Different Tracks

A sampler of contemporary music from Aotearoa New Zealand.

From diverse traditions, the contemporary artists who contribute to Different Tracks are moving beyond the conventional: developing new techniques, mapping new territories, making new tracks in the search for inventive, technically rigorous, and emotionally engaging music.

Different Tracks is a collection of 'sound maps' written and performed by individuals keen to explore the soundscape they inhabit. As suits a land into which many and varied influences have poured, these are highly individual pieces with singular textures and distinct aural palettes. What they have in common is that each starts from the base of inherited musical traditions, but the way these have been selected, blended and transformed by the aesthetic and cultural sensibilities of the artists involved, marks them as unique and individual journeys.