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Tall Dwarfs
Fork Songs [ Cloud / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] |
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Tommy Ill
Matchsticks [ Loop Recordings New Zealand / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] On 'Matchsticks', Tommy Ill and trusty sidekick Buck Beauchamp rap about girls, drinking and phone bills. The disc includes lead single "Letters to the Editor". |
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The Tutts
Get in the Club [ Tutt Tutt Music New Zealand / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Get in the Club' is a true representation of a band, not a passing fashion in music, capturing the mesmerizing, dark and sonic power of NZ rock band, The Tutts. |
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The Twitch
Time for Change [ The Twitch Music New Zealand / CD - released 17/May/2010 ] From their modest beginnings at MAINZ music school in 2003, dirty post punk rock and rollers The Twitch have etched themselves indelibly, like a fine red wine stain on the New Zealand music scene... |
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Blue Record (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 20/Dec/2013 ] "I only started playing the acoustic guitar last year. I'd always preferred the idea that the guitar converts a sound into voltage and then becomes really loud. I thought the acoustic guitar was a little bit too twee for me or something. But after... |
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Various Artists
Monster Tracks [ Frisbee Dog Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] The top of the south rings true again as the centre of New Zealand. This is the first in series of Hip hop and breaks compilations in association with 'Invisible', music culture emporium from Golden Bay. |
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Various Artists
Kings Highway [ Reality Chant Productions New Zealand / CD - released 8/Jun/2010 ] When producer Gabriel 'Messenjah' Calcott began work on the riddims for the 'Kings Highway' LP he had no idea who would come knocking on his door. Artists such as Luciano, Lutan Fyah, Natty King, Jah Mason... |
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The Verlaines
Corporate Moronic [ Yellow Eye Ltd. New Zealand / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] The Verlaines were one of the bands to define the Dunedin sound. They now release their politically-inspired record, called 'Corporate Moronic'. |
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The Verlaines
Pot Boiler [ Flying Nun Records New Zealand / CD - released 10/Dec/2007 ] It's been ten years since The Verlaines' last release, and now their new studio album is finally upon us - eleven tracks under the title 'Pot Boiler'. |
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Wai
Ora [ Jayrem Records New Zealand / CD - released 5/Aug/2010 ] 'Ora' is the second album from WAI, the highly innovative Maori group who signalled a new, unique style and sound with their groundbreaking debut '100%'. |
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Wiki Baker / St Joesphs' Maori Girls College Choir / New Zealand Maori Chorale
Maori Love Songs [ Viking Seven Seas / CD ] Wiki Baker with the St. Josephs' Māori Girls College Choir and the New Zealand Māori Chorale. Impeccable performances of "Pōkarekare Ana" and "Pō Atarau" ensure that Wiki Baker will always be "tops". The love stories of Pania of Hawkes Bay, Puhihuia... |
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Yes King
Rock This World [ Loop Recordings New Zealand / CD - released 3/Jun/2008 ] The New Zealand album edition features the Yes King remix of "Shake" by Emptyheads feat. Dynamite MC, which rocked dance floors and radio waves. |
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DEBUSSY / DUTILLEUX / SCHUBERT / BRITTEN / MOZART / BARTOK / etc
Belcea Quartet - The Complete Warner Classics Edition Belcea Quartet, with Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Leon Bosch (double bass) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] One of today's most highly respected string quartets, the Belcea were established in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London and studied with the Chilingirian, the Amadeus, and later the Alban Berg quartets. |
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Dave Dobbyn
Anotherland [ Sony & BMG Entertainment New Zealand / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Produced by the mighty Adrian Sherwood & Skip "Little Axe" McDonald, 'Anotherland' is an excellent effort from Dave Dobbyn (possibly his best ever, in fact) and includes the single, "Wild Kisses Like Rain". |
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HDU (High Dependency Unit)
Fire Works [ Flying Nun Records New Zealand / CD - released 15/Mar/2001 ] Spacey riffs, tempos shift like tectonic plates, it's powerful stuff. |
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Landfall In Unknown Seas / Diversions For String Orchestra New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Sir Edmund Hillary (narrator) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 3/May/2016 ] Diversions was selected out of hundreds of submissions by Australian and New Zealand composers in response to a call for a work to be played during the Boyd Neel String Orchestra's tour of the region in 1947. This good-natured, five-movement suite... |
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Shihad
Pacifier: Limited Edition [ Warner Music New Zealand / 2 CD - released 27/Jun/2003 ] American version of the ex-Shihad band's debut album. With bonus disc containing 6 live acoustic tracks at the Helen Young Studio - while stocks last!!! |
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Tim Finn
The Conversation [ Capitol Music / EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] The elder Finn brother, Tim offers 'The Conversation', his most intimate album to date. Organic, introspective, celebratory - music and emotion stripped bare. |
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Various Artists
Conscious Roots 1 [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 4/Oct/2004 ] A mixture of classic roots, fused styles, genre busters and beautiful raw acoustic songs, showcasing the growing full band live roots music scene in Aotearoa / New Zealand. |
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Beaches, Rivers and Lakes of New Zealand
[ Big Fish Productions DVD / DVD/CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] G :- New Zealand's exceptionally long and varying coastline moulds into many serene bays and beaches. From the sublime Bay of Islands to the breathtakingly rugged West Coast, you will never be left unmoved by the sheer beauty of coastal scenery... |