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Week starting Monday 2nd April 2012 The Best of Conscious Roots is a 30-song double disc which offers two fresh and contrasting listening experiences which speak of who we are. Eighteen of the songs have been drawn from the first five volumes and the other twelve are new to the series. Disc one is a […]

Monday 12th – Friday 16th March 2012 Base FM listeners will be familiar with Julien Dyne from his work as drummer with the Opensouls, followed by the first solo outing “Phantom Limbo EP” released on From The Crate Records in 2007. Phantom Limbo EP featured the classics Maddingos, Rice & Beans and Off My Feet […]

Robert Glasper Experiment “Black Radio” (Blue Note Records/EMI) is a future landmark album that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jazz, hip hop, R&B and rock, but refusing to be pinned down by any one tag. The first full-length album from the GRAMMY-nominated keyboardist’s electric Experiment band—saxist […]

The musically prolific Myele Manzanza has not only held down the drums as part of Wellington’s Electric Wire Hustle for the past 4 years but has also drummed for Olmecha Supreme, Sheba Williams, The Recloose Live Band, The Jonathan Crayford Trio as well as for his father – Sam Manzanza’s Rhythm Africa Band & countless other musical […]

WOMAD NZ 2012 CD PROVIDES TASTE OF THE WORLD’S FESTIVAL Can’t wait for WOMAD?  Experience the sounds of WOMAD New Zealand 2012 on the newly released compilation CD, WOMAD: The World’s Festival 2012. The CD is the official compilation released ahead of the three-day festival which takes place from 16-18 March 2012 at New Plymouth’s Brooklands Park and TSB Bowl. The CD features 16 […]

Riding the wake of their successful European summer tour, Batucada Sound Machine return to New Zealand with a new album of tried and true road-tested tunes entitled “Don’t Keep Silent”, due for release January 23rd, 2012. In addition, BSM have planned their first ever comprehensive tour of New Zealand to celebrate the album release including […]

  Soulware is a 5-piece live electronic act hailing from the South Island of New Zealand. The music they create is lush, emotive, textured, thought provoking, and combines elements of Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Trip Hop, Dub Electronica, Blues and Rock. Since their inception just over a year ago, Soulware have already achieved so much to be […]

To say the the Wu-Tang Clan was one of the most influential Hip Hop groups of all time wouldn’t be an understatement, ranked 5th by MTV in 2007. From the rough borough of Staten Island, New York City, they created one of the finest Hip Hop albums in living memory which also launched many of the members […]

The “retro soul” tag is added to almost any contemporary work that sounds like it was originally recorded before 1980, and Mayer Hawthorne is aware of how trends come and go. But, he says, he’s not interested in taking it back to the “good old days,” as much as he is in creating the “new […]

Jah Red Lion draws inspiration for his self-titled EP from his journey spent throughout New Zealand over the last two years. His unique tone and style of singing combined with a bass heavy reggae beat makes for a great summer EP and leaves you wanting more. Produced locally in NZ, the 5 track EP is […]