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TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Dylan C Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: January 2017 Guest reviewer: Aroha Featured release: PACIFIC HEIGHTS “The Stillness” Released: 2016 https://wmnz.lnk.to/PacificHeightsTheStillnessPR Featured track #1: DRAINED feat. JEN TURNER Featured track #2: IBANAKA Featured track #3: SO LOVE feat. SHAAN SINGH Pacific Heights is the alias of […]
Like so many new tracks, this one arrived via email. We missed it initially as it arrived on the first day back after the holiday break, but when we got around to opening the email it contained a link to soundcloud and this brief message: “I’m a bedroom producer from Auckland. My producer name is Kotare and […]
Base FM in association with The Portland Public House brings you an all new Sunday Session: Tunes on the Deck. The Courtyard, The Portland Public House, 463 New North Road, Kingsland Free Entry From 2pm-8pm Every Sunday throughout Summer, Base FM DJ’s will be supplying the vibes as Portland Public House quenches your thirst with […]
Our LOCAL EYES this week is A Girl Named Mo with her jam ‘Pretty Lights’ taken from the ‘Live at Bats (Platonic\Romantic)’ album recorded over six sold out shows at Wellington’s Bats Theatre. Find out more about A Girl Named Mo: FACEBOOK | SOUNDCLOUD | TWITTER Local Eyes is a weekly segment on BaseFM focusing on New […]
Over the last few years we’ve seen the rise of a new breed of local producers who push a fresh production sound. No longer focusing on the tradition of boom-bap beats as a platform for MCs to rhyme over, what we’re hearing now are different creations altogether: heavy bass combined with intricate drum programming to be appreciated as stand-alone […]
Splore Festival 2017 17-19 February Tapapakanga Park, Deerys Road, Orere Point Grab your tickets here: http://www.splore.net Fat Freddy’s Drop makes a welcome return to Splore. Playing on the beach at Tapapakanga Park will be a magical experience for those who attend Splore 2017. They performed one of their earliest festival shows at Splore 2002 at Waharau Park […]
What an awesome festival Northern Bass was! Jamie Lees Photography has captured perfectly how the atmosphere and music filled our last days of 2016 to bring in the new year with a bang.
Our first LOCAL EYES of 2017 is Raiza Biza with his video for the tune ‘Get By’ also featuring Bianca Paulus. The video was shot and edited by Isaac Lyon of ODD. The Single appears on Raiza’s Day & Night EP. Find out more about Raiza Biza: WWW | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD | BANDCAMP Local Eyes […]
Base FM Presents ‘Hip-Hop Holiday‘ featuring: Speakeasy Sideshow (Kolab) – Bella Shanti – Hghrslf Project Mikey Rockwell (Jb and the Mic Smith) – Illa – Bad Crop – Bobandii Laura Lush – Tido Saturday 21st January 2017 9.30pm-Late $10 on the door Leigh Sawmill Cafe, 142 Pakiri Road, Leigh. A collective of local hip-hop artists, […]
HIGH HØØPS is the solo project from Auckland based creative, Jordan Arts. He is one fifth of LEISURE as well as a a visual director. These songs come late in the night, it’s not unusual for a HØØPS session to go until sunrise. “I’ve been basically locking myself in a home studio hot-boxed with incense […]