"Finally, after months of waiting, the rescheduled Wellington Jazz Festival kicked off on Wednesday 18 November. I was lucky enough to attend three flagship events while soaking up some of the awesome vibes from the ‘Coolest Little Capital’."
Read on https://www.ambientlightblog.com/wellington-jazz-fest-wellington-nz-2020/
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Wellington Jazz Festival 2020 - Review
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Wellington Jazz Festival
The Wellington Jazz Festival wraps up today. We took in some fantastic music including 4 new commissioned works from Kevin Field, Anita Schwabe, Riki Gooch and Blair Latham and the Noveltones. There were gigs all over town but the most memorable were at St. Peters Church in Willis St. which was converted into a magical Jazz club amongst the pews.
Over at the Opera House, Tom Scott's Avant Bowling Club rocked the show with a packed out gig.
Below are a few photographic highlights, taken by Festival photographer Stephen A'Court.
Monday, November 16, 2020
BENEE and the Beths score big at the Aotearoa Music Awards
BENEE
For the second time this year, and the second year running, BENEE has cleaned up. After doing super well at the APRA awards earlier this year, she took home anothe four Tui at last night's Aotearoa Music Awards.
Auckland alt-pop quartet The Beths also scored big with three awards, including the much coveted 'Album of the Year' for 'Jump Rope Gazers'. Our own CoffeeBar Kid reviewed this for www.ambientlight.co.nz earlier this year and raved about it. He was right!
The Beths
Hot off a national tour and defying all the pain and frustrations Covid-19 has caused for local musicians, BENEE scored a quinella, winning Best Solo Artist, Best Pop Artist, an International Achievement award, and Single of the Year for her smash hit ‘Superlonely’.
The Beths won deserving praise for their sophomore effort ollowing 'Jump Rope Gazers', released earlier this year scooping up a raft of accolades, including 'Album of the Year', 'Best Group', and 'Best Alternative Artist' - also for the second year in a row.
Jawsh 685
If you haven't heard of viral sensation Jawsh 685 you will now. He featured at Laneway earlier this year as the one to watch. His track ‘Laxed – Siren Beat’ topped the charts globally and got reworked by Jason Durillo into the mega-smash 'Savage Love' charts globally. He’s the first Pasifika person, and only the third Kiwi ever get on the top of the UK Singles Chart.
Jawsh took out 'Breakthrough Artist of the Year' and was the 'second recipient' of an 'International Achievement' award.
Mōhau, the supergroup collective (featuring some of our best; Rob Ruha, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, Bella Kalolo, Majic Paora, Kaaterama Pou, Ka Hao, and The Witch Doctor & Friends) received honours with two awards - Best Worship Artist and the Te Māngai Pāho Mana Reo Tui.
Winners of the 'Best Pacific Group' at the Pacific Music Awards earlier this year, hip hop duo Church & AP also took out 'Best Hip Hop Artist'.
Maimoa, who are a collective of ten young musicians, scooped the 'Best Māori Artist' gong for' Rongomaiwhiti'.
Lisa Tomlins (BV's on 'In The Air') poses with L.A.B's Roots Award
WOMAD heroes and summer festival fans L.A.B won 'Best Roots Artist'; Haz & Miloux picked up the tui for 'Best Soul/RnB Artist'; and 'City of Souls' grabbed 'Best Rock Artist'.
Here are all the Aotearoa Music Awards 2020 winners:
1. Te Pukaemi o te Tau | Album of the Year
WINNER: The Beths - Jump Rope GazersL.A.B - L.A.B III
Nadia Reid - Out Of My Province
Reb Fountain - Reb Fountain
Six60 - Six60
Tami Neilson - Chickaboom!
