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Entirely self-funded and self-released, the debut album Osiris is the culmination of a year’s worth of work for local artist Diaz Grimm. Named after the Egyptian god of life, death, and rebirth, Diaz describes the album as being “the soundtrack for a movie that doesn’t exist yet.” Being raised with hiphop but falling in love with electronic […]
TONIGHT’S EGO vs TROPICOLA are the brand new tracks from Auckland’s Team Dynamite. The double drop is the first in an on-going single series to play out in 2015 and is accompanied by an exclusive Haz Beats remix of last year’s standout single “Coconut Lime”, feat. Che Fu from their debut album Shepard’s Delight. Team Dynamite‘s laid-back, jazz […]
Soundboard maestros Lord Echo and DJ Day link up across oceans to trade remix duties on each other’s top tunes, flipping the pair onto a heavily dubbed out Double A-side single pressed up on frothing white vinyl via the Bastard Jazz label out of New York. California dance-floor champ DJ Day (Do Over / MPM […]
From seemingly out of nowhere along comes a delightful tune that catches everybody by surprise… Alt radio is all over this leisurely tune from the LEISURE Collective – a handful of Auckland-based artists who haven’t offered up to much information about themselves, instead letting the music do the talking. Enjoy. FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD […]
SILCON is the new brainchild of Ex-Mint Chicks / Opossum frontman Kody Nielson. ‘God Emoji‘ is the first official single and first music released from Silicon. To coincide with the release of the video, we’ve featured ‘God Emoji‘ as the Base FM local tune of the week. Enjoy the song, enjoy the video. It’s cold as […]
An the eve of Electric Wire Hustle’s European tour, this free download appeared via Red Bull Music Academy’s soundcloud page. Grab it HERE. Last time we heard from Electric Wire Hustle, the duo of RBMA alumni Mara TK and Taay Ninh were putting out their first full-length record in four years. ‘Love Can Prevail’ proved to be […]
While spending 10 years in the UK, Tali cemented herself as one of the most prolific female MC/Freestylers to emerge from the electronic dance music scene and worked with some of the genre’s biggest names. Tali signed to legendary Roni Size’s ‘Full Cycle’ Imprint in 2004 and released the first ever MC-driven album in Drum n […]
Forthcoming on the Breakout Remix EP, She’s So Rad has drafted in a steller cast of vocalists for the rap remix of ‘Breakout’ – a track which appeared in it’s original form back in 2013. The remix of the disco/boogie tune now features hiphop pioneer Grandmaster Caz, active as both an DJ and MC since the […]
‘Heartbeat’ was the first single from Esther Stephens & The Means full length album, originally released in Novermber 2014 – bridging the gap between the 2014’s ‘The Ends EP’ and the debul album. Featuring the talents of MC Hone Be Good (Sidesteps Quintet), and Keys by Daniel Hayles (Richter City Rebels/Myele Manzanza). Inspired by a collective love of […]
Introducing FORTUNES (via whothehell.net) Fortunes are McCabe and Barnaby Matthews, a Melbourne-via-Auckland duo. You can’t really separate these two from their origins once you’ve seen them live a few times. The first thing you notice is McCabe’s Kiwi twang. The Melbourne in them a lot harder to discern, given the subtle cultural differences between these […]