Hummabyes
Tim Guy – Hummabyes (CD)
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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 [...]
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.
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.
Rubble is a class act of an album – do your best to check it out. It will surprise those that are both longtime fans of Karen Hunter and impress those that had never heard of her.
**** (4 stars)
Simon Sweetman, Dominion Post
May 2007
‘Rubble’ is a stunning and varied set that grows with each listening. Helped [...]
Rubble
Karen Hunter – Rubble (CD)
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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 [...]
Ishta
Ishta – Ishta (Album Download)
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Bright Colours
Bright Colours (CD)
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Peachy Keen
Peachy Keen (album download)
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Nu Scientist
Nu Scientist (album download)
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Sleepytime Vol. 2- Schlafwandler
Vol. II: Schlafwandler (album download)
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“[The Loneliest of Creatures] is one of the best dark ambient pieces of music ever to have come out of New Zealand. It is also, in many ways, a triumph that Reyne’s previous works have been leading up to: a thoroughly emotional and moving piece of sound art which deserves wide exposure.” – FIEND [...]
Music for Flem is a quirky, atmospheric and beautiful soundtrack for an imaginary movie by guitar virtuoso Nigel Gavin. The instruments used are guitars, basses, frame drums, 5 and 8 string banjos, sheng, flower pot, mandolin, and loops of various combination of the above, played and recorded by Nigel.
Music for Flem Vol. II
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Historic live to air performance by Dystopia on Auckland’s bfm. Featuring Liz Maw (spoken word), Josephine (vocals), Shinya (sitar and electric guitar), Rob Croft (precussion) and Nigel Braddock (keyboards) the band produced an electrifying, haunting set to a bemused lunchtime student radio audience.
In the NZ Herald, Graham Reid said
Another low-key ambient outing with a Cloudboy connection: Hummel is the album and nom de disque of Andy Cummins who has toured with Cloudboy as a vocalist but, as with Contag, has a private life in the quiet zone. Plucked guitars, barely audible vocal sounds, a few emotionally intense [...]
Dr Kevorkian and The Suicide Machine may just be making the most important sound of 2002. An enchanting patchwork of ethereal harmony, unabashed gothic melody, and a cerebral songwriting swagger, ‘The Ironman’ is simply stunning. A thoroughly unique work of art from start to finish. Whether by hook or crook, you MUST own this album.
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You Are Feeling Sleepy
You Are Feeling Sleepy (CD)
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‘The Wisdom of Insecurity’ by Dystopia combines potent, lyrical storytelling with beautiful and evocative soundscapes consisting of ambient, classical and world influences. This album was the first release on fledgling label Monkey Records in the year 2000 and features spoken word artist Liz Maw reading poetry, label founder Nigel Braddock playing keyboards and Shinya Asakura [...]
Onelung’s third album is a heady brew of breakbeat/drum n’ bass and general mix mayhem.
Reviews
“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 [...]
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.
Reviews
“This is a funky driven, drum breaking, beat fest, layed with a plethora [...]