2. Te Waiata Tōtahi o te Tau | Single of the Year
WINNER: BENEE - ‘Supalonely’
Drax Project ft Six60 - ‘Catching Feelings’
Jawsh685 - ‘Savage Love’
L.A.B - ‘In The Air’
Six60 - ‘Please Don’t Go’
Troy Kingi - ‘All Your Ships Have Sailed
3. Te Roopu Toa | Best Group
WINNER: The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
L.A.B. - L.A.B. III
Miss June - Bad Luck Party
Six60 - Six60
4. Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa | Best Solo Artist
WINNER: BENEE - Stella & SteveJessB - New Views
Nadia Reid - Out Of My Province
Reb Fountain - Reb Fountain
5. Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau | Breakthrough Artist of the Year
WINNER: Jawsh685 CHAIIMELODOWNZ
Paige
6. Te Māngai Pāho Te Kaipuoro Māori Toa | Best Māori Artist
WINNER: Maimoa
Ria Hall
Stan Walker
7. Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa | Best Pop Artist
WINNER: BENEE
Paige
Six60
8. Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa | Best Alternative Artist
WINNER: The Beths Mermaidens
Reb Fountain
9. Te Kaipuoro Awe Toa | Best Soul/RnB Artist
WINNER: Haz & Miloux
Lepani
Stan Walker
10. Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa | Best Hip Hop Artist
WINNER: Church & AP choice
vaughan
Raiza Biza
11. Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Roots Artist
WINNER: L.A.B
Lomez Brown
Ria Hall
12. Te Māngai Pāho Mana Reo Award
WINNER: MōhauMaimoaSix60
13. Te Kaipuoro Tāhiko Toa | Best Electronic Artist
WINNER: Lee Mvtthews
State of Mind
Truth
14. Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa | Best Rock Artist
WINNER: City of Souls
Devilskin
Villainy
15. Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa | Best Worship Artist
WINNER: MōhauKane AdamsTe Rautini
16. Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa | Best Classical Artist
WINNER: Andrew Beer & Sarah Watkins
Klara Kollektiv
Matthew Marshall
17. Te Kōwhiri o te Nuinga | People’s Choice Award
L.A.B
18. Tohu Whakareretanga | Recorded Music NZ Legacy Award
Johnny CooperMax Merritt
Peter Posa, Dinah Lee
The Chicks and Larry’s Rebels
19. Te Toa Hoko Teitei | Highest Selling Artist
Drax Project ft. Six60
20. Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau | NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year
Drax Project
21. Tohu Tutuki o te Ao | Recorded Music NZ International Achievement
BENEEJawsh685
Additional Tuis presented in 2019
22. Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist
Winner: Mel Parsons - Glass Heart
Victoria Vigenser & Lindsay Martin - The Gap
Paper Cranes - Voices
23. Te Pukaemi Toa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa | Best Pacific Music Album
Winner: Olivia Foa’I - Candid
Church & AP - Teeth
POETIK - HAMOFIED 2 EP
24. Te Kaipuoro Tuawhenua Toa | Best Country Artist
Winner: Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders - Word Gets Around
Katie Thompson - Bittersweet
Kendall Elise - Red Earth
25. Recorded Music NZ Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best Jazz Artist
Winner: Dixon Nacey - The Edge Of Chaos
ALCHEMY - ALCHEMYMichal Martyniuk - Resonate
26. Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa | Best Children’s Artist
Winner: Anika Moa - Songs For Bubbas 3
Captain Festus McBoyle
Chris Sanders
Friday, November 13, 2020
Wellington Jazz Festival is ready to go!
With less than a week to go until the Wellington Jazz Festival we're super excited to see Wellington enlivened with more than 100 gigs across the city!
Don't know where to start with the programme? We've got some inspo for you, with tributes to the classics and jazz for the film buffs among us to world premieres.
To get you in the mood check out this playlist.
Here are a few highlights you need to note:
If you haven't booked yet for our amazing Jazz Premiere Series, get in quick. Riki Gooch's Ngā Tuone has already sold out and we wouldn't want you to miss out on the others! These performances will all feature brand new compositions commissioned by the Festival from some of Aotearoa's top performers.
Read Tim Gruar's interview with Riki on this amazing project.
Book now for the time-travelling tunes of Karla and The Divide by Blair Latham and the Noveltones, which will feature visual accompaniment created live on the night.
For a celebration of resilience and coming together in the face of adversity from pianist Kevin Field and NYC-based bassist Matt Penman, make sure to check out the Kevin Field Quintet.
In a performance for all the senses, join Anita Schwabe for a composition that will transport you from Cuba Street to Otari-Wilton's Bush alongside artistic photography.
Classic Album Make Overs
An ode to the great drum-less trio of Nat King Cole, featuring Louis Thompson-Munn. The formidable Ol' King Cole was born out of a love of the great music of Nat King Cole's early drum-less trio, which was active 1943-1950. Humour and a lively sense of banter is the essence of what makes this band a great enjoyment to behold.
