Across The Great Divide
Uncommon Ground [ Curio Music / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] 'Across The Great Divide' are New Zealand duo Karen Jones and Tony Burt. Their musical backgrounds stem from differing paths. Karen's, with her Celtic roots, spent many years living, learning and playing in Edinburgh and consequently developed a... |
Al Fraser
Toitu Te Puoro [ Rattle Records / CD - released 14/Nov/2018 ] Toitu Te Puoro is an original recorded work from Aotearoa/New Zealand, which was conceived, written, composed, produced, and performed by Al Fraser using ngā taonga puoro (musical instruments of the New Zealand Māori) and voice. All performances... |
Anika Moa
Queen At the Table [ Anika Moa / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Hot on the heels of the Tui Award winning album Songs For Bubbas (2014) featuring the APRA winning Children's Song Of The Year, Anika has turned her attention back to her never departing fan base with her fifth solo studio album Queen At The Table. ... |
Anika Moa
Thinking Room [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 27/Sep/2001 ] Award-winning singer/songwriter, Anika Moa burst onto the NZ music scene in 2001 with her beautiful debut album, featuring "Falling in Love Again", "Youthful", "Good in My Head", and more. |
The Bend
We Disappear (LP & 10") [ Armchair Records / 2 LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] After thirty 'odd' years, The Bend (Fane Flaws, Tony Backhouse and Peter Dasent- all ex-Crocodiles) present We Disappear, an album of songs written from selected poems by legendary NZ poet Sam Hunt. This strange project began in 1987 with iconic... |
The Besser Three
Time Travels [ Force Three Studios / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] A founding member of early electronic group Free Radicals, Jonathan Besser has composed for opera, ballet, theatre (Red Mole) and ensemble Bravura. Born in NYC but NZ-based since 1974, Besser began adding screen compositions to his CV in the 90s.... |
The Beths
Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 [ Carpark / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] In March 2020, everything seemed on track for another huge year for The Beths. Home after an 18-month northern hemisphere tour, they had just finished recording sophomore album Jump Rope Gazers and were primed for more extensive touring. But within... |
Carnivorous Plant Society
The New King [ CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] It was in a dystopian world (with a working title of Dismal Imaginary Place deemed too depressing) that Carnivorous Plant Society's sophomore album The New King was born, simultaneously aspirational and pragmatically nihilistic. With fables penned by... |
Delaney Davidson
Lucky Guy [ Rough Diamond Inc / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] "Lucky Guy" is a compact set of 12 songs recorded in The Lab, Auckland and mixed in New York with Matt Verta Ray (Heavy Trash). Used to the unavoidable sprawl of time and the ramble of his tours, Davidson avoids the technique of collation, curation... |
Derek Lind
Solo [ Someone Up There / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] It's been a long time 'between drinks' for award winning New Zealand musician Derek Lind. 13 years after recording his last album, '12 Good Hours of Daylight', comes his emotional and intimate new acoustic double-album, SOLO - released on the second... |
Fat Freddy's Drop
Live At The Matterhorn [ The Drop / Rhythmethod New Zealand / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] Originally released in 2001, this excellent recording from FFD is now re-issued at last! Delivering presence that swings between crafted songs and improvisation... |
The Feelers
The Best of the Feelers: '98-'08 [ Warner Music New Zealand / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] This CD is an 18-song, ten year celebration of The Feelers, featuring two fabulous new songs - great kiwi numbers, such as "Pressure Man", "One World", "Venus", "Good As It Gets", "Larger Than Life", "Weapons of War", "Stand Up", "Supersystem" & more! |
The Flaming Mudcats
Cut Loose [ Mudcat Music / CD - released 8/Nov/2018 ] After a long hiatus, The Flaming Mudcats return with the new Album, 'Cut Loose', reflecting their eclectic influences and styles as they celebrate their tenth year together. 'Cut Loose' evolved following the addition and influence of Californian bass... |
FROM SCRATCH
Songs For Heroes [remastered anniversary edition] From Scratch [ Rattle Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] "The awareness and use of space in this music suggest a physical sense of the Pacific unlike anything else I've heard." (The Listener) |
Gray Bartlett
The Sixties Collection [ Frenzy CD / CD - released 7/Jun/2013 ] 25 tracks from the period 1959 - 1969: Gray Bartlett as you've never heard him before! |
Howard Morrison Quartet
This Was the Howard Morrison Quartet [ Zodiac Records New Zealand / CD - released 2/Nov/2009 ] These are the first recordings ever of the Howard Morrison Quartet. The name was Eldred Stebbing's idea as they had previously been touring as the Ohinemtu Quartet, but Howard was the gregarious leader and frontman. |
Human Instinct
Midnight Sun [ Ode Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] It's been a long time coming... the new Human Instinct album, 'Midnight Sun' features guest musicians Eddie Rayner and other Kiwi artists. |
Human Instinct
The Zodiac Years 1972 - 1975 [ Zodiac / 3 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] A box set containing 3 Human Instinct albums - 'Snatmin Cuthin' (1972), 'The Hustler' (1974) and 'Peg Leg (The Lost Tapes - 1974/2002)'. |
John Hanlon
After the Dam Broke: The Best Of John Hanlon [ John Hanlon / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] A retrospective compilation of songs chosen by John Hanlon, selected from work recorded up until 2010. After the Dam Broke includes songs from Garden Fresh, Higher Trails, Use Your Eyes, Short Stories, Just Quietly, and 12 Shades of Blue, as well... |
Ladi6
Time is Not Much [ What Music? / CD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] At the 2009 NZ Music Awards, Ladi6 won: Best Urban/Hip Hop Album. Renowned for her energetic live performances, sublime soulful vocals and conscious lyrics, Ladi6 has cemented herself as our premier female vocalist MC. |