TURN IT UP: Local Tune Of The Week
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Rising from the Auckland underground, eclectic four-piece Yoko-Zuna have come together with some of New Zealand’s most notorious on their debut album “This Place Here”. The genre-explorative album is split into three parts – soul, electronic and hip-hop; with the band’s musical melding taking you on a journey through sub electronic frequencies, melodic moments and […]
‘Burning Sugar’ is the new single from Silicon – the new project from Mint Chicks/Opossom frontman Kody Nielson. ‘Burning Sugar’ is the second single taken from Silicon’s debut album Personal Computer. Out globally on Aug 28 through Weird World/Domino/Universal Music. Cultivating his own distinct brand, Silicon has been introduced by the svelte machinations of lead […]
TrinityRoots released their third album ‘Citizen’ in March of this year. One of the stand out tracks from the album ‘This Road’ featured the vocals of drummer/multi-instrumentalist Ben Lemi. Scrolling through soundcloud a few weeks back we stumbled across this great remix from Wellington producer Moody. The man behind the Moody moniker is also know as Tia […]
From the woodwork of the recently revitalised Supervillains RMC crew comes the ENO x DIRTY project, with their debut single “How My Day Goes” featuring MeloDownz (Third3ye). Lay-low Central Auckland blunt rap for your teef. Keep an eye out for the EP Easter Eggs & Good Sportsmanship, releasing Sunday 12th July. FACEBOOK | BANDCAMP How My […]
‘Best For You’ from Resin One & Orphan is a throwback to hip hop’s classic era: hard hitting boom bap beats topped with a straight forward lyrical delivery. Based in Auckland, the duo of Resin One and Orphan have spent hours in the studio nurturing the 5 tracks that appear on the debut EP. Available as a limited […]
Earlier this year Base FM featured the title tune from Jellphonic’s “Jell-O-Phone” EP, which was released exclusively on vinyl with no digital options to buy at all. Info on that EP here. 4 months later…. ‘Due to a complete lack of interest in my 12″ I got the hottest hotshots in show business to remix […]
Noah Slee has a gift. Through his voice, he finds hope in blank despair; he captures elements of lurking anguish in moments of sheer joy. Because he knows that—in life, love and music—you’ll find a myriad of colours between black and white if you only look close enough. “Can’t Let Go”, the debut single from […]
Entirely self-funded and self-released, the debut album Osiris is the culmination of a year’s worth of work for local artist Diaz Grimm. Named after the Egyptian god of life, death, and rebirth, Diaz describes the album as being “the soundtrack for a movie that doesn’t exist yet.” Being raised with hiphop but falling in love with electronic […]
TONIGHT’S EGO vs TROPICOLA are the brand new tracks from Auckland’s Team Dynamite. The double drop is the first in an on-going single series to play out in 2015 and is accompanied by an exclusive Haz Beats remix of last year’s standout single “Coconut Lime”, feat. Che Fu from their debut album Shepard’s Delight. Team Dynamite‘s laid-back, jazz […]
Soundboard maestros Lord Echo and DJ Day link up across oceans to trade remix duties on each other’s top tunes, flipping the pair onto a heavily dubbed out Double A-side single pressed up on frothing white vinyl via the Bastard Jazz label out of New York. California dance-floor champ DJ Day (Do Over / MPM […]