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Finn Jeppesen, aka FJ, has been supplying Base FM listerners with all kinds of reggae related goodness since the very birth of the station. You can still tune into Finn every Saturday from 8pm – 10pm when he spins Bashment, Dancehall andRoots on The Jugglin’ Show – perfect for starting your Saturday night off. If […]
From the gloomy depths of the Auckland Super City lives “The SuperVillains RMC” a hip-hop collective bringing you a 90’s style of upbeat boom-bap, bibidy Rap and Swayze swaged out bangers. Their latest release, and the first since the debut EP, is named after the not-so-gloomy-and-rather-gentrified inner city location “Durham Lane”. Produced by Yudz Moodley […]
On Wednesday night all the hiphop lovers of Auckland converged at Galatos to see the amazing line up of Blu, Houseshoes and @Peace. It was a real family affair with a whole lot of Base DJs, old school heads and younger heads all in attendance. The party started out with Dylan C warming the crowd […]
This week local MC released his album “Summer” as a follow up to last year’s “Dream Something” LP. The Hamilton based MC says he’s named the album after the amazing summer we’ve all enjoyed over the last few months, crediting the long days and extra sunshine with helping him create the album. Download the album […]
Outdoor music festivals are pretty special. Even the ones I’ve been to where something (typically the weather) isn’t ideal, the punters that stick it out are part of a unique experience… like THAT Gathering, the Millennium one that rained solid crayon width ‘drops’ for the entire three days. Well, not entirely; there was a half […]
Today we are sending a whole lot of respect and congratulations out to producer/beatmaker Christoph El Truento and to all of you dope music lovers who voted for his track Galaxy on theaudience as he has taken out the top place for March, securing him NZ On Air Wildcard Making Tracks funding. Many of our DJs really got behind […]
Internationally renowned DJ Scizzorhands has always been part of the Base fam but we have finally gone and made it official and got him on a show. You can all listen to Sciz do what he does best every Saturday during Peace Of Dreams along with DJ Pause. We’ve just got the heads up that […]
Monday 1st April Unmap is a bit of an enigma. What we do know is this electronic producer is based in Wellington, has so far released only 3 tracks plus 1 remix, and is shy when it comes to social media. Beyond that we know nothing! However, with music it isn’t necessary to know an […]
The Icon Artist Series is a diverse, hand-picked collection of artists who represent and epitomise the Serato ethos. Fatboy Slim, The Gaslamp Killer, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Erykah Badu, Z-Trip, Mix Mater Mike and Peanut Butter Wolf have all appeared in this informative yet entertaining videos. Check the full series here. Meet Hudson Mohawke, the next […]
Happy Easter everyone! While you’re munching down on hot cross buns this weekend, make sure you grab the new EP “Radiowaves” from Base DJ and YGB producer, Ben Jamin, due for release on Good Friday. Having played a couple of Base FM’s Radiowaves events, Ben Jamin was inspired to name his new piece of work […]