Big World
Big World (CD)
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Niko Ne Zna are New Zealand’s very own Balkan Gypsy brass extravaganza. Formed in Wellington five years ago, the band has been stunning audiences ever since with their exuberant, dynamic performances.
Comprising trumpet, saxophone, accordion, trombone, sousaphone, drums and percussion, Niko Ne Zna are a truly authentic ensemble. They can roam while playing, and enchant the [...]
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SUMONE PRODUCTIONS presents the epic music video for Polkapocalyptic featuring The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band. Filmed in Berlin 2009. Written produced and directed by Nathan Taare and Dylan Bakker. Music from The Benkas debut album ‘Polkapocalypse‘.
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A psychedelic Afro-Soul explosion in 12 parts, The Hot Grits cover the stylistic ground between deep Funk, Soul and Afrobeat. From Meters-style struts superfast deep funk assaults to churning Afrobeat Soul. This music is designed to hit you in your soul, your face and your dancing equipment. My Rites is the third single (and video) [...]
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‘Too Drunk to F**k’ is the second single to be released from The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band’s debut album ‘Polkapocalypse’ and is their version of the much loved Dead Kennedy’s song.
Hailing from the slums and ghettos of Auckland, New Zealand (the Prague of the South), The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band bring their unique brand of [...]
Polkapocalypse
Polkapocalypse (CD)
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[ May 23, 2009; 9:00 pm; ]
The Polkapocalypse is nigh!
In April 2008, The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band officially released their first ep, Danse Macabre. Since then they have been busy whipping audiences around NZ into frenzies with their crazed gypsy/east European sounds performing at Prana, Jambalaya, Parihaka, AK09, Cross St Carnival, Fleetwaters and Splore as well as undertaking three highly successful [...]
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The Hot Grits is putting the party back into political party with their new video for the bFM chart topping single ‘The Ballad of Joe Stalin’ from their debut album ‘It’s too Drunk to be this Early’. The video takes the form of a party political broadcast and the Grits look certain to breathe a [...]
The music video for the Hot Grits song ‘Headlights’ won the Radio Active ‘Handle the Jandal’ award for best non-funded video recently in Wellington, despite holding the distinction of being the first video to be banned by TVNZ since 1987.
Radio Active 89FM’s Handle the Jandal is an annual competition for local Do-It-Yourself music video. All [...]
The artist, Meera Raghu, was spiritually inspired after listening to divine melodious songs called Arka Geetha, composed by Srinivas Arka, a renowned philosopher, author, inspirational speaker, developer of meditation method called Arka Dhyana and founder of global spiritual organisation Centre for Conscious Awareness. Being a musician and Veena artist, Meera, through her inspirational experience, selected [...]
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The Hot Grits have had their first music video release banned by TVNZ. The video was produced by the award winning local production house The Downlow Concept, and features a cast of four year old kids simulating an adult night out on the town. The kids are shown to be drinking milk, and dancing at [...]
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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 [...]
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Cater for Lovers is the second single off Tim Guy’s new album ‘Hummabyes’ and features the heavenly backing vocals of Anika Moa and Anna Coddington.
This is a beautiful video built around traditional non-digital special effects of scale and perspective.
It is the story of a shy girl and an artistic man who connect through her doll’s [...]
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Tim Guy comes forth with what surely must be the lightest gentle ode to the sound of the old Pacific. ‘Summer Breeze’ is the latest offering from Tim’s second album, the self-produced ‘Hummabyes’, and is a surefire antidote to the winter blues. The track, rolled along by ukelele, also features harmonica, slide guitar and [...]
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Following a frantic and explosive year of touring, festivals and crazy parties, The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band finally unleash their first music video . After sellout crowds across the country, including an extensive month long tour of the South Island in the summer, and spots in festivals such as Prana (where the band [...]
The sensational Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band have just released their first ep, Danse Macabre. Please buy it so that they can send money some back to their poor families in the old country.