Sat 21 Nov, 4pm | Southern Cross Garden Bar and Restaurant
Festival Big Band Play Sinatra/Basie
The annual All Stars Big Band takes on two iconic albums; The Atomic Mr Basie and Sinatra at the Sands featuring rising vocal star Eugine Wolfin. The All Star Big Band is led by the incomparable John Rae on Drums along with Ben Wilcock playing the part of The Count on piano.
Thurs 19 Nov, 7:45pm | Meow
Local singer Ella Dunbar-Wilcox presents Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s 1956 masterpiece Ella and Louis with full band as The Rogue and Vagabond hosts five nights of classic albums played live by top local musicians.
Fri 20 Nov, 7pm | The Rogue and Vagabond
Jazz On Film
Hard-hitting mix of surf, soul & rock'n'roll. These real pipe-hittin' muthas plus Wellington's very own soul diva Lisa Tomlins bring a raucous mix of Tarantino tunes. Grab your hunny bunny and bring out the gimp for a night of banging awesomeness full of great vengeance and furious anger!
Also featuring Chris Armour on guitar, Nick Lissette on bass and Richard TeOne on drums.
Fri 20 Nov, 10:30pm | Hashigo Zake
Pandora's Box (Germany - 1929)
Jazz-age cinema classic with live improvised accompaniment. The iconic Louise Brooks stars as free-spirited Lulu in G.W. Pabst's bold, lurid, dazzlingly ahead-of-its-time journey through the eroticism and desperation of Weimar Berlin. Long hailed as a silent masterpiece, Pandora's Box is now brought to you with a live-in-the-room musical score from Leonardo Coghini on suitably period keys and Frank Talbot on slinkily sexy sax!
Sun 22 Nov, 7pm | Hashigo Zake
Callum Allardice's Cinematic Light Orchestra
An Arthur Street Loft Orchestra special: new works for jazz orchestra inspired by music for film.
In 2016 Callum Allardice’s "Sons of Thunder" (from The Jac’s 2015 album The Green Hour) won the inaugural APRA Best Jazz Composition Award at the NZ Jazz Awards. He won it again the following year with "Deep Thought" from the 2018 Antipodes album Good Winter, and in 2019 was a finalist for his piece "Chungin."
Fri 20 Nov, 10pm | The Third Eye
Sunday, November 08, 2020
Former NZIFF Director Bill Gosden Dies
We at Groove champion unique heroes in the arts world. Bill was like no other. From his earliest days as a Director, he chose films that we'd never considered or heard of. Taika Waititi, Gaylene Preston and many other Kiwi directors owe him their very lives as film makers for promoting their work and flying their flags. He really did make the NZIFF what it was and we have spent many hours in the dark enjoying the great movies he personally selected and curated for us - especially, Groovers, those that featured musicians. We can not express how deep our sadness is for losing Bill. May he rest in peace. Aroha a nui to all his friends and whanau.
We received this note from the NZIFF yesterday:
The New Zealand International Film Festival is deeply saddened at the passing of former Director Bill Gosden (ONZM). Bill died peacefully early yesterday (Friday 6 November), five days shy of his 67th birthday.
Bill helmed the film festival for almost 40 years before retiring last year due to ill health. His promotion of, and commitment to, New Zealand film and filmmakers is one of his enduring legacies.
New Zealand Film Festival Trust Chair Catherine Fitzgerald said Bill’s contribution to New Zealand’s film culture through film festivals is indelible. “Bill lived and breathed film from his earliest years, working tirelessly to create a demand from New Zealand audiences for the highest quality films from around the world.”
Film Festival Director Marten Rabarts said the news of Bill’s passing was a sad day for the film industry in New Zealand and worldwide. “The film festival and film community in New Zealand owes Bill a huge debt of gratitude for the decades of work and passion he committed to develop and champion a world-class festival experience for audiences and filmmakers alike.”
The New Zealand Film Festival Trust and the New Zealand International Film Festival extend their condolences to Bill’s wide circle of friends, family and colleagues.
Q & A with Blair Latham
To find out more about this exciting project, the CoffeeBar Kid, obeying all the conditions of Level 2, emailed Blair to find out more:
Kia ora, Blair, welcome to the hot seat. Tell me a little about yourself?
"I'm a professional musician of over 20 years experience, born and bred in Wellington.
I went through jazz school studying jazz saxophone plus composition and arranging, then like many others went overseas to get some flying time in various musical groupings and styles in the US and eventually in Mexico. I've been back in Wellington for about six or so years, enjoying the energy that emanates from our live music scene."
