New Zealand New Releases
New Zealand New Releases
Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 90 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 33
JOSEPH CHRISTIAN WILLIBALD MICHL
Michl: Quartets Nos. 1-6 for Bassoon, 2 Violins and Cello Ben Hoadley (bassoon) / The Hall String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Upon hearing a chamber piece by Joseph Michl in Munich in 1772 the English composer and music historian Charles Burney wrote, 'I hardly ever heard a composition that discovered more genius and invention.' |
The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers [ Carpark / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The Beths new album Jump Rope Gazers, out via Carpark Records, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me - "one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year" (Pitchfork). The Beths won Best Group and Best... |
Devilskin
Red [ Devilskin / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Red is the universal colour of passion, vitality, blood, danger, romance, anger, horror and love. Everything evocative. Of all the colours, Red is a warning and a statement. Recorded at Roundhead Studios Auckland mid 2019 with the award-winning... |
Fear Up Harsh
Fear Up Harsh [ CD - released 3/Jul/2020 ] Fear Up Harsh is: Jeffrey Gane on percussion, voice, melodica, zither, found sounds; and Michael Ferriss on synthesizers, piano and sound treatments. The music of Fear Up Harsh draws on various influences from the polyrhythms of Africa to the... |
GRG67 & Roger Manins
Happy Place [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] GRG67 follow their Jazz Album of the Year (2019) release, "The Thing", with an album of equally vibrant new compositions. |
IVAN ZAGNI / STEVE GARDEN
Trouble Spots Ivan Zagni, Steve Garden [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] The originally audio for this album was recorded in 1983-84 and released on the Ode label as A Selection of Trouble Spots (1984). This album is a reinterpretation of the original multi-track recordings, which have been re-edited, added to, subtracted... |
JACK WOODBURY
Woodbury: inst.19-20 Jack Woodbury [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] The works collected on inst.19-20 are derived from two audiovisual installations created during 2019 and early 2020. Titled "A Tree Falls" and "CORROSE". |
JONATHAN BESSER / GREG FOX
Cathedral Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral Organ, Dunedin Town Hall), Greg Fox (Guitar & Treatments) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] An improvised live concert featuring Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral pipe organ) and Greg Fox (electric guitar and treatments), originally performed and recorded in 1984, here presented in a newly edit, mixed and mastered version. |
Kevin Field
Soundtology [ Timezone / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Soundtology showcases the harmonic and rhythmic innovation of pianist and composer Kevin Field in collaboration with some of the most respected names in the world of contemporary jazz. Recorded in Brooklyn New York, Soundtology features two all-star... |
MATTHEW MARSHALL
Fragments Matthew Marshall (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] This wonderful album of music written specifically for classical guitar by some of New Zealand's finest composers features classical guitarist Matthew Marshall in a set of recordings made by Radio New Zealand producers and engineers, 1993 - 1995. |
PHIL BROADHURST
Soliloquy Phil Broadhurst (solo piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Recorded in November 2019 on the grand piano in his home, the tone of Phil's final album is fittingly intimate, reflective and introspective, but without ever becoming heavy, dark or sentimental. |
Pitch Black
The Light Within Remix Album [ Dubmission / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Pitch Black follow up their "Third Light" album with a companion selection of remixes entitled "The Light Within". Reflecting the duo's international status, their remixers hail from across the globe, and given the heavyweight source material it... |
Reb Fountain
Reb Fountain [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Celebrated singer-songwriter Reb Fountain's forthcoming self-titled album marks a new chapter in the kiwi artist's career and her first full-length release on Flying Nun Records. |
ROSS HARRIS / JONATHAN BESSER
Free Radicals Ross Harris | Jonathan Besser [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Free Radicals were a Wellington-based art music duo active in the early 80s, described by one reviewer as 'Eno meets industrial punk meets Stockhausen'. |
Shona Laing
Hindsight [ Frenzy / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] A unique collection of hits, new recordings, alternate versions, unreleased & rare recordings. "I am extremely proud of my two new tracks on this album,'The Mahatma's Army' and 'Vagrant Heart'. The four unreleased UK tracks from 1975 have stood... |
Th' Dudes
Bliss On Disc [ CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Th' Dudes made two albums: Right First Time released in June 1979 and Where Are The Boys released in July 1980. This newly re-mastered selection is from these lovingly archived recordings at Stebbing Recording Studios, where both albums were... |
Avantdale Bowling Club
Live At The Powerstation (LP) [ Young Gifted & Broke / LP - released 15/May/2020 ] Recorded at Avantdale Bowling Club's sold out headline date at Auckland's iconic Powerstation in August 2019 - the album includes extended live versions of four tracks from his self-titled debut album - awarded the 2019 Taite Music Prize and Album of... |
The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl LP) [ Carpark / LP - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The Beths new album Jump Rope Gazers, out via Carpark Records, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me - "one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year" (Pitchfork). The Beths won Best Group and Best... |
The Cakekitchen
Trouble Again In This Town (LP) [ Ally Records / LP - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The album was recorded on a portable 16 track that Graeme Jefferies transports from one end of the globe to the other. It retains touchstones to his past work but still sounds up to date and current at the same time. He utilises fragments of TEAC 4... |
The Datsuns
Headstunts (LP) [ LP - released 15/May/2020 ] The Datsuns are thrilled to finally release Headstunts, their fourth album, on vinyl - a conspicuous gap in their fans' record collections. |
