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This week’s LOCAL EYES video is Noah Slee ‘Radar’. The video reflexes the New Zealand born, Berlin-based soul singer & producer home, his culture and his upbringing. Being shot in both Tonga, West Auckland, the video is an illustration of where he is from and where he was raised. The track is taken from his debut album Otherland. Noah’s musical inspirations […]
“I have just released the first single from my latest EP. The track is called ‘SOS’ and has a few meanings to the concept. Listen to it 3 times, and tell me what’s your interpretation. I haven’t announced this officially on my social media but my new EP will be called ‘Sun & Moon’, and will […]
Base FM’s Cover Story 2 Exhibition brought together some of the most influential NZ records as played by NZ’s top DJs on NZ dance floors. Celebrating NZ Music Month, the exhibition ran from April 22 – 13 May 2017 at Studio One Toi Tū, Ponsonby Rd. The Exhibition featured records from the collections of Bevan […]
This week’s LOCAL EYES video is from Drummer, producer, DJ and visual artist Julien Dyne. This will be the first track is off his forthcoming 4th album Teal. ‘Hours’ features the vocalist Ladi6. Dyne also recruited talented friends including Brandon Haru (keyboards), John Bell (vibraphone), Lord Echo (bass) and Jonathan Crayford (Rhodes piano) to piece the song together. The video is animation by Frances Haszard and produced by Gayle […]
Reggae Royalty, Jamaica’s THE ORIGINAL WAILERS featuring Al Anderson return to NZ this December for one exclusive show at the Powerstation. The Original Wailers will be performing the iconic BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS album‘LEGEND’ in Full, plus a special encore of Greatest Hits. Al Anderson has played with Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Wailers Band, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Lauryn Hill, Ben Harper, The Centurions, Traffic, UB40 The Original Wailers and even Bad […]
‘Jimmy Boy‘ is the first single from L.A.B., the new project from Brad & Stu Kora, Joel Shadbolt (Batucada Sound Machine) and Ara Adams-Tamatea (Katchafire). Taken off their debut album set for release in November, ‘Jimmy Boy‘showcases the L.A.B. sound – trademark Kora grooves put through Adams-Tamatea’s reggae/dub filter, and combined with Shadbolt’s blues roots. […]
This week’s LOCAL EYES video is from Electric Wire Hustle. The winners of the best electronic album at the 2015 New Zealand Music Awards have returned with their third album The 11th Sky. The group Continue their surreal storytelling first seen on the Aeons EP, with New track & Video ‘Ex-Machina’ Find out more about Electric […]
Queen Street Tattoo Parlour is a brand new shop located at 22/396 Queen Street, easily found by swinging around the corner of Mayoral Drive and Queen Street. Owned and operated by tattooist Fabian, who started working in his friend’s shop in Chile as a teenager, then moved on to working with other artists in Spain and all […]
After four years, and many gigs uptown & downtown Auckland, eight-piece Ska band Surrey Boudit (pronounced Sah-Ree-Bow-Dit) are releasing their first vinyl + digital single on Thursday 21 September 2017. Pre-order vinyl here: https://surreyboudit.bandcamp.com/album/gold-rush-bw-tek-my-leave It is a very exciting time for these Grey Lynn cats who pride themselves on getting bums off seats to get down […]
Kingsland Business Association presents Kingsland Flavours. An evening of tasty beats and treats in the hood. Kingsland businesses will be setting up shop on the street from 6 til 8 pm, with entertainment, tasting plates from over a dozen cafes, restaurants, and bars, plus the ‘The Kingsland Project’ open-air photography exhibition. To set the atmosphere BASE FM […]