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We first stumbled across Caramel Smooth Heaven a couple of years back with the ‘Homeland’ release, a full length collection of downtempo instrumentals. Since then, this Christchurch-based producer has been expanding and developing this style even further with a fast growing discography. Released in early August, Caramel Smooth...
Every week we’re featuring fresh NZ talent and unfortunately, a lot gets buried under the noise of social media. We’ve decided to give you bring it all together here for you. 1. NATIVE TONGUES This week’s featured local releases: – Kruff Kurtis has dropped a batch of beats...
Back in January we featured Raiza Biza’s ‘Strong Woman’ as our local tune of the week. This Week we’re bringing it back in Video form as our LOCAL EYES feature and the latest visual release from Raiza. ‘Strong Woman’ is a homage to the powerful females in our...
‘Malibu’ is one of the standout tracks taken from Suger EP, the debut release by Wellington-based, Red Bull Music Academy participant K2K. Released on the Margins Label, ‘Malibu’ showcases K2K’s (aka Katherine Anderson) take on melodic house music. Sugar EP is a digital-only release at this stage via Margins‘s...
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Dylan C Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: August 2017 Guest reviewer: SWAP GOMEZ (from Yoko-Zuna) Featured release: BAILEY WILEY ‘S.O.M.M.’ Released: April 2016 https://baileywiley.bandcamp.com/albu… Featured track #1: DOS FUEGOS Featured track #2: TAKE IT FROM ME Featured track...
Here are some of the highlights from the Island Throwdown, a collaboration between Base FM & 88FM boomboom baby COOK Islands at Rehab Rarotonga Night club. Images by Jaiah Arai / Creators Hype
This weeks LOCAL EYES is the latest vid from Wellington based Estère with her jam ‘Pro Bono Techno Zone‘. The self-choreographed music video was directed by Paascalino Schaller and excellently complements the track which is a commentary on those who are slaves to technology. We are bound to technology like never...
‘Bonfire’ is the second single to be released from the forthcoming Happy Hour EP by 9-5ers. 9-5ers are the link between the creativity of the art and reality of the rap. Sophomore offering, for new wave collective 9-5ers, sees a twist on the archaic album delivery. New project...
Base FM in association with The Portland Public House Presents: The Portland Live Sessions. Straight outa Avondale, Auckland, Melodownz features in the fifth edition of The Portland Live Sessions. Hot of the release of his latest EP ‘Avontales’ Melodownz sat down with Base FM’s Dylan C for a...
This weeks LOCAL EYES is Louis Baker with the video for his hit jam ‘Addict‘ released earlier in the year. The vid was shot in Brooklyn, New York and directed by Shae Sterling. When the song was originally released Baker had hoped for a video to accompany the tune but...
Over the last few months SWIDT have been teasing tracks in the lead up to the album ‘Stoneyhunga’, which dropped at the end of July. With plenty of tunes to choose from, Base FM has decided to feature ‘Mine’ this week. “This is probably my favourite song on...
For the latest Base FM Talking Points, Dylan C caught up with Melbourne-based NZ beatmaker Amin Payne to discuss Average Rap Band‘s ‘El Sol’ album from 2016. TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Dylan C Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: July 2017 Guest reviewer:...
This weeks LOCAL EYES is 9-5ers with their vid for the track ‘Same Sky’ also featuring Siavani. 1 in every hundred Kiwis are homeless and according to the last census over half of them are families with children. This vid is a tragic depiction of the reality that many NZ...
CAVE CIRCLES is the alias of Wellington-based musician Riki Gooch. As one of the founding members of TrinityRoots, Riki Gooch built a solid reputation as a drummer who would explore left-field rhythm patterns, without ever losing focus on the groove. This was explored in more depth with his...
Base FM Sessions on 88 FM Rarotonga on the airwaves and now LIVE in session Base FM is proud to announce we are now broadcasting weekly Base FM highlights on 88 FM in Rarotonga, with over 4 hours of Base FM every Friday and Saturday evening. To celebrate this exciting partnership, Base...
This weeks LOCAL EYES is Wellington based rapper Rei with his jam ‘Hāti’. ʻHātiʻ is an expression of Reiʻs work ethic and dedication to his music, perfecting his flow and constantly challenging his limits every day. ‘Hāti’ is a Te Reo Māori transliteration for ‘hard’ or the kiwi saying ʻhard...
Jewels and Flex of Base FM’s Shared Soul Sessions released their own piece of work together, the Jewel’s EP back in May. Last month they shared with us the Jewels Remix EP and taken from that release is ‘Empty Embrace (Steezie Wonder Remix feat. JessB)’ our featured tune of the week. Jewels...
This weeks LOCAL EYES video is a funky little number by self confessed Prince fan, Matthew Young titled ‘Collect’. The video is a colab between himself and local creatives Jordan Arts and Sean Loftin who have worked on other video projects with Young. “They transformed a simple idea into...
Melodownz is everywhere at the moment, from his feature on Tali’s ‘Powerful’ to his massive tune ‘The Anthem’ with Bailey Wiley. We just had to share with you his brand new release ‘AVONTALES’ an eight track EP. This track ‘One More’ features Israel Starr on the track and also...
Last week we shared the latest single ‘Powerful’ from Tali (produced by Melinki and Verva) and featuring Melodownz. For this weeks LOCAL EYES we are proud to share the video for the track. The single deals with some very real societal issues women face and all proceeds from...
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