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We don’t understand how this track has slipped under the radar on soundcloud, but it’s one of the catchiest tunes from King Kapisi and partner Teremoana Rapley in a long time. The message is brilliantly executed, the vocal melodies stick in your head and Iron Will‘s beat harks back to...
Reinventing Kiwi jazz, After ‘Ours are proud to announce the release of their superb first single ‘See The Light’ . Collaborating with London-based vocalist Kevin Mark Trail, the Auckland duo Michal Martyniuk & Nick Williams have created a smooth, soulful, and mellow first outing in See The Light....
To coincide with the band’s current tour of the UK, Sorceress have enlisted the services of fellow kiwis Chaos In The CBD for a fresh remix of ‘Teacups’. Description via Andrew Mensah at www.stampthewax.com With a natural inclination for a touch of jazz and soul, it came as no...
New Zealand’s musical bridge to South America, Latinaotearoa, is set to release a new single with one of Brazil’s best known rappers, Black Alien. To be released on Mucho Aroha Music, “Leave It” is a powerful song about struggle with addiction and advice from a friend on how...
With their new single ‘Beffy’, Ladi6 reframe the 90s/early 2000s neo-soul and hip-hop sound their early music was built on inside a krautrock inspired electronic frame. Concise, colourful and heartfelt, it’s the sound of a band focused on feel over thought. “This time around we wanted to get...
Recorded at Auckland’s Red Bull Studios, Yoko-Zuna‘s second EP Luminols was released at the end of May through Loop. The 5-track EP shows a varied sound from Yoko-Zuna, and a band which have become incredibly comfortable in their own skin. Ranging from the pulsating electronic sounds of ‘Lightning Sabres’ to the brooding...
“Brown Girl”, is the brand new album from the award winning #1 Soul voice of the South Pacific, AARADHNA. Produced entirely by Jeff Dynamite of Brooklyn based Truth & Soul Records (Aloe Blacc, Adele, Lady, Lee Fields & The Expressions), “Brown Girl” is Aaradhna’s boldest statement to date. Recorded...
Pacific Heights is the solo project of Wellington-based songwriter and producer Devin Abrams. Best known for the fifteen years he spent as one of the founding members of New Zealand group Shapeshifter, of late Devin’s focus has returned to his solo work, heralding the arrival of a new...
Auckland-based producer Surly has just released his debut ‘Surly EP’ via the LA-based footwork label Juke Bounce Werk. The 5 track EP kicks off with ‘Burn’ with it’s moody bluesy soul vocal and rhythmic sub pulse. SURLY: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD | BANDCAMP JUKE BOUNCE WERK: FACEBOOK |...
Not much is known about Kama other than he is based in Auckland and takes care of both vocal & production duties on ‘Chapter 2: Otherside’. Watch this space. TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD – Turn It Up is a feature on Base FM where we showcase a new track from Aotearoa every...
After spending the last few years gifting her beautiful voice to tracks by local artists such as Raiza Biza, Rizvan, Melodownz, Tom Scott and Kamandi; Yayné is finally releasing her own EP. Much of Simple Pleasure was made while hibernating in Taranaki, and some of that soulful, shut away...
Darker Than Wax are an electronic music label based from the island of Singapore, breaking all bounds and grounds progressing the music scene in their city and influencing globally. They have been tirelessly pushing for diversity in music, proving that categories in music are totally irrelevant and through...
After months of refining and perfecting, Bailey Wiley has released her new EP, S.O.M.M., further showcasing one of NZ’s finest musical talents. With the seeds planted in Berlin, and further grown at home in Auckland, S.O.M.M., aka Still On My Mind is the sound of an artist pushing the...
Since dropping Me And Mine on Soundcloud 18 months ago, we’ve been keeping a keen eye on Miloux. The jazz trained singer has finally released her debut album EP1, produced by Ben Lawson at Red Bull Studios, launching it at Cassette9 with support from Yoko-Zuna. After listening to the...
This week our pick for the NZ On Air Turn It Up feature comes off The Prevoke, the new EP from producer/DJ Kakapo. The Christchurch born Wellington based producer has created an album that’s best described as “pitch-bent sampled soul, UK Garage, jazz, dub reggae, classic crunk, downbeat and...
Our pick for this week’s feature comes from Auckland-based beat maker Kruff Kurtis, who also produced the brilliant ‘No Kids In Africa EP‘ by Psychodalix. ‘Her’ is the bonus track from the ‘Lucid Funk EP’, relased via UK label Honey Glazed Records. FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD | BANDCAMP ...
This week’s Turn It Up local tune comes off what Louie Knuxx calls his best album ever. The rapper’s third full length album, Tiny Warm Hearts, coincides with a recent move back to New Zealand and as it was funded by fans, he’s now giving away the finished product...
A few weeks ago Tom Scott and Lui T’s Average Rap Band surprised us all with a debut album that is the result of their post “sci-fi-psych-rap existential crisis” desire to create “a song you could listen to without 7 tramadols”. The album is full of feel good,...
For this year’s annual celebration of the life and music of James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla, Leonard Charles aka Jeremy Toy recorded the ultimate tribute to the producer. Tucked inside a small basement studio here in Auckland, Leonard Charles and his friends re-recorded the all 31-tracks off Dilla...
Melbourne-based duo Fortunes (Conor McCabe & Barnaby Matthews) return with their second release Jacket EP. Deep soulful and electronic, this follow up to 2015’s Hoodies EP is a step up in production & delivery. “On ‘Bomber’, Barnaby encases Conor’s melodramatic and theatrical R&B/disco informed vocal inside sleek, minimal...
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