Turn It Up
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Average Rap Band is the latest project from Tom Scott & Lui Tuiasau (formerly @peace). The 6 track EP titled ‘Stream Of Nonsenseness’ is available as a download (name your price) & limited physical CD copies via the bands Bandcamp page. Dandruff Dicky (@peace / Side Steps Quintet) produced all the beats on the release. […]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s 3rd album Multi-Love, nreleased in May is a mix of psychedelic funk and alt pop, and showcases Ruban Nielson’s skills as both a producer and songwriter. The album is full of hooks and musical earworms that burrow into your brain, resurfacing to haunt your memory throughout the day. ‘The World Is Crowded’ is a […]
Catch the Paddy Fred Band’s debut live performance this Saturday at Neck Of The Woods, with support from Side Steps Quintet, K*Saba, Hone Be Good and Coco-M Paddy Fred: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD HIGH HØØPS: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SOUNDCLOUD – Turn It Up is a feature on Base FM where we showcase a new […]
Rising from the Auckland underground, eclectic four-piece Yoko-Zuna have come together with some of New Zealand’s most notorious on their debut album “This Place Here”. The genre-explorative album is split into three parts – soul, electronic and hip-hop; with the band’s musical melding taking you on a journey through sub electronic frequencies, melodic moments and […]
‘Burning Sugar’ is the new single from Silicon – the new project from Mint Chicks/Opossom frontman Kody Nielson. ‘Burning Sugar’ is the second single taken from Silicon’s debut album Personal Computer. Out globally on Aug 28 through Weird World/Domino/Universal Music. Cultivating his own distinct brand, Silicon has been introduced by the svelte machinations of lead […]
From the woodwork of the recently revitalised Supervillains RMC crew comes the ENO x DIRTY project, with their debut single “How My Day Goes” featuring MeloDownz (Third3ye). Lay-low Central Auckland blunt rap for your teef. Keep an eye out for the EP Easter Eggs & Good Sportsmanship, releasing Sunday 12th July. FACEBOOK | BANDCAMP How My […]
‘Best For You’ from Resin One & Orphan is a throwback to hip hop’s classic era: hard hitting boom bap beats topped with a straight forward lyrical delivery. Based in Auckland, the duo of Resin One and Orphan have spent hours in the studio nurturing the 5 tracks that appear on the debut EP. Available as a limited […]
Earlier this year Base FM featured the title tune from Jellphonic’s “Jell-O-Phone” EP, which was released exclusively on vinyl with no digital options to buy at all. Info on that EP here. 4 months later…. ‘Due to a complete lack of interest in my 12″ I got the hottest hotshots in show business to remix […]
Noah Slee has a gift. Through his voice, he finds hope in blank despair; he captures elements of lurking anguish in moments of sheer joy. Because he knows that—in life, love and music—you’ll find a myriad of colours between black and white if you only look close enough. “Can’t Let Go”, the debut single from […]
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 […]