February 2012
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NZM INTERVIEW: JESS CHAMBERS
I wrote an article on Wellington folk chanteuse Jess Chambers for New Zealand Musician last year, and it now seems to have finally hit THESE INTERNETS
You can read it over at New Zealand Musician’s website by CLICKING HERE
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THE FEB/MARCH 2012 ISSUE OF NEW ZEALAND MUSICIAN...
Inside I talk to Arcades, Loui The ZU and Spook The Horses.
For more information, visit their website by CLICKING HERE
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VANGUARD RED WEEKLY RE-CAP #003
19/02/2012 - Sole, Birds of The Long White Cloud, image gallery (arts)
19/02/2012 - Kevin Heckart, The man defining the #Seapunk aesthetic, image gallery (arts)
19/02/2012 - Scalper - ‘Slanted’, download (music)
20/02/2012 - Kendrick Lamar, ‘Cartoon and Cereal’ ft Gunplay, download (music)
20/02/2012 - Spook The Horses, Brighter, album stream (music)
20/02/2012 -...
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UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS: FATIMA AL QADIRI -...
Ever listened to textually sculpted lo-fi house? What about a concept noise record based around an ancient Greek tragedy? How about some Middle eastern folk music recorded in a cavern? Or perhaps some synthesiser driven electronica that could easily be the musical accompaniment to what circuit boards look like? Every Friday morning, between 8.15 am and 8.30, Martyn Pepperell heads up to...
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UTR REVIEW: EVIAN CHRIST - KINGS AND THEM
And I also recently reviewed the Kings And Them mixtape by Evian Christ for Under The Radar. You can again, read the review by CLICKING HERE
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UTR REVIEW: LAPALUX - WHEN YOU'RE GONE
I recently reviewed When You’re Gone by Lapalux for Under The Radar. To read the review, CLICK HERE
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DECLASSIFIED TRANSCRIPTS #001 A HORI BUZZ
Photographer Credit: Duke Mule
In terms of entertainment and musicianship, Aaron Tokona is one of the better figures New Zealand currently has to offer. From his stints in the past playing in Weta and Bongmaster, to his current roles as the head hori of AHoriBuzz, and guitarist in Cairo Knife Fight, Tokona has always, and continues to, make music which is fundamentally joyful in nature. His...
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RIU INTERVIEW: ROOTS MANUVA
I talked to Roots Manuva recently for Rip It Up. You can read the results by CLICKING HERE
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INTERVIEW: THE SIDE STEPS QUINTET
A collaborative venture between Si_Res (of Harbour City Electric) and Dick Dastardly (of @Peace), The Side Steps Quintet is a live beat project. This Saturday night, they head down to Wellington to play at the San Francisco Bath House alongside @Peace, The ARC, Dam-G, Marek and The Hip-Drop DJs. In celebration of this, I caught up with the boys to get the long and short of it.
How did you guys...
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VANGUARD RED WEEKLY RECAP #002
12/02/2012 - Julien Dyne, ‘Creebin’ ft. Parks, stream
12/02/2012 - Cruise Family, We’re In Heaven, EP Sampler
13/02/2012 - Opossom, ‘Getaway Tonight’, video clip
13/02/2012 - Popcaan, ‘Only Man She Want’, video clip
14/02/2012 - Fatima Al Qadiri, ‘Hip-Hop Spa’, video clip
14/02/2012 - Christoph El Truento, ‘010. G a l a x...
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RIU INTERVIEW: Q-BERT
To read my interview with Q-Bert, CLICK HERE
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UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS: CUTICLE - MOTHER RHYTHM EARTH...
Ever listened to textually sculpted lo-fi house? What about a concept noise record based around an ancient Greek tragedy? How about some Middle eastern folk music recorded in a cavern? Or perhaps some synthesiser driven electronica that could easily be the musical accompaniment to what circuit boards look like? Every Friday morning, between 8.15 am and 8.30, Martyn Pepperell heads up to...
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RIU: HUDSON MOHAWKE INTERVIEW
My interview with Hudson Mohawke just went live at Rip It Up. To read more, CLICK HERE.
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RADIO PLAYLIST: THE HARD DECK - 14/02/2012
Shoegaze, glo-fi, swag rap, beat music and world music 2.0 all up inna this biatch.
01 - Delaney Davidson - I Told a Secret 02 - The Golden Awesome - Highlife 03 - Surf City - Crazy Rulers of The World 04 - She’s So Rad - Iceblock 05 - Slowdive - Catch The Breeze 06 - Asobi Seksu - Thursday 07 - Janelle Monrae - Cold War 08 - Washed Out - You and I 09 - oOoOO - NoWayBack (Feat...
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THE CORNER: NOT GIVEN NIGHTLY
A bit of a Valentine’s Day love song tribute going on over at The Corner today, I contributed a blurb about ‘Like Water’ by Ladi6. To read more, CLICK HERE
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M▲®†¥N PEPPE®ELL →
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RADIO TONIGHT!!! THE HARD DECK
Every second Tuesday night from 9-11 PM (NZL Time) Martyn Pepperell hosts The Hard Deck on RadioActive.FM (88.6 FM). The Hard Deck is a specialist music showcase with a very wide angle view. Anything can happen; and it will.
This week on The Hard Deck we ride the Shoegaze wave, test out some new #Based sonic treats, listen to post-Twilight vampire raps, a whole bunch of World Music 2.0 and get...