Hailing from the slums and ghettos of Auckland (the Prague of the South), The Benka Boradovsky Bordello band is a highly theatrical musical [...]
What do you get if you mix a pound of Fela Kuti’s Afrika 70, two cupfuls of The Meters, 250g of thinly sliced early James Brown and a level dessert spoon of psychedelic rock? -you get the heaving, convulsing powerhouse of soul music that is The Hot Grits.
For over five years, The Hot Grits have [...]
THE TWILIGHT DRONE is the third instalment in Johannes Contag’s SLEEPYTIME series released on Monkey Records. While the previous releases were music albums, containing hypnotically slow, minimal and at times meditative pieces of instrumental music, THE TWILIGHT DRONE is a musical film. As Contag’s previous SLEEPYTIME releases were an homage to the origins of ambient [...]
What do you get if you mix a pound of Fela Kuti’s Afrika 70, two cupfuls of The Meters, 250g of thinly sliced early James Brown and a level dessert spoon of psychedelic rock? -you get the heaving, convulsing powerhouse of soul music that is The Hot Grits.
For over five years, The Hot Grits have [...]
After first emerging from an alleyway behind Auckland’s Wine Cellar sometime in the May of 2006, under the guise of Kapitan Shakirov’s Krazy Klezmerim; there has been a vague aroma in the air… a sprinkle of klezmer and a lingering hint of the Eastern Europeanesque with an exhalation of the Romani, well disguised behind the [...]
Hummabyes is Tim’s second album and is a refreshing set of whimsical alt. country flavoured indie-pop songs chock full of charmingly hummable tunes. He recorded it at home with his flatmates, who just happen to be Anika Moa (bass, bvs) and Anna Coddington (drums, bvs), both acclaimed singer/songwriters in their own right.
As well as Anna [...]
Seemingly out of nowhere comes this top class debut from Australinewzealander Tim Guy. Yes, it’s produced by Bic Runga and she’s all over the album, along with Ed Cake, Ben Maitland, Milan Borich, Brady Blade and many other genius talents. All that aside, it’s a great album that Tim Guy wrote, so lets talk about [...]
Reviews
“Peachy Keen craft vivd tales of love life that range from the dark and melancholic Stealing to the upbeat jazz of Down Down Down. The jazz drumming of Ben Lockwood, haunting violin of Tam Taylor and sublime piano of Nigel Braddock complement each other brilliantly, turning every track into a piece of beauty. However it [...]
“… a wonderful album of inspired ambient surreality. ‘Schlafwandler’ is a rich and charming soundtrack for your dreamstates, alternatively light and deep.” NZ Musician
“… a glorious aural lullaby.” Listener
“Cloudboy member Johannes Contag’s second Sleepytime release is an extraordinary thing.” Metro
“Gorgeous and hypnotically addictive.” Rip It Up
Remarkable yet largely unsung champion of New Zealand music Luke Hurley has released his first and much-awaited Best Of album; giving fans of his live concerts a rare chance to take home the gems of his life work. Renowned locally and abroad as an exceptional and original performer – both as street busker and live [...]
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.
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’
sleepytime – triangles in the snow
This beautifully minimalist film was shot and edited by Sleepytime aka Johannes Contag in the Austrian Alps and features three of his friends making triangles in the snow.
The track is currently unreleased but may possibly feature on the rumoured Sleepytime boxset (rumour started by Johannes).
Peachy Keen – not your kind of girl
Peachy Keen had a gig at the sadly now defunct Odeon Lounge in Auckland one night and were approached afterwards by two filmmakers who loved the music and wanted to make a video for the band.
The resulting video for the single ‘Not Your Kind of Girl’ was [...]
Karen Hunter – Perfect Jump
Perfect Jump is the first single and music video to be released from Káren Hunter’s stunning new album ‘Rubble’.
A perfect summery song, the video features an office-bound worker who flees his humdrum existence to make the Perfect Jump into a nearby swimming pool while Káren and band are playing poolside. This [...]
