track project produced and mixed by friends and close collaborators Nahsafe (Cam Cranston) & Akshay Raju. This compelling journey of Pacific […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster WrightThanks to NZ On Air MusicDate: July 2021 Guest reviewer: Troy KingiFeatured release: MARA TK – Bad MeditationReleased: 2021 Featured track #1: Te Kete AronuiFeatured track #2: ColoursFeatured track #3: Every Hori Is A Star Feat. Troy Kingi Over the last decade or so Mara […]
On the heels of his Pacific Music Awards Nominations, Avondale poet, MC and rapper Melodownz joined fellow 685 rapper POETIK on ‘For The Ville Radio’. Third time nominee, Melodownz is a finalist for the ‘NZ Music Commission Best Pacific Male Artist‘ and ‘Base FM NZ & Island Base FM Samoa Best Pacific Hip Hop Artist‘ […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from Auckland based artist JARNA and is produced by auckland very own super producer EDY On The Beat.