TURN IT UP: Local Tune Of The Week

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Local beatmaker Tenei Kasha aka 10A has been absolutely destroying the competition with his beats the last 2 years. He took out the top spot in the NZ Super Brawl Beat Battle in February 2013, and followed that up a year later winning the regional heat of the Australasian Beat Battle Invitational while living in […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Dali is a new international collaboration between vocalist Lisa Preston (Wellington, NZ) and beatmaker Lil’dave (Philadelphia, US). They’ve just dropped an EP on Record Breakin. Lisa Preston (aka LP) hails from New Zealand and is part of the extended Record Breakin’ family, through her collaborations with Sir Froderick and Dotmatic.  She first came to the […]

When 3 kiwis who grew up in the coastal areas of The Bay Of islands, The Bay Of Plenty and Hawkes Bay moved across the ditch to Australia, it’s no surprise that they would settle in the sunny climes of Sydney’s north shore beach suburb of Manly. The mild temperament lends itself to a musical […]


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