NZ On Air Music
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Like so many new tracks, this one arrived via email. We missed it initially as it arrived on the first day back after the holiday break, but when we got around to opening the email it contained a link to soundcloud and this brief message: “I’m a bedroom producer from Auckland. My producer name is Kotare and […]
Over the last few years we’ve seen the rise of a new breed of local producers who push a fresh production sound. No longer focusing on the tradition of boom-bap beats as a platform for MCs to rhyme over, what we’re hearing now are different creations altogether: heavy bass combined with intricate drum programming to be appreciated as stand-alone […]
HIGH HØØPS is the solo project from Auckland based creative, Jordan Arts. He is one fifth of LEISURE as well as a a visual director. These songs come late in the night, it’s not unusual for a HØØPS session to go until sunrise. “I’ve been basically locking myself in a home studio hot-boxed with incense […]
Turn It Up featured what we consider to be some of the best local songs of 2016. We’ve pulled together a soundcloud playlist of most of these songs for your listening pleasure. So much local talent on display right here! Familiarise yourself with the new New Zealand sound. – Turn It Up is a feature on Base FM […]
The following words by Dan Pardalis for Complex Having opened up for AlunaGeorge, receiving co-signs from Sango and Joe Kay, and getting play on BBC 1, Valve Sounds’ VILLETTE is one artist to keep a close eye on in 2017 – but it all starts right here with her latest single “Beige”. With some pulsing production, and […]
‘DGAF’ is the first single from Noah Slee‘s forthcoming “Otherland Mixtape”. Check the following review of ‘DGAF’ by Aiden Benavides for www.purplesneakers.com.au Noah Slee is a talented New Zealander who is currently Berlin based. The RnB singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist has been bumping around for a while now, but has recently shared a new single […]
After spending 5 months touring Africa, Australia, France and the UK, Estère has returned to Aotearoa with her newest single ‘Ambition’, the first from her forthcoming album. Listen to ‘Ambition’ and become acquainted with U.S. Presidential hijacker and Bordello resident, Magdelaine Lavirgin – who wanted to be the United States President. Magdelaine Lavirgin is an expert in the oldest […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Dylan C Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: November 2016 Guest reviewer: MELODOWNZ (Third3ye) Featured release: P-MONEY ‘Big Things’ Released: 2002 Via Dirty Records: https://p-money.bandcamp.com/album/bi… Featured track #1: SCRIBE 2001 feat. Scribe Featured track #2: BIG THINGS feat. Mareko, Patriarch, Koma, Hepaklypz, Hazaduz, Unique, Tyna, Savage, Che-Fu […]
Local artists KVKA & DENZ 1’s collaborative EP Outlierz is out now on Black Lotus Records. Already turning heads by having racked up over one million YouTube plays for his track ‘Who You’, Outlierz is set to further solidify KVKA’s firm footing as a masterful rapper whilst also showcasing his full spectrum of musical talents, including […]
Ria Hall returns with her first new material in over two years, the anthemic single ‘Love Will Lead Us Home’. Written and produced by Ria and Sam de Jong, ‘Love Will Lead Us Home’ features a soaring chorus and an instantly memorable hook and shows off one of the most powerful and affecting voices in […]