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From LatinAotearoa‘s 2nd album, ‘Senzala’ is a beautiful Brazilian inspired song. Produced by Isaac Aesili, Senzala features band vocalist Jennifer Zea alongside guest vocalist Alda Rezende. Recorded while exploring Brazil earlier in 2014, the instrumentation features both Brazilian & Kiwi musicians including Julien Dyne, Lewis McCallum, Rui Inaba, Beto Montag, Ariel Coelho & Isaac Aesili. credits released 25 November 2014 […]
BaseFM and Grindin presents the Tall Black Guy Q+A session. Filmed & recorded on Thursday 25th of September at Conch Records in Ponsonby, Auckland. Off the back of his first Australasian tour, Terrel Wallace aka Tall Black Guy speaks to Base FM’s Dylan C & Reggie.D about his influences, beat construction, touring and how he came to the […]
Considering how involved he is in the local hiphop scene, it’s surprising that we’ve never featured Spycc with the tune of the week. Reppin for Onehunga, he first came to our attention with the Spycc & INF ‘Summer Madness EP‘ in 2011, and followed that up with his solo release ‘Self Progression (free DL link)’ in […]
Japanese label Wonderful Noise continues it’s strong link to New Zealand music with compilation due out December 2014. ‘Conglomorates’ will be released as a CD plus 3 very limited vinyl samples, all featuring NZ artists who have an existing relationship with the label. The compilation features Julien Dyne, Christoph El Truento, Shanalog, Submariner, Riki Gooch, […]
Splore has added to its line up with UK DJ legend Mr Scruff, hip hop supergroup Deltron 3030, renowned party band The Cat Empire and up and coming Los Angeles R&B artist Tinashe. Festival Director John Minty says “This is the first Splore with so many artists presenting new albums or material. From Tinashe and […]
Santos Cafe Ponsonby has always been a great champion of local artists, and their art wall has been part of the vibe since 1996. Many young aspiring artists have become a household name since they first exhibited on Santos’art wall. The Santos art wall now has an official name – Arte Na Favela. Exhibiting in October is artist Zora Bell Boyd. […]
The first of a series of collaborations set to lace Isaac Aesili‘s 2nd solo album due in 2015. ‘Chemistry’ is a new synthstrumental instrumental collaboration between soul vocalist Iva Lamkum and producer Isaac Aesili that brings dancefloor rhythmic madness together with synth funk and the sultry R&B vocals of Iva Lamkum. Isaac Aesili is a producer, musician and […]
Vocalist and multi instrumentalist Tyna has released numerous works over the years under various guises. In the last 12 months he has featured on Base FM as vocalist on ChoiceVaughan’s ‘Eat People’ and released ‘Lost IN NYC’ alongside The Nok ft. Tom Scott. Now going by his birth name, Tyna’s ‘First Kiss (featuring Scribe)‘, is a beautiful ballad […]
Sike One, ImaGe and Shaqavay (Shaqles) are the emcee trio that is The Doqument, with Shaqles also responsible for all the beats. ‘White Walls’ appears on the album ‘Blank Canvas’. Music Produced/Composed: Shaqles* Mixed & Mastered: imaGe / Mikey Rockwell* Director: The Doqument Post Production: SikeOne* Produced by: The Doqument DOP: Danny Aumua Artwork: Paul Jeffcoat […]
Musical juggernaut Fat Freddy’s Drop have just released Slings And Arrows, the first single from a new album. The single is the first to emerge from Freddy’s Bays studio jams, and was released the same week the band performed a sold out show at Alexandra Palace in London with it’s 10,000 strong capacity, with Mr Scruff on the support. The show is […]