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Satori (悟り?) (Chinese: 悟; pinyin: wù; Korean: 오 o; Vietnamese: ngộ) is a Japanese Buddhist term for “awakening, comprehension; understanding“. It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru. In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to the experience of kenshō, “seeing into one’s true nature”. Ken means “seeing,” shō means “nature” or “essence.” Satori and kenshō are commonly translated […]
The threads of our past never unravel, they hover like invisible webs, occasionally glistening due to a sly angle of the sun. On ‘Multi–Love’, Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson reflects on relationships: airy, humid longing, loss, the geometry of desire that occurs when three people align. Where Nielson addressed the pain of being alone on II, Multi–Love takes on […]
Even though we’ve been following his career for years now, this is the first time we have featured Sid Diamond as Base FM’s local tune of the week. ‘Truth Hurts’ is produced by none other than NZ’s premier producer P-Money and is an ode to those ‘taggers on’…. those people that hang around and try and […]
March 3rd saw the release of the much anticipated debut release from soul vocalist Tyra Hammond. The 6 track EP goes from soul through to full-wall noise to afrobeat, and is produced by long time collaborator Jeremy Toy (She’s So Rad, Opensouls, Leonard Charles). ‘So Good At Being In Trouble’ is a cover version of […]
The Truth Words: Dominic Hoey Music: Abraham Kunin Artwork: Erin Forsyth Mastered: Tom Anderson Tourettes: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD | TUMBLR Abraham Kunin: TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD | abrahamkunin.com – Turn It Up is a feature on Base FM where we showcase a new track from Aotearoa every week. Tune in weekdays at 10am and 4pm to hear […]
Old school and new school collide on this funky Soul/electro song. Featuring the stella vocals of Basement Jaxx vocalist Sharlene Hector and with a special version featuring a rap from New Zealand Hip Hop legend King Kapisi. Produced by Jason Eli, ‘DLNTY (Don’t Let Nobody Tell You)’ echo’s classic music from artists like Cameo, Prince & Chaka Khan. […]
Jello-O-Phone first appeared as an audio stream a while back via the audience.co.nz, yet disappeared shortly after… Fast forward to 2015, and Modern Man Records have just released ‘Jello-O-Phone EP’ which features the title track alongside 4 other sexy synth numbers. “Don’t just think about Jellphonic tonight, pick up the phone and call. If you’re lonely, […]
The last few weeks we’ve heard from a lot of music from artists who are appearing at Splore 2015. Mr Scruff, Kid Koala, Roy Ayers and Tinashe all get regular spins by various Base FM DJs and are some of the more well know international artists who we’ll be seeing live in a couple of […]
Estère along with her trusty companion Lola (MPC) will re-release her debut album digitally on the 6th March with 2 exclusive remixes by Grayson Gilmour & Paddy Fred. Her self-titled seven track album, which was initially released as a free download via bandcamp, amassed her 4000 downloads within the first month of release and led to her signing with French tastemaker label No Format on their imprint label Prospect. […]
Beat maker LMC aka Liam McAlister first appeared on our radar just after fellow producer Wayvee started to make a name for himself. Both producers have released music on the same labels (Eight Supply) and have clocked up plenty of collaborations between them.. We noticed a shift online towards a new label Slo:Wave, of which […]