Kevin Tutt aka Onelung was a founding member of The Doubting Thomas’s
playing bass. They moved to Sydney and released an ep “It’s just a Dream” in 1987 before disbanding in 1988.
He then formed a new band Pink Frocks and moved back to Auckland in 1991.
Pink Frocks released two demo tapes. They changed their name to Cicada in 1992 with a new vocalist and unique sonic guitar sound. Cicada received serious airplay and produced numerous music videos. They toured New Zealand many times and played support for some well-known bands. Cicada released a full length CD “Soupsonic”, 5 track ep “Oscillator”, two 7-inch vinyl singles and a full length cassette. After Cicada disbanded in 1997, Kevin formed Onelung. Since then he has released three albums and an ep under the Onelung moniker and has made numerous appearances on various compilations.
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White features Matt Gibbons and Jesse Steel, two dancers heading out on the town to do some street performance with their trusty ghetto blaster. It is Christmas Eve 2006 in central Auckland and there are a lot of anxious shoppers running about scarcely paying attention to Matt and Jesse and their ‘Dance With Us’ sign.
After much hi-jinks along K Rd and Queen St they eventually find some new friends to dance with and the video ends with all the drinkers in the Occidental coming out and dancing on Vulcan Lane.
The video celebrates the special friendship between the two
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onelung – new scientist
A mad sonic scientist played here by Onelung himself takes a little too much of a substance he has just brewed up in a test tube and goes on a pyschedelic bike ride through the city of Auckland.
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onelung – banana jelly tower
Brilliant wacky animated music video by Kim Newall featuring a seriously catchy tune by Onelung from his latest album ‘Binary Pop Songs’
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onelung – the royal loop
This video features the colourful character of Stuie during the course of his day as he makes his way to a gig with his band The Lost Socks. The voice of Stuie is by Stuart Petrie and the music by Onelung from his album Nu Scientist. Puppetry by Olly Smart.
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onelung – far as i
Surreal, eye-popping animated music video by Kim Newall with music by electronic whizz-kid Onelung from his ground breaking album Nu Scientist.
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The follow up to 2003’s critically acclaimed ‘Nu Scientist’ is well worth the wait and features a veritable swag of tasty tunes designed to invigorate your aural cavities.
Onelung’s latest album pushes the boundaries of electronic music, as he draws inspiration from a vast range of styles, fusing jazz, funk, soul, classical and blues elements with compelling rhythms and live instrumentation to create his own potent genre-defying mix.
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Behind the unappealing nom de disque is Auckland electronica
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Nu Scientist, by Onelung, delivers a tasty mash up of funky electronic grooves, lazy beats and experimental soundscapes.
On this, his fourth album, Onelung aka New Zealander Kevin Tutt serves up a mouth-watering smorgasbord of rhythms, dipping into a world of leftfield sampled delights. Tunes on offer here are all sample based, and are sourced from the internet and Kevin’s own recorded samples. There is an unnerving layering of textures and strange sonic sorcery that lends an air of unpredictability to the whole proceedings
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Onelung’s third album is a heady brew of breakbeat/drum n’ bass and general mix mayhem.
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“This is a good as most of the international groove-based releases I’ve heard lately, and a good deal more left-field in terms of it’s odd sample choices.” Real Groove
“Flashbacks is well named, as listening to it brings to the forefront memories long gone, called forth by the varied sounds on the tracks. Listen and absorb. The soundscapes are delicious and the rhythm, rhymes and beats divine.” varsity.co.nz
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Sampladelicist Onelung’s second CD of beatstyles, The Electronic Laboratory, uses nothing but samples downloaded from the internet, duly manipulated and messed up with fearless abandon. Originally self-released in 1999 as a CD burn, this album is now available only as a download.
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“This is a funky driven, drum breaking, beat fest, layed with a plethora of soul escaping phonics. A listen that takes you on a slow ramble through south island back roads and charges down the neon urban streets with loud breaking juicy tunes.” Trip
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