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UTR REVIEW: IMANAREN - SELF-TITLED
I just reviewed Imanaren’s wonderful new album over at Under The Radar. You can read the review by CLICKING HERE
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WatchJulien Dyne - ‘Get Closer’ feat She’s So Rad
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Sam Handley (Edward de Vere)
cargocollective.com/edwarddevere
“CHUCK NORRIS FINISHED THE NEVERENDING STORY…”
– Nuff Said.
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RECENT ALBUM REVIEWS #001
As a byproduct of my work as a music writer and radio DJ, I get sent a lot of free music for consideration. Unfortunately (or fortunately as I see it) I also spend a lot of time hunting down and purchasing music of my own accord. Resultantly, once you throw MP3 folder downloads into the mix, I’m pretty much always drowned in sound. This means that more often or not, I don’t have the...
VANGUARD RED WEEKLY RECAP #001
03/02/2012 - DJ Spell, “Risky Business” soundcloud stream
05/02/2012 - Glass Vaults, “Golden” live YouTube video
07/02/2012 - Haunted Love, “Love Underwater” music video
08/02/2012 - Myele Manzanza feat Bella Kalolo, “Absent” MP3
10/02/2012 - Sherpa, “Lunar Bats” MP3
10/02/2012 - oOoOO feat Butterclock, “No Way Back”...
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FRINGE 2012: MY PICKS
In December last year, I was fortunate enough to be invited to sit on the funding panel for the 2012 edition of the New Zealand Fringe Festival. In the process I was able to become intimately familiar with the range and scope of shows included in this years edition of the storied festival. After the jump I present a short selection of shows that jumped out at me enough that I will endeavour to...
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LOUI THE ZU
LOUI THE ZU is an all-round dope artist. I interviewed him for the February issue of Rip It Up, which was a lot of fun. I’m pretty sure this was his first print interview ever, which can be a bit of a milestone when you’re coming up in the game. Hold tight ZU, you’re gonna do it real big dawg.
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UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS: JESS SAH BI & PETER ONE - OUR...
Ever listened to textually sculpted lo-fi house? What about a concept noise record based around an ancient Greek tragedy? How about some Middle eastern folk music recorded in a cavern? Or perhaps some synthesiser driven electronica that could easily be the musical accompaniment to what circuit boards look like? Every Friday morning, between 8.15 am and 8.30, Martyn Pepperell heads up to...
News / IT’S A WELLINGTON SOUL WEEKEND | Word On... →
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THE NEW ISSUE OF RIP IT UP IS OUT NOW
Inside I talk to Myele Manzanza, Gappy Ranks, God Bows To Math and numerous other denizens of the musical underworld.
For more info, CLICK HERE
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UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS: ITAL - HIVE MIND
As with every friday morning for the last ten fridays, at 8.15 am today, I’m going to be up at Radio Active 88.6 FM / www.radioactive.fm for UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS. This week, with fill-in breakfast DJ Liam Ryan as my co-pilot, we’re going to look at the decidedly sculptural, lo-fi house music of Ital, and his new album Hive Mind
You can tune in online today by CLICKING HERE
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IDEALOG: OPEN FOR DESIGN
In the Jan/Feb 2011/2012 issue New Zealand innovation journal Idealog, I profiled Richard Fortune, the thinker behind The Open Design Council. If buzz words like ‘Open Design’, ‘Digital Fabrication’ and ‘3D Printing’ light up any of your brain circuitry, you should probably CLICK HERE and read the rest of the article after the jump.
January 2012
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HOMEBREW X TONY TEEZ X NOTHING 2 NOBODY - ALL IN
“This is some shit Lui played me way back when we first met. He had this hook. I spat this verse. Got Teez on it. Barnaby touched the beat up a little… And yeah…That’s about it. Dedicated to the days cyphering on the horse in the Avondale Racecourse car park with the TOC boys” - Tom Scott, Homebrew
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DEAR FRONTIER
From Eddy Moretti, founder of Vice Magazine, New York - ”It was 2007, I was racing through the hills above Beirut at night and the kid who was driving was going way too fast. There was a Johnny Cash song playing and then the next song came on and I was like, “What the hell is this music this is the best song I’ve heard in my life!” I asked him who this was. It was this...
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VANGUARD RED
I got a promotion. As of this week, I’m going to be blogging over at Vanguard Red, a new online media outlet. You can find out more by CLICKING HERE
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UTR REVIEW: ITAL - HIVE MIND
To read the rest of the review CLICK HERE
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RADIO PLAYLIST: THE HARD DECK 31/01/2012
Drone rock, weirdo RnB, decaying folk music, classic rap jams, witchgaze (or whatever the fuck you call it) Swag rap, real rap, auto-tuned dancehall, amorphous post-dubstep and things even stranger. It was a good two hours, playlist available after the jump.
01 - Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues (Intro) 02 - The Weeknd - The Fall 03 - Fatima Al Qadiri - Hip Hop Spa 04 - Lana...
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WE ARE IMMORTAL
The night Marianne disappeared the river was black, cutting through the darkness like a knife. Later, when they’d lost their faith in waiting, they stood together in the middle of the room. Jess had one arm around each of the boys and William pressed his face into her neck. The candles flickered. They were three shadows in a shadowed room, barely separate from each-other anymore.
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