Have you always been a bass clarinet player?
"No, I started playing Bass Clarinet after forming an all sax trio around 2003, but had always admired it from afar as I was and am a big fan of Eric Dolphy, probably the best bass clarinetist in jazz that has ever touched foot on our planet."
Tell me about your youngest memory with music and what inspired you to be a musician?
"Like many others my earliest memory of music was from playing the recorder, in this instance with my Mum on my parents bed (she is a trained teacher so had that skill set there). An inspiration to really delve deep into music and it's possibilities was from listening to John Coltrane's Impression (live in '65) and feeling drawn to the message he seemed to be transmitting."
We all agree that the Covid-19 lockdown has been a pretty tough time for musicians. What have you been up to? What have you learned about yourself?
"It was definitely hard, I've learned that my main goal is to play live music to people in the same room. Like many of us I was involved in remote musical projects, and taking a bit of time to relax in the evenings for a change."
Let's talk about the Noveltones, your partners in crime for the Jazz Festival. Tell me about soprano saxophonist Jasmine Lovell-Smith, bassist Tom Callwood and violinist Tristan Carter. How did you get together?
"I've known Tom since I was 13, he and I learnt music together through the years. Noveltones really is Jasmine's project that she started a few years ago, and I am very happy that I was able to nab the Bass Clarinet chair as it's an exciting and unique group."
You mentioned time in Mexico earlier. What did you learn about music there and how does it influence your work?
"Mexico really is something else, and is a daily lesson just being there. Musically I learnt that music is as important to humans as food. Over there that seems to be accepted more as the norm than here.
A big part of my family is Mexican, so everything I do is touched by Mexico's history, culture and present."
Karla and The Divide is a two part suite – tell me about it. What will the audience hear?
"It's definitely a cliche but I do try to tell a story with the music that I put together, so people can expect to hear something that could take them for a ride, if they're willing to give it a chance. There'll be many, many moods to traverse.
I believe there are visuals, too. What will we see and how do they work with the music?
I'm in for a surprise as much as anyone else. Andy Wright creates beautiful images, but for this he has taken his own path based upon the sounds that we've created and sent to him, so we'll see!"
Karla and the Divide by Blair Latham: Wednesday 18 November 8PM @ St. Peters
Featuring:
Blair Latham (Bass Clarinet)
Tristan Carter (Violin)
Jasmine Lovell-Smith (Soprano Sax)
Tom Callwood (Upright Bass)
Dan Beban (Sound Effects)
Andy Wright (Visual Effects)
For more info go to: https://www.jazzfestival.nz/events/blair-latham/
Monday, November 02, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Winners of the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Awards Announced
Image: Ones to Watch
Stella Bennett (Benee), Joshua Fountain, and Djeisan Suskov have won the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Award for their hit song Glitter (published by Sony/ATV Publishing and Universal Music Publishing).
Following on from Soaked in 2019, this is the second consecutive nomination for the trio of songwriters and Stella Bennett was thrilled to win the Silver Scroll for the first time.
“This is nuts. Thank you very much. This is crazy. I just want to say to all the other finalists, you guys are insane.
“Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to my music and supported the music that I’m making and the kind of music that I want to be making…the support that I’ve received over the past couple of years now has been insane, and I feel like everyone in New Zealand is so welcoming and supportive of new artists, which I think is very important, and it’s been a very great time for me, so thank you very much.”
Bennett and Fountain have worked together since Benee’s 2017 debut single Lonely Guy, through to the chart dominating Supalonely and have now teamed up with Suskov on the double platinum hit Soaked, as well as Glitter and a number of other hits that have seen Benee become a worldwide phenomenon. Suskov and Fountain have also found success with their laid-back pop group Leisure, and Fountain winning the Tui for Best Producer in 2019.
The Silver Scroll Award, which is voted for by APRA members, is a delightful acknowledgment from Bennett, Fountain, and Suskov’s fellow songwriters on the impact their songwriting has. It recognises their memorable work on Glitter, and will see their names engraved alongside other Aotearoa musical luminaries like Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams, Bic Runga, Ruban and Kody Nielson, Scribe and P Money, Chris Knox, Dave Dobbyn, and Shona Laing.
Fur Patrol pop punk star turned folk songstress Julia Deans was the music director of tonight’s 55th APRA Silver Scroll ceremony, which saw a host of other Aotearoa songwriters collect awards.
Rob Ruha was presented with the APRA Maioha Award. The APRA Maioha Award recognises exceptional waiata featuring te reo Māori, and the Ruha was celebrated for his song Ka Mānu.
Rob Ruha (Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Rongowhakaata, Tainui, Te Arawa, Ngā Ariki-kaipūtahi, Ngā Puhi) has been a finalist multiple times, and also won the Maioha Award first in 2014, and again in 2016. The winning song Ka Mānu is a waiata written in response to the dispute around Ihumātao, speaking of unity and peaceful resistance, and highlighting the issues of oppression for indigenous people around the world. In continuing the theme of unity, the song brings together musicians from across Aotearoa for a stirring performance full of aroha and hope.
Wellington composer Michael Norris won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award – Te Tohu Auaha for the fourth time for his latest composition, Mātauranga (Rerenga). He previously won in 2014 for Inner Phases, 2018 for Sygyt, and 2019 for Sama Violin Concerto.
Commissioned by the NZSO, Michael Norris’ Mātauranga (Rerenga) is a work for orchestra, taonga puoro and live electronics which reflects on Captain Cook’s first voyage to the South Pacific and his arrival in Aotearoa. Norris (who has been a finalist six times and won the award three times) recognised the many issues surrounding Cook's arrival in New Zealand, and the piece is not so much a celebration as an evocation of a moment in time.
Karl Steven won Best Original Music in a Feature Film for his score on the cult-horror film Come To Daddy. This was his third Screen Award win at the Silver Scrolls and seventh nomination and his work on Come To Daddy has been applauded for its characterful chamber orchestra score which balances intrigue, knife-edge tension, and mayhem, enhancing the unpredictable storyline that unfolds as a son reunites with his estranged father in a remote location.
And David Long (also a former finalist and winner), took home Best Original Music in a Series for his work on the sumptuous international co-production The Luminaries (published by Native Tongue Music Publishing). Based on Eleanor Catton’s acclaimed historical novel, the series unravels an incredible tale of star-crossed love bound up in a gold-rush mystery, and Long’s score carefully intertwines the spiritual with the gritty, building drama while also delineating the many characters who cross paths.
This year amidst the uncertainties of COVID-19, APRA made the decision to move the awards ceremony to an online streaming platform for the first time in what was an incredible opportunity to capture the much-treasured performances of each Scroll nominee in a studio environment.
This year’s cover performances included:
- Benee, Glitter – performed by Delaney Davidson and The All Girl Big Band
- Troy Kingi, Mighty Invader – performed by Alien Weaponry
- Nadia Reid, Get The Devil Out – performed by Neil MacLeod
- Reb Fountain, Don’t You Know Who I Am – performed by Disciple Pati
- L.A.B., In The Air – performed by Mousey
- Michael Norris, Mātauranga (Rerenga) – performed by Sam Trevethick, Darren Matthiassen, and Nick Robinson (members of Shapeshifter) with Tiki Taane
- Rob Ruha, Ka Mānu – performed by Tomorrow People
The ceremony also included a very special performance of the Weta song Calling On performed by Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington, Hollie Smith, Lauren Barus and Natalia Sheppard in tribute to Aaron Tokona and in memoriam to members of the music community who were lost this year.
The night was rounded off with a tribute to Max Merritt, with an ensemble performance of his soulful classic Slipping Away, by all 2020 Silver Scroll performers around Aotearoa, and led by Marlon Williams.
The winners of all awards were:
- APRA Silver Scroll Award: Stella Bennett, Joshua Fountain and Djeisan Suskov – Glitter – performed by Benee (published by Sony/ATV Publishing and Universal Music Publishing)
- APRA Maioha Award: Rob Ruha – Ka Mānu
- SOUNZ Contemporary Award – Te Tohu Auaha: Michael Norris – Mātauranga (Rerenga)
- APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award: Karl Steven – Come To Daddy
- APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award: David Long – The Luminaries (published by Native Tongue Music Publishing)
The awards are proudly supported by NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho
For more info: APRA Website
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Six pioneering Rock'n'Roll legends are to be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame
Johnny Cooper, Max Merritt, Peter Posa, Dinah Lee, The Chicks and Larry’s Rebels will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame at the Aotearoa Music Awards on 15 November.
Johnny Cooper recorded the first home grown Kiwi Rock'n'Roll record 65 years ago with his self-penned track ‘Pie Cart Rock ‘n’ Roll’.
The hardest working man in rock, Max Merritt who became a local legend and a spokesperson for the new music generation. Max and The Meteors toured and played on singles by their fellow Cantabrian, and our most successful female artist of the 60’s (both here and in Australia), the ‘Queen of the Mods’ Dinah Lee. She is the most successful New Zealand female pop artist of the 1960s and one of the shiniest stars to emerge from the pool of talent in this small nation. A child of the south, Christchurch raised and launched her, and the ties remain strong, but work was the imperative and it took her away (see her bio at https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/dinah-lee).
With C'Mon and other great TV shows and on local stages Dinah joined guitar impresario Peter Posa, whose albums of instrumental guitar inspired a whole generation of players and sold by the truckload all over the world. There is a really good interview with the late Peter Posa at: https://www.audioculture.co.nz/stories/peter-posa-hostage-to-the-beat
It turns out that Peter Posa discovered sisters, Suzanne and Judy Donaldson, and their up-tempo harmonies, and grabbed them to go on tour, making them household names - as The Chicks. Check out their two part interview at https://www.audioculture.co.nz/stories/the-chicks-part-1-down-on-the-farm
Finally, we had our own answer to the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, just in time for moptop fever - Larry’s Rebels were perfect for the time with the swagger of Jagger and the growl of the Animals to set teen hearts a'flutter with their wild live shows. See the 2 part interview at: https://www.audioculture.co.nz/stories/larry-s-rebels-part-1-long-ago-far-away
Sadly, this year’s inductions are bittersweet, with Johnny Cooper, Max Merritt and Peter Posa no longer with us. Presented by NZ Music Hall of Fame Trust, the inductions are undertaken in a private ceremony whereupon inductees are gifted a tapu taonga, in accordance with tikanga Māori.
All six artists inducted this year will be acknowledged with video tributes and live performances at the 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards, which take place in Auckland on November 15.
The event will be broadcast live on The Edge TV from 7pm and continue on Three from 8.30pm. The entire broadcast will be streamed on ThreeNow.
You can check it all out at: https://www.musichall.co.nz/
You can check out full bios at: https://www.audioculture.co.nz/
Saturday, October 17, 2020
NZ General Election
Preliminary Results - 98.8% of votes counted:
Labour: 49.0%
National: 26.8%
Act: 8.0%
Green: 7.6%
NZ First: 2.7%
NCP: 1.5%
Congratulations to Jacinda and the Labour team for winning the Election with the biggest majority for Labour since 1938!
Friday, October 16, 2020
Fat Freddie's Drop get Locked-In (New Album)
Fat Freddy's Drop present the Lock-In album, a sonic moment in time as the band jam conscious songs of freedom and hope for a generation.
The studio session was captured at the iconic Michael Fowler Centre in the band’s hometown of Wellington during the pandemic lockdown. Devoid of audience, it’s a reflection of the surreal times that have halted tour life in 2020.
The Lock-In release is Freddy’s way of giving back to fans worldwide. The band re-located their BAYS studio to the MFC and set up in a circle on the MFC stage for the recording, providing a unique space to jam slow burn classics such as ‘Soldier’, ‘Hope’ and ‘This Room’ as well as test drive ‘Avengers’ a brand new track in the making. The other tracks recorded are 'Special Edition', ‘Six-Eight' ‘OneFourteen’ and 'Trickle Down’ from ‘Special Edition Part 1’ the band’s most recent album.
The crisp multi-track production was recorded by Western Audio, remixed by DJ Fitchie, Freddy’s beat master and producer back at Freddy’s BAYS studio and shipped for final mastering at Calyx studio in Berlin.
The LOCK-IN session melds Freddy’s fastidious studio chops and love of freewheeling jams with a tautness that comes from 21 years in the business and a reputation as one of the finest live draws in the world. Fat Freddy’s Drop ‘LOCK-IN’ will be accompanied by an online video of the jam session, adding another dynamic dimension to the special documentation. ‘Lock-In’ sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
The album is currently on most digital platforms. Vinyl will be available soon.
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Julie Lamb Launches New Album
A packed crowd jammed in to enjoy some funk and good vibes and celebrate along with this very dynamic 8 piece band.
Photos below taken by Tim Gruar
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Check out the review here: https://www.ambientlightblog.com/album-review-the-julie-lamb-outfit-how-humans-think/
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