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New Zealand’s Louis Baker is the truth. A guitarist since eleven and a singer since age 16, this Red Bull Music Academy graduate has been living and breathing music for most of his life. He’s worked with bands and electronic sound scientists alike, and has a gift for winning over crowds with nothing but his […]
Ruapuke Roots Garden Festival 13th – 15th Februay 2015 Ruapuke, Raglan. www.ruapukerootsgarden.org Introducing the Ruapuke Roots Garden Festival! NZ’s first International Reggae Sound System Festival is set in the beautiful lush coastal lands of Ruapuke, south of Raglan, and features a huge lineup of local and international sound, such as I-Livity I-Fi (Germany), Iron Dubz […]
Friday 2pm-3pm NORTHERN BASS NZ Mix: tune into Indigenous Dubs this week for an exclusice 1 hour mix of local artists who appeared at Northern Bass NYE 2014/2015, featuring: Eavesdrop, Cern, Concord Dawn, Dutty Ranks, Optimus Gryme, Diaz Grimm, Raiza Biza, CTFD, Dub Terminator & more. GALLERY: Check out the collection of moments from […]
Gallery & video captured @ Golden Dawn, Sunday 7th December 2014. by Oaariki Blog N’ Shit: http://oaariki.tumblr.com/ The Base FM Sunday 7’s event happens when the 7th of the month falls on a Sunday. Each DJ plays 7 of their favourite 7 inch records, shaking up the party for over 7 hours straight – day to […]
Turn It Up is a feature on Base FM where we showcase a new track from Aotearoa every week. Tune in weekdays at 10am and 4pm to hear this weeks top local pick. Proudly supported by NZ On Air Music. In 2014 we featured established artist alongside new discoveries. Some of the tracks were from album releases, while other […]
Raggamuffin Festival New Zealand was held in the mighty West Auckland at Trust Stadium. Great music and good vibes. Weather…. well not that great but it didn’t stop a lot of people having a great time seeing their heroes. I was lucky enough to go as an official photographer for Base FM so I must […]
Splore keeps giving with more music, performance and visual art announced Splore’s already impressive music line-up gets a further boost with a few more acts including the legendary godfather of neo-soul, Roy Ayers. His classic hits “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”, “Searchin” and “Running Away” are some of the most sampled tracks by DJs. Ayers exclusive show […]
Adrift in the sonic cosmos, somewhere between the constellations of Hip Hop, Free Jazz and Experimental Rock exists Alphabethead; a tea-drinking, turntable musician from New Zealand. For over 10 years, using the techniques of scratching Alphabethead has breathed life into the skeletons of redundant vinyl. Once New Zealand’s Champion Turntablist, Alphabethead is now an explorer of […]
Local beatmaker Tenei Kasha aka 10A has been absolutely destroying the competition with his beats the last 2 years. He took out the top spot in the NZ Super Brawl Beat Battle in February 2013, and followed that up a year later winning the regional heat of the Australasian Beat Battle Invitational while living in […]
Aston Rd is proud to release the final of the Aston Rd Sessions 2014 featuring the inimitable Estère with a new song ‘L’oiseau dans l’etoile’ performed in French. Filmed and recorded in front of a live audience Estère and her trusty companion Lola (mpc) play out ‘L’oiseau dans l’etoile’ which means ‘the bird up in